During the trip to the USA Rodgers name checked Michael Nicholson and Chris McKay as the men conducting transfer business which went largely uncommented on. Neither are genuine frontline football people, certainly with no experience in the recruitment side.
The last promising batch of prospects included Tony Ralston, Stephen Welsh and Mikey Johnston who have had some moments but seven years after their debuts Ralston and Johnston haven’t established a place in the first team under three different managers.
Having introduced Whyte followed by Green as club ownesr another chapter in the Banter Years opens up as Robin Proper is introduced to the angry bears.
With matchday income down due to the closure of Ibrox alongside the costs of hiring Hampden the last thing that Bennett requires is a £10m bill crystallising from the Dave King era.
ARIS which is their real name groundshare and play in front of average crowds of 3,000. Last season they signed 23 players at a COMBINED cost of 1.86m Euros.
With some fans starting to get restless and fearing a fifth successive wasted transfer window it seems that the club is feeling under pressure with a warning sent out by the ever reliable McGowan of the Daily Mail.
It was just like old times in Santa Ponsa on Saturday night as hundreds of holidaymakers took in the late night viewing of Celtic thrashing Chelsea 4-1.A 1am kick off was a bit inconvenient for the Manchester City match a few nights earlier but 10pm on Saturday is prime time…
Under pressure last season we discovered that Clement likes to clutch onto xG and moral victories, the same sob stories are being produced already.
Managers are loathe to read too much into pre-season performances and results but after having a staggered return to action of his international players it looks like a very definite pattern of play has already been established by the champions.
Years of domestic domination, with one very notable blip has convinced them that they are all doing great jobs while the team repeatedly flops in Europe when faced by tougher opponents than the 2013 Third Division Champions.