We didn’t give away too much. I wasn’t overly happy with how passive we were at times. We had our triggers in the game to go and press in the right moments and we didn’t quite execute that. But still, we never gave away so much.
Every possible piece of spin is applied to matters at Ibrox but a Scottish Cup defeat at home to Queens Park is on a par with McCoist’s defeats to Alloa, Raith Rovers, Queen of the South, Stirling Albion, Peterhead, Annan Athletic and Forfar.
Without a worthwhile news story in a career of mediocrity English generally produces puff pieces from afar, with his background he ticks a number of boxes for BBC Scotland where he is affectionately known as House Paddy, a nickname he takes great pride in.
Brendan Rodgers was relaxed and confident as he discussed Celtic's Champions League Play Off match against Bayern Munich.Seven days ago the Irishman had spoken about his disappointment over the failure of the club to sign a striker before the transfer window closed.That issue coupled with the suspension of Daizen Maeda…
Where is all the money? Who’s there to answer these big questions? We don’t have anybody at the helm, we don’t have a chairman – we do now, but they’ve brought in someone that nobody knows.
You can’t be knocked out the cup, you can’t be 13 points behind Celtic in the league. You lost the League Cup to your biggest rivals as well. It’s going to throw huge pressure on him.
We are backing Philippe at this time as a board. It’s about taking a deeper look at the issues, addressing those problems, and staying focused on building a stronger future for the club. Changing a manager isn’t a silver bullet solution.
I’ll make a comparison with a house. You start with foundations, like we had to do this season. But it’s not a good way to build a house if you do two storeys then wipe it and start from the foundation again.
Following on from the Dundee United statement more detail has emerged with the revelation that pundits and commentators are being used in the KMI to whitewash the mistakes of match officials.
It was simplicity with sophistication, the outcome of repeated training ground drills at Lennoxtown put together in competitive action as Brendan Rodgers’ side turned on the style.