The interview with Premier Sports was illuminating, rather than usual gaggle of keyboard warriors Rodgers related to Charlie Mulgrew and Michael Steward as he explained his thinking after joking about his ridiculous booking from Kevin Clancy.
He still has a discomfort there, not as bad as what it was for the Bratislava game, but we don’t think he’s too far away from being where he wants to be.
There are times when it does feel as if Rodgers labours under his very own Messiah complex and that he’s on some sort of mission to educate and enlighten the mere mortals with whom he happens to come into contact whilst carrying out his missionary work. Which, of course, is…
Rodgers managed to turn the media conference into a discussion that suggested the only alternative to Celtic’s approach was to park the bus. There are far more than two ways to play football. Emery treated Bayern Munich differently to Ipswich, their weekend opponents in the EPL.
It’s a beautiful game, but it’s ruthless. And Celtic were exposed to name. There’s still lots of mileage in this group for them to go, but they’ve got to analyze and say themselves. We can’t do this away from home against top teams.
The loss of Carter-Vickers will clearly be a big blow to Rodgers and his plans for the match but unlike a year ago he has a defined template with eight or nine starters known for the match- with some quality options on the bench.
Yeah, not bad for a team that doesn’t play good football. I think that’s what we were told last year, wasn’t it? I think that was the accusation. We were too slow and we didn’t play football and we didn’t score enough goals.
For Scott it’s not about a club for his next step, it’s about the right club. I always think that, especially when you’re a young manager, getting to the right club is important.
A joke, no matter how good or bad from a manager or player is normally lapped up, the reporters laugh back to open up a relaxed discussion that will run on and add to a few easy days of content.
What I love about Callum and it is also what this club brings you. Being at Celtic is all about a culture of winning and to be a winner there is a process involved in that.