01 Apr 2025 21:18:41
I see a few 'stories' suggesting BR could well be looking to move back to the Engerlish Pub League should the right offer become available.
I'm more than happy for BR to stay and continue building this team but should he leave, sooner or later, who would be your top 3 managers to replace him?
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01 Apr 2025 22:30:37
I think if rodgers isn't given assurances about transfers in the summer then he will leave. And rightly so as the board have failed him in his 1st window and the previous one.
There was talk recently of rodgers having a meeting with DD about this. Not sure how much truth in it.
But next manager for me would be keiran mckenna.
01 Apr 2025 22:30:37
I think if rodgers isn't given assurances about transfers in the summer then he will leave. And rightly so as the board have failed him in his 1st window and the previous one.
There was talk recently of rodgers having a meeting with DD about this. Not sure how much truth in it.
But next manager for me would be keiran mckenna.
01 Apr 2025 22:39:34
I’m not worried about Brendan leaving because he mentioned he was staying for 3 seasons and I’m confident he will see out his current contract.
The article I read was a coach that “thinks” Brendan isn’t happy and he would basically take the first EPL offer.
I reckon he will continue in his job next season but then leave after 5 in a row.
I would love to see him signing a contract extension though.
02 Apr 2025 05:22:07
There is no proof that Brendan Rodgers is surprised and disappointed with Celtic Board not signing the players the players he wants in.
Giving assurances about transfers is the easy part, but as Celtic Board showed with their determination to and eventual signing of Idah as B R had obviously been very keen to get on board. Cheaper replacements are not acceptable to B R as he is given the last say .
02 Apr 2025 09:44:07
If BR goes you have to ask why?
Is it that he can find more motivation managing a higher level of player?
Could it because the Board doesn't have the same vision or ambition?
Could it be that the Board sees Celtic within the SPL as a big fish in a small pond and won't release money for a higher level of player?
Could it be that the Board sees Sevco as a major threat and that they don't want to spend any more than they want to as, if they fail, Celtic will be the new owner of the bragging rights?
I wasn't a fan of Rodgers after he jumped ship first time around but credit where credit's due, he's done not a bad job this time around. I was disappointed when Ange left when he could have gone on to develop us fully - I saw him as a long-term appointment.
Could it be that he sees a good crop of youngsters coming through and he may lose a number of them as he watches the backdoor of the first team and the pressure put on them with a resurgent Sevco?
Could it be that he reckons that Kuhn, Maeda, CCV, Hatate, Johnston all could test the next level elsewhere and would find it extremely difficult to replace at short notice and be bedded in for Europe next season?
Could it be that he sees Sevco going for the league title next season with sh! t loads of money thrown at the time to prevent Celtic reaching 56 titles and for them to retain the bragging rights? With that, could he then be seen as being a failure and that doesn't sit well with his ego?
Could it be that I've wasted my time with all of the above and he stays?
02 Apr 2025 11:50:22
Im confident he will sign a contract extension when the Trebles wrapped up.
02 Apr 2025 12:36:51
Usually when a manager leaves a club or has his contract terminated, it is likely that Board and Manager don’t have similar capabilities or ambitions. That shouldn’t happen with BR, if it did it would show very poor ability by either BR or the Board . They have been a long this road only 5/ 6 years ago, for BR to suggest now that Board didn’t match his ambitions, he would be clearly admitting that he was a poor judge of people, similarly for Board to now think they shouldn’t back BR would reflect equally bad on Board . Both BR and Board if they had their doubts, they should. raised them before BR had signed to be our manager and not now when it is likely to affect team performance.
I think it is worth remembering that what Manager really must have in terms of signings, is usually different from who/ what supporters want .
The positive thing about our recent windows are we seemed to unearth quality players, maybe very late in window, I suppose most managers would feel totally frustrated by signing any Tom, Dick or Harry for a position in the middle of window and as we come towards end of window a top player within our price range becomes available and Board won’t sign as they already spent money on that position .
BR is very brave regarding players coming in, he has declared that he has final say, that’s really taking on a great amount of responsibility, the buck no longer stops at Board it stops with Brendan.
02 Apr 2025 16:19:13
They won't have sh*t loads of money to throw at anything that's not how it works. As I believe you was allowed to spend around 85% of income on players, wages and agent fees that now goes down to 70% as of next season. Using their last accounts as a rough guide their wage bill wasnt far off that 70% so they'll need to make cuts, get more lucrative sponsorships and sell their dross for decent money to be able to throw any decent money at players.
02 Apr 2025 18:49:23
The board provided him with the best player on the field in the derby defeat and broke our transfer record when thye poured £11m down the drain for Engles. Fed up of hearing BR demanding assurances from the board. The board have more than backed him!
04 Apr 2025 12:50:42
In fairness to BR our fans moan and groan more than BR over lack of funds . Some expect 5/ 6 new players in every window.
05 Apr 2025 09:04:18
BR will stay and extend imo. Loads of cash to spend "them" eh no, EVEN IF they actually get taken over. IF. Eh No.