Let’s cut to the chase.
This is about Ten-In-A-Row, and today Celtic sent a message.
The best manager at Parkhead since Jock Stein wants to write his own part of the club’s unbroken history.
Celtic will strengthen the playing squad in the summer, and there are a few aspirant Kieran Tierney types in the young squad who want to break through.
There has been a cacophony in recent months from the sports desks of pishfull thinking regarding Brendan.
The basic narrative has been:
Yes, Brendan Rodgers has done remarkably well. He’s recruited well and transformed players who looked like they were heading out of the door at Celtic.
However, he will soon tire of winning a one-horse race, and he will be lured south to the riches and excitement of the EPL.
Sorry lads, but that fairy story will have to be shelved for a while now.
Ok?
Got that?
As he has stated on many occasions and most recently in the aftermath of the match at Tynecastle; he’s a Celtic supporter. He was reared in the Hoops in his native County Antrim.
As these words blink to life on the other side Cúige Uladh, I believe that Brendan Rodgers and Celtic are a perfect fit.
Moreover, I sense that Ten-In-A-Row just got that little bit closer.
For the chaps on the sports desks they should realise this:
After the Cup semi-final last season Don Desmond got angry.
He is a serious man and should have been treated with respect.
Now they’re the hunted ones.
They missed their chance.
This isn’t business; it’s strictly personal.
Take the cannoli…
for every fiver cash they spend celtic will have a
certified bankers draft … sevco no credit line no shame
Certain rangers peepol offended Mr Desmond at the cup semi last season.
The foundations are in place ..
The foundations are rock solid ..
For sevco the perfect storm is about to hit them head on ..
Mr Rogers is the perfect fit..
And he’s here to leave a legacy that will also put him into celtic folklore..
He knows the script being a supporter himself..
Think celtic are excelling now ?
Wait for the ‘for every fiver sevco spend’… celtic will use the open cheque book
It’s far too early to say whether Brendan Rodgers will become Celtic’s best manager since Jock Stein, at present both Martin O’Neill and Gordon Strachan are ahead of him. So far he’s won a League and a League Cup, the closest opposition being a workmanlike Aberdeen and a poor Rangers. During Stein’s reign he was up against a Rangers team which was good enough to get to two European finals, winning one, and the winning margin when Rangers finished second was usually two or three points, one point in 72-73, a ten point gap over Aberdeen being the best winning margin in that period. Both O’Neill and Strachan faced credible domestic opposition, Rodgers inherited a team on a winning run, with no credible domestic opposition. Stein inherited a Celtic team which had only won a League Cup in the previous ten years, which finished seventh in the League in 64-65 and, with a few additions transformed it into one capable of winning a European Cup and dominating domestic football for a decade. Ill be astonished if B.R. achieves anything close to that.
I agree, as much as I love B.R.
Having said that, a treble + and unbeaten at end of season is a tremendous start.
to clarify, as a much cleverer friend than i am said once, “lets not start sucking each others cocks too soon”
brendans won the league and league cup. so far, to be fair.
Caesar did the centenary double against souness, money and the establishment : brendan would have to win the champions league to top that.
haven’t read it twice, but bullshit about him being the best since Mr Stein.
bullshit.
fantastic, this season has been great.
he seems like a bit of a munter whenever he opens his mouth. thought that when he as at swansea, liverpool and even now. i’m obviously going to be in a minority.
Minority you sound like a hurting hun enjoy it while we have him ffs
The message couldn’t be clearer and the length of the contract is no coincidence.
Brendan will be there to take us to 10 IAR and will forever be in Celtic history as a result.
So despite the media’s best efforts to move him on the manager has comitted.
What’s the odds that Armstrong signs a new contract instead of heading for the sunny climes of Europe as some of our scribes would have us believe.
The Scottish media should take lots of credit for developments at both Celtic and Ibrox.
Without the daily diet of fairy tales, untruths and downright lies perhaps the Govan fan base might be a little wiser about what really is going on at their club.
There are a list of issues in the pipeline, any one of which on their own could sink the ship.
Have you read a single headline to indicate that stormy waters are ahead…….nope, not a one!
That Level of press blackout doesn’t come cheap.
The day of reckoning is coming, what one of our intrepid journos will claim to have been all over the story from Day 1?
Shouldn’t the quotation from Mafia Boss Chas Green be “take the history… leave the debts”?
But surely Brendan announced that he’s off in search of a bigger challenge? Or was that just wishful thinking on the part of the press?! Hmmm.
If I may, here is my take on it…
https://theclumpany.wordpress.com/2017/04/07/what-really-happened-at-the-celtic-press-conference/
Are Level 5 invoices resting in the pending Tray? I only ask because the latest Ped Talk (Manure worth spreading) has Caixinha predicting, no, not the score but Aberdeen’s line up for tomorrow’s game. Previously it was “Magic Hat Warburton” now it’s “Psychic Pedro” entertaining us.
“For every pound Celtic spend…..Rangers will borrow ten”
#Brilliant
Sorry, Can’t see us getting ten in a row. According to the Daily Record, Rangers have a youth team that is the greatest side ever. Taking that in two years they will be twenty years old that will stop us at 8 while Rangers go on to win twenty in a row and 19 European Cups. One of these geniuses is from Malta and could be “Greater than Tony Drago!!” How can we cope with that!! Scoring goals at Parkhead against us while potting a black off four cushions at the same time!!!!! And under a Portuguese genius of a manger who is so good he get draws v Kilmarnock and Motherwell!!
“Tony Drago”! 🙂 Simply the best.
Brendan Rodgers is a class act. A man of vision, integrity, honesty and loyalty. We as the Celtic family should be extremely happyand proud that Desmond Dermot and Peter Lawwell have the vision to ensure we are led into battle with the best manager available who can ensure we can fulfill our potential and our dreams.
Great article Phill.
Res Ipsa Loquitur.
Great News for Celtic, Scottish Football and Scotland as a nation. Clearly Brendan is enjoying life here. Phil you often make reference to the “Culture” that is the wrong side of history. We all know what you are referring to. This news can be another nail in the coffin. Well done Celtic and Peter Lawell for staying focused an all things Celtic. lets keep building our remarkable and genuine history. We shall not be moved.
It’s fantastic and a great bonus that we have a manager who absolutely loves the Celtic.
But to be fair the Huns have such a manager also.
Brendan is potentially the best Celtic manger since Stein, but not yet, that honour is still with Blesssed Martin who took us to Seville. Brendan has not surpassed MON just yet.
I love the Godfather references…
“The Godfather” is full of important life lessons …
Haha Phil. Loved the Godfather reference at the end. Good stuff
Without a shadow of doubt the comments made to Dermot Desmond stirred the hornets nest. That crass stupidity on the part of a horrible bigot of a man must surely be haunting him now. It’s going to get a lot worse for the tribute act ……… no more than they deserve.
Compare and contrast:
The CFC board sign a manager who would be on the shortlist for any EPL vacancy.
The splintered RIFC/TRFC board struggle to find a DoF and kitman of any description whilst factions separately and desparately seek loan-shark money to survive the TAB cold shoulder, the league split, the Rangers Retail case, the Ibrox Three case, the Supreme Court EBT decision fall out, the roof repair bills, pay days, utility bills etc etc etc.
No wonder any young kid in Glasgow who loves football more than 17th century politics is following CFC – at least you can be a replica CFC shirt – but don’t bloody let ya Da find it Billy, or there’ll be hell to pay.
I do like a cannoli.
Keep up the good work
Take note Sevco this is how you really do PR and sell season tickets and simultaneously damage an opponent HH IBWT
well it comes to no surprise to me Dermot and peter moved swiftly tie him down early last season semi final they were boasting about it all now there on the downfall and its hit them hard they didn’t realise it was coming now there in trouble and they can hear the clock is ticking sounding TICK TOCK TICK TOCK now there moaning because there going lets say BUST.
Great news for Celtic. There is no team in Scotland that will stop 10 (or more) in a row. A great manager and hungry players will make sure of that. Hats off to the board and Mr Desmond for keeping the manager at the club and for demostrating real ambition.
Great news Phil, 10 in a row here we come.
There’s definitely something about Fridays.
Phil, not a Celtic fan, personally prefer my stripes to be red and white with a fleece lining, but good to hear Rodgers has signed up nonetheless, even if only to out to bed the pish we hear from the media which would make us believe that managers in Scotland only work here to kill time before they move down south. Didn’t we hear the same nonsense with Martin O’Neill every time there was a vacancy in The EPL. It just shows the contempt the media have for Scottish football if they think a manager of Rodgers’ quality would want to walk away from trophies and Champions league football to go to some middling team down there. The pish we hear about how McInnes is all set to leave us to go to the tribute club every time they have a managerial crisis where he played in a mere 53 games during a 5 year spell in their books shows us the contempt that Scottish journalists have for any team that doesn’t play in either Green and White or light blue
Keep up the good work, and here’s hoping the Dons can at least run Celtic a little closer next season
Stand Free
Fantastic news for the supporters, Phil. BR knows what it’s like being a fan himself. It suggests that the board will back him financially with possible new signings and tying up those who’s contracts need sorted. Exciting times ahead for the club
BR has defo taken the “bull” by the horns.
This is no doubt a reaction to the Instant impact of the immortal Pedro. Once more they have us on the back foot. For every pound Celtic spend, Rangers will borrow ten!