In 2014 Brendan Rodgers was within touching distance of immortality on Merseyside, but Manchester City were on Liverpool’s tail throughout the campaign and snatched the title by two points.
The locals were distraught but loved the incredibly attacking formations Rodgers deployed. Liverpool were back, or so it seemed. Within 17 months, Jurgen Klopp made his availability known to Liverpool and in October last year Brendan was out of a job.
Celtic wanted Rodgers from the off but their major concern from the start was the familiar lure of English and Welsh lucre. Average managers there can command between £3m and £5m a year, getting on for 10% of Celtic’s income – and we pay tax and employer’s National Insurance, remember!
In recent weeks it became clear that Brendan is a Celtic man and was very interested in the job, while an offer he couldn’t refuse from England or Wales didn’t materialise. What went wrong for Brendan in Liverpool, after coming so close to the title, opened the door for Celtic.
The Merseyside team dropped from second to sixth last season, still higher than they were when he picked them up, but the slip worried the club to the extent that they could not resist Klopp’s availability. There’s reason to believe Liverpool were a tad hasty.
Much of Rodger’s success at Liverpool was based on getting the very best out of Suarez and Sturridge. They electrified English football in a manner which just didn’t happen before Brendan arrived, but Suarez fled for Barcelona as soon as he returned from his infamous World Cup, while Sturridge missed most of the following season through injury.
Suarez will be the first to break the Messi-Ronaldo Ballon d’Or duopoly. He is one of the world’s truly great players. Remember our own experiences when losing world class players.
We went from double winners to fifth (and sacked Jock Stein) when Dalglish left, and from 26 consecutive league wins to second when Larsson went. Losing one of the best players in the world takes time to recover from. What made Liverpool championship contenders just wasn’t there anymore. This cost Brendan his job, and a little of his reputation.
Before last night’s Europa League final the inane commentators told us, when discussing Klopp, that good managers can always improve players. This wasn’t meant to be a slight on Rodgers, but neither was it a deserved accolade for Klopp. Liverpool finished the season 8th in the league, lower than at any of Rodgers’ finishes.
Good managers can improve players, but only if they are taking over from less-effective managers. Klopp is one of the very best in the business, but Brendan Rodgers bettered him with the same team. He’s a manager at the absolute peak of our reach, it will be a remarkable appointment.
Usual caveats apply, until the lawyers have triplicate copies signed……
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BOURNESOUPRECIPE
Excellent Tomboy 3 will breathe a sigh of relief!
According to the website the TO is opened on
Saturday between 9am to 1pm.
FIELDSOFDRAMS.
The Fields of Green site appears to be down. Saves my blushes because my second attempt at hyperlink is still wrong – final d of crowdfunded missing. I shall now go into purdah. :-)
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timaloy29 sleeps on the heated driveway on 19th May 2016 5:32 pm
DENNYTIM on 19TH MAY 2016 5:30 PM
If we do get Brendan why not Lenny for his No 2 he knows all the players especially the ones coming back from loan deals
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I’d be delighted with that but I don’t think NL would want 2nd manager salary
*better than a kick in the hips and haws. If going fae ass manager tae kit man was good enough for a Lion then why not.
BOURNESOUPRECIPE
That’s a Philvis thumbs-up from me!
Thank you WITS, missed the early one but got the later one!!!
HH
BMCUW
Sorry bum info earlier
The Ticket Office will be open as follows this weekend:
Saturday, 21st May – 9am til 1pm
Wits
Well done , great to see.
Didn’t get on it :-(
least others did.
http://www.hailhailmedia.com/breaking-the-bank/
Marshall law set to be introduced in Scotland for people who say ‘Sevco’
Peter Grant( midfield legend) on radio shortie.
whereskevj?CSC.
BBC reporting that James Kelly MSP to introduce bill to kill OBaF Act tomorrow. Will the opposition MSPs all turn up ? HH
ERNIE LYNCH on 19TH MAY 2016 5:33 PM
QUONNO on 19TH MAY 2016 4:30 PM
‘I still stand by my previous position that the eventual outcome, still some way down the road will be an amended OB Act. ‘
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How many ‘previous positions’ do you have on this issue?
I can recall you saying that Labour wouldn’t include in their manifesto a commitment to repeal the legislation and when that turned out to be wrong you said that they wouldn’t try to implement any such commitment.
you are at liberty to correct me. but for the life of me I cannot recall using the word manifesto in any of my OB postings. I have on now a number of occasions referred to the ultimate out come being an amendment or amendments.
AN TEACH SOLAIS on 19TH MAY 2016 6:51 PM
BBC reporting that James Kelly MSP to introduce bill to kill OBaF Act tomorrow. Will the opposition MSPs all turn up ? HH
Are you stir shitting?
Tony D…
Is there any Celtic sites you don’t access:))
Could be some great headlines when we smash the huns to bits next season.
“Brendan Rodgers HM (Tax) Dodgers”.
SIPSINI on 19TH MAY 2016 6:55 PM
Tony D…
Is there any Celtic sites you don’t access:))
Lol, actually I get all my Celtic posts from the one site, it updates all day, and sends me messages automatically, so! I just pass them on :))
QUONNO
Merely quoting Reporting Scotland that Mr. Kelly will be proceeding with his promise to introduce a motion to kill the act.
If all opposition MSPs turn out at each stage and stay true to their parties’ manifestos, then SNP lose. It lacks an overall majority in the parliament and OB Act goes. HH
AN TEACH SOLAIS on 19TH MAY 2016 7:01 PM
QUONNO
Merely quoting Reporting Scotland that Mr. Kelly will be proceeding with his promise to introduce a motion to kill the act.
If all opposition MSPs turn out at each stage and stay true to their parties’ manifestos, then SNP lose. It lacks an overall majority in the parliament and OB Act goes. HH
I well understand the arithmetic. And in this case it is so close that the whole thing will be very interesting indeed.
A brawdger for me a brawdger for me
If your no a brawdger her no use to me.
A Lennon is braw a Dave Moyes and awe
But the cocky wee brawdger is the pride oh them awe……
Hoopy days….
Braw.
Am signing off for now.
Hopefully by the time I return Ernie will have unearthed where I mentioned manifesto or manifestos.
Need tae run.
Will Falkirk be allowed tae take the abstainers place
in the top tier.
The English are talking about 5 leagues of 20 teams
for the 2019-2020 season….just saying like!!!!
Goodnight Timland.
James Forrest on the Celtic Blog has just published a good piece on the removal of the OB Act. I’ll leave it to the technically competent to do the link thing. HH
http://talkingbaws.com/2016/05/celtic-fan-meets-brendan-rodgers-in-majorca-awkwardly-asks-if-hes-next-boss/?
KLV
ACGR……. Smiley thing…..hope your doing braw,,,,,
…been humming ma wee brawdger mantra all day….hope it works oot braw….
Braw.
Fingers crossed it’s Rogers. Planning to go to the ticket office Saturday to renew,bhoy beside me is moving and I hope to be able to get a kids season ticket for his seat when renewal date is up. Expect there to be a queue Saturday.
Brawbhoy, yer poetry,s pish, but made me laugh……a wee bit.
Left a post for you the other day re a dram sesh when you visit the frozen north next.
HH
The story about the proposed English fifth division is on the BBC website
Main football story
Good on Betfred.
Seen the posters advertising game?
Newco Rangers v Hibernian. No kidding!
Emeraldbee and Eldiegobhoy
Good Luck Ghuys !
http://talkingbaws.com/2016/05/bookmakers-forced-to-apologise-after-glasgow-shop-displays-newco-rangers-in-windows/
Haha
Betfred forced to apologise. One member being dealt with. That’s one Tim looking for a new job
Quonno @ 4.30
“When talking about separating only from the English, you appear to ignore the Northern Irish and Welsh parts of the UK. ”
No, I deliberately left them out because we talk about Westminster Politics (code for thae English) not Stormont Politics or Welsh Assembly politics
“Nothing new in folk eschewing one union and embracing another. ”
I never asserted it was a novel act but I did say there was an inconsistency in dubbing the Indy No Voters as Unionists (as a jibe with shades of Ulster politics attached) when you intend to be a European Unionist. We are all both seperatists and Unionists (unless we live in a country of one)- the only difference is where we draw the line to define boundaries. The Scottish Indy ref was bout bringing decision making nearer home. Well Brussels,Strasbourg and Luxembourg are all a bit further away than London.
“Happy to amend ‘getting into bed with the Tories’, with ‘forming a strategic alliance with the Tories’. ”
You have amended nothing- you have just stuck your fingers in your ears and said “La La La” to my mention of Labour, Tories, Lib Dems and greens opposing the SNP bloc cult on this one.
“~The only thing that currently unites three of the four opposition Holyrood parties is a visceral hatred of the SNP and that can only hold them together for so long.”
And there we have you repeating the argument that Nicola ( I will look at reviewing the OBaF Act hustings statement) sent out to all her attack dogs. They are only targeting OBaF because they hate the SNP. It’s a childish line and it insults intelligence. On how many other issues has there been a comprehensive split between the SNP and all other parties? (Here’s a clue- it’s a round fat number). There are no other issues on which there is a joint campaign by all. That is a measure of how poor this legislation is- that it unites all. Other SNP led policies will have some parties agreeing with them and some disagreeing- not this one. And not one SNP MSP, MP, Councillor or high profile activist has raised their voice to denounce this tartan painted piece of mince. I feel much safer hearing of the internal strife between Corbynists and Unreconstructed Blairites in Labour, or Boris-ites and Call Me Dave-ists in the Tories, or Tweedle Dee and Tweeldedum in the Lib Dems than in the slavish cult of Nicola. That’s not good party discipline; that’s unthinking lobby fodder. They cannot even smell their own stink from their own Act.
Your response is too typical of people who will defend the SNP (even though they assert this is not their party: they just recently joined and just slavishly vote for them) at all costs even when Celtic and football is harmed by them.
TNT…
My daughter had just shown me that from her FB :)))
WITS
Missed your tips mhate , I was at work ! How”s things in Dublin ?
Hopefully the club will be trying everything to get invited to this
Football League wants new five-league, 100-club system
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36335384
Quonno – are you hoping that the OBFAC survives to protect your blind patriotism.
I am slightly confused. Had BR agreed to be the next celtic manager? Cant find an official story anywhere?
Evening all….
How are we this wet evening? I’m hoping that my wishes come true over the coming days, we need Brendan and I think a few might even renew…
Ayrshire is Green and White