If I’m being magnanimous, Brendan made no secret of the fact that he wanted to return to the English Premier League. When he was here, he won everything available to him domestically and proved that you can please all of the people all of the time. We want managers to be ambitious, honest and successful and that’s what we got.
It rankles that his timing was so poor, a day before we visit Tynecastle on league duty and five days before we visit Easter Road in the Cup. Brendan saw little compensation in Moussa Dembele’s success here, or ambition, when he engineered his exit at a bad time for the manager, the same is true now. Celtic knew nothing of this before yesterday and have a major job on their hands to ensure the quest for the treble treble remains on course.
Neil Lennon is likely to be announced as interim manager. We are fortunate to have as an experienced hand available. If anyone knows how to take a Celtic team to Edinburgh, it’s Neil. Plans for next season will continue in the background, but Neil will be asked to deliver the treble and nothing will be allowed to distract him or the players from that objective.
I have heard from a few CQN’ers who are surprised today, but we should know better. This is football, managers and players are highly paid professionals, all the badge thumping in the world does not change that. Exceptions are rare.
Best of luck to you, Brendan, and thanks for the trebles. You could have held out for better than Leicester, but there’s every chance you’ll keep them in the division for many years.
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Loving the DM chat — only 15 years between first and second interviews.
Must be some sort of record.
antipodean red on 26th February 2019 12:20 pm
The rot set in after that debacle and the trust between Brendan and Lawwell has never recovered, in my opinion, the wrong party has left. It is time for major changes at Celtic before this megalomaniac destroys all the good that has been put in place.
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Remember this: it sets the gold standard for daftness.
AR
CQN not my kind of place today. Even so, for those who think Armageddon has arrived, Hearts were 5/1 when Brendan was our Manager . They are still 5/1 today.
Cheerio for now.
JJ
Welcome Home Corbyn Celt. You missed the 49 bit but no matter.
Some people here know that the root cause of Brendan going is that the Board didn’t back his ambitions, I wish I had access to the same level of inside info but unfortunately I don’t, so all I can see is a man who is just looking after himself and Celtic didn’t really matter when push came to shove.
I loved him as a Manager and don’t regret the last 3 years but he has ditched us at a crucial juncture in the season and now he means nothing to me.
I neither wish him ill or well my only concern now is that my team win the Championship. I’d like the Cup as well but if that doesn’t come I’ll get over it.
Celtic First, Celtic Last Celtic Overall.
Denibhoy,
I believe wee WGS has about a good a handle on us , how we operate and
how we’re really perceived than just about any pundit out there.
Whenever he talks about us – or football in general – he always delivers something worth listening to.
pick ourselves up dust ourselves down and head for Tynecastle.
OnwardsCSC
The king is dead, long live the lenny
we’re gonna win the league
This will be beyond sweet
Weasel
Today is a great example of the riduculous situation where players can only change clubs during 2 short windows yet managers can be poached (or just upsticks) at the drop of a hat. If I wasn’t on a sunshine holiday I’d be a wee bit angry! #selfishprioritiesCSC
Im over the disappointment, no point apportioning blame unless we are going to learn from it, but we never do.
I suspect the team will be galvanised by this time tomorrow, time to show that its their achievements that brought the double treble and still on course for the treble treble.
New book to be released in the near future
From Hero to Zero. Brendan Rogers time at Celtic.
Published by The Celtic News
Edited by Peter Lawell
Preface by P67.
I’m Neil Lennon CSC
Dbhoy- just a hunch, but someone with a good track record in this league,i don’t think Neil would see himself him as a stopgap for any club.He knows Lawwell of old,and walked away, he would need to be strong in negotiating his conditions. HH
THE LONG WAIT IS OVER – Agreed. WGS a very clever, articulate and witty man who speaks well of us at all times. His ex-teammate, Willie Miller, also tends to speak highly of us. Who would ever have guessed that back in their playing days?
I wish I’d copied corkcelt’s post from last week – summed it up – we need to think of that now
JOBO BALDIE BROONY
Brilliant sunshine here in Lower East Kilbride CSC
@ !!BADA BING!! on 26TH FEBRUARY 2019 2:27 PM
Neil doesn’t really have anything going for him at the moment. Since leaving Celtic he has managed Bolton and Hibs and was fired from one (i think) and was not fired/did not quit the other.
I love Neil and think he will do the job till the end of the season, but he has no bargaining power.
MurdochauldandHay on 26th February 2019 2:19 pm
Let there be no doubt about it Brendan Rogers has behaved appallingly to leave Celtic fc at this critical time plus take his backroom staff with him as well shows a lack of care & selfishness that is unforgivable towards our Club & players who must be shell shocked at these developments
Really disappointed in BR actions this news will galvanise our enemies like nothing else would have done & has now made our task of 8 in a row even tougher
I just hope our players can put this behind them & continue to display the qualities that have us with an 8 point lead
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This isn’t bitterness. Nor is it self-pity. It is the plain, unvarnished truth.
Paul67 et al
Nobody expected Big Pete to transfer Brendan Rogers to Leicester.
Nobody expected that!
Many a hun is laughing today. Their pain will be double the usual dosage when Lenny seals 8-in-a-row.
Cupped ears, aeroplanes, v-signs . . . . We Are All Neil Lennon.
I’m a big Neil Lennon fan and glad he’s back with us until the end of the season, maybe beyond.
Given what he’s been through in Scotland, and the potential to lead to more hun head-melting, absolute respect for what he’s about to step into.
Too many good pros and good leaders around for us to drop the ball imho. People like Neil, Broonie, KT, Lustig and others who look beyond Brendan as the ‘pull’.
We’ve a league to win.
Green side up at 2.16
I was trying to find the right words to express how I feel about today’s events but you have put it better than I ever could, via the words of a Celtic great- THE Celtic great.
Deniabhoy,
Agree on Willie Miler – I didn’t mind Miller – WGS drove me crazy.
As you say – Who’d ah thunk it..?
Nothing to see here. Nothing seismic and destabilising. Nothing to worry about. Carry on. Nothing has happened…
Best headline of the day – from Celts are here blog
Know Your Place – “We Lost A Manager, You Lost A Club”
LOL :-)
Just watched Sky news channel for the 20 mins past the hour sports bulletin.
The Brendan Rodgers to Leicester story came in third item behind pieces on the Chelsea and Spurs managers problems.
Welcome back to highly paid irrelevance Brendan.
BOURNESOUPRECIPE on 26TH FEBRUARY 2019 12:07 PM
You are usually a very sensible poster on here and I know you are hurting like all of us.
But your comments about Brendan Rodgers are deplorable.
Anyway, as down as we are, the journey goes on.
HH.
I happened to sayin Valencia the other night that only constant you can be sure of at this club is the hard core of 20,000 to 30,000 supporters who turn up year after year no matter what we are winning,where we are playing and who has stewardship of the club. Forget about managers players or directors I haven’t counted many of them turning up week after week to support the club that they professed to be their first love.
Can’t see Mr Rodgers taking all his back room staff with him as John Kennedy will have to remain as the boards ears in the dressing room
As for Mr Rodgers himself, I always was wary of someone who could behind his first loves back and mess about in pastures new. If you have no loyalty or commitment in your personal life what chance have you of taking these attributes into your business life.
Anyway OleGunnar not signed on a permanent contract at the Mancs yet, seize the moment Pedro
Would be hypocritical of me to lament Brendan leaving but the circumstances and timing are galling.
From a Celtic supporters point of view i hope it does not have a detrimental effect on our title run in.
The brickbats now being aimed at BR by the board loyalists are the same ones that were aimed at NFL when he left.
Just sayin’.
Does anyone think he would have gone if the league was far tighter?..[i.e a point or two either way]
Certainly would have been accused of dodging the Gerrard challenge.
Is Brendan saying the league is in the bag so im off now?
Black Tuesday – he’s conned us – we all thought we had a real Celtic Man in charge – now we know that was a lie – no Celtic Man as manager would ever leave us in the lurch like this – and for what Leicester City!
There’s much bigger things to consider toady – we don’t score from many penalties for instance
rip the shi* out of them lennie
…apologies for the BOLD – that was an error…
THE HANDS CANT HIT WHAT THE EYES CANT SEE on 26TH FEBRUARY 2019 2:30 PM
@ !!BADA BING!! on 26TH FEBRUARY 2019 2:27 PM
Neil doesn’t really have anything going for him at the moment. Since leaving Celtic he has managed Bolton and Hibs and was fired from one (i think) and was not fired/did not quit the other.
I love Neil and think he will do the job till the end of the season, but he has no bargaining power.
I get what you’re saying, but can you picture NL winning the league and cup, and Steve Clarke walking in a week later on a 3 year deal?
I won’t be joining the chorus on here condemning Brendan with all sorts of insults getting slung in his direction. Short memories and the man hasn’t had a chance to air his reasons. A confidentiality clause will probably scupper our chance of knowing the exact details.
He was clearly unhappy with the transfer dealings in the summer and went public to let the fans know HE was trying to get some quality players in but wasn’t being backed.
Added to that was a couple of players signed without his knowledge or consent .
This was after winning every domestic trophy on offer. What a disgraceful way to treat a manager who achieved so much for us . Can anyone blame him for being angry with that treatment by our board. He’s mentioned continuous improvement as what driver and motivator for him and the players. This ethos wasn’t matched by our board imo.
No doubt about it It’s a sad sad day for our club tempered slightly by the apparent appointment of Neil Lennon, a man and football manager I have tremendous respect for.
HH
HUNDERBIRDS 2.16PM
Fantastic post, I wholeheartedly agree.
Leaving the game on Sunday, Brendan was gathering the players in the centre circle, putting an arm around each of them, obviously congratulating them and taking time with them as the Motherwell players were rightly being booed off the pitch.
My mate turned to me, smiled and said, that man has class, everything about him is classy.
2 short days later……….
We’ve seen the ruthless face of advanced capitalism today. Rodgers leaving us in the lurch without a backward glance. For Leicester! All about the moolah. It was always important, now it’s the only thing.
We are confirmed as a footballing backwater. Everything at our club is for sale. Don’t get too attached to anything because if it’s any good it’ll be sold. That includes our feted manager and prized players. We don’t build beyond a two year cycle. We build a good team? It’ll be broken up and sold.
These are dynamics created by the EPL. Lawwell and others embrace them as an immovable fact and as a personal good (as I might in his well heeled shoes). For the rest of us it’s soul destroying to see where we now are in the pecking order.
Lenny is the only man that can galvanise us right away in such horrendous circumstances. In the long-term we need to develop a competitive alternative environment to the EPL and UEFA cartels and stop feeding off the ever sparser scraps they grant us. Create a league with other big clubs from small countries or face a future of increasing irrelevance, poorer teams and redundant disco lights. If it means leaving UEFA, who cares? Fewer June away fixtures in Azerbaijan with Ronny Deila -types as manager.