Brendan Rodgers - New Celtic Manager

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Rodgers was just getting his eye in. 3-0 tonight. Sent those pesky Gibraltarians packing, and feeling very silly indeed.
 

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Kolo could be heading to Celtic! :D
 

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More than good enough for scottish league!
 

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The funny bit is they were deemed good enough for Liverpool.
 

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A crocked Kolo is still far better than Mike Smalling let's be honest.
 

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He seems over the moon with the move

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Losing to Astana with 15 minutes to go in the CL qualifier. Not doing too well so far.

Equalised as I posted...
 

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Today the Celtic vs Barca Friendly ( International Champions Cup) is shown live in German Free TV. That's unusual and I think I'll take take the chance to watch the Bhoys;)
 
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Got to love these deluded people who think they can play professional football.

You'd have been a NFL and NBA star too if you've actually tried, right slugger?

If there is a Scottish league for either sport I'm sure I'd be one of the top performers in it, yes.
 

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We've got something special going on at the moment. Kolo is gonna eat these SPFL players for dinner.
Patrick Roberts is full of potential, would love to throw some money at City and keep him, but he's a lot better than the SPFL.
One player to keep an eye out for, for you lot in the Prem, is Tom Rogic. He's the best player on any shed of grass in Scotland at the moment, won't be surprised to see him make it into a side down south. An absolute joy to watch play football, great feet for a big lad.
 

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Love Kolo, still wished Klopp would've kept him for another season, but you are right, he'll look like Baresi in the SPFL. ;)

Rodgers bringing in some good hungry players; Celtic have been needing refreshed for a couple of years now, and they may even get back into the CL this year once more and look decent. Fudgie is doing well so far.
 

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If there is a Scottish league for either sport I'm sure I'd be one of the top performers in it, yes.

Plenty of SPL players earn over 100 grand, if you're good, why aren't you doing it?

Or maybe being an international super spy with hundreds of supermodel girlfriends pays more, am I right Walter?
 

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Plenty of SPL players earn over 100 grand, if you're good, why aren't you doing it?

Or maybe being an international super spy with hundreds of supermodel girlfriends pays more, am I right Walter?

Have you seen poor Kolo Toure's face in the photograph posted above? It's not worth earning "over 100 grand" a week if it means being that miserable in your surroundings.

The spy idea intrigues me, though. Rather than an international spy is there an opening for a national spy? Perhaps one that operates solely in Scotland? I'd definitely be the best spy in Scotland.
 

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Have you seen poor Kolo Toure's face in the photograph posted above? It's not worth earning "over 100 grand" a week if it means being that miserable in your surroundings.

The spy idea intrigues me, though. Rather than an international spy is there an opening for a national spy? Perhaps one that operates solely in Scotland? I'd definitely be the best spy in Scotland.

There are no SPL players on even half a hundred grand a week - I meant a year. Still an excellent wage for most people, not for multi billionaires like yourself though Walter.

What is it like living a life of utter delusion? I imagine it's pretty good really (as good your imagination can make it) but can't be too healthy, please tell you do something in your life beyond day dreaming?

Did you watch Usain Bolt and think "I could definitely run faster than that!!!"
 

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There are no SPL players on even half a hundred grand a week - I meant a year. Still an excellent wage for most people, not for multi billionaires like yourself though Walter.

What is it like living a life of utter delusion? I imagine it's pretty good really (as good your imagination can make it) but can't be too healthy, please tell you do something in your life beyond day dreaming?

Did you watch Usain Bolt and think "I could definitely run faster than that!!!"

You call me deluded yet you think Usain Bolt is Scottish!?
 

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Funny talk here and here's me who thought this is about Brendan Rogers and Celtic :D

@steven: Are you this 'Walter' he is refering too? I am confused ;)
 

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You call me deluded yet you think Usain Bolt is Scottish!?

I don't think that, which is why I never said nor implied it.

Funny talk here and here's me who thought this is about Brendan Rogers and Celtic :D

@steven: Are you this 'Walter' he is refering too? I am confused ;)

Walter Mitty, well known fantasist, although even he is probably perplexed by Stevencc.

Overweight fans thinking they're better than professional footballers is hilariously, but unfortunately rather common, it needs to be called out.

Your average SPL player isn't a world beater, but he'll have spent well over 10,000 hours playing football, be earning a wage more than double the national average and is far closer to Messi than the average punter is to him. Put even a failed 3rd division footballer into an amateur team and he'll run the show (and even amateur players are much better than armchair fans).
 

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I don't think that, which is why I never said nor implied it.



Walter Mitty, well known fantasist, although even he is probably perplexed by Stevencc.

Overweight fans thinking they're better than professional footballers is hilariously, but unfortunately rather common, it needs to be called out.

Your average SPL player isn't a world beater, but he'll have spent well over 10,000 hours playing football, be earning a wage more than double the national average and is far closer to Messi than the average punter is to him. Put even a failed 3rd division footballer into an amateur team and he'll run the show (and even amateur players are much better than armchair fans).
Blimey, you're a very serious man. Do you actually think anyone on here believes you don't have to be a very good footballer to play in the SPL? Try thinking relative. The conference north for example, to play in that you have to be a very good footballer, but relative to the PL it's utter shite. The same goes for Scottish football, it's a pathetic standard compared to the English leagues. You do concede that I assume? If not it's yourself that's delusional.
 

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Why Walter?

EDIT: ah, I see it's explained above. Hmm, seems I've wasted a post. Better say something to regain credibility...

The SPL is shite, I could manage Celtic to the treble.
 

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Blimey, you're a very serious man. Do you actually think anyone on here believes you don't have to be a very good footballer to play in the SPL? Try thinking relative. The conference north for example, to play in that you have to be a very good footballer, but relative to the PL it's utter shite. The same goes for Scottish football, it's a pathetic standard compared to the English leagues. You do concede that I assume? If not it's yourself that's delusional.

Absolutely not, first of all "pathetic" is completely relative, I find it no more pathetic comparing Scotland to England than, say, England to Spain. Scotland has better teams than the Championship so I guess the only comparison we have is to the Premier League, the richest league in the world, from a nation more than ten times our size. Are we as good as them? Of course not, no more than Belize have a better army than the United States.

The fact you take pride in this, and use it as a stick to beat Scottish football, is absolutely hilarious.

As I've discussed on the other thread we can only legitimately compare ourselves to nations with a similar population, Finland, Norway etc. - and it's a comparison we do extremely well in. Indeed, we're doing far better than many far larger European nations. We're doing extremely well, and have been for as long as football has existed. No attempt to shoehorn in a comparison with a neighbour more than ten times our size will change that.

Why Walter?

The SPL is shite, I could manage Celtic to the treble.

You should do it - no other Celtic manager has achieved this in over a decade.
 

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Id back Rene to manage Celtic to a domestic treble in his first season with an unblemished record. I hope he doesn't mind me saying that he wouldn't get them anywhere in Europe because there are more than just Scottish teams playing and, therefore, he'd be managing one of the worst teams in the competition.
 

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Thank you Steven, I'm a realist about Europe...no Scottish team will ever again be able to do anything worthwhile in Europe, because we are a pretty hopeless league. Not even my Celtic. I'm confident I will smash amateur quality talent like Rangers (or St. Mirren if they ever get promoted) repeatedly though, I would barely need to give my squad a pep talk.
 

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Id back Rene to manage Celtic to a domestic treble in his first season with an unblemished record. I hope he doesn't mind me saying that he wouldn't get them anywhere in Europe because there are more than just Scottish teams playing and, therefore, he'd be managing one of the worst teams in the competition.

You've picked a fairly awful time to post this as Celtic take a huge step into the Champions League group stages.

Some people just have no luck.

Thank you Steven, I'm a realist about Europe...no Scottish team will ever again be able to do anything worthwhile in Europe, because we are a pretty hopeless league. Not even my Celtic. I'm confident I will smash amateur quality talent like Rangers (or St. Mirren if they ever get promoted) repeatedly though, I would barely need to give my squad a pep talk.

You should be careful, it was St. Mirren beating Celtic 4-0 that got Tony Mowbray sacked.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/8583337.stm
 

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You've picked a fairly awful time to post this as Celtic take a huge step into the Champions League group stages.

Some people just have no luck.

Seem to be doing their best to throw that away at present.
 

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You've picked a fairly awful time to post this as Celtic take a huge step into the Champions League group stages.

Some people just have no luck.



You should be careful, it was St. Mirren beating Celtic 4-0 that got Tony Mowbray sacked.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/8583337.stm

Fair point St.Juste - Celtic, and therefore the entirety of Scottish football, have left me red-faced after taking the huge step of nearly losing to the mighty Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. over two legs in the Champions League final pre-tournament qualifiers.

I wish that a) I was more lucky with my timing and b) Scottish football wasn't so goshdarn powerful on the European stage.

Fair play to ya.
 

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