Rodgers is a human being who breathes football. He knows that a back pass is not always a negative event. It allows us to keep possession and alter the point of attack. Many of our support are of the belief that they can chant anything and there will be no reaction. A chant for KT at our next match is a two fingers to Rodgers.
Great to have Euan on with some sensible, balanced commentary. Every time Stevie is on, I think we should all flood the comments section with how much we like Euan. That is not a slight on Stevie at all. I don't know why anyone would think that. It is just great to have Euan back. Frankly, the fans need to wind their necks in a bit. Why has there been such a reaction from Celtic fan media to BR's comments about the KT stuff? Because they were among the fans that were singing for KT and they don't like being called out.
Being called out by a traitor like Rodgers? That’s the problem. It’s who is saying it. The guy that abandoned the entire team when we desperately needed him, for a few more bucks. Those fans that he is questioning actually PAY money to be there. He gets paid A LOT!! That wasn’t enough though. He sold the team out and came back when it didn’t work out too good for him. The fact we allowed him back is pathetic in its own right, never mind him looking down his nose at us and talking about us like that. If Neil Lennon had said that, I’d respect it. Definitely not taking that crap from a greedy wee prick like him though
Rodgers was 100% right. We are not entitled to win every game 4 nil, yet some supporters think we do. Short memories some people. 100% agree on Ibrox. I was never confident. We are not strong enough in midfield. Too much expectation on Mcgregor who is no Scott Brown.
Think Rodgers has escalated an issue that wasn’t really as serious as he makes out. I suspect Rodgers was upset at his tactics being questioned due to a couple of below average performances recently. More about his ego than Taylor’s feelings. Celtic were at loggerheads with sections of the support last and parkhead was a toxic atmosphere at times, don’t know why he wants to resurrect it. I was there and wasn’t aware of the level of alleged fans grumblings . As for fans shouting about entitlement etc geez a break like Rodgers each individual supporter has an opinion. Big European game coming turn your focus on that game Brendan, no need to be so prickly.
Think Rodgers has escalated an issue that wasn’t really as serious as he makes out. I suspect Rodgers was upset at his tactics being questioned due to a couple of below average performances recently. More about his ego than Taylor’s feelings. Celtic were at loggerheads with sections of the support last and parkhead was a toxic atmosphere at times, don’t know why he wants to resurrect it. I was there and wasn’t aware of the level of alleged fans grumblings . As for fans shouting about entitlement etc geez a break like Rodgers each individual supporter has an opinion. Big European game coming turn your focus on that game Brendan, no need to be so prickly some fans are still hurting over Thursdays performance which you said yourself was disappointing.
I think Rodgers got it wrong.. it wasn't a dig at Him or Taylor but a joy at the thought of KT coming back.. bit raw & still annoyed by the way we performed on Thur so frustration overspill from that.. but Rodgers DOESN'T have the Right to tell us how to Support our Club.. Players & Managers Walk away.. we NEVER do...
He thinks it’s his club or something. I can’t stand him man, he already sold us out once and nearly cost us the league that year. He seems like a stuck up prick that I’d end up scrapping in the pub. Imagine your girl left and went with another man for a couple years and then you get back together and started questioning your commitment or love for her. That’s br. He will always do what’s best for him.
Those comments he made have for me been the last straw. I have no respect for him anymore. Just cause you’re a Celtic fan, player, manager, etc, doesn’t mean I’ll ever put up with disrespect from you. I’ve probably been in more fights over the years with Celtic fans than I ever have rangers 😂
I back the manager all day long. But..he didn’t come across terribly well. It came across as slightly petulant almost a little childish. You could tell he was annoyed, but he could have tempered that response slightly (if you ask me) but the spirit of what he’s saying is spot on. Back the team, trust the team, trust the manager. End of the day, that’s 3 points. Sevco dropped points and big Phillipa is blaming the rain or the direction of the grass or something similar. Onwards and upwards 💪🍀
Everybody's talking about Kieran Tierney, for me Euan returning to the pantheon of Celtic commentators is an equally exciting January transfer. A great summary of the game and certainly the current mood within the support. We do have a habit of overreacting at times, I know of one Hoops fan on social media who was particularly outraged in the run up to the game, but we do set high standards as a club and won't stand for players jorking it.
Much respect to you hamish, Stevie and Euan. I can be bit of a prick at times but my heart always lies with Celtic. Only God and family are ahead of Celtic in my priority list. That being said, just because he is the current manager doesn’t give him the right to bash the supporters. True that some are over the top, but even at that, they spend their hard earned money and valuable time to support the team. He gets paid a lot of money to be there, and even that wasn’t enough as he betrayed us once for more money. He betrayed the entire team, fans and club. Now he is questioning our support?? Who tf does this guy think he is? Look if Neil Lennon or literally any other manager we’ve ever had said that, I would respect it. I had very little respect for him after he left us mid season and came back. I never wanted him back. He’s already shown us what he thinks of us and now he’s literally telling us. BR needs to go
I get a bit of Rodgers point but never a good move blaming the people who actually put money into the club not taking it out and Rodgers should have shown some humility and accepted his part of the blame for Thursday but his ego will never accept fault.
I think BR's mini rant was him having a dig at the fans for the criticism of him and the teams performance in the derby on Thursday,and rightly so as they where terrible,though some of it was over the top.
Brendan wasn’t annoyed he was totally pissed off by the “ entitled green bridge “ in their Celtic detraction instead of Celtic support and disrespect of Greg Taylor, you could feel his frustration at the expectancy of some kind football utopia by the fans, but in reality what a great 12 months it’s been, and what a fantastic position we’re in , I’m backing Brendan 💯 %🍀
Green brigade were singing entire game. They don't forget how Brendan left previously. They spend their $ day in day out coming to games. They can voice their opinions however they like. Brendan will do well to remember how he gets his $. Brendan should know his place & 🤫🤫
Brendan never said the green brigade were entitled so not sure why the speech marks. He was referring to the group of fans who groan at every back pass. The KT song remarks were directed towards the green brigade however.
The factors which led to the managers remarks: i clearly livid about the deplorable display in Govan ii he is less than pleased about Taylor's reluctance to sign a contract iii like all real managers Brendan creates a crisis, builds up the drama and uses it as motivation. The deliberately headline-grabbing "fans should not moan about backward passes" will turn into "get out there, get on it, keep the fans onside, do not give an inch" in upcoming team talks.
Good to have Euan in the team now. On the Rodgers comments, I am unsure, he should give us our dues for turning up and supporting the club constantly, and if we don’t like what we are seeing, we should be allowed to voice our displeasure. He spoke about that maeda run around 20 mins that went backwards, but I felt like that was a culmination of a lack of positivity on the ball generally. On the KT/GT stuff, I got embarrassed when they started singing the song…
Brendan is spot on. I mentioned it in your last vid. For the claims that we're best support in the land, it's shameful the way they groan only twenty minutes in. Aside from the fact very few supporters of other teams around the worldwould be as negative as we are given the position we are in both leagues and recent cup winners - but the main point is that Celtic fans are meant to be the twelfth man. Aside from getting to perform better with the atmosphere, a nervous, underconfident team need support. Groans from the fans only will make them more nervous and play worse. I completely get why Brendan is pissed off with how severe the fans have been on his team who have achieved so much already.
So the guy that gets paid nearly 100k a week to be there is questioning the support of the people that spend their hard earned money and time to be there week in and week out is “spot on”??? This is the same guy that already sold us out once remember. Celtic is bigger than him and that specific team. He thinks to highly of himself. Guy rubs me the wrong way and he just lost the little respect I had left for him. I never wanted him back, but obviously it’s not up to me. Celtic taking that guy back is literally the equivalent of a man taking back his girl after he finds out she has been sleeping around on him.
@@ckdub1888fair enough if you don't like the guy. My point wasn't about his personality or likeability. My point was that many Celtic fans are so quick to go OTT with criticism on the players if they happen to go through a tougher patch (more likely a rough game) because they're so not used to even losing a game. Every team or player will go through a less than optimal patch, they're human. But it annoys me when the fans are immediately down on them, considering what they've achieved so far in both leagues and the cup too. It flies in the face of 'faithful through and through' chants, never mind will do nothing to improve the players, just makes them more underconfident and pressurised.
We have a first class manager who you have to trust but at times he is very sensitive to any criticism and never a good look to go after the support. I think all involved need to take a deep breath after a difficult week and move on together.
I agree with Rodgers that the moaning about back passes isn't always on, especially in the example he gave of Maeda vs Brugge. What I don't agree with him saying is the team and management have earned the trust of fans. That was true up until Thursday. We have every right to have doubts given the performance and the fact it has become a pattern in bigger games that we appear unable (or unwilling) to learn from. Poor form. Felt bad for GT though, regardless of his form but think BR should've dealt with that in house.
Euan! Brilliant! And as for Rodgers-totally weird. From where I was sitting, the groans were minimal, and I can also understand them when you’re there to see fast, attacking football. His comments that fans don’t know football was two footed. His Taylor comments were just insane, and he’s tangled Taylor up in the whole thing. We should be celebrating being in a brilliant place. Khun’s on fire. Engels is coming good. Things are great!
Regarding the Rodger’s comments on the Tierney/Taylor situation, it’s obvious that Rodger’s is showing public support for our current LB, to encourage him to sign a deal, as he would like to have GT as a squad rotation LB but there is clearly ongoing negotiations. To back this up, Rodger’s has stated on numerous occasions his support for GT including talking about his willingness for him to stay on but that he needs to do what’s right for him, and has deliberately played GT in front of AV even when AV would have been the better choice. In a perfect world I’d have AV and KT in rotation, but with AV he’s young and has a potential Barcelona career vs GT who could have the potential to finish his career at Celtic if convinced to stay.
Rodgers has made veiled criticisms of the Green Brigade previously. He is upset that they criticised the way he left last time. This is not the way to heal that rift.
Rodgers is reverting to form; he usually spends about two years happy at a club, then something happens, and he starts lashing out publicly at the club and/or the fans. I'm not saying I disagree with him; I think he made some valid points about the fans. There is an element amongst us who act as bad as the Zombies when things don't go our way. Luckily, it's a minority. I don’t agree with BR on Taylor. Taylor hasn't signed a new contract and there has been lots of talk about Tierney. You can’t blame the fans for singing KT's song. Personally I think BR will be gone next year. All it takes is one transfer window where he doesn’t get the players he wants, or a run of bad form and I think he’ll be off. On the recent form and the Zombies: I must have been the only Celtic fan on earth who thought we’d get beaten against Rangers (i) we’ve not been playing well for the past six weeks (ii) no Celtic fans + the Bears were out for blood in a poisonous atmosphere (iii) our strikers are bang average at best this season (iv) the Rangers players wanted revenge for the cup final, and are playing for their careers at the club (iv) hard for us to motivate the players with a 14 point cushion. I was sadistically laughing at the Glasgow Derby to be honest; it took all of Rangers malice, hatred, talent and energy to beat us 3-0 in a dead rubber game in front of their own fans. As much as I thought they’d beat us last week, I though they draw or lose against Hibs...because they are $hite. They are the quintessential ‘win the battle, lose the war’ football team; which is why we’ve absolutely battered them across all competitions for 20 years.
BR 💯Right calling out the small number of our frigid, frightened and absolutely terrified supporters who expect to be a few goals up in 20 mins.. God forbid if we were in a title race, mentally they wouldn’t be able to handle it!
100% agree with Euan regarding BR's comments on the Tierney chant. I'd wonder if BR is feeling the chants aren't a help to him in convincing GT to sign. I'd also wonder if much of the motivation behind BR's other comments are a lot to do with the stinging criticism they all got after Thursday's disaster. He's hurting after the performance and it's compounded by the backlash from fans. I dunno but at least they didn't take long to get 'back on the horse'. 🍀
Brendan looks as if he’s still hurting after Thursday. Think he has misread the kt thing . Regarding the first half hour maybe I don’t agree with the frustration being voiced at the players but it’s understandable it has to be said this is part of the aftermath of a diabolical performance against rangers. Brendan is not the though police shouldn’t be telling the supporters what to think.
BR is still the best manager in the league and the best man to take us forward in Europe and domestically…don’t forget this when you’re being unreasonable over the way he reacts..he’s no flip flop for sure,he is unhinged 🍀HH🍀🟩⬜️🟧🍀
Rodgers is grossly misguided in making these negative comments about the fans. He seemed borderline unhinged. Never a good idea for managers earning 80k a week to start lecturing their own fan base on how to support the team. He has created unnecessary division. Utterly bizarre but far from the first time Rodgers, or a celtic manager, has taken a pot shot at the support. It never ends well.
Totally agree with that. Imv this rant was probably a reaction and deflection from the horror show that was last Thursday in which Rodgers himself shared a good part of the blame. 'Trust the team, trust the manager'? Well the fans did on Thursday and they were badly let down by both team and manager. Rodgers should remember who is ultimately the provider of his big fat salary and concentrate on his own performance and that of the team.
I think there's a mixture of BR going on the offensive to deflect from the derby, but also a fair point he makes about it being a very rare reversal. In the week running up to the game, the stats of 2024 were incredible. Supporters, including the hosts of this podcast were ridiculously over-confident and then after the defeat were ridiculously over-critical. I think the supporters, manager and players should all be a bit red-faced. Time to settle down and come together again.
There should be more comments on fan behaviour and entitlement. We’re not beyond criticism. From anyone but particularly from within. There should be more of it. And if we have a wee tantrum about it, too bad.
@misterc5783we definitely don’t need lectures from a guy that fucked off mid season and left us high and dry. Some nerve on that guy. Brendan Rodgers always rubs me the wrong way…
EUAN'S ALIVE!!! Great to see him back chatting Celtic, loved him dearly on 67HH. Hamish and Rodgers both getting the old band back together this January it seems!
Rodgers always looks at the bigger picture....he knew the rangers result so he knew any win would put us in a great position...so it didn't need a goal in first 30 mins. Fans have to wise up
Rodgers had a valid point about the moans and negativity at 0-0, it’s so obvious sometimes it’s not easy to break down teams that stick 11 men behind the ball. Was miles off it on the GT/KT comments, think he just wants both players to be at Celtic so I understand backing your player but that wasn’t what singing KT’s name was about.
Imagine br having the nerve to question our support, after he fucked off to the premier league and left us high and dry middle of a season. That nearly cost us the league
Im all for brendan coming for the fans booing the team, some of our fan base are absolute clowns. I can't agree with the taylor stuff though. Greg taylor disrespects my eyes every time he plays
My pew is in the main stand. About 10ft from the dug out. Around about the half-hour mark someone immediately behind me or on my immediate right started screaming about style of play. I'm sure Brendan would have overheard the comment. Ironically, we scored shortly after. I agree with Brendan...support the team and the players on the park. Most games at Celtic Park we're playing against an 11 man defence, so sometimes it takes a while to get the goal the possession merits. HH
Rodgers is bang on in regards to fans getting on the teams back if we aren't winning heavily. Playing against a team sitting back isnt easy- hes bang on I disagree on the Tierney chant. Absolutely nothing wrong with being excited for his potential return.
Fact- Greg Taylor is not good enough for Europe and at this point he has not signed a new contract. Fans being excited about KT coming back is natural, Brendan over the top with that.
Brendan’s ego was bruised by the criticism from the fans over the Rangers performance so decided to strike back. He was rightfully included for his mismanagement of that game and has found it hard to take . He sounded a bit silly like a petulant child and won’t do himself any favours by falling out with our support.
I don't think the song was directed as an insult to Taylor in anyway shape or form. He's a grown man, being paid a fortune, playing for one of the biggest clubs in world football. If he can't handle the fans chanting for a player that would increase the quality of his own team, without going in a huff, then perhaps he needs moved on. Euan very balanced in his analysis.
In Greg Taylor's defence, he wasn't the one who made an issue of it. For all we know it was water off a ducks back to him or maybe he was inconsolable in the dressing room at FT ? Who knows! We're all just speculating over what GT thought of it
@Mantis_Toboggan_MD. true mate. I'd like to think he'd welcome KT back with open arms because of his quality. I'd heard Taylor went straight up the tunnel after the game looking annoyed but I didn't see it myself, so it could be utter pish.
Would be nice if stream provider would refund for the Celtic TV PPV that was pretty much unwatchable for most of 2nd half. £10 for 45 minutes football isn't great and the statement did not really address.
Scales should still see plenty of game time. He should be used to keep CCV and Trusty from being overworked. When I come to big games (Europe, Derbies, cup games) CCV and Trusty should be starting unless they’re hurt.
Before the champion league we were saying we needed a better leftback singing for kt is no reflection on gt or his performance are we wrong for wanting better a grate man once said football without fans means nothing hail hail
Rodgers is trying to convince Taylor to stay. To convince the board to pay him, then the fans upset Taylor, accidently or otherwise. That's why BR is beeling.
Re Rogers' comments, even though the Kevin Tierney sing came at the end of the game--well after giving the team stick for backward passes, it was the latter that really got to him and then disrespecting Greg Taylor put him over the top. And that's why he entered the PC seething.
And…Rodgers consistent lauding of Taylor in public and begging him to sign a new contract actually makes me doubt Rodgers as a manager. As does him playing Scales ahead of Trusty recently.
Objectively ,football is part of " entertainment industry " Negative play is not entertainment , I am a cultural "Tim" never like Celtic playing anything but swashbuckling! I know ,it's mental, but that's how it is!😂
Brendan simply raging because had to forego "Ibrox Disaster" 3 - 0 pre arranged anniversary match.This isn't first time re - see "no 10 in a row or else" - hence first departure and SGerard
I think BR was just in a bad mood. His face was tripping him all during the game on the touchline and the fans copped it. Being exited about a potential return of a much loved player, isn't disrespecting other players.
Rodgers can’t say that about fans being frustrated and then say it’s a small section because there was not one Celtic fan that doesn’t get frustrated when we have been absolutely humiliated by Rangers days before and the urgency to score that was there in the opening minutes has vanished. He is talking about every supporter and considering he fucked us over not long ago, this is a mistake.
Every interview he does is like a lecture, he thinks he is always the smartest guy in the room, wind in your ego, manage the team and take your money, we'll still be hear when you and your team are gone, big mistake trying to manage the fans.
Did the exact same thing as you Hamish. Very poor from the club, if they were able to stream the game until the power cut, it should be recording until that point at least. Celtic tv is terrible , compare it to Stan Sports that we use for champs league games, club need to sort it out
BR's rant is bizarre and unnecessary. The stuff about the groaning is fair enough I agree, but why's he interpreting the fans singing about KT as a dig at Taylor? He's essentially put Taylor down himself moreso than any of the fans have by making that point.
Its the way he said it! Very strange outburst. Also if the fans were singing Jota on the wing as we have been linked with bringing him back, would this be disrespectful to Maeda and Khun? I find the whole interview strange
Do you think Rodgers knows that with the league pretty much done there could be a malaise amongst the support for the next few months and so he’s trying to get something going?
Considering GT has been red rotten in the last few games, and culpable for the first goal on Thursday night. I think it is perfectly reasonable for fans to be singing about a club legend like KT when he is set to return to the club.
Hatate was lucky that his passes bounced in the correct way and that St mirren players were a bit out of it at that point. Rodgers is a top manager but hes in the wrong about the KT song. Arent fans allowed to be happy about one of our own on his way home? By his logic, isnt it disrespectful then to negotiate with KT while GT is still at the club? Makes not sense.
The fact that BR is wanting to keep GT tells you that he is limiting Celtics chances in the UCL and that bothers me massively but the same can be said for his 6m overpayment to Norwich for Idah. He could hardly get a start with Norwich and his international performances showed his lack of quality, so for me I've personally lost all trust in BR. Look at our UCL so far...this group of teams will never get any better than this and yes its went in a bizzar way, games we should have won, we haven't, just like our derby game, we should be winning those. BR is too busy wanting to be the player's pal before their boss.
What gap? We're still level with rangers on 3pts a piece in the "Four games a season" Cup Over the last 48 hours or so, I lost count of the number of fans & podcast guests who said "As a Celtic player you are judged on games vs rangers....." or some variation of those sentiments. At least we wont have to endure these cretins again until March 15th at the earliest
Why do celtic fans always back idah when he is terrible. He was terrible and there were times he was caught in our half defending and the out ball would be there and idah was nowhere to be seen.He should never have been brought to celtic
Hamish,if you had watched the first half hour you would have groaned as well, I know I did and I am a OG get behind the team no matter what bellend. Also the KT stuff is nonsense, if they think Taylor is the best thing since sliced bread kill the KT talk and give Taylor his money.
The only reason Taylor is still even here is because Boli got roasted by the SNP for going away to Spain to get his hole and Laxalt was more interested in playing Fortnite
More Euan please. Best contributor you've had. Interesting, insightul and funny. Great show.
Great to see Euan on the channel again. Really agree with him on Brendan’s speech. I have two words for the fans chanting KT’s name: not good enough.
I have a few words to say about it " not appropriate "
Euan! My god that must be everyone from the old 67 hail hail days. One of the more sensible talking heads from memory.
Yas Euan, welcome back. Great comments, dont be a stranger!
Top job. Top chat. Great to see Euan again, bringing some civility and dignity to proceedings!
Wonderful to see Evan. Miss his insights
Rodgers is a human being who breathes football. He knows that a back pass is not always a negative event. It allows us to keep possession and alter the point of attack. Many of our support are of the belief that they can chant anything and there will be no reaction. A chant for KT at our next match is a two fingers to Rodgers.
Great to have Euan on with some sensible, balanced commentary. Every time Stevie is on, I think we should all flood the comments section with how much we like Euan. That is not a slight on Stevie at all. I don't know why anyone would think that. It is just great to have Euan back.
Frankly, the fans need to wind their necks in a bit. Why has there been such a reaction from Celtic fan media to BR's comments about the KT stuff? Because they were among the fans that were singing for KT and they don't like being called out.
Being called out by a traitor like Rodgers? That’s the problem. It’s who is saying it.
The guy that abandoned the entire team when we desperately needed him, for a few more bucks.
Those fans that he is questioning actually PAY money to be there. He gets paid A LOT!!
That wasn’t enough though. He sold the team out and came back when it didn’t work out too good for him.
The fact we allowed him back is pathetic in its own right, never mind him looking down his nose at us and talking about us like that.
If Neil Lennon had said that, I’d respect it. Definitely not taking that crap from a greedy wee prick like him though
Rodgers was 100% right. We are not entitled to win every game 4 nil, yet some supporters think we do. Short memories some people. 100% agree on Ibrox. I was never confident. We are not strong enough in midfield. Too much expectation on Mcgregor who is no Scott Brown.
Utter nonsense. Fans don’t expect to win 4-0 every game at all. I think you have completely misunderstood the mood of the fans.
Think Rodgers has escalated an issue that wasn’t really as serious as he makes out. I suspect Rodgers was upset at his tactics being questioned due to a couple of below average performances recently. More about his ego than Taylor’s feelings. Celtic were at loggerheads with sections of the support last and parkhead was a toxic atmosphere at times, don’t know why he wants to resurrect it. I was there and wasn’t aware of the level of alleged fans grumblings . As for fans shouting about entitlement etc geez a break like Rodgers each individual supporter has an opinion. Big European game coming turn your focus on that game Brendan, no need to be so prickly.
Think Rodgers has escalated an issue that wasn’t really as serious as he makes out. I suspect Rodgers was upset at his tactics being questioned due to a couple of below average performances recently. More about his ego than Taylor’s feelings. Celtic were at loggerheads with sections of the support last and parkhead was a toxic atmosphere at times, don’t know why he wants to resurrect it. I was there and wasn’t aware of the level of alleged fans grumblings . As for fans shouting about entitlement etc geez a break like Rodgers each individual supporter has an opinion. Big European game coming turn your focus on that game Brendan, no need to be so prickly some fans are still hurting over Thursdays performance which you said yourself was disappointing.
Great to see Euan back!
I think Rodgers got it wrong.. it wasn't a dig at Him or Taylor but a joy at the thought of KT coming back.. bit raw & still annoyed by the way we performed on Thur so frustration overspill from that.. but Rodgers DOESN'T have the Right to tell us how to Support our Club.. Players & Managers Walk away.. we NEVER do...
He thinks it’s his club or something. I can’t stand him man, he already sold us out once and nearly cost us the league that year. He seems like a stuck up prick that I’d end up scrapping in the pub.
Imagine your girl left and went with another man for a couple years and then you get back together and started questioning your commitment or love for her.
That’s br. He will always do what’s best for him.
Those comments he made have for me been the last straw. I have no respect for him anymore. Just cause you’re a Celtic fan, player, manager, etc, doesn’t mean I’ll ever put up with disrespect from you. I’ve probably been in more fights over the years with Celtic fans than I ever have rangers 😂
I back the manager all day long. But..he didn’t come across terribly well. It came across as slightly petulant almost a little childish. You could tell he was annoyed, but he could have tempered that response slightly (if you ask me) but the spirit of what he’s saying is spot on. Back the team, trust the team, trust the manager. End of the day, that’s 3 points. Sevco dropped points and big Phillipa is blaming the rain or the direction of the grass or something similar. Onwards and upwards 💪🍀
Yea fair 2 say
Nice to have Euan on, sensible head and smart guy, nice lad too and of course easy on the eye
Aye ,but his maw’s gonna be really pissed off at him for pinching her glasses 😝
Everybody's talking about Kieran Tierney, for me Euan returning to the pantheon of Celtic commentators is an equally exciting January transfer. A great summary of the game and certainly the current mood within the support. We do have a habit of overreacting at times, I know of one Hoops fan on social media who was particularly outraged in the run up to the game, but we do set high standards as a club and won't stand for players jorking it.
Much respect to you hamish, Stevie and Euan. I can be bit of a prick at times but my heart always lies with Celtic. Only God and family are ahead of Celtic in my priority list.
That being said, just because he is the current manager doesn’t give him the right to bash the supporters. True that some are over the top, but even at that, they spend their hard earned money and valuable time to support the team.
He gets paid a lot of money to be there, and even that wasn’t enough as he betrayed us once for more money. He betrayed the entire team, fans and club.
Now he is questioning our support?? Who tf does this guy think he is?
Look if Neil Lennon or literally any other manager we’ve ever had said that, I would respect it.
I had very little respect for him after he left us mid season and came back. I never wanted him back. He’s already shown us what he thinks of us and now he’s literally telling us.
BR needs to go
I get a bit of Rodgers point but never a good move blaming the people who actually put money into the club not taking it out and Rodgers should have shown some humility and accepted his part of the blame for Thursday but his ego will never accept fault.
Nice to see Euan back
Yesss Euan 👏🏼💚
I think BR's mini rant was him having a dig at the fans for the criticism of him and the teams performance in the derby on Thursday,and rightly so as they where terrible,though some of it was over the top.
Agree.
Totally was because thats twice we have played same way against them and he never changed anything to combat it
Agree totally.. Not cool, he’s got zero right to tell the supporters what to think..
@@dvp36especially after he already betrayed the club. In a huge way. He literally almost destroyed our entire season when he left
Finally, the band’s back together! HH 🇮🇪
Good to see Euan back. They have OhitsSteely and we have Euan. That’s the difference. Celtic class
Brendan wasn’t annoyed he was totally pissed off by the “ entitled green bridge “ in their Celtic detraction instead of Celtic support and disrespect of Greg Taylor, you could feel his frustration at the expectancy of some kind football utopia by the fans, but in reality what a great 12 months it’s been, and what a fantastic position we’re in , I’m backing Brendan 💯 %🍀
Green brigade were singing entire game. They don't forget how Brendan left previously. They spend their $ day in day out coming to games. They can voice their opinions however they like. Brendan will do well to remember how he gets his $. Brendan should know his place & 🤫🤫
CP would be silent if they weren't there.
@@sean367 YUP
The green brigade should know their place, Celtic supporters not Celtic detractors, a voice of Celtic fans but not thee voice of Celtic fans
Brendan never said the green brigade were entitled so not sure why the speech marks. He was referring to the group of fans who groan at every back pass. The KT song remarks were directed towards the green brigade however.
The factors which led to the managers remarks:
i clearly livid about the deplorable display in Govan
ii he is less than pleased about Taylor's reluctance to sign a contract
iii like all real managers Brendan creates a crisis, builds up the drama and uses it as motivation. The deliberately headline-grabbing "fans should not moan about backward passes" will turn into "get out there, get on it, keep the fans onside, do not give an inch" in upcoming team talks.
I wonder if BR also thinks that Scales should be included in the American Bhoys song too? Weird to make a big deal about the Tierney song.
Euan, John, Stevie, Asim, Hamish. Dream team. 👍
First time encountering Euan, guy speaks sense. What's he doing on this pod... 😂💚✌️
Good to have Euan in the team now. On the Rodgers comments, I am unsure, he should give us our dues for turning up and supporting the club constantly, and if we don’t like what we are seeing, we should be allowed to voice our displeasure. He spoke about that maeda run around 20 mins that went backwards, but I felt like that was a culmination of a lack of positivity on the ball generally. On the KT/GT stuff, I got embarrassed when they started singing the song…
Brendan is spot on. I mentioned it in your last vid. For the claims that we're best support in the land, it's shameful the way they groan only twenty minutes in. Aside from the fact very few supporters of other teams around the worldwould be as negative as we are given the position we are in both leagues and recent cup winners - but the main point is that Celtic fans are meant to be the twelfth man. Aside from getting to perform better with the atmosphere, a nervous, underconfident team need support. Groans from the fans only will make them more nervous and play worse. I completely get why Brendan is pissed off with how severe the fans have been on his team who have achieved so much already.
Bang on
how do you know other supporters around the world with similar success wouldn’t be as negative? how is this definitively knowable? tell me. go
@jamescarr5796 I watch football all around the world and the only supporters I've seen do this in recent memory are man utd supporters.
So the guy that gets paid nearly 100k a week to be there is questioning the support of the people that spend their hard earned money and time to be there week in and week out is “spot on”???
This is the same guy that already sold us out once remember.
Celtic is bigger than him and that specific team. He thinks to highly of himself.
Guy rubs me the wrong way and he just lost the little respect I had left for him.
I never wanted him back, but obviously it’s not up to me. Celtic taking that guy back is literally the equivalent of a man taking back his girl after he finds out she has been sleeping around on him.
@@ckdub1888fair enough if you don't like the guy. My point wasn't about his personality or likeability. My point was that many Celtic fans are so quick to go OTT with criticism on the players if they happen to go through a tougher patch (more likely a rough game) because they're so not used to even losing a game. Every team or player will go through a less than optimal patch, they're human. But it annoys me when the fans are immediately down on them, considering what they've achieved so far in both leagues and the cup too. It flies in the face of 'faithful through and through' chants, never mind will do nothing to improve the players, just makes them more underconfident and pressurised.
We have a first class manager who you have to trust but at times he is very sensitive to any criticism and never a good look to go after the support. I think all involved need to take a deep breath after a difficult week and move on together.
I agree with Rodgers that the moaning about back passes isn't always on, especially in the example he gave of Maeda vs Brugge. What I don't agree with him saying is the team and management have earned the trust of fans. That was true up until Thursday. We have every right to have doubts given the performance and the fact it has become a pattern in bigger games that we appear unable (or unwilling) to learn from. Poor form. Felt bad for GT though, regardless of his form but think BR should've dealt with that in house.
BR was spot on. The supporters should not be immune from criticism.
But he should??? You know what you’re right…
Let’s let the guy that abandoned us mid season and nearly cost us the league look down his nose at us..
Euan! Brilliant!
And as for Rodgers-totally weird. From where I was sitting, the groans were minimal, and I can also understand them when you’re there to see fast, attacking football. His comments that fans don’t know football was two footed. His Taylor comments were just insane, and he’s tangled Taylor up in the whole thing. We should be celebrating being in a brilliant place. Khun’s on fire. Engels is coming good. Things are great!
Regarding the Rodger’s comments on the Tierney/Taylor situation, it’s obvious that Rodger’s is showing public support for our current LB, to encourage him to sign a deal, as he would like to have GT as a squad rotation LB but there is clearly ongoing negotiations.
To back this up, Rodger’s has stated on numerous occasions his support for GT including talking about his willingness for him to stay on but that he needs to do what’s right for him, and has deliberately played GT in front of AV even when AV would have been the better choice.
In a perfect world I’d have AV and KT in rotation, but with AV he’s young and has a potential Barcelona career vs GT who could have the potential to finish his career at Celtic if convinced to stay.
Rodgers has made veiled criticisms of the Green Brigade previously. He is upset that they criticised the way he left last time. This is not the way to heal that rift.
True
Rodgers is reverting to form; he usually spends about two years happy at a club, then something happens, and he starts lashing out publicly at the club and/or the fans.
I'm not saying I disagree with him; I think he made some valid points about the fans. There is an element amongst us who act as bad as the Zombies when things don't go our way. Luckily, it's a minority.
I don’t agree with BR on Taylor. Taylor hasn't signed a new contract and there has been lots of talk about Tierney. You can’t blame the fans for singing KT's song.
Personally I think BR will be gone next year. All it takes is one transfer window where he doesn’t get the players he wants, or a run of bad form and I think he’ll be off.
On the recent form and the Zombies: I must have been the only Celtic fan on earth who thought we’d get beaten against Rangers (i) we’ve not been playing well for the past six weeks (ii) no Celtic fans + the Bears were out for blood in a poisonous atmosphere (iii) our strikers are bang average at best this season (iv) the Rangers players wanted revenge for the cup final, and are playing for their careers at the club (iv) hard for us to motivate the players with a 14 point cushion.
I was sadistically laughing at the Glasgow Derby to be honest; it took all of Rangers malice, hatred, talent and energy to beat us 3-0 in a dead rubber game in front of their own fans. As much as I thought they’d beat us last week, I though they draw or lose against Hibs...because they are $hite. They are the quintessential ‘win the battle, lose the war’ football team; which is why we’ve absolutely battered them across all competitions for 20 years.
BR 💯Right calling out the small number of our frigid, frightened and absolutely terrified supporters who expect to be a few goals up in 20 mins..
God forbid if we were in a title race, mentally they wouldn’t be able to handle it!
100% agree with Euan regarding BR's comments on the Tierney chant. I'd wonder if BR is feeling the chants aren't a help to him in convincing GT to sign.
I'd also wonder if much of the motivation behind BR's other comments are a lot to do with the stinging criticism they all got after Thursday's disaster. He's hurting after the performance and it's compounded by the backlash from fans. I dunno but at least they didn't take long to get 'back on the horse'. 🍀
Brendan looks as if he’s still hurting after Thursday. Think he has misread the kt thing . Regarding the first half hour maybe I don’t agree with the frustration being voiced at the players but it’s understandable it has to be said this is part of the aftermath of a diabolical performance against rangers. Brendan is not the though police shouldn’t be telling the supporters what to think.
YEP
Noticed CCV stepping further up on the right to make himself available and stop the backward passing. Engels switched play to him really well.
BR is still the best manager in the league and the best man to take us forward in Europe and domestically…don’t forget this when you’re being unreasonable over the way he reacts..he’s no flip flop for sure,he is unhinged 🍀HH🍀🟩⬜️🟧🍀
He won't stick around.He'll use us again. Somethings brewing
Rodgers is grossly misguided in making these negative comments about the fans. He seemed borderline unhinged. Never a good idea for managers earning 80k a week to start lecturing their own fan base on how to support the team. He has created unnecessary division. Utterly bizarre but far from the first time Rodgers, or a celtic manager, has taken a pot shot at the support. It never ends well.
Totally agree with that. Imv this rant was probably a reaction and deflection from the horror show that was last Thursday in which Rodgers himself shared a good part of the blame. 'Trust the team, trust the manager'? Well the fans did on Thursday and they were badly let down by both team and manager. Rodgers should remember who is ultimately the provider of his big fat salary and concentrate on his own performance and that of the team.
I think there's a mixture of BR going on the offensive to deflect from the derby, but also a fair point he makes about it being a very rare reversal. In the week running up to the game, the stats of 2024 were incredible. Supporters, including the hosts of this podcast were ridiculously over-confident and then after the defeat were ridiculously over-critical. I think the supporters, manager and players should all be a bit red-faced. Time to settle down and come together again.
There should be more comments on fan behaviour and entitlement. We’re not beyond criticism. From anyone but particularly from within. There should be more of it. And if we have a wee tantrum about it, too bad.
You're absolutely right
@misterc5783we definitely don’t need lectures from a guy that fucked off mid season and left us high and dry.
Some nerve on that guy. Brendan Rodgers always rubs me the wrong way…
EUAN'S ALIVE!!! Great to see him back chatting Celtic, loved him dearly on 67HH. Hamish and Rodgers both getting the old band back together this January it seems!
Welcome back Euan 🍀
Rodgers always looks at the bigger picture....he knew the rangers result so he knew any win would put us in a great position...so it didn't need a goal in first 30 mins. Fans have to wise up
Rodgers had a valid point about the moans and negativity at 0-0, it’s so obvious sometimes it’s not easy to break down teams that stick 11 men behind the ball. Was miles off it on the GT/KT comments, think he just wants both players to be at Celtic so I understand backing your player but that wasn’t what singing KT’s name was about.
Good to see Ewan back!
Imagine br having the nerve to question our support, after he fucked off to the premier league and left us high and dry middle of a season.
That nearly cost us the league
euan looks like the head vampire out of the lost boys,the fella who goes with the 2 boys maw.
This brilliant 👏 👌 🙌
How would we cope if we were in a competitive league...
Im all for brendan coming for the fans booing the team, some of our fan base are absolute clowns. I can't agree with the taylor stuff though. Greg taylor disrespects my eyes every time he plays
My pew is in the main stand. About 10ft from the dug out. Around about the half-hour mark someone immediately behind me or on my immediate right started screaming about style of play. I'm sure Brendan would have overheard the comment. Ironically, we scored shortly after. I agree with Brendan...support the team and the players on the park. Most games at Celtic Park we're playing against an 11 man defence, so sometimes it takes a while to get the goal the possession merits. HH
Rodgers is bang on in regards to fans getting on the teams back if we aren't winning heavily. Playing against a team sitting back isnt easy- hes bang on
I disagree on the Tierney chant. Absolutely nothing wrong with being excited for his potential return.
Our supporters sing many songs in praise of our past players,the Green Brigade continually create a wonderful atmosphere,no problems IMO 🍀
Fact- Greg Taylor is not good enough for Europe and at this point he has not signed a new contract. Fans being excited about KT coming back is natural, Brendan over the top with that.
Do you not think we have done well in Europe this year?
We need to calm down..Rodgers is right..
Euan❤️
Brendan’s ego was bruised by the criticism from the fans over the Rangers performance so decided to strike back. He was rightfully included for his mismanagement of that game and has found it hard to take . He sounded a bit silly like a petulant child and won’t do himself any favours by falling out with our support.
I don't think the song was directed as an insult to Taylor in anyway shape or form. He's a grown man, being paid a fortune, playing for one of the biggest clubs in world football. If he can't handle the fans chanting for a player that would increase the quality of his own team, without going in a huff, then perhaps he needs moved on. Euan very balanced in his analysis.
In Greg Taylor's defence, he wasn't the one who made an issue of it.
For all we know it was water off a ducks back to him or maybe he was inconsolable in the dressing room at FT ? Who knows! We're all just speculating over what GT thought of it
@Mantis_Toboggan_MD. true mate. I'd like to think he'd welcome KT back with open arms because of his quality. I'd heard Taylor went straight up the tunnel after the game looking annoyed but I didn't see it myself, so it could be utter pish.
Did Euan nick his gran's specks 😂
Would be nice if stream provider would refund for the Celtic TV PPV that was pretty much unwatchable for most of 2nd half. £10 for 45 minutes football isn't great and the statement did not really address.
Scales should still see plenty of game time. He should be used to keep CCV and Trusty from being overworked. When I come to big games (Europe, Derbies, cup games) CCV and Trusty should be starting unless they’re hurt.
Groans at 0-0 are unnecessary, sensible comments from Brendan. He's about to win another treble. HH
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Before the champion league we were saying we needed a better leftback singing for kt is no reflection on gt or his performance are we wrong for wanting better a grate man once said football without fans means nothing hail hail
Rodgers is trying to convince Taylor to stay. To convince the board to pay him, then the fans upset Taylor, accidently or otherwise. That's why BR is beeling.
Re Rogers' comments, even though the Kevin Tierney sing came at the end of the game--well after giving the team stick for backward passes, it was the latter that really got to him and then disrespecting Greg Taylor put him over the top. And that's why he entered the PC seething.
A guy who left at the first chance vs the only fans who are left in the stadium at 90mins excited about KT who might be coming back dear god!
Singing about a guy who buggered off the first chance he got!!!
Celtic v Dundee December 2001 there was a power cut
And…Rodgers consistent lauding of Taylor in public and begging him to sign a new contract actually makes me doubt Rodgers as a manager. As does him playing Scales ahead of Trusty recently.
A TH-cam commenter doubts rodgers as a manager.
What times we are in.
Behave yersel, man.
Objectively ,football is part of " entertainment industry " Negative play is not entertainment , I am a cultural "Tim" never like Celtic playing anything but swashbuckling! I know ,it's mental, but that's how it is!😂
Brendan simply raging because had to forego "Ibrox Disaster" 3 - 0 pre arranged anniversary match.This isn't first time re - see "no 10 in a row or else" - hence first departure and SGerard
I think BR was just in a bad mood. His face was tripping him all during the game on the touchline and the fans copped it. Being exited about a potential return of a much loved player, isn't disrespecting other players.
I guess that's why my Celtic TV went green.
Rodgers can’t say that about fans being frustrated and then say it’s a small section because there was not one Celtic fan that doesn’t get frustrated when we have been absolutely humiliated by Rangers days before and the urgency to score that was there in the opening minutes has vanished. He is talking about every supporter and considering he fucked us over not long ago, this is a mistake.
The manager shouldn't be backing a player who can't sign his name to a deal...
Every interview he does is like a lecture, he thinks he is always the smartest guy in the room, wind in your ego, manage the team and take your money, we'll still be hear when you and your team are gone, big mistake trying to manage the fans.
Kinda bite the hand that feeds you.
I remember euan 😎
Can’t sing Larsson’s song because it might hurt Kyogo’s feelings. Taylor thinks he is too good for Celtic so who cares about his feelings?
Spot on👏
Did the exact same thing as you Hamish. Very poor from the club, if they were able to stream the game until the power cut, it should be recording until that point at least. Celtic tv is terrible , compare it to Stan Sports that we use for champs league games, club need to sort it out
BR's rant is bizarre and unnecessary. The stuff about the groaning is fair enough I agree, but why's he interpreting the fans singing about KT as a dig at Taylor? He's essentially put Taylor down himself moreso than any of the fans have by making that point.
Its the way he said it! Very strange outburst. Also if the fans were singing Jota on the wing as we have been linked with bringing him back, would this be disrespectful to Maeda and Khun? I find the whole interview strange
What are you doing? Having Euan on ? He talks WAY too much sense about the Hoops . 😂 H H 🍀 🍀
BR is the boss and is entitled to his opinion much more than any TH-cam pundit, period!
why would he be more entitled to his opinion?
So, fans aren't allowed an opinion?
Brendan is clearly trying to keep GT3 onside with these comments.
Do you think Rodgers knows that with the league pretty much done there could be a malaise amongst the support for the next few months and so he’s trying to get something going?
Like a move south
Considering GT has been red rotten in the last few games, and culpable for the first goal on Thursday night. I think it is perfectly reasonable for fans to be singing about a club legend like KT when he is set to return to the club.
Hatate was lucky that his passes bounced in the correct way and that St mirren players were a bit out of it at that point.
Rodgers is a top manager but hes in the wrong about the KT song. Arent fans allowed to be happy about one of our own on his way home? By his logic, isnt it disrespectful then to negotiate with KT while GT is still at the club? Makes not sense.
We were here before GT and BR and we'll be here long after.
Bring Evan back as REGULAR.
Is Brendan getting ready to jump ship again,,even money betting at present
Who could blame him with the critical nonsense showing through right here.
The fact that BR is wanting to keep GT tells you that he is limiting Celtics chances in the UCL and that bothers me massively but the same can be said for his 6m overpayment to Norwich for Idah. He could hardly get a start with Norwich and his international performances showed his lack of quality, so for me I've personally lost all trust in BR. Look at our UCL so far...this group of teams will never get any better than this and yes its went in a bizzar way, games we should have won, we haven't, just like our derby game, we should be winning those. BR is too busy wanting to be the player's pal before their boss.
Morning Bhoy's
Celtic need to get players in it's crying outcome on the hoops
Surely not again.
The fans doing a Michael Beale.
What does that even mean ?
What gap?
We're still level with rangers on 3pts a piece in the "Four games a season" Cup
Over the last 48 hours or so, I lost count of the number of fans & podcast guests who said "As a Celtic player you are judged on games vs rangers....." or some variation of those sentiments.
At least we wont have to endure these cretins again until March 15th at the earliest
‘We’ll probably take more about it’ omg euan just answer the question 😫
Why do celtic fans always back idah when he is terrible. He was terrible and there were times he was caught in our half defending and the out ball would be there and idah was nowhere to be seen.He should never have been brought to celtic
Hamish,if you had watched the first half hour you would have groaned as well, I know I did and I am a OG get behind the team no matter what bellend.
Also the KT stuff is nonsense, if they think Taylor is the best thing since sliced bread kill the KT talk and give Taylor his money.
The only reason Taylor is still even here is because Boli got roasted by the SNP for going away to Spain to get his hole and Laxalt was more interested in playing Fortnite