Brendan Rodgers Resigns from Celtic

[jayfox26]

2 hours ago, Brizzle Fox said:

Should have formed part of the statement that our esteemed leaders should have issued when they should have sacked him 12 to 18 months before he actually went.

 

In a parallel universe...

They never would as then Rodgers would have fired back and told some truths about Rudkin and Top who let's be honest, have caused just as much damage as Rodgers with their weak leadership and decision making. 

[jayfox26]

1 hour ago, Kinowe Soorie said:

Rodgers has also made several references to underwhelming recruitment throughout the start of the season.
But Desmond responded with: "Every player signed and every player sold during his tenure was done so with Brendan's full knowledge, approval, and endorsement. Any insinuation otherwise is absolutely false.
"In reality, he was given final say over all football matters and was consistently backed in the recruitment process, including record investment in players he personally identified and approved.
I don’t think I’ve ever felt as bitter about someone, that I don’t personally know, as I do about Rodgers. I detest the guy!

I genuinely thought the last bit was part of the quote 🤣

[jayfox26]

1 hour ago, RowlattsFox said:

Wolves job seems inevitable to become available but I don't see them going down a Rodgers route. West Ham might panic again and maybe Leeds could get rid of Farke if they start to lose a few.

 

He'll be eyeing the England job up post World Cup. 

He wouldn't be able to blame lack of funds and backing in a national role so can't see him going for that. 

[daddylonglegs]

10 hours ago, Fox-LMA said:

It does all sounds very familiar. In fact it's a regular pattern regarding Rodgers.

 

After overspending his club's budget, the first two seasons will be brilliant. Fans & press will (rightly) praise his work & football, may win a trophy or two. Then in season three the budget will have to be curtailed - which is understandable, as money is finite regardless of the size of the club - He will row with the board, start briefing his mates in the press about how hard done by he has been, starts sulking in public, alienating everybody at the club in the process, especially the players & results fall off the proverbial cliff...

 

It happened at Liverpool (briefing the press that he didn't want free agent Balotelli), twice at Celtic (fallout with Peter Lawwell over transfers, same again this season) & with us (overspending on PSR - no transfer activity until fringe players are sold - & subsequently weren't).

 

Many of you will remember that he nearly joined Newcastle after the Saudi takeover. If that happened I'm sure he would have left there this summer after their spending was curtailed due to PSR, after stinking the place out of course. They made the right decision by appointing Howe, who seems to have a level of maturity & a basic understanding of financial constraints.

 

I'm not your average FT Rodgers hater. I maintain that the football we played in his first two-&-a-half seasons with us was some of the best I've seen our club play. But this pattern repeats itself everywhere he goes. Surely people must see through him now. My idea of a manager/head coach is one that leaves the club in a better place than when they found it. Rodgers never seems to do that.

Excellent post.

[SouthStandUpperTier]

The final nail in the coffin for WHSmith as notepad sales plummet.

[Hammo]

Claudio Ranieri won us the Premier League then was leading us to relegation when he got sacked.

 

Brendan Rodgers won us the FA Cup then was leading us to relegation when he got sacked.

 

If Ranieri returned to the King Power he would be deafened by cheers.

 

If Rodgers returned to the King Power he would be deafened by jeers.

 

The reason? Simple.
 

Claudio is a lovely human being. Brendan is a ****.

[Gamble92]

24 minutes ago, jayfox26 said:

They never would as then Rodgers would have fired back and told some truths about Rudkin and Top who let's be honest, have caused just as much damage as Rodgers with their weak leadership and decision making. 

Rodgers also came out last year saying how much he respects Rudkin and Top for all their hard work.

 

It's why I don't suddenly start praising Susan Whelan for anything because ex staff come out praising her. I have ex bosses that I liked. They were shit at their job but I'd praise them more than any decent manager I've had that I hated. These people get paid a hell of a lot to keep their mouths shut or were extremely well paid under them. They aren't throwing anyone under the bus because it has too many repercussions. 

[The Year Of The Fox]

 

Brendan Rodgers has drafted a reply to Dermot Desmond’s Statement. The Statement has been passed onto Rodgers lawyers. It will then be passed onto his agent. Then passed across to his PR team. Then passed back to the lawyers. Then back out to the PR team, who will pass it across to the agent, then back to the lawyers.

[Leicesterpool]

Whenever Rodgers has had money he's wasted it look at the garbage he brought over the years at Leicester, Perez £30million, Daka £23 million, Vestergaard (fee unknown), Faes £15 million, Soumare £17 million. 

[dmayne7]

11 minutes ago, The Year Of The Fox said:

 

Brendan Rodgers has drafted a reply to Dermot Desmond’s Statement. The Statement has been passed onto Rodgers lawyers. It will then be passed onto his agent. Then passed across to his PR team. Then passed back to the lawyers. Then back out to the PR team, who will pass it across to the agent, then back to the lawyers.

This is actually cleverer than you think as it works on 2 levels:

 

- How much his teams love passing the ball around at the back

- How he'll try his best to pass the blame onto anybody else until he's got a a good scapegoat.

 

Genius

[DoveValleyFox]

Quoted from SSN: "I have had informal chats with Desmond and Michael," he said in September. "I haven't had an offer yet to think over and until that comes I am not going to be so arrogant to say I want to be here for another three years."

 

No, Brendan. No-one could ever accuse you of being arrogant.

[21st Century Fox]

In other news, Chapstick sales have plummeted in the Glasgow area.

[Fear Of The Fox]

This kind of statement by Desmond means something serious took place either in the dressing room or in a meeting with the board. I wouldn't rule out a proper brawl. 

[RoboFox]

Now THIS is how you treat that man.

 

Instead our gutless, spineless board sat silently and cowered whilst he lied, publicly undermined them, threw players under the bus and rode roughshod over the reputation of the club. 

 

Pathetic. 

[DoveValleyFox]

4 minutes ago, Fear Of The Fox said:

This kind of statement by Desmond means something serious took place either in the dressing room or in a meeting with the board. I wouldn't rule out a proper brawl. 

Followed by Brendan being given an offer that he couldn't refuse.

 

Bye bye Brenda 

[filbertway]

This has brought me far my joy than Leicester possibly could this season

[Blue ROI]

3 hours ago, RowlattsFox said:

Wolves job seems inevitable to become available but I don't see them going down a Rodgers route. West Ham might panic again and maybe Leeds could get rid of Farke if they start to lose a few.

 

He'll be eyeing the England job up post World Cup. 

He wouldn't go near Wolves as he wouldn't have the financial strength he had at Liverpool or us.

 

Be funny if he did though.

[Flynny]

Let’s not be too kind to him because we are rightly mad at our own owners and directors. Brendan tore out one of the best recruitment teams in the country to put his own placemen in charge, presided over spending silly money and wages on some crap players we’re still stuck with, picked fights with talent, and then tried to pretend he wasn’t part of the problem. Sounds like the same pattern here.

 

Our owners should be hugely faulted for making a deal with the devil - agreeing to gamble, to tear up things that were working to give that colossal egotist more control over football operations was incredibly stupid, and we’re still paying for it. But the devil in this scenario is still Rodgers.

[Trent Steel]

Rodge will end up at Florist when jabba sacks dychey...

 

Or he'll go west ham as nuno gonna get sacked again soon i reckon. 

 

But hope its florist! 🙏

[Leicesterpool]

Rodgers getting the England job, would so end my interest in the national team. Rodgers would bottle it as we seen at Liverpool and every time we see Leicester get close to securing a top four spot. His next job will be in the premier league, Wolves maybe interested, Leeds possible, Fulham struggling so who knows and you never know the Republic Of Ireland job may take his fancy.

[SouthStandUpperTier]

12 minutes ago, Trent Steel said:

Rodge will end up at Florist when jabba sacks dychey...

 

Or he'll go west ham as nuno gonna get sacked again soon i reckon. 

 

But hope its florist! 🙏

I think the statement by Desmond has finished BR, in the short to medium term at least, certainly on these shores. BR's shills in the media are going to have to do some incredible PR over the next couple of years before he's considered a viable option again.

[foxfanazer]

He's a disease to football clubs

[KingsX]

1 hour ago, filbertway said:

This has brought me far my joy than Leicester possibly could this season

My new case of toenail fungus has brought me more joy than Leicester possibly could this season 

[Lewis's Junior]

15 minutes ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

I think the statement by Desmond has finished BR, in the short to medium term at least, certainly on these shores. BR's shills in the media are going to have to do some incredible PR over the next couple of years before he's considered a viable option again.

This is what's so delicious about it for me - there is surely no way he gets an EPL job, and his ego won't hack the championship. He'd need to do something pretty special somewhere abroad to even be considered for a top level job in England. Could be time for an international job, although as he can't spend money and enrich his cronies, he'd be unlikely to consider it. 

[daddylonglegs]

14 minutes ago, Lewis's Junior said:

This is what's so delicious about it for me - there is surely no way he gets an EPL job, and his ego won't hack the championship. He'd need to do something pretty special somewhere abroad to even be considered for a top level job in England. Could be time for an international job, although as he can't spend money and enrich his cronies, he'd be unlikely to consider it. 

Pretty sure he'd been learning Spanish for years when he was at Leicester. 

I'm sure he can con his way into a mid table La Liga side. As you say, not a chance any reputable PL outfit gives him a chance. Could see West Ham or Wolves going for him, but any manager would be mad to go to either of those clubs before the end of May.