Brendan Rodgers | Rejoins Celtic on 3 year deal

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I have been enjoying reading your posts but I just thought I should say something about the highlighted bit.

While I think we were desperate to sign an attacker (in the previous season, lack of enough goals was one of the reasons we didn't do well in the league), Alexis himself was not averse to joining United. His relationship with Arsenal had broken down and he was desperate to move. United at that time, looked like an upgrade for him coming from Arsenal. We had just won the Europa Cup, we had returned to the Champions League, we looked good on the table, had money to spend, had a top manager, a great brand and looked like with enough investments and better football, we could push for the title. You will recall that apart from salary, one of Alexis' problems at Arsenal was that they were not winning silverware.

Another context was the manager's relationship with Martial. Justifiable or not, it was breaking down. It appeared like we could do with another attacker who could play from wide and also play through the middle. I do agree that someone who could have played from right would have been better but the reality was that we were still having problem from the left.

Another thing worth pointing out is that Alexis' decline in form at United was shocking, at least to many people. Kudos to those with enough insights to have foreseen it. But for fans like me who had followed Alexis' career since he played for Udinese, it was astonishing to see him become so bad so quickly. He had declined significantly at Arsenal in his last few months but one attributed that to his desperation to leave the club and one thought that he would somehow click again once he got into a new club, especially a great one like United.

Anyway, the rest is now history. Your comment can be well understood with the benefit of insight but when you consider the contexts at that time, one may want to interpret differently.
I guess we'll never know how much of what was being reported was true, but all the noise at the time was that he wanted City and to work with Pep. He ended up here on an enormous salary, if he ended up at City I doubt he'd have been on such a high wage, but that is just conjecture. We certainly managed to coerce him here somehow, and I'd wager it was because of the money on offer.

Many thought he was a good acquisition at the time, me included, so long as he played on the right wing. The concern was that he was going to oust Martial from the side, I guess we were similarly concerned about Perisic doing the same. There was also a lot of concern about him form at Arsenal that season before he joined. We all hoped he'd play in a position where we had gap and would return to his best form. Neither really happened. But you're right, I don't think anyone expected him to be as bad as he actually was.

I was definitely excited about his arrival, but I still thought at the time it was a bit of a panic buy, and one that was not well thought out in the long term.


To bring it back on topic, if in 3 or 4 years time Maguire has been a total flop here, I still don't think it will be looked back on as a desperate, poorly-planned panic buy.
 

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He always seemed incompetent when organising defences at Liverpool and also for Celtic's Champions League games but on the other hand Swansea were and Leicester are notably strong at the back.

Not sure why that is.
Celtic vs Cluj (2-0) | UEFA Europa League Highlights

It isn't just the result it's the quality of the football.

Neil Lennon is actually the better manager. The standard is getting back to what it used to be. With Lennon in charge of Celtic the quality of the football is a few levels above Ronny Deila and Brendan Rodgers.

Neil Lennon is very underrated. He plays attractive attacking football.

Gettard will have a hard time in the old form games. To get a win. Don't be surprised if Celtic hammer Rangers 5:0 at Parkhead. Under Lennon soon the best teams in the world will struggle to win at Parkhead.

Rangers 0-2 Celtic | Celtic Go Clear After Old Firm Derby Win! | Ladbrokes Premiership

Different this time round. Celtic's counter attacking & general football much improved. Gerrard looked clueless on the touchline.
 
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Rodgers Leicester, despite torrential rain, tearing the arse out of Southampton. Played more attacking football in 20 minutes than we have in about 2 months
 

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He’s a good coach for sure. Who knows what our players do on the training ground.
 

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Rodgers Leicester, despite torrential rain, tearing the arse out of Southampton. Played more attacking football in 20 minutes than we have in about 2 months
Torrential rain is for both sides I assume? :)
 

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Thought it takes at least 6 transfer windows, 8 pre seasons, £600 million, 7 months without an away win, selling at least 23 players, lowering the average XI age to 22 before you could start playing decent football?

Oh wait, Leicesters squad is a million times better than ours even though we finished above them last season and took one of their best players.
 

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He's a manager that could make it at a top club, comes without the ego that an LvG and Jose does, quite likely alot cheaper too, more than capable of working with what he's given, and plays really good football, is gettable..

Yes I know he's a Liverpool cast off, but that could also be spun positively if he made us good again, what are we waiting for?
 

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If he’s so great how did we beat them given we are so pi$$ poor? Can’t understand any united fan wanting this guy as our manager
 

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Brendan Rodgers is the only manager whose teams have had both a 5-0 half-time lead (Leicester at Southampton today) and a 5-0 half-time deficit (Liverpool at Stoke in 2015) in Premier League games.
 

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Thought it takes at least 6 transfer windows, 8 pre seasons, £600 million, 7 months without an away win, selling at least 23 players, lowering the average XI age to 22 before you could start playing decent football?

Oh wait, Leicesters squad is a million times better than ours even though we finished above them last season and took one of their best players.
They lost to us 1-0.

Pipe down.
 

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Thought it takes at least 6 transfer windows, 8 pre seasons, £600 million, 7 months without an away win, selling at least 23 players, lowering the average XI age to 22 before you could start playing decent football?

Oh wait, Leicesters squad is a million times better than ours even though we finished above them last season and took one of their best players.
They have a better defense and we bought their best defender :lol:
 

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Only Schmeichel and Vardy are left from the title winning lineup from the 2015-16 lineup.
 

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If he’s so great how did we beat them given we are so pi$$ poor? Can’t understand any united fan wanting this guy as our manager
I don't really want him as our manager but he's debunked the bullshit that it takes time to instill your philosophy and get a team playing fluent and cohesive football.
 

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I don't really want him as our manager but he's debunked the bullshit that it takes time to instill your philosophy and get a team playing fluent and cohesive football.
And 7 years and £900 million.
 

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But according to half of our fans a manager needs at least 5 years to implement tactics to score 2 goals in a game. Sad times seeing mid table teams having better managers than us.
 

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I'm always fascinated by these kinds of stats - who's tallying them? Who's noticing the especially quirky ones?
 

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I don't really want him as our manager but he's debunked the bullshit that it takes time to instill your philosophy and get a team playing fluent and cohesive football.
Quite possibly. But then I guess it also depends on the players at your disposal and their ability to not only play the game but understand what your being taught and getting on board with it. Fair play to him though doing well so far at Leicester
 

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Meanwhile we need 7 years, 3 billion invested in the squad, the last last book from the A Song Of Ice And Fire series to come out, and Dwayne The Rock Johnson to serve a full capacity Old Trafford crowd with whatever he was cooking back in his wrestling days before we can judge Ole
 

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It's not the fact that Rodgers is a great manager but it's the fact that solskjaer makes him look like one
 

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United could learn from Leicester tbh.

They were looking for a new manager and so they appointed the best one available to them

Not once have United done that post-Fergie.

We over complicate things too much.

Just hire the best manager you can get. Simplicity is genius.
 

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Brilliant coach and seems to be a very good man-manager too in the sense he gets the best out of every single player available to him.

I’ll be amazed if he doesn’t end up at one of the traditional ‘Big 6’ again.
 

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United could learn from Leicester tbh.

They were looking for a new manager and so they appointed the best one available to them

Not once have United done that post-Fergie.

We over complicate things too much.

Just hire the best manager you can get. Simplicity is genius.
Maybe we should just go out and get the best striker available whilst we're at it. Also the best midfielder available. Then lets plan for the future and get the best youngsters available to.

It's quite simple really. Not sure why everyone doesn't do it.
 

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I can see him ditching Leicester if a big club comes calling.
Not sure. Leicester have great owners who care, a great structure. They are cash rich and do not need to sell. If they can show there players top 4 is possible, why would Brendan leave? He could do something special there. Man United is a sinking ship, arsenal are always in and out with lack of investment whilst chelsea blow hot and cold over the years. Spurs could implode because of a lack of investment. City liverpool and leicester could bebthe top three. Obviously i am being really optimistic as leicester are my second team!
 

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Wow he didn't need 5-6 transfer windows or rebuild to get Leicester playing football.....amazing :wenger:

I'd take him at United in the morning, he's a gobshite but he's an excellent coach
 
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Not sure. Leicester have great owners who care, a great structure. They are cash rich and do not need to sell. If they can show there players top 4 is possible, why would Brendan leave? He could do something special there. Man United is a sinking ship, arsenal are always in and out with lack of investment whilst chelsea blow hot and cold over the years. Spurs could implode because of a lack of investment. City liverpool and leicester could bebthe top three. Obviously i am being really optimistic as leicester are my second team!
I dunno the same reason he left Celtic - he wouldn’t turn down Spurs or Arsenal imo