27 Jul 2017 21:54:20
Maybe our worse performance since Brendan became Manger . Maybe Ajer and Gordan did OK as did Ntcham for the first half .
The rest quite frankly were collectively not good enough, each and everyone under performed .
Were they over trained this week and hit the field heavy legged. Surely not with all the scientific information available .
More likely Brendan, who I have praised profusely since he came, and deservedly so, might have got it wrong, did he talk down Rosenber's ability to our players . He certainly was too open in describing how Rogic would play . That didn't exactly help as the Norwegians were fully prepared and we got no surprise for them . He wouldn't be our first manager to talk down opposition before big game . J Stein did it before 1970 European Cup final and like last Wed. Nearly all our team under performed .
Next week we have another big chance and Brendan and our players can put things right.

{Ed007's Note - Red Imps will ALWAYS be our worst performance under Rodgers for me, Chris.}

1.) 27 Jul 2017
27 Jul 2017 22:31:14
Think it was more to do with Brendan doing what I will call a "Ronnyism", that is playing players out of position and throwing players together in unfamiliar roles and expecting them to perform, as if they were a tried and tested unit,

{Ed007's Note - I said that was one of my main apprehensions about him when he came in, he had a reputation for making strange decisions like that at Liverpool. The Calvin Miller at LB still doesn't make sense to me, is he KT's understudy now? A lad that was voted the best in the world for his age playing in his natural attacking position is now a LB?}

2.) 28 Jul 2017
28 Jul 2017 01:05:32
The Red Imps match was more to do with it been R D first match, the red hot heat and the poor plastic pitch and the fact I had gone to the Felons in Belfast, Celtic always lose when I go there .
I don't think BR had many alternatives on Wed but telling everyone was certainly not his smartest move .
I have very little problem with him playing players for a game or two in different positions, it helps young players in particular to get a better understanding of the shape of team and game .

I thought every Liverpool supporter would still be genuflecting everytime his name is mentioned because he got L'poool their highest league position in something like 25 yrs.

3.) 28 Jul 2017
28 Jul 2017 02:22:10
Apart from rogic who was out of position folks from the starting 11.

4.) 28 Jul 2017
28 Jul 2017 07:26:35
You know mally I was wondering that myself , but was bowing to other peoples superior football knowledge , even rogic was a necessity and would not have happened had dembele or Griffiths been able to play.

5.) 28 Jul 2017
28 Jul 2017 08:55:10
dunno why he never played sinclair up top, with hayes on left, bench ntchem . wouldve been an easy fix, and only sinclair wouldve been out, but he's played there b4. wrong call from the gaffer imo.

6.) 28 Jul 2017
28 Jul 2017 09:07:59
Wrong call from the gaffer, but we got away with it and the tie is still open, hopefully a lesson learned. A big part of us lacking a cutting edge. No excuse for some other players though and sloppy performances, rightly said Mally. We can do this.

7.) 28 Jul 2017
28 Jul 2017 09:42:34
who is to say sinky would have done better up front? all his goals come from cutting in. i don't think Aitcheson looks an out and out striker either, is he ready for high pressure football and has he even started a competitive game? what quality strikers is going to want to come and fight it out with LG to play second fiddle to MD? Rogic didn't work as well as hoped. from this stage to last year we have lost 4 games twice to Barcelona and went undefeated domestically. now we are criticizing Rogers for playing a guy who plays of the striker up front. really get a grip folks. we where rusty we will win next week. enjoy the good times and stop looking for snow falling.

8.) 28 Jul 2017
28 Jul 2017 11:53:25
Well, was talking about the team from last season, even though Ncham, might have played well, his presence disrupted last year's team, I would have played Rogic in his normal position, in fact, kept the team as close as possible to last season's, and just substituted someone for Dembelle / Griffith's, even played Ncham, as a striker, or promoted one of the young ones, find it strange that Ciftci, wasn't in the cl pool, he might not be everyone's cup of tea, but he is a striker when he is in the mood, does that mean he is getting moved out?

9.) 28 Jul 2017
28 Jul 2017 15:47:36
I agree Ncham played well but like Nir Bitton disrupts the flow of play we normally have. For this tie I would leave Ncham on the bench he has just arrived also and has probably been guaranteed game time! However I would play Sinky through the middle and Forrest/ Hayes and Benyu on the other flank.

10.) 28 Jul 2017
28 Jul 2017 20:01:15
I agree about playing players in their best and most effective positions, but I remember Davie Hay stating in his autobiography that Big Jock played him at centre forward and centre half in a couple of games and King Kenny played at centre Half in a reserve match, he said Big Jock believed it was an important part of a players development to understand different roles in a team. No point, it just got me thinking that as a Celtic Supporter himself, whether Brendan has been channelling the Big mans philosophy in his career?

11.) 28 Jul 2017
28 Jul 2017 21:41:53
Yeah, would agree with playing players out of position in meaningless or training games just to give players an appreciation of what it takes to play in that position, but totally disagree with it in a crucial game.

12.) 29 Jul 2017
29 Jul 2017 00:56:56
If my memory serves me correctly big Ajer played up front from time to time in the Norwegian League .
Any surprise move would have made more sense than the telegraphed one we made.