Brendan Rodgers held his first fan media press conference earlier today since returning as Celtic manager and James McKenzie was there to represent A Celtic State of Mind. After taking a moment to shake the hand of every fan representative at the event, Brendan then spent the
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Following on from our review of the number 6’s available to Brendan Rodgers, we will now focus on the number 8’s. As noted in earlier articles in this series, Rodgers preferred formation is 4-2-3-1. This would normally necessitate playing with two 6’s and a 10 in the
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We’ve looked at the goalkeeping position, fullbacks, and centre-backs available to Brendan Rodgers as he begins his second stint in charge at Celtic, now it is time to look at the midfield options. The engine room of the park, the centre of the midfield area is probably
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Having looked at the goalkeepers and centre-backs that Brendan Rodgers inherits in his Celtic squad, we now cast our eyes over the full-back areas. It will be interesting to see how Rodgers assesses the full-backs over the coming weeks as this will give further insight into how
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After taking a look at the goalkeeping options available to Brendan Rodgers in the first part of our squad assessment, we now move forward one place on the pitch and review the centre-back position. The centre-back situation at Celtic is a strange one due to the gulf
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Now that he has been installed in the Celtic Park hot seat, one of Brendan Rodgers’ first tasks will be to run his rule over the current playing staff and decide on the areas of the squad he wants to improve on. The remit for the Northern
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Some of you will probably be calling for me to be sacked from the ACSOM team just for posing this question, and understandably so. This was never a question I thought I’d ever ask in my wildest dreams. But hear a guy out – Should Celtic fans
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Brendan Rodgers was announced today as Celtic manager, with the Northern Irishman tied down to a 3-year contract. With the drawn-out process now over, Celtic can look to the future. If European progress is the aim, and if a reported £35 million transfer kitty is to be
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It is finally official. Brendan Rodgers is back as Celtic manager, four and a half years after walking away from the club on the eve of a potentially hazardous away game at Tynecastle. Looking back at the acrimonious nature of the Northern Irishman’s moonlight flit to the
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Celtic is reportedly on the verge of signing 20-year-old Norwegian midfielder Odin Thiago Holm from Norwegian Eliteserien side Valerenga, despite not yet having a manager in place. The fee for the highly-rated youngster is believed to be around £2.6 million. Holm’s talent and potential have been widely
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