Kyogo Urged To Step Up By Brendan Rodgers
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has urged striker Kyogo Furuhashi to step up ahead of what is set to be a crucial run-in for the Hoops. The centre-forward has in no way hit the heights this season that he did in the last. Throughout 2023/24 to date, the Japanese hitman has scored 13 times. For Kyogo’s high standards, […]
Tomoki Iwata’s Celtic Frustration Has Turned To Happiness With Recent Inclusions
Celtic midfielder Tomoki Iwata has admitted that he is now happy at Celtic after previous frustration due to a lack of minutes. The midfielder joined the club from Yokohama F. Marinos last January but failed to make an immediate impact. He got a run in the team towards the end of 2022/23 amid injuries but […]
Celtic Told They Should Have Signed Star Serie A Midfielder Years Ago
Celtic have been told that they should have signed Bologna star-man Lewis Ferguson many years ago when he was plying his trade at Aberdeen. Ferguson – son of Derek and nephew of Barry – spent four years with the Dons, making 169 appearances in all competitions for the club. He moved to Serie A outfit […]
Brendan Rodgers Reveals Tunnel Chat With Referee Don Robertson
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has revealed that he had a chat with referee Don Robertson following the Hoops’ 2-0 defeat to Hearts on Sunday. Decisions that were made by those on VAR and the man in the middle undoubtedly cost the Celts at Tynecastle. Rodgers rightly called out the incompetency of the officials after the […]
Chris Sutton Outlines The Celtic Prospect Who Could “Go to the very top”
Former Celtic centre-forward and now pundit Chris Sutton has outlined the current Hoops prospect whom he believes can reach the pinnacle of football. Yang Hyun-jun, who was harshly sent off in the Hoops’ 2-0 loss to Hearts on Sunday, has been praised by Sutton. After returning from the Asian Cup, he has looked a revitalised […]
“Everything I hear” – Brendan Rodgers Sick of Rangers Narrative
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has admitted that he is sick of the narrative surrounding Rangers that they are invincible and will win every game between now and the end of the season. The Hoops boss pointed towards the Ibrox club’s unexpected 2-1 home defeat to Motherwell on Saturday as an example of why they are […]
Predicted Celtic Lineup To Face Hearts At Tynecastle
Celtic make the trip to the capital this weekend as they aim to make it three wins out of three in the cinch Premiership. Playing Hearts at Tynecastle is never an easy task but given their previous two results, Brendan Rodgers’ men will be rightly brimming with confidence heading into the match. Performance levels have […]
Peter Grant Reveals His Only Disappointment From Celtic’s Win Over Dundee
Celtic were rampant on Wednesday evening, running riot at home to Dundee in a 7-1 victory. It was a performance that transported supporters back to Ange Postecoglou’s tenure as manager of the club. Fans voiced their approval of the display at half-time with the Celts going into the tunnel six goals in front. Former Hoops […]
Brendan Rodgers With Yet More Acclaim For Lawrence Shankland
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has it out with yet more praise for Hearts striker Lawrence Shankland ahead of this weekend’s crucial trip to Tynecastle. Before the Hoops’ 2-0 home defeat to the Jambos earlier in the season, the double-treble-winning boss acclaimed the Scottish Premiership’s leading marksman unprompted. Now ahead of the third meeting of the […]
Greg Taylor Reveals What Rodgers Said at Half-time Against Motherwell
Celtic left-back Greg Taylor has revealed what manager Brendan Rodgers said to the team at half-time against Motherwell last weekend that helped spur them on to a late yet pivotal 3-1 victory. In the opening 45 minutes of the game, the Hoops were nothing short of poor. Blair Spittal put them 1-0 down just before […]
“I trust him” – Rodgers Heaps Praise On Simple Yet Dynamic Celtic Midfielder
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has been waxing lyrical about Hoops midfielder Tomoki Iwata. The Japanese internationalist has come into the team in recent games and brought utmost stability in the engine room. Despite not playing since the 13th of December against Feyenoord in the Champions League, Iwata was thrown into the starting eleven against Motherwell […]
Celtic Duo Spend Friday Night Watching Henrik Larsson At The Emirates Arena
Celtic duo Gustaf Lagerbielke and Alistair Johnston spent their Friday night at Glasgow’s Emirates Arena, just across the road from Paradise. The World Athletics Championships are ongoing in Glasgow this weekend, with the Emirates providing a host venue. It caused slight havoc on Wednesday, the closure of the arena’s car park diverting some supporters’ buses […]
Brendan Rodgers Claims He is Having To Protect Callum McGregor From Himself
Celtic captain Callum McGregor is a doubt for the Hoops’ crucial trip to Tynecastle in the cinch Premiership this Sunday. The midfielder is yet to miss a game in the league for The Bhoys in the current campaign, but there is a first time for everything. His maiden absence in Scotland’s top flight in 2023/24 […]
Chris Sutton Insists Mark Lawell Has “Fallen on his sword”
Former Celtic hero and now pundit Chris Sutton has reacted to the departure of the Hoops’ head of first-team scouting and recruitment Mark Lawell, insisting he is to blame for the recent poor transfer activity. It was announced on Friday that Lawell, along with lead first-team scout Joe Dudgeon, resigned and will be placed on […]
Reo Hatate Injury Return Timeline
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has provided an update on the fitness of key midfielder Reo Hatate, and given a timeline as to when he could return from injury. The Japanese internationalist pulled up seven minutes into a crucial Champions League game with Atletico Madrid at the end of October and has struggled with fitness since. […]
Celtic “Monitoring” English Championship Attacking Midfielder
Celtic are monitoring the situation of Coventry City attacking midfielder Callum O’Hare, according to MailSport journalist Tom Collomosse. The 25-year-old’s contract with The Sky Blues expires at the end of this season. Currently, O’Hare can talk to clubs outside of England and agree on a pre-contract that would see him join them for free when […]
Brendan Rodgers Took The Press Through His Tactics To Prove They Haven’t Changed Since Last Season
Celtic manager took a few members of the written press through his tactics on Tuesday afternoon to get the point across that the attacking philosophy at the club hasn’t changed since last season (RecordSport). After broadcast press conferences that go on the club’s official YouTube channel, the manager usually speaks to members of the written […]
Comparisons Drawn Between Celtic’s Dundee Win and Ange Postecoglou Era
Comparisons have been drawn between Celtic’s 7-1 thumping of Dundee on Wednesday night and the era when Ange Postecoglou was in charge of the club. The midweek victory encompassed high-intensity, attacking football that entertained the fans. It was a showing of authority from the champions and a message to the rest of Scotland that they […]
Is Celtic Star Finally Back To His Best?
Celtic right-back Alistair Johnston has faced vast, and at times rightful, criticism throughout the season to date. The Canada international failed to carry his form from his first six months at the club into the new campaign. Although much of the team hasn’t quite hit the heights of last season in the current one, Johnston’s […]
Mark Wilson Picks Out Daniel Kelly Strike As Goal of the Round
Former Celtic right-back and now pundit Mark Wilson has picked out Hoops youngster Daniel Kelly’s first goal in senior football as a standout from the week gone by. The 18-year-old was introduced at half-time of the Celts’ thumping 7-1 win over Dundee on Wednesday evening and was very much impressive. Replacing captain Callum McGregor at […]