Brendan Rodgers takes Celtic to Germany tomorrow with the comfort of a nine point domestic lead- with a game in hand over the floundering pack.
Hopes aren’t high for the match in Monchengladbach but compared to the mood around the club 12 months ago as they prepared to welcome Molde things could hardly be brighter.
On the pitch the team is flying, off it the fans have bought into the new manager in a way not seen since Martin O’Neill was warning anyone that would listen that Rangers (IL) were the benchmark.
After the soulless regime of Ronny Deila the Celtic support wanted a manager that they could identify with- in Rodgers they got a manager that knows exactly how to communicate with the fans.
There has barely been a moment of hesitation since he was introduced to 15,000 fans on a sunny Monday afternoon- instantly the support had someone in charge of their club that understood it’s unique identity.
Since then the goals, performances and words have flowed easily with the club recovering most of the ground lost over the last decade with attendance figures beginning with a 5 once again.
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