It really was a horrendous mismatch. Murty v Rodgers. Where would you start?
The caretaker against the landlord perhaps?
Going into Sunday’s Glasgow derby some folk tried to claim that the Ibrox rookie had the measure of the former Liverpool boss. Based on two draws at Celtic Park.
The sheer gap and quality between the club’s summarised in one short 14 second video. pic.twitter.com/UbBJBUgFtG
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Anyone taking a look at those fixtures would come up with far more compelling reasons for the two draws at Celtic Park before highlighting the role of Murts.
In the first match a series of astonishing decisions from Bobby Madden laid the foundations for a surprise 1-1 draw.
Clint Hill will dine off that performance forever and a day, the reality is that he should have joined Kenny Miller and Jason Holt for an early bath as Celtic prepared to take a late penalty.
In December Celtic were dead on their feet. Eleven more matches than the Ibrox side plus the backbone of the Scotland international side had nothing left to give. The tank was empty.
Celtic were miles short of their best at Ibrox yesterday but the sending off of Jozo Simunovic proved decisive.
Some buffoons claim that it easier to play with ten men, strangely no football manager has ever put that theory to the test.
Rodgers knew exactly what he was doing. Tom Rogic was replaced by Jack Hendry, Scott Brown’s role changed and Odsonne Edouard would soon be introduced.
On the other bench they didn’t have a clue! A life time of coaching certificates and power-point brilliance counted for nothing.
Jimmy Nicholl and Jonatan Johansson were equally clueless.
Over the remaining half hour the knowledge gap was demonstrated.
In four months in charge Murts has lost twice as many games at Ibrox as Rodgers has lost domestically in 20 months!
Afterwards Murts talked about fine margins, Rodgers discussed three points.
