‘They are always moaning’ Brendan Rodgers enters dangerous waters with Celtic fan criticism

In not so many words Brendan Rodgers has suggested that Celtic fans always find something to moan about.

When close to 50,000 turn up in January to watch a dull, laboured 90 plus minutes they are more than entitled to moan, grumble and those that stayed to the final whistle are well within their rights to boo at the final whistle.

Yesterday’s 1-0 win over Ross County followed a pattern. Apart from the Glasgow Derby, which looks like the only fixture that motivates the Celtic manager the fans have been served up, at best, bang average home performances having shelled out £600 or more for 19 SPFL matches.

A 1-1 draw with Motherwell, defeat from Hearts and a laboured 2-0 win at home to Livingston with both goals coming in a six minute spell isn’t what fans expected when they pledged another season of support with Ange Postecoglou in the managers chair.

Any sort of win might be good enough at Leicester City but toiling at home to a club that lost 3-0 at home to Partick Thistle and gave SPFL debuts to six players yesterday isn’t what Celtic fans expect. If that makes them entitled so be it, the memories of season 20/21 are still very fresh and raw, with they key backroom figures still in place.

? LISTEN: “I’ve had that since I’ve been here. If it’s not the result, it’s me. If it’s not me, it’s the board. All we can do as a team is win games”.

? Brendan Rodgers gives his take on boos from some Celtic fans at full time of their 1-0 win over Ross County. pic.twitter.com/zwr44H96Cr

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I have had that [negative fan reaction] since I have been here. If it’s not the result, it’s me. If it’s not me, it’s the board.

All we can do as a team is win games and try to improve and develop which is what the team has done.

The team and staff work hard everyday so we are very much together and that is how we will continue to be. If it fall below the expectation then we will do everything we can to be better.

That was an unusual reaction from Rodgers, normally he can find a diplomatic, middle of the road reply but that question seemed to get under his skin.

The main criticism from supporters is at the Celtic boardroom but since they only show face once a year at the AGM they will be out of sight until November.

Rodgers ought to know better than anyone the low level ambitions of the Celtic board, with two Lawwell’s rather than one in senior positions this time around the warning signs were there when he took the phone calls from Dermot Desmond last summer.

While Celtic’s biggest shareholder concerns himself with the greens and fairways of his favourite Caribbean golf courses Rodgers is looking increasingly sensitive trying to shield himself from the serial failings of Celtic, highlighted by the shambles of a summer transfer window which is being played out again this month.