Revealed : Backslapping Celtic board need self awareness as cute Brendan Rodgers comments show who’s really driving the process

Revealed : Backslapping Celtic board need self awareness as cute Brendan Rodgers comments show who’s really driving the process

A few days after declaring impressive financial results, Slovan Bratislava will have faced a barrage of backstabbing in the Celtic boardroom this week. With no losses in the league and a chance to play in the Premier Sports Cup final four, the Hoops are off to a thrilling start in the Champions League. The only threat to the idyllic garden scene is the possibility of developing hay fever. However, the suits from Celtic Park shouldn’t be pausing to smell the flowers. Although it was a difficult journey to get here, they are now in a nice position. Despite all the high fives, there should be self-awareness that acknowledges lessons need to be learnt.

The board may be feeling very pleased with itself, especially after Brendan Rodgers claimed on Friday that the team’s approach had been validated. That was a cute way of putting it,

though. It’s the manager who has gained the upper hand. Instead of spending £20 million on ten new players and hoping that one or two of them would pan out, Rodgers preferred the more efficient hiring procedure of purchasing a few players for £10 million.

The management has just acknowledged for a few weeks now that there are problems in the recruitment department that need to be fixed.

Even a strong last week of the window doesn’t alter that. To be fair, Rodgers praised the recruiting staff for finding Arne Engels. However, it wasn’t until the last few days of the window that he and the others were secured.

recruitment was pretty much on the boss.

It was him who boarded the blower to bring Kasper Schmeichel down. He thought Luke McCowan looked good, so he pounced on the opportunity.

Prior to that, Rodgers was the one pursuing Adam Idah, who might have been acquired for a significantly lower sum of money had the board not objected to the asking price in January. Since his miserable return, Rodgers has been leading the process, and that will provide challenges for the next stage of his plan.

The Engels move is the one that will have given the board fits, but Celtic needs to be making precisely those kinds of deals in order to progress the team.

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