Brendan Rodgers - The Road to Paradise

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Swansea boss Brendan Rodgers & Tottenham's Gareth Bale rewarded". BBC Sport. 4 February 2012. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012 . Retrieved 9 February 2012. Dillon, John (23 September 2011). "Brendan Rodgers learnt the hard way". Express. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011 . Retrieved 30 August 2012. In being officially unveiled on 1 June 2012 as the man to replace Kenny Dalglish as manager of team affairs at Liverpool Football Club, 39-year-old Ulsterman Brendan Rodgers became the club’s youngest appointee to that position since Graeme Souness arrived as a 37-year-old in 1991. On taking up his new post Rodgers, however, despite a growing reputation and a managerial apprenticeship earned at Watford, Reading and Swansea, did not possess the experience or abrasiveness of the Scot who had previously been chosen to replace the Liverpool legend 21 years earlier. Although seemingly settled and happy in south Wales, having steered Swansea into the Premier League as the Championship play-off winners in 2011, what he had achieved at Swansea and the way he had achieved it made him an inevitable target for bigger clubs. It was probably more a question of when rather than if this next move would happen. After initially turning down the opportunity to talk to Liverpool’s owners in the middle of May about the vacant manager’s position at Anfield, it seemed that Wigan boss Roberto Martinez had become the American owners’ new target. But only days after Martinez had met representatives of Fenway Sports Group in Florida, attention turned again to Rodgers, who felt unable to turn down a second request from Liverpool to discuss the prospect of taking over the chair vacated by Dalglish.

On 4 November 2017, Rodgers guided Celtic to a 4–0 victory over St Johnstone. This victory meant Celtic were unbeaten for their last 63 domestic games. The victory also meant they surpassed the 100-year British-held recorded for consecutive domestic games undefeated, which was also held by Willie Maley's Celtic team, set in 1917 at 62. [93] On 26 November 2017, Rodgers won his fourth trophy in a row as a manager as Celtic beat Motherwell 2–0 in the 2017 Scottish League Cup Final. Rodgers became the first manager in the club's history to win his first four domestic trophies and also stretch the unbeaten domestic record to 65 games. [94] This unbeaten run finally ended after 69 games, with a 4–0 loss to Hearts. [95] Avallone, Michael (May 7, 2016). "Rodgers has grand moment for Tourists". MiLB.com. MLB Advanced Media . Retrieved April 20, 2022. The main talking point as the season was to start was the hiring by Sevco of ex-Liverpool player Stevie Gerrard as their new manager, who had played under Brendan Rodgers. Stevie Gerrard was well remembered for a slip v Chelsea in 2014 that allowed Chelsea to score & win and go on to win their league, Brendan Rodgers was the Liverpool manager. Some say they both didn’t get on, but it’s not clear how true that was. The dynamic was to be tested, but as a psychological test there was only going to be one winner.Rodgers began his career as a defender at Ballymena United, where he stayed until he was signed by Reading at the age of 18, although a genetic knee condition forced him to retire at age 20. He remained at Reading as a coach and then academy director, and continued to play non-league football at Newport, Witney Town and Newbury Town for several years. After a period travelling around Spain to study coaching methods, he was invited by José Mourinho to leave Reading and join Chelsea as youth manager in 2004, later being promoted to reserve manager in 2006. We've taken a look at some of the most significant passages from the Celtic legend's memoir... ON HIS LOVE FOR THE CLUB Liverpool: Premier League near-miss offers hope for the future". BBC Sport. 11 May 2014. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014 . Retrieved 12 May 2014. The big question was if history was repeating itself as with Liverpool’s time under Rodgers. At that club as well, a special first full season was followed by a slow decline with defensive frailties the biggest issue.

He knew that I’m a very instinctive player who plays on intuition. He knew that if he put me in as a static number nine, waiting for the wingers to put crosses in, I’d be no good. On 27 November 2016, Rodgers won his first trophy as a manager as Celtic beat Aberdeen 3–0 in the final of the Scottish League Cup. [84] The win also gave Celtic their 100th major trophy. [85]

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The on-field play was wonderful to watch, the players gelling together, youth players working hard and the established players revitalised. Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. Brendan Rodgers given ringing endorsement by Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho". The Telegraph. 1 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2 June 2012 . Retrieved 1 June 2012.

Being freely available, Brendan Rodgers was the most qualified and accessible of the possible candidates, and probably cheapest. Swapping one treble winning manager for another in is good business,but in this case there was a lot of baggage. My father was a really nice man but the one thing he would probably say if he was alive is that he probably waited for too many things," says Rodgers. Appointed on 20 May 2016, Brendan Rogers was taking the helm at a very dispirited club. The previous incumbent had left behind a bloated squad with low morale and little direction. So for Rogers this was truly a ground zero project, especially with the emergence of the new Ibrox entity (Sevco) to the top tier.Rodgers was appointed manager of Scottish Premiership champions Celtic on a 12-month rolling contract on 20 May 2016, following the exit of Ronny Deila. [78] Upon his arrival in Glasgow, Rodgers spoke of his admiration for the late Tommy Burns, the former Celtic player and manager who was in charge of Reading when Rodgers began his coaching career. [79] Anyhow, he went on to prove himself, with former critics down south recanting their previous criticisms of his ability. At the same time Celtic had started to slip badly under Neil Lennon, so the Celtic support was mostly apathetic to the praise he was receiving at Leicester. His name ended up being linked with every potential available role at the mega-clubs, in particular seriously with respect to Manchester Utd and Arsenal, and even speculatively abroad with the big two in Spain. As for the squad, whereas last season players were downhearted and losing confidence, this time there was no questioning of the manager. Established players were reinvigorated. Many had written off Scott Brown as coming to the end of his time in the past season, yet his best form after so long at Celtic was to be this season. He was commanding, effective and productive, not three words used to describe him previously. Others followed suit, with the greatest surprise being that of Armstrong. Few were convinced he was going to make it after the poor past season, but once given his chance he proved all wrong, and whatever Rodgers had said to him had proven to work. Celtic were simply peerless, and won an incredible treble without losing a game domestically, with the squad being dubbed ‘ The InVIncibles’ ( VI for referencing Six league titles in a row). Celtic sealed the Scottish cup in injury time at the death and sent the support into raptures. Rodgers had simply transformed the club and the players. They played for him and he earned their respect. Number 3” . . . “José” . . . and “Enrique”. We fell about. José Enrique protested: “No, no, no, no, inglés – I’m not there, you are!”