'Time moves on, but Celtic don't
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A year on from Brendan Rodgers' exit, we asked for your views on where Celtic are now and whether lessons have been learned.
Here are some of your comments:
Michael: Rodgers appears somewhat vindicated from the misfirings of his tenure and events surrounding his firing. Since leaving, the board to have proven their lack of direction and the resulting diminished quality largely confirmed what we all suspected. That the club is rudderless and outdated. Rodgers was the chewing gum holding the straw tower up.
Johnno: As time moves on, it appears that Celtic don't. The team has not improved since Rodgers engineered his exit to Saudi. Had the board kept faith with Martin O'Neill last year instead of appointing Wilfried Nancy at the worst possible time, there would have been no final-day drama. However, last season appears to have drained whatever team spirit, confidence and cohesion was left. This season has been a mixture of underwhelming performances, dreadful tactics and utter chaos in defence.
Brian: The last year has proven the board are not fit for purpose and have absolutely no idea how to run a modern football club. The club is going backwards with the future looking increasingly dim.
Paul: Rodgers' departure was a symptomatic of our current demise. The performance v Bayern in Feb '25 was an aberration and disguised a lot of the flaws that, even then, Rodgers was aware of. Can't blame him for leaving as the fish had been rotting for a while by then, and we all know where that rot begins. Subsequent appointments and results were further symptoms of a failing club.
Willie: Rogers Returned to Celtic with promises from the board. They were not forthcoming so he left, that is the basics of it. Rogers wanted investment to take Celtic to the next level, sadly the board want everything done with minimum spend. Nothing will change and Celtic and Scottish football as a whole will never improve, but the board at Celtic will stifle improvement and we will be years behind everyone else, albeit it we are close to that now.
Nick: I feel we were very fortunate to win the league last year. Hearts and Rangers fell away badly at the end. I don't think O'Neil should have stayed in charge as he hasn't really achieved much since leaving in 2005. There is no style, no direction and little optimism from what I see with a very disgruntled fan base and a board that lacks vision.
Frank: Two out of the three major trophies cannot be bad and Europe can be an irritating side show to the quest for the championship. To only have lost one game in the championship is very commendable.
