Calling out the Celtic fans is a sign the REAL Brendan Rodgers is back again
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Brendan Rodgers would have every right to ask Celtic supporters what it is they want of him. Who, exactly, do they want him to be?. When he returned to Celtic four years after he quit for Leicester City in the middle of a season, there were bridges to build.
![[The Celtic boss says the crowd were too quick to get on the team's back against St Mirren]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/07/18/93836325-0-The_Celtic_boss_says_the_crowd_were_too_quick_to_get_on_the_team-a-107_1736273308171.jpg)
Accused of betrayal, every word to supporters last season was measured and considered. There was nothing at all to be gained from raking over old coals. He was so measured at times that some speculated that something was missing. He didn’t seem quite the same confident, self-assured figure of first time around.
![[Rodgers insists he's earned the right to speak his mind, regardless if it upsets some supporters]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/07/18/93836331-0-image-a-102_1736273068583.jpg)
The team were toiling, he looked and sounded less comfortable than he used to and some asked where the invincible figure of old had gone? Some even asked why he’d come back in the first place. Four trophies later, the semi-skimmed Brendan has been supplanted, once more, by the old full fat version with cream on top.
![[It was a case of all's well that ends well as Celtic ultimately saw off St Mirren 3-0 last weekend]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/07/18/93836333-0-image-a-104_1736273185127.jpg)
Rodgers has doubled down on his attack on the expectations of some impatient Celtic fans. The Celtic boss says the crowd were too quick to get on the team's back against St Mirren. Rodgers insists he's earned the right to speak his mind, regardless if it upsets some supporters.
![[Celtic next face Dundee United, who held the champions to a 0-0 draw at Tannadice last month]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/07/18/93836337-0-image-a-105_1736273191535.jpg)
Emboldened by Celtic’s progress in the last 18 months, he felt confident enough to query the negativity of supporters during the early stages of Saturday’s 3-0 win over St Mirren. He followed that by accusing those chanting Kieran Tierney’s name, in hope of the Arsenal defender’s imminent return, of ‘disrespect’ towards current left-back Greg Taylor.
![[Rodgers says he has spoken to Greg Taylor and is determined to hold onto the full-back]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/07/18/93836299-0-image-a-106_1736273203265.jpg)
