‘So yes that again, a bit of time,’ is Brendan’s patience wearing thin?

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·6 luglio 2024

‘So yes that again, a bit of time,’ is Brendan’s patience wearing thin?

Brendan Rodgers was speaking after last night’s warm up match with Ayr United regarding our search for a new goalkeeper, and his words don’t exactly fill any of us with any confidence.

Celtic and Scott Brown’s Ayr side settled for a draw with both sides netting their first half penalties. There could be no complaints about either decision and it as perhaps significant that Kyogo took Celtic’s spot kick, given his reluctance to do so previously.

Speaking to the media after the 1-1 draw, Brendan said this about the goalkeeper replacement situation: “It’s certainly one of those areas that we needed to improve and we’ve known that since Joe said that he was leaving. So yes that again, a bit of time, but we aim to have that hopefully done by the beginning of the season for sure. There are lots of names flying about. So just a good one would be nice.”

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Hardly an inspiring choice of words is it? Brendan is right when he said that we’ve known what was required after Joe said he was leaving, and a cynic would suggest he’s having a sly dig at those in charge.

Also the words ‘so yes that again, a bit of time’ sounds like a thinly veiled reference at his bosses incompetence when it comes to their transfer dealings. His last words on the matter also say a lot about who’s in charge of recruitment at the club.

On this: “There are a lot of names flying about, so Just a good one would be nice” – Does that mean like the rest of us he’s in the dark regarding who our goalkeeping targets are? Referring ‘a good one would be nice doesn’t sound like the words of a man with any say in our transfer dealings.

That begs the question, who on earth is in charge of the recruitment process when we don’t even have a head of recruitment in place?

Here’s Brendan Rodgers talking about the match on Celtic TV.