Brendan Rodgers sticks Celtic flamethrower back in its holster as 'terminado' parked and boss keeps thoughts to himself
There was no tantrums or terminado talk and the toys very much remained in the pram.
Brendan Rodgers didn’t quite get want in the January transfer window but he wasn’t going to take a flamethrower to any of the suits at Lennoxtown this time. The Celtic boss did say in advance he wasn’t going to fall out with anyone if his shopping list wasn’t delivered and he was true to his word.
Last time in charge, Rodgers famously let rip after the Hoops failed to secure the signing of John McGinn. Back then he rolled out terminado – the Spanish word for finished – if the club didn’t match his ambition, On this occasion, his chums in Spain might call it enfriado – chilled.
Rodgers might be secretly seething at being left with just Adam Idah as his only senior striker after failing to land a replacement for Kyogo. But if he was was keeping it to himself this time. Rodgers is determined to savour his second stint at Celtic and he won’t let any recruitment malfunctions get him riled up.
He said: “I know the demands of here. I know the ambition that I have for here. I think what’s very, very important is that what you learn through experience is the emotional transfer.
“Because if you have the hump…With the greatest respect, then as the coach and the leader, my leadership style is very much a motivational style where I like to teach, I like to inspire, and I like to motivate. Now, you’ve got to be in a good mood for that, in the main.
“With experience, you learn not to kill your joy over things that you can’t actually control. We’re sat in here now. We can do absolutely nothing about it.
“So I go out that door and I’ve still got the same group of players, which I’m really happy with. Players that tomorrow night if we win our game in