Brendan Rodgers WILL fix Celtic problems as Scott Brown gives insight into old boss' magic

The storm has passed and now it’s time for calm. Scott Brown has seen Brendan Rodgers at work in the Celtic dressing room - and knows exactly how he will picking up the pieces from a damaging Sunday afternoon in an Ayrshire monsoon.

For the second week running admissions of being bullied and not at the required level came hurling out of the away dressing room after the 2-1 defeat to Kilmarnock which came seven days after it took a late rally to salvage a 3-1 win at St Johnstone. Performances have got the critics in a bluster and Celtic fans in a fluster with their lead at the top of the table cut to five points.

But Brown is in no doubt Rodgers will fix the damage. Where the manager hit his squad with a stinging public rebuke in Perth a week ago he took a step back at Kilmarnock. Brown has seen it before, the manager taking a breath and looking at the bigger picture. Now he expects to see serious movement in January - both in and out of Parkhead.

Asked if his old boss will fix it Brown was unequivocal. He said: “Yeah, he will. January is coming around and there are a lot of players who will move out and move in. It is part and parcel of football. I am sure he has got his eye on a few.

“Right now he will be calm and collected. Sometimes you rage and sometimes you have that understanding. He will step back, he will reflect on the game and they will go again. They have got a big European game on Wednesday and then Hearts at home on Saturday. He will be looking to bounce back.

“That is the good thing about football – you have got a game three days later. Hopefully they can change everyone’s mindset as well because everyone remembers your last game. If it is week to week it is sitting there, it goes on longer and longer, it