Falkirk 'foul' against Celtic doesn't fly with Brendan Rodgers as Alex Valle told 'you don't get that in Britain'

Brendan Rodgers insists he won’t become Celtic’s Tinkerman after his fringe men were given a heck of a fright by Falkirk.

The Hoops boss carried the can for sending out a shadow side that struggled for an hour against John McGlynn’s Championship hopefuls in the Premier Sports Cup. Rodgers made EIGHT changes to his side that bashed Slovan Bratislava in the Champions League in midweek and needed sub Nicholas Kuhn to inspire a late blitz to eventually get the better of the Bairns.

The German teed up Adam Idah for a double before adding two of his own as Celts came from 2-1 down to win 5-2 and set up a Hampden semi showdown with Aberdeen on the weekend of November 2/3. Rodgers will need to rotate as his side fight on several fronts but he insisted there were valuable lessons to come from the Falkirk fight.

The Hoops boss said: “Yes, absolutely. That's the most changes I'll ever make. Normally, I would make one change per line, the back line or a triangle in midfield, one change there or in the front line. If you look at my history as a coach, you'll see that I wouldn't normally make so many, but that's the risk that you take. I’m happy to take that risk.

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