I've cracked what Celtic DNA means as Brendan Rodgers answer leaves me puzzled - Hugh Keevins

It will be a tough watch on television today for the Celtic supporters.

Nothing to do with Rangers being at home to Motherwell as that game isn’t on the box. More about Spurs being away to Arsenal at the Emirates. Ange Postecoglou in charge of the side nearest to Manchester City in the Premier League table. The current Manager of the Month down south. Charming the Spurs fans who didn’t know what to make of his appointment in the first place and now can’t believe their luck.

The Celtic fans are left to mourn Ange’s departure and fret over what has happened to their team since the Treble was won by him last season. Nostalgic for the past. Nervous about the present. One of the three trophies from last season has already gone. Questionable movement in the transfer market appears to have resulted in the signing of one vanity project after another. And Europe is again threatening to end in farce. Not that Ange was any use at that level but at least his team were good to watch while the current version are unconvincing to be charitable.

Is this the package Brendan Rodgers was sold by Dermot Desmond when he agreed to turn his back on a planned sabbatical from the game in order to fill the Ange void? The manager said he wanted his team to play to the Celtic DNA when they faced Feyenoord in the Champions League on Tuesday – and they did.

If those initials stand for Do Nothing Away. The reverse in Rotterdam meant Celtic had lost 28 of their last 34 away ties in Europe. Not all of those defeats were Rodgers’ responsibility, of course.

But Brendan has nothing to offer by way of evidence that Celtic’s Group E prospects can be revived by back-to-back home matches against Lazio and Atletico Madrid. The manager had six home games