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Celtic fans react to Rodgers’ controversial comments on players ahead of Semi-Final

Jack Heale 27 October 2018, 13:15 2 minutes read
Brendan Rodgers

On Thursday evening, Celtic fell to a 2-0 loss at the hands of RB Leipzig in Germany. Brendan Rodgers has come under fire since for seemingly prioritising this Sunday’s clash against Hearts in the Betfred Scottish League Cup Semi-Final. Rodgers made numerous changes to a side he would usually start in Europe, opting for the likes of Ryan Christie and Eboue Kouassi in midfield and Lewis Morgan in the front two. Ahead of Sunday’s game, in his press conference, he was asked about his squad and provided his thoughts on some of the changes he made, which confused some of the Bhoys’ fans to say the least.

BR: “This is why we have a competitive squad. Christie, Morgan and Kouassi all came in last night with little game time and did well.” #BetfredCup

— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) October 26, 2018

With that in mind, let’s take a look at some of their thoughts.

The vast majority of Celtic fans were not in agreeance with Rodgers.

pic.twitter.com/iElBufvwwk

— Simply [] Celtic (@TheHoopsFan) October 26, 2018

https://twitter.com/LK95_/status/1055809384062828546

“Did well ” kouassi? pic.twitter.com/gOWknLYKRN

— Tambo Unchained (@ThomasTambo) October 26, 2018

Eh no, they didn’t. Unless I was asleep in the Red Bull Arena. Pretty sure I wasn’t.

— Rab (@Stix1963) October 26, 2018

Kouassi was shocking. He’s not Celtic class

— Kalvin Hendry (@_kalvin) October 26, 2018

One fan was more understanding that Rodgers wouldn’t openly slate his players ahead of a Cup Semi-Final.

https://twitter.com/davidjmcc8/status/1055818794772430849

https://twitter.com/davidjmcc8/status/1055822518970445824

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