Should Brendan Rodgers Remain Celtic Boss When This Season Ends?

One of the most important debates being had in the Celtic support right now is the one about the manager. I feel that it’s perfectly valid to be having that debate, so that we all know what the stakes are, and it is particularly important to have it before season tickets go on sale. The club is going to try and flog them as quick as possible. We need answers.

The first and most important answer is about the future of the manager. In short, I think it’s important to know whether or not he will stay if we don’t win the title. A better question is this; does he deserve to get the chance to stay if he wants to?

Rodgers may not want to. He might have had enough of this already. It would grate on anyone to be in this position, where there are sections of this support who don’t want him, a media which is ready to accuse him of anything and blame him for everything and a board which may not want to support his vision even as their own crashes to ruins.

That’s for winning the title. I suspect that if we do that he’ll be here in the next campaign and doing his level best to lead the rebuild. The board may not want him to though, and that’s something we should all bear in mind. They may decide to get rid of him whether he wins the title or not. We should keep in mind that to some of them he has failed to keep to his own brief; he has not made best use of the squad at his disposal.

But if he loses the title a lot of us are going to feel that the matter should be taken out of his hands. The seven point lead we’ve blown should, and would, have been enough to give a manager breathing space. We’ve made a real mess of things instead. On top of that, we’ve somehow squandered that lead having beaten them twice, which makes it worse.

The section of the support that never wanted him back certainly won’t want to see him stay. Even people like me, who broadly welcomed his return, were pretty clear that our support for him was predicated on his record and his ability to get over the line. If that’s no longer to be taken for granted, how long will our support last?

I’m curious to see what the views are, so please post them on the page and vote in the poll. Let us know what you think on the issue, and it’s the biggest one we’re facing as a club.

Should Rodgers be manager at Celtic when the season ends?

He should only stay if Celtic wins the league

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He should stay regardless of winning the title

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He should go regardless of the outcome

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