If Celtic have not given Rodgers a medal they should rectify that at once.

There is something about Celtic and sentiment that the club sometimes struggles with. We are magnificent at building legends, singing their names from the terraces and immortalising men in song and memory. But every now and then, when it comes to the small gestures, the human gestures, the club can become strangely cold.

If Brendan Rodgers has not yet been contacted about receiving a medal for this fifth-in-a-row title, then Celtic need to fix that. Immediately. Because of course he should get one.

Honestly, what are we even discussing here?

This is not complicated. This is not controversial. This is not some grand constitutional crisis for the club. It is a medal. A small token. A simple acknowledgement of contribution. Brendan Rodgers contributed to this title. According to reports, he managed nine league games this season before leaving the club, winning five, drawing two and losing two.

People can say what they like about how his first and second spells ended. They can debate feelings, timing, disappointments and hurt. Football fans carry emotion like scars, and Celtic fans are no different. But none of that changes facts.

None of it erases what the man achieved at Celtic. None of it changes the reality that he helped lay foundations for another title-winning side. More than that, Brendan Rodgers belongs in Celtic history whether some people are comfortable with that or not.

Five-in-a-row titles do not happen by accident. Dynasties are not built in one season. They are forged over years by managers, captains, players, coaches and cultures that create standards. Rodgers helped create those standards.

He helped restore a swagger and confidence to Celtic that changed the entire mood around the club. He made us believe in ourselves again. He gave us an Invincible season. An unbeaten treble. Beautiful football. Ruthless football. Celtic teams that walked onto pitches expecting to win because their manager demanded it.

Sometimes, as a support, we get so caught up in the latest drama that we forget to honour our own history properly. We forget that legendary figures do not have to be perfect saints to deserve respect. Football is messy. Emotions are messy. Relationships between clubs and managers are messy.

But greatness is still greatness.

This club parted company with Brendan Rodgers in the worst way. The man deserved better. This is not simply an acknowledgement of his achievements here, it is an acknowledgment that we owed him more than a shivving on his way out the door. It will not fix the relationship; that’s dead, and in the most shameful fashion.

But you cannot tell the story of modern Celtic without Brendan Rodgers standing right in the middle of it and it would be beyond pathetic not to acknowledge it.

So yes, a medal should absolutely be put aside for him.

Absolutely. Without hesitation.

Because imagine the alternative. Imagine Celtic refusing that gesture out of bitterness, awkwardness or pettiness. How small would that look? How utterly unnecessary would that be? Celtic are supposed to be bigger than that. Better than that.

We pride ourselves on being a family, on understanding our own history and cherishing the people who delivered glory for us. This is one of the most successful managers Celtic have ever had. Ever. Not recently. Ever.

Maybe this is the Ginger Witch instinct in me speaking, but clubs carry energy. They carry memory. They carry the way they treat people. I believe that deeply. Football clubs are not just businesses or brands.

They are living things built on emotion, loyalty and legacy.

Celtic should never become the kind of club that forgets the people who brought success simply because relationships became complicated later.

That would not feel like Celtic to me.

Brendan Rodgers should be recognised for his role in how Celtic won this title. He should feel part of it because he was part of it. Even if he is no longer in the dugout, even if another manager crossed the line at the end, the road there was built by many hands. Rodgers hands are all over this era of dominance.

What would it actually cost Celtic to send that medal?

Pride? Ego? Would someone feel better than they do right now at such a petty gesture? If that is all standing in the way, then the club needs to rise above it. Because supporters remember these moments. We remember class. We remember grace. We remember when Celtic behave like Celtic should behave.

There is something symbolic about it too.

A medal is not merely metal. It is recognition. It is acknowledgement that someone mattered. That they helped shape history. Brendan Rodgers absolutely did that.

You do not win trebles, Invincible seasons and title after title without leaving fingerprints all over a football club forever. Sometimes people fear that acknowledging Rodgers somehow diminishes others. It does not.

Football success is collective. One manager builds, another evolves, players carry standards forward, captains enforce them in dressing rooms. Celtic’s dominance over the last decade has been a chain, not isolated moments floating separately in time.

Rodgers is one of the strongest links in that chain.

If Celtic genuinely have not contacted him yet, they should do it tonight. Not next week. Not after debates, discussions and boardroom nonsense. Just pick up the phone. Send the medal. Say thank you. Simple.

Because when history looks back on this period, Brendan Rodgers will still stand among the giants of modern Celtic.

No amount of awkwardness changes that. No bitterness rewrites that. The trophies already did the talking. Celtic should never be afraid to honour one of their own legends. Celtic should be about the bitterness of a handful of people inside and outside the club.

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