Our man assesses the damage for the Parkhead boss after yet another Champions League drubbing
There's one thing Brendan Rodgers could do right now which would constitute an even bigger mistake than reaching for the panic button after the disembowelling in Dortmund on Tuesday night.
And that Rodgers takes his share of the responsibility for ensuring that these sporadic humiliations are brought to an end. Put it this way, the manager will have to keep his own head out of the clouds the next time he boards a flight to the continent, in a fortnight from now. Call it naivety. Call it over confidence nudging into the realms of arrogance. Call it whatever you wish.
Don’t abandon your posts and leave all defensive duties to fall on the shoulders of Callum McGregor, his two centre backs and the goalkeeper. Remember to match your runners while you’re at it and remain composed when in possession of the football. And, for God’s sake, don’t bend over and allow yourselves to be embarrassed out there.
This pattern of occasional obliterations now stretches back over both of the manager’s stints in charge and there is very little evidence gathered over the years to suggest that Rodgers has learned how to stop the bleeding when things are getting so horribly out of hand. It was a flashback to those nights of abject misery Celtic suffered against Barcelona at the Nou Camp and away to Paris St Germain, albeit with a slightly different twist. Back then Rodgers was regarded by many as some sort of all seeing guru. And at these moments, he seemed more than happy to play up to that role, almost as if it was his mission in life to spread enlightenment and education.
There were precious few positives to be recused from the wreckage of what happened at the Westfalen other than the fact that Liam Scales stuck manfully to the task of putting out fires all around his feet, Auston Trusty tried to live up to his name and Kasper Schmiechel pulled off six or seven saves which prevented Dortmund from racking up a cricket score.
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