da betano casino： There have been few domestic league campaigns that were as dominant as Celtic’s was last season.
da wazamba： Brendan Rodgers led the legendary Scottish club to an undefeated league title with their nearest competition a massive 30 points behind. Rodgers was named Manager of the Month four times en route to being named Manager of the Year as well.
But while the former Liverpool manager can continue to win the Scottish Premiership as many times as he wants, his Celtic career will always feel like a failure unless he returns the club to a competitive Champions League club.
Winning the league and cups isn’t enough anymore as Celtic have firmly established themselves as the best club in Scotland by a long, long way. And while not winning the league would surely result in a sacking, taking home that title is more the bare minimum as opposed to a tremendous achievement.
Brendan Rodgers needs to get Celtic back into competing beyond the Champions League group stage if he wants become one of the club’s great managers.
The Scottish side got the raw end of the draw last season, playing in a group with Borussia Monchengladbach, Manchester City and Barcelona, but remained competitive and drew in Germany as well as both games against the Premier League side. Rodgers will be hoping for a more favourable draw this time around, having overcome Astana 8-4 on aggregate in the qualifying round in a game in which there were nearly as many goals as numbers on a roulette wheel at the Wild Jack online casino.
Getting the club consistently into the group stages should be another minimum demand as Celtic should attempt to return to elite European status, but the real goal is to keep playing after the group stages.
Last season’s treble and undefeated league campaign are surely good accomplishments that Rodgers can be proud of, but the Champions League will ultimately define his Celtic career.
The club haven’t advanced past the group stage since the 2012/13 season and haven’t scored in the knockout stages since 2008. If the former Liverpool manager wants to go down as one of the club’s greatest managers, he must get Celtic back into the knockout stages of the Champions League.