“You’re Not a Celtic Supporter” – Rodgers Blasts Starting XI Leak

Brendan Rodgers has discussed the situation in which Celtic’s starting 11 has been leaked on social media days in advance, for a number of weeks.

Rodgers was rightly enraged by the situation, which in no way helps the Hoops and, if anything, gives opposition teams an unfair advantage.

He said: (Sky Sports), “It might feel great for someone’s ego to put it out and pass it on to other people, but I can tell you as a manager that I’ve had that before with other teams. When I’ve gotten to know about it, it has really, really helped me in my preparation, because I’ve come up against a plan to play against the team. I’ve then been told the day before the Game that the team was going to play a totally different shape.

“I could then stick in an extra meeting at the hotel to say, this is what we think that team’s going to do because we’ve had a message, and then, lo and behold, we go in the next day and the team is playing that shape. It really helped us to win the Game in a good way.

“So, whoever is putting it out, if it’s someone from Celtic, you’re not a Celtic supporter, because you’re not helping Celtic. It’s as simple as that. If you’re not a Celtic supporter, we will do everything to find out.”

Spot on from the Irishman, no Celtic supporter would leak team sheets, as it is an unthinkable thing for any fan to do.

Given the fact that team information is leaking so widely across social media, it really highlights this issue.

Celtic have faced this problem in the past, but it was rooted out, and Rodgers will do this again.

Given how frequently it has happened since the beginning of the season, it makes it easier for the Celtic boss to examine what has changed since last season.