Brendan Rodgers Had Blunt Message For Ireland Star After Celtic Showing

Brendan Rodgers’ comments after Celtic’s disappointing 0-0 draw to Kazakhstan side Kairat Almaty makes for interesting reading for Irish football fans on Thursday morning, as the Carnlough native singled out one Ireland star in his post-match comments.

Celtic drew 0-0 to Kairat in the first leg of their Champions League play off on Wednesday night, producing a disappointing display, which led the home fans to boo Brendan Rodgers’ side off at full time.

While The Hoops dominated much of the possession, they failed to break the deadlock against Kairat, who currently sit second in the Kazakhstani top flight.

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Brendan Rodgers singles out Ireland star in post-match comments

From an Irish perspective, striker Adam Idah had a particularly disappointing night. Rodgers made the call at half time to remove Idah from the pitch, with South Korean forward Hyun-Jun Yang taking his place.

Speaking after the game, Rodgers said it had been a difficult start to the season for the Ireland forward, who is yet to score a goal in their opening three games.

There’s no rocket science in it, it’s all hard work. It’s all preparation. That will obviously lead to confidence, and then you'll obviously succeed as a player from that. It didn't quite go for him in the first half. I wanted a little bit more activity in and around the box, because I felt we could get up there. Adam's a good boy. He's an honest boy. He hasn't quite started how he would have liked. But in games like these here, I can't afford to wait. And that's why I made the change at half time.

Rodgers was also asked about Celtic’s lack of summer signings, and said the management team was clear on what areas needed to be improved over the summer. “For whatever reason, we haven’t been able to do that, so now we’re in this position,” he added.

“This is probably the lightest we’ve been in certain key areas of the pitch,” he said.

Celtic face Livingston in the Scottish Premiership this weekend, before traveling to Kazakhstan for Tuesday’s return fixture.

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