Celtic manager, Brendan Rodgers, is one of the most experienced managers in the Scottish Premiership.
As well as winning two trebles at Celtic, Rodgers guided Swansea City into the EPL. And after a year of managing The Swans, he took over at Anfield and took Liverpool to within a whisker of the Premier League title.
An FA Cup and Community Shield win at Leicester City was also followed up by taking The Foxes to the semi-final of the Europa Conference League.
So when it comes to experience in the game, Celtic have one of the best. And that was on show on Saturday after Celtic’s win over St Mirren.
Rodgers playing ‘psychological warfare’ with Rangers
We told earlier this week how Rodgers put pressure on Rangers with his post-match Celtic comments after the St Mirren win.
Pat Nevin noted how the Celtic manager turned the screw on his city rivals and this is a view now shared by former Rangers striker, Neil McCann.
McCann said [Scottish Football Podcast], “I did the games at the weekend and I thought Brendan Rodgers’ post-match presser, his interview was something of the psychology element about it.
“You know he was saying, ‘We’re Celtic, this is when we come alive.’
“And it was almost as if you read between the lines, that’s what I did, I looked at it and I thought, ‘He’s just applying a bit of gentle pressure that they [Rangers] will hear.’
“Now whether they don’t watch highlights or they don’t read papers or whatever I think they will be generally aware of comments.
“And it’s just an application of psychological warfare that happens at this time of the season particularly when the two sides are so close together.”
Rodgers has pulled on all his managerial experience this season to guide Celtic to the top of the table. Tinkering with the squad to cope with injury issues, rallying the fans and calling out the media narrative surrounding the club, the Hoops gaffer has been on top of his game when the pressure has been on.
And after Nevin and McCann’s comments, Rodgers pulled a managerial masterstroke last weekend that could have turned the title in Celtic’s favour without doing anything on the park.