{"id":202812,"date":"2025-10-15T22:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T22:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/202812\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T22:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T22:31:09","slug":"3-things-to-expect-from-celtic-boss-brendan-rodgers-pre-dundee-press-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/202812\/","title":{"rendered":"3 things to expect from Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers pre-Dundee press conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

67 Hail Hail take a look at three things fans should expect from Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers\u2019 Friday press conference ahead of Dundee on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\"BrendanPhoto by Ian MacNicol\/Getty ImagesForm and performances scrutinised<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no doubt Rodgers<\/a> will be pressed on Celtic\u2019s displays and overall form<\/a> of late, because it hasn\u2019t been up to the required standards.<\/p>\n

The Hoops have only scored three goals across the last four games and two goals were conceded against both Braga and Motherwell.<\/p>\n

Rodgers will have been encouraged by the comeback victory against the Steelmen<\/a>, but the performance was another worry.<\/p>\n

The manager will have to explain to supporters that he is confident things can pick up, starting in Dundee on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Update on injuries<\/p>\n

Rodgers will also be asked to give a squad fitness update, with particular intrigue surrounding Alistair Johnston.<\/p>\n

The Canadian returned to training at Lennoxtown this week, so Rodgers will clarify if the right-back is able to make the bench at Dens Park.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also been some conflicting reports this week regarding Auston Trusty<\/a> and a re-aggravation of his recent foot injury.<\/p>\n

\"AustonPhoto by Ian MacNicol\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The Celtic Way<\/a> claim the American is fit and ready for Dundee, and while he\u2019s unlikely to play any part, Rodgers should confirm his fitness level on Friday.<\/p>\n

And of course, Daizen Maeda missed Japan\u2019s two games<\/a> across the international break. Will Rodgers provide some good or bad news on that front?<\/p>\n

Russell Martin\u2019s Rangers sacking<\/p>\n

Finally, it\u2019s become tradition now that Rangers sack their managers around September\/October time after a horrendous start to the season.<\/p>\n

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TalkingPoints<\/p>\n

Your Dundee vs Celtic prediction?<\/p>\n

And with that, the Celtic manager is usually quizzed on his feelings around it. So Rodgers will likely be asked about Russell Martin\u2019s departure.<\/p>\n

He may even be asked on his former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard\u2019s decision to pull out of talks to become the Ibrox club\u2019s boss for a second time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"67 Hail Hail take a look at three things fans should expect from Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers\u2019 Friday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[7336,218,8058,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-202812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-brendan-rodgers","tag-football","tag-scottish-premiership","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}