The performance was insipid as Celtic looked out of ideas<\/a>, clueless and toothless in attack in a painful 90 minutes, the travelling Parkhead support will want to forget.<\/p>\n As fan anger over the performance still rages, the Celtic boss<\/a> shares what he told his players immediately after full time in the Dens Park dressing room.<\/p>\n At the post-match press conference Rodgers sounded unusually defeated as he shares what he told his players after the defeat to Dundee.<\/p>\n Rodgers told Superscoreboard, \u201cI just said that this is where you really have to be a man, because at Celtic it\u2019s great from the outside when you look in and you win in trophies and playing great football, but you\u2019ve got to deal with pressure.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd also the result and performance today isn\u2019t good enough or acceptable for Celtic. <\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve come here a number of times over a number of years, and that today is not the level, so we have to find it.\u201d<\/p>\n \ud83d\udd0a LISTEN: \u201cThere\u2019s no way you\u2019ll go in to a race with keys to a Honda Civic and say \u2018I want you to drive it like a Ferrari\u2019. It\u2019s not going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n \ud83c\udf40 Brendan Rodgers reacts to Celtic\u2019s 2-0 defeat against Dundee. \u2b07\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/Wc1BtA3Iqk<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Clyde 1 Superscoreboard (@ClydeSSB) October 19, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n View Tweet<\/p>\n What Brendan Rodgers said about Celtic fans\u2019 Dundee protest<\/p>\n The kick-off at Dens Park was delayed by Celtic fans throwing tennis balls<\/a> onto the pitch as protests against the board continued.<\/p>\n Did the Celtic manager blame that as one of the reasons why the team lost to Dundee?<\/p>\n Rodgers said, \u201cListen, we had to wait 90 odd minutes after that to be better.<\/p>\n \u201cYou know, the protest has nothing to do with defending the corner or giving the ball away and losing a goal on the counter attack. It\u2019s nothing to do with the protest.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have to be better, and ultimately, we have to look on the pitch, first and foremost.\u201d<\/p>\n That performance and defeat to Dundee has been coming for weeks. The dismantling of the talent in the Celtic team and failure to replace them properly has led to what fans are watching under Rodgers right now.<\/p>\n However, that is not to say that the Celtic starting XI<\/a> didn\u2019t have enough talent there to beat Dundee, it did. And that is why the spotlight is now starting to come on to Rodgers this week.<\/p>\n ![\"Callum](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/callum-mcgregor-after-celtics-defeat-against-braga-1759502118990-1024x576.jpg\")
Credit: Ian MacNicol\/Getty ImagesBrendan Rodgers tells his Celtic players \u2018you really have to be a man\u2019 after Dundee defeat<\/p>\n