{"id":220138,"date":"2025-10-23T11:20:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T11:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/220138\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T11:20:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T11:20:08","slug":"brendan-rodgers-addresses-celtic-in-crisis-question-as-bhoys-boss-admits-one-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/220138\/","title":{"rendered":"Brendan Rodgers addresses Celtic in &#8216;crisis&#8217; question as Bhoys boss admits one thing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Brendan Rodgers has addressed a question about Celtic being in \u2018crisis\u2019 in his Europa League press conference ahead of the Sturm Graz clash.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/club\/celtic-manager\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic boss<\/a> faced the press for the first time since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/match\/celtic-player-ratings-as-two-3-10s-stink-out-dens-park-and-only-one-gets-pass-marks-vs-dundee\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hoops lost to Dundee<\/a> at the weekend and Rodgers seemed in fine form.<\/p>\n<p>In his post-match Dundee press conference <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/brendan-rodgers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rodgers<\/a> looked deflated as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/match\/three-hard-truths-fans-learned-about-brendan-rodgers-and-celtic-after-dundee-humiliation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic lost<\/a> their unbeaten start to the domestic season.<\/p>\n<p>And as the Hoops boss prepares for the visit of Sturm Graz to Celtic Park, Rodgers was asked about supporters believing that the club is in crisis.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2237198953-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Brendan Rodgers, Manager of Celtic, speaks to the media in a post match press conference following the team's draw in the UEFA Europa League 2025\/26 League Phase MD1 match between FK Crvena Zvezda and Celtic FC at Stadion Rajko Miti\u0107\" class=\"wp-image-329882\" \/>Photo by Srdjan Stevanovic \u2013 UEFA\/UEFA via Getty ImagesBrendan Rodgers admits Celtic are \u2018in a difficult moment\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Celtic supporters are clearly unhappy at how the team is performing and the lack of goals in the team. And after dropping more points against Dundee, Rodgers was asked his thoughts about supporters feeling that he, the players and the boardroom are \u2018stale\u2019 and that the club is in \u2018crisis\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers told the Celtic press conference, \u201cWell, there\u2019s no doubt that it\u2019s in a difficult moment, and I think it goes hand in hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I\u2019m honest, I think that it is difficult. We understood what we wanted to be as a football team in the summer and we never quite managed to get there. So of course we now have to live with that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo that\u2019s something that every day we\u2019re trying to improve and make better. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut there\u2019s absolutely no doubt that we\u2019re in a difficult moment and we have to stand together and come through, and that\u2019s what\u2019s going to be important if we\u2019re going to progress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can watch Rodgers\u2019 reaction below as the Celtic manager paused before delivering his answer.<\/p>\n<p>Celtic\u2019s woeful record against Austrian sides in Europe<\/p>\n<p>Celtic have never faced Sturm Graz in Europe but have played Austrian competition 12 times and have a terrible record.<\/p>\n<p>Here is how the Hoops have fared:<\/p>\n<p>Celtic resultsPalyedWonDrewLostFC Tirol4202Rapid Vienna4022RB Salzburg4013<\/p>\n<p>Just two wins from 12 is not a great record and if Celtic want to keep their Europa League campaign on track, Rodgers must ensure that he secures a victory tonight at Parkhead to bank three important points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brendan Rodgers has addressed a question about Celtic being in \u2018crisis\u2019 in his Europa League press conference ahead&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[7336,218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-220138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-brendan-rodgers","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220138","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=220138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}