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Blair Meikle

Brendan Rodgers opens up on meeting with Celtic chiefs and fan protest

Brendan Rodgers reiterated his admiration for Celtic chiefs Michael Nicholson and Chris McKay after a meeting on Friday.

The Parkhead boss has already spoken of his good relationship with the pair, the club's chief executive and chief financial officer, having lashed out at at unnamed senior figure who seemingly briefed against the manager to the media.

The Northern Irishman called that a 'cowardly' act and insisted there should be an investigation into it.

Fans are not happy either and there has been a bit of unrest despite the club's unbeaten start to the season, with protesting supporters not entering Rugby Park until the 12th minute yesterday.

Rodgers held a meeting with Nicholson and McKay on Friday.



He said: "No, listen, Michael's a good man. He's a good man. I have a really good relationship with him and Chris McKay, because they're the guys that I deal with day to day. We all know what it is we need to assess and look at and be better at.

"You look at Sebastian, you know today, if we have him in when we wanted to have him in, then it could be a different sport for us, you know, outstanding he was. So these are all things that we need to find clarity on and be better at. But in the meantime, the concentration's on football."

Rodgers admitted there was an impact from the fan protest and says the team were boosted once the away end was full.

He added: "Well, I think we have to control whether there's no one in the support base. I think what we talked about is that, you know, the supporters will give a new energy when they come in. And when the end's packed, then you can see that, and you can feel that once the end was packed and everyone's behind the team, and they can suck the ball towards the goal and especially that second half when everyone's there.

"But we have to as a team, understand that whether there's no one there or whether it's packed or whether there's only half there, we can still control the tempo and the and the organisation and the speed and the intensity of the game. But of course, when you have the backing behind you, that just gives you that extra push and that extra energy and we certainly felt that."

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