That’s just not you, Kris Boyd says as Aaron Rodgers plays to the Celtic gallery

Sky pundit Boyd has been unimpressed by some of Rodgers’ feedback because returning to the Parkhead hotseat

Kris Boyd has accused Brendan Rodgers of playing to the galleries this season as he told the Celtic boss: ‘That’s simply not you’.

Serial trophy-winner Rodgers can put one hand on the Premiership title if he masterminds any other Old Firm win at Parkhead on Saturday. But Rangers legend Boyd has been unimpressed through the Northern Irishman’s behavior in the course of his 2d stint in Glasgow and claims Rodgers has been desperately trying to appease the fans who in no way desired him returned in the first place.

Without referencing any particular comments, Boyd reckons Rodgers “changed his tune” when Philippe Clement overturned a seven-point deficit and moved Gers into the driving seat in the title race. And while Rodgers now has Celts on the brink of three-in-a-row, Boyd believes the 51-year-old has proven a extraordinary aspect to him. By the same token, Boyd says he is additionally been left baffled with the aid of Ibrox gaffer Clement’s reaction to his dugout rival’s remarks about “having some fun” in this weekend’s powderkeg derby.

The Sky pundit told the Scottish Sun: “We have viewed two facets to each Old Firm managers in this title run in. In his first spell as Celtic boss, Brendan Rodgers was certainly a type act. But this season he’s been playing to the galleries a long way too an awful lot for my liking. We’ve also seen Philippe Clement exhibit symptoms that he’s feeling the warmth for the first time. Now we’ll see which boss handles the pressure at Celtic Park — and receives their hands on the Premiership title in the coming days.

“Rodgers had a diploma of class about him with the way he performed himself remaining time. He used to be in no way one to gloat. He’d by no means rub anybody’s nostril in it when he gained a recreation or lifted a trophy either. But with the stress on? The Parkhead boss has been simply determined to inform the club’s supporters what they favor to hear.

“He’s going to get away with it, too. Barring a very dramatic collapse, Celtic will be champions this season, and Rodgers will be lifting that Premiership trophy for a 1/3 time. The followers he wanted to appease will stand and applaud. But I’ve listened to things Rodgers has said and concept to myself numerous times, ‘That’s just no longer you’.

“He wasn’t like that when he first came back. Rodgers was courageous adequate to say he didn’t have any regrets over the way he left Glasgow for Leicester in 2019. But when fans commenced to ask questions about results and performances, he changed his tune. When Rangers clawed their way lower back into the title race, he showed a different facet to him.

“Rodgers tried to create the narrative that Celtic weren’t getting almost ample credit score from the press and pundits alike. Some supporters offered it — but the smarter ones should see it for what it was. Rodgers mostly succeeded in currying favour with the fans who refused to welcome him lower back to the club with open arms, though.

“It’s been a shame to see him behave that way but strain does exceptional things to different people. Clement didn’t put a foot incorrect when Rangers had been winning. But the defeat to Ross County and draw with Dundee added weird feedback from him which raised eyebrows too.

“OK, he didn’t favor to throw any of his gamers underneath the bus, I get that. But in the cold light of day the Belgian must recognize what he stated was wrong and didn’t cowl him in any glory. The way Clement reacted to Rodgers’ remarks about “having some fun” in today’s Old Firm derby was once additionally alarming for me.

“I can apprehend why he used to be irked. But managers occasionally want to take the ethical excessive ground and absolutely bypass tries to rile them. For me, that’s what Rodgers used to be doing final week. You can now see what’s going to happen. Whoever comes out on top at Celtic Park this lunchtime will talk about how it used to be all just a bit of fun. I didn’t suppose Clement appeared too wise over-reacting in the way he did. The remarks from Rodgers and the Gers boss are simply tit-for-tat, though.”

Ibrox icon wants Celtic captain’sorted out’ in Glasgow Derby

With the Glasgow Derby approaching, the fear is creeping into the Ibrox camp.

Stuart McCall has given Rangers a approach to strive to neutralise Celtic, and has advised Phillipe Clement who will ‘sort out’ Celtic captain Callum McGregor, who generally runs the show.

McGregor, who is nonetheless discovering his way back to peak circumstance after an damage in March, has been regularly increasing his playtime, managing full-size minutes in recent video games against Dundee and Hearts. He fantastically much played a full ninety minutes in opposition to Hearts at the weekend and regarded returned to his very best.

Stuart McCall highlighted the significance of addressing McGregor’s function effectively. . “If, like humans have been saying, McGregor was returned to his satisfactory for Celtic and pulling the strings, I’d like to see anyone go and sort him out and, for me, Sterling can do that,” McCall stated. [SunSport]

They’re of course scared of the threat McGregor poses, particularly given how he ran the exhibit in the final Glasgow Derby at Parkhead, but what does McColl suggest via ‘sort him out’? It’s a phrase that ought to without difficulty be interpreted in a few ways,  and perchance have connotations of violence. I genuinely hope that wasn’t what McCall used to be trying for.