CELTIC boss Brendan Rodgers spent much of his press conference yesterday speaking about under-fire Rangers boss Russell Martin.
The Hoops boss gave the under-pressure Martin his backing – and aimed a barb at members of the Rangers coaching team that preceded him.
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The likes of Neil McCann, Billy Dodds and ex Gers caretaker boss Barry Ferguson himself have all got prominent positions in the media in which they’ve been asked to offer an opinion on the current Gers’ boss struggles.
And Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers said he struggled with the ‘moral aspect’ of it all – and said that Martin deserves more respect.
The Northern Irishman said: “I have some issues around the moral aspect when I see people commenting on how well he is doing when not that long ago they were stood in his shoes or sat on the bench.
“So I don’t like that when I see a manager being pulled up on certain parts of the game, certain tactics of the game, that not so long ago other people couldn’t work that out either.”
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That drew predictably short shrift from Ferguson, who said he should concentrate on Celtic.
And now Ferguson and his Gers coaching pals were also handed support from ex-Celtic striker Andy Walker, a man who hasn’t been unafraid to put his head above the parapet when it comes to criticising his former team from to time either.
Walker found himself in a spat with then Celtic boss Neil Lennon when he criticised his former club’s ill-fated Dubai trip under Covid.
And as he sat alongside Ferguson in the Go Radio studio, he leapt to Ferguson’s defence and insisted the comments WEREN’T personal.
He said: “I think an interesting point to be made – that Barry won’t make himself – Barry Ferguson and his coaching staff went to Celtic Park last year.
“I don’t know what the input was before the game, but they put on a magnificent performance and won 3-2.
“I’ve worked with Neil [McCann] for a lot of years at Sky – I have always found his analysis pretty well-informed.
“I would happily admit that not every time would I agree with his analysis, but I didn’t think anything was personal, as someone who has worked in the media for a long time.
“I have had managers take me to task, and that’s totally fine, they’ve disagreed with my opinion. I’ve sometimes disagreed with their football opinion and I don’t have a problem with anyone wanting to give me a call,
“This whole morality in football thing, when you think of some of the people involved at football clubs, and the morality of these individuals – that’s maybe a chat for another day.”
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