CELTIC boss Brendan Rodgers has revealed that the Hoops players went on their own team-bonding session THIS week.
The fact under-fire Russell Martin chose to take his players to Loch Lomond for a dip in the icy waters then a bracing walk up Conic Hill has become a huge issue in Scottish football this week.
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But Rodgers has shrugged off the controversy – and revealed that Rangers’ city rivals did their own morale boosting excursion this week too, even if he was at pains to keep some of the finer details under wraps.
Rodgers said: “I see some of the stuff from during the week when the team went on a team building exercise – you know EVERY team does that.
“It’s like anything in life, it’s timing.
“At another time, if the team had won a few games, everybody would say ‘what a great idea’.
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“You know, you look as a manager for blocks of time when you can, and WE had a team building exercise during the week, with the team, the partners and their girlfriends and it was really nice.
“Thankfully you guys didn’t get to hear about it.
“But it happens. And whatever happens for him, he will be better for it.”
Rodgers, who faces Glasgow rivals Partick Thistle on Sunday in the Premier Sports Cup quarter finals, spoke to Martin at the end of the recent Old Firm match.
He’s called for critics to give him “room to breathe”.
Rodgers said: “Being a manager in this modern game especially at the high end, at big pressure clubs, its a big challenge.
“Because all the eyes are on you, it can be a lonely place.
“The voices of safety are even less. There’s hardly any time to breathe but you have to find a way.
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