Brendan Rodgers: Brown and Morgan, a Tale of Two Captains
Revista de la Liga with Graham Hunter
Graham Hunter
4.5 • 863 Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2020
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
When Brendan Rodgers took the Celtic job he was advised to jettison Scott Brown. Instead, Brendan invited him to his London home where they chatted about what behaviour he expected from a captain, and also how he could incorporate ‘Broonie’ in a different role. Despite the relatively advanced stage in his career, Scott transformed his attitude and style of play, and coach and skipper lifted trophy after trophy in Glasgow.
When Brendan took over at Leicester, he again forged a crucial relationship with the incumbent captain, Wes Morgan, and there’s great stuff about Leicester and England talents James Maddison and Ben Chilwell. Brendan also reflects on why Philippe Coutinho was adored at Liverpool but failed to hit the ground running at Barcelona.
Finally, there’s a moving testament on how Brendan considers himself duty-bound to help preserve the legacy and vision of beloved Leicester owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who died in such tragic circumstances in 2018.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi this is Ryan Fraser this is Troy Dana this is Gaspoyette this is Don Hutchinson this is your club and you're listening to the big interview with Graham Hunter |
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| 0:57.0 | back. Mr Brendan Rogers spoke to us in the big interview from a very pleasant place, very near a golf course, with the sound of waves lapping on a beach very near his open window. Amongst many subjects here, we're going to dig into the reasons why in his last two jobs at Celtic and Leicester. |
| 1:21.0 | This coach has made his first job the recruitment of the existing |
| 1:24.8 | heffé of the dressing room the boss senior figure who he's identified as having a |
| 1:29.2 | value which goes way beyond what he does on the pitch. |
| 1:32.8 | At Celtic it was Scott Brown and this is a really punchy part of the interview. |
| 1:38.8 | A part that told me things I did not know. |
| 1:41.8 | Scott Brown was in a rare slump in what has been a dominant career in Scotland when Brendan |
| 1:46.2 | Rogers arrived at Parkhead. |
| 1:48.2 | At Leicester it was Wes Morgan, the man who lifted the Premier League trophy and one who |
| 1:51.9 | Rogers knew could still do an important job for him. |
| 1:56.0 | I think Brendan Rogers gets into the spirit of the big interview. |
| 2:00.0 | It was a pleasure talking to him. He gave us oodles of time. I hope you enjoy it. Tell us if you do. |
| 2:05.4 | And thank you for joining the big interview. It's certainly a feeling of mind that when you went to Celtics. |
| 2:20.0 | It's certainly a feeling of mind that when you went to Celtic, which I think became an extraordinary opportunity for you to win and win and win because it's really vital to win things and lift trophies to |
| 2:36.8 | teach yourself about the next level again. But it felt to me as an Aberdeen fan, so thanks for all you did for us. That when you came, it's my perspective that when you came, you seem to put a microscope on Scott Brown to the extent that it appeared from the outside that there was an effect, I'm not saying it was the same tactics, but when Venga came to Arsenal and the Back Five said, wow, everything he's asking us to do, |
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