Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Rodgers says it is Wright to ask questions
CELTIC boss Brendan Rodgers claims St Johnstone players should be asked questions after ending a poor run of form with their second draw of the season at Parkhead.
Tommy Wright’s side had won only one of their previous eight games since beating Rangers at Ibrox in December – against Albion Rovers in the Scottish Cup. Yet they dug deep yesterday to hold out for a draw against a much-changed Hoops side.
Afterwards Rodgers, who described the result as “fair”, said: “There are questions there for Tommy’s players.
“Tommy’s a fantastic manager but I am sure he walks away happy with a point but probably really frustrated.
“How can you win a game 3-1 at Ibrox in December 16, not win a game right the way through, apart from the Albion game, then your next big result is away at Celtic?
“So the question goes with the St Johnstone players. Today you’ve seen them organised, committed, fighting, running - doing all of that.
“If they do that in every game they would probably win a lot more games.”
Rodgers had no regrets about making seven changes to the side which started in the 1-0 win over Zenit St Petersburg last Thursday night.
“You have to be careful, we have so many games,” he said.
“There was a lot of positives for us today in terms of players, it was Tom Rogic’s first game in two months, we have to take opportunities at some point to play some of these guys, like Cristian Gamboa and Calvin Miller.”