Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
There’s no title talk — Rodgers
CELTIC manager Brendan Rodg ers will not star t thinking about titles if his side beat second-placed Aberdeen at Pittodrie tomorrow.
The reigning Ladbrokes Premiership champions could stretch their lead at the top to double figures — and with a game in hand.
But Rodgers said: “There has never been a title given out in October.
“It marks the opening period of the season. It will be our 10th league game and up until this point we have made a good start.
“A lot of other teams will have something t o say about that. There is still a very long way to go, we are not even a third of the way through.”
Celtic made a major statement on Wednesday night when a team showing eight changes won 4-0 against Ross County i n Dingwall while their four nearest rivals all failed to win in midweek, Aberdeen losing at Hamilton.
“I said when I came in that we would assess it after 10 games,” Rodgers said. “We have won eight of nine games, drawn t he other but we should have won. We should be sat here with nine out of nine wins.
“After this game we will assess it but the players are really performing at a good level so early in the season.
“We respect the qualities of Aberdeen. They have good players and play some good football.
“But our main focus is on ourselves and we have shown in the early part of the season, if we get our side of the game right, we can be a threat to teams.”