Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Rodgers targets more — Brown
BRENDAN Rodgers has raised the bar for his Celtic side this season, skipper Scott Brown has revealed.
In his first year in the Hoops hotseat the Parkhead club went unbeaten in Scotland to win the domestic treble while reaching the group stages of the Champions League.
After beating Aberdeen 2-1 i n the Scottish Cup Final at Hampden Park, Rodgers said: “We ticked off six of our targets, one that we didn’t.”
Brown said: “We have a few more targets than that and we will see if we can hit them all.
“Every month we sit down and have a meeting to see if we have hit our stats, whether it is goals, possession, whatever it is, and we need to try to build on the ones we didn’t hit last season.
“We set standards high in training every day. The gaffer wants us to hit those stats and maintain that so that is what we need to do.
“We need to try to win the league yet again and go for seven in a row, that is first and foremost.”
Brown, meanwhile, remains confident Celtic can reach the Champions League play-offs when they travel to Rosenborg tomorrow after a goalless draw in the first leg.
He said: “We managed to make sure they didn’t score in their away game, now it is our turn to go over there.
“They need to come out a little bit more than they did at Celtic Park and here’s hoping we can take our chances.”
CELTIC have confirmed they will reopen the Green Brigade section of their stadium after Saturday’s league opener — but some fans will remain suspended.