Celtic's Stance on Sacking Brendan Rodgers Mid-season

Calls for Brendan Rodgers to be sacked have been increasing in recent weeks, as Celtic have continued to drop points in the Premiership and are now two points behind Rangers in the title race.

So, they have thrown away the commanding lead that they had in the title race just a few months ago. Perhaps even more worryingly, they have done so while winning both the Glasgow derbies.

Rodgers was viewed as the perfect replacement for Ange Postecoglou in the summer for a variety of reasons.

He was a proven winner in Scottish football. He was a free agent, having departed Leicester City last season. And he was someone who knew the club like the back of his hand.

None of that has mattered this season as Celtic have looked like a shell of the team that won the Treble just last season.

In the eyes of many supporters, Celtic need to make a tough decision after falling behind Rangers in the league. But it looks like the club are not ready to take any drastic decisions in the middle of the season.

According to Football Insider, Celtic are not set to make a knee-jerk reaction on Rodgers' future despite falling behind Rangers in the Premiership title race. There is not likely to be any movement on the Northern Irishman’s role before the end of this campaign.

Considering Rodgers' track record as a manager, not just at Celtic but also at clubs like Liverpool, Leicester City and Swansea City, perhaps he deserves more time and backing to get things right.

At the same time, he needs to take responsibility for struggling to get the best out of a squad full of winners though.

There are very few players who have improved this season under his guidance. And the Northern Irishman seems to have stuck to a system that does not suit this squad despite the faltering results.

One would have expected a much more pragmatic approach from a manager of Rodgers' experience. 

Just look at how Carlo Ancelotti changed his entire system at Real Madrid in the summer after Karim Benzema left, to much criticism, but has won everyone over with the results since then.

Much like Rodgers, the board needs to take responsibility for the situation Celtic find themselves in as well. They signed a long list of project players in the summer and when it became clear that reinforcements were needed in the winter, they did not do enough, risking the season in the process.