‘Ignominy in Almaty’ – the reasons for Celtic’s Champions League exit

After Celtic’s doomsday prediction has been confirmed, there should be a reexamination of the club’s most egregious and self-inflicted exits in Champions League qualifiers in the next ten or so years.

Maribor, Malmo, and AEK Athens. FC Midtjylland, FC Ferencvaros, and CFR Cluj. All suffering, all suffering, and all suffering.

Some of those clubs claimed to be the greatest European bogey, which had done the most harm to Celtic and their false notions of grandeur that they were a great European club.

The Champions League nights’ atmosphere and the immortals of 1967 still exert a lot of pressure on that front.

On Tuesday night, Kairat Almaty steadfastly replaced all of those Celtic conquerors.

Add Rodgers’ miserable defeats to Barcelona, Paris St-Germain, Atletico Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, and Barcelona to the Champions League exits, and you still don’t get the cringe factor of those ties against a Kairat side that a properly functioning Celtic would expect to defeat.

In 210 minutes of football, there were no goals, three penalties missed in the penalty shootout, two golden chances squandered across the two legs, and more than $40 million wafting in Kazakhstan’s air. As far as flaws go, this one was seismic, and everyone can take their own criticism when analyzing who is to blame.

The players, manager, and board collective lost here. They are all positioned together. It exemplifies how a club gambled on its own success by putting its squad through its paces before successfully reviving its squad.

It is a shocking illustration of how, both on and off the pitch, standards have fallen. Not many months ago, Celtic and Bayern Munich, which included Manuel Neuer, Dayot Upamecano, Joshua Kimmich, Jamal Musiala, Harry Kane, Kingsley Coman, and Thomas Muller, squared off.

Celtic had momentum to build on as they lost 3-2 on aggregate and just seconds before the Germans took extra time in their own backyard.

In general, they were facing the same direction as the board, and they also had a stack of money in the bank. There was a lot of harmony and optimism. a priceless commodity in Glasgow.

He has bounced back in two games and hit the club in the gut with his lack of resolve to improve the team. That is represented by Dermot Desmond, one of the board’s top shareholders.

The Irishman has a lot of power at the club. Would it be unrealistic for fans to occasionally hear from him? Could Chief Executive Michael Nicholson provide a brief overview of the vision?

In six months, Kairat Almaty will be humiliated, and it might help explain how they have changed from Bayern Munich’s optimism to Kairat Almaty’s humiliation.

For some time, the team’s flaws have been obvious. There was no denying the need for fresh energy. Celtic entered the Champions League play-off round in a way that was significantly worse than last year.

Rodgers is also to blame for Tuesday’s failure. At home, Celtic is love-bombed. With only a small portion of their budget, Rodgers over-praises his team when they defeat some domestic rivals. When they assign four and five to weaker teams, everyone swoons.

Nothing else matters when they do a job for the Rangers and win another league title to go along with all the other titles. Progress in Europe? That would be nice, yes.

The Ibrox club is their mainstay, though. It’s about ambition and how the board interprets it.

Celtic should transcend such conceited logic. They can be accused, in any way, of simply wanting to stay a few steps ahead of their city rival, according to the allegations made.

At Rodgers’ request, they occasionally push the boat out, with Auston Trusty, Adam Idah, and Arne Engels among them, who were brought in for about £26 million, but it generally stays that way. If you want to have domestic dominance, player trading, and money in the coffers, that is your ideal.

The argument’s flipside lies here. There were so many players who lost their balance last season. Engels and Idah are unable to join the team. If Trusty had been fit, he would not have played for the team either. These are Rodgers’ signatures.

Because Rodgers has recruited too many players, many of whom haven’t yet done it, Ange Postecoglou’s remain the team’s core.

Everyone’s mess is now with this exit, then. The board might not have signed the players for the big push, but if they were minded, they might have a counterargument regarding the value for money Rodgers’ arrivals have provided so far. The current response is “not much” if he isn’t starting them.

They would be lying if they stated that they had high expectations. A victory over Kairat, a goal, or some other form of cohesion over two legs are all possible. The manager won’t be able to accept a contract until the summer, which is why he won’t be there.

Perhaps both parties would like the outcome. Rodriguez claims that despite being in a relationship with his board, his frustration is clear.

If Rangers weren’t so intent on raising the stakes in the crisis, this situation could get worse domestically.

This season, Celtic will likely win one, two, and possibly three trophies. The regrettable consequence of doing so is that Almaty’s lessons could be lost.

The Old Firm and the other are currently engaged in a fierce fight to see who has the most enraged fans. It’s a massive fight. The Rangers must take on Brugge on Wednesday night, which they are already 3-1 up against.