Celtic started their defence of the Scottish Premiership with a 4-1 win against Hearts on Saturday afternoon.
Prior to the game, Brendan Rodgers had commented on the sacking of Ian Cathro by Hearts. The Celtic manager said that Cathro had been undermined by a 'confused' management structure at the club.
Dubliner Jon Daly was installed as interim manager following Cathro's departure. After Saturday's game, speaking to BBC Scotland, Daly had some words for Rodgers regarding his comments from earlier in the week.
I can understand the comments made about a manager losing his job because I’d be the very same, the very same.
It’s never, never nice to see someone lose their job but to comment on the recruitment of the players saying they don’t fit the system, it’s poor for me because you look at the players we’ve brought in – Michael Smith is wing-back, Ashley Smith-Brown wing-back, (Rafal) Grzelak wing-back, Lafferty striker, Goncalves last year to play on that side, the left-hand side of the front three, Berra to play in the back three.
So for him to come out and make a comment like that, it’s just farcical to be honest.
Daly said Rodgers would not have made such comments regarding a Premier League club.
I’ve followed Brendan’s career for a long, long time and I’ve got admiration for him. I’ve never heard him make a comment like that when he was at Liverpool, comment on a Man United structure or Chelsea structure or Man City structure so he’s obviously come to Scotland thinking he is obviously the biggest fish in biggest pond with the best squad with the biggest budget and he thinks he can comment on other people’s teams, other people’s structures, structure of clubs and it’s unacceptable. It’s unacceptable.
He wouldn’t have done it in the Premiership so I don’t see why now all of a sudden he think he can start doing it.
You can listen to Daly speaking to BBC Scotland below.
Hearts' interim head coach Jon Daly blasts @celticfc's Brendan Rodgers for comments made about Craig Levein and @JamTarts.#BBCSportscot pic.twitter.com/NFIb8mWpp1
— BBC Sport Scotland (@BBCSportScot) August 5, 2017
