Brendan Rodgers has Celtic in good place, says captain Scott Brown
Friday 23 December 2016 14:18, UK
Celtic could not be in a better place under Brendan Rodgers as 2016 nears its end, according to skipper Scott Brown.
While Rodgers' side failed to get out of their Champions League group, they are 14 points clear of Rangers at the top of the Premiership having played a game less.
They have gone 21 domestic games unbeaten with the League Cup already in the trophy cabinet.
As they prepare for the seventh game of a gruelling nine-match December run, the Parkhead talisman believes a team effort on and off the park is contributing to their success.
"Everyone in that dressing room is enjoying football and enjoying training," said Brown.
"There's competitiveness throughout the dressing room and I think that's what is pushing us on.
"It's a good place to be just now, there's great spirits, the fans are behind us, whether it's home, away or Champions League or in the league so that's the main thing.
"[The consistency] has shown in the results and hopefully we will have a lot more under Brendan coming.
"It has been a great five months so far and there's still a long way to go for us.
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"We've got three games before the winter break and we need to push everyone as far as we possibly can in the right direction."
In the midst of an exacting month, the champions beat Hamilton 1-0 at Parkhead ten days ago thanks to a Leigh Griffiths goal.
However, Brown believes the game on Hamilton's artificial surface makes it a different kind of test for Celtic.
"You know how they are going to shape up against you but they might change a couple of things here and there," he said. "It's on astroturf, so it's a totally different game now for us.
"They train and play on it most weeks so they have the upper hand there. But at the end of the day it's 11 versus 11 and we'll hopefully get the ball down and hopefully play better than we did last season, because we struggled there in the last couple of seasons."
