The Hoops boss believes his men were bogged down with outside matters in the early part of the season.
And there are no more obstacles in his side’s way now the dark clouds have lifted around Parkhead. Rodgers has a straight sight on the Premiership crown but there have been more murky times this term when off-the-field problems have led to a lack of clarity on the pitch. The Hoops boss has had to deal with plenty of problems from disgruntled supporters to a crippling injury list.
“That for me, from a managerial perspective, has been the real catalyst. Hopefully we can continue that way. I think there was a lot of settling in, a lot of adjustment in me coming back, talk how ‘how long is he going to be here?’ There was Ange leaving after two successful seasons. You lose one manager and another comes in that some people don’t want in!
Rodgers has felt a shift from the supporters in recent times, from impatient nervousness in the stands, to a more positive force behind them. The boss is convinced that fan power can help nudge his side over the line with three Celtic Park clashes in the remaining four matches. Rodgers is hoping it will be a different story to the last time Hearts headed to the east end of Glasgow. The Jambos nabbed all three points back in December and the natives were furious rather than just restless.
"Hearts have done well, we've played a really good game against them earlier on in the season, for various reasons the two other games were not so good, but this is us at home now in the final stretch of the season, super motivated and hungry to play well and if we can do that and play well then we want to be able to pick up three points.”
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