Celtic head Brendan Rodgers says he is astatine nan shape wherever he "does not request to wound my tongue" aft his remarks pursuing nan triumph against St Mirren angered immoderate fans.
Rodgers criticised supporters for showing their vexation astatine nan team's play successful nan early stages of nan 3-0 triumph astatine Celtic Park, and besides said a conception of nan crowd singing astir Kieran Tierney was disrespectful towards existent left-back Greg Taylor.
Speaking earlier Wednesday's Scottish Premiership crippled astatine location to Dundee United, Rodgers said he felt he needed make a constituent successful nan pursuit of unity.
"I americium not going to hit astir nan bush erstwhile I americium talking astir nan bush," he explained.
"I americium knowledgeable capable to opportunity what I deliberation and what I feel, but not successful a derogatory measurement to anyone.
"I americium truthful happy that I came backmost present and emotion my life and emotion my occupation here.
"But it is besides important to beryllium capable to opportunity what I think. Sometimes you are paid not to opportunity what you think, but location are moments erstwhile you person to and I americium astatine nan shape now successful my profession and my life wherever I do not request to wound my tongue."
Rodgers has spoken to Taylor, whose statement expires astatine nan extremity of nan season, astir nan business and his future, praising him arsenic a "dedicated Celt".
And while nan Celtic leader did not retreat from his erstwhile remarks and joked he looked guardant to his eventual successor producing "60 games of precocious strength shot for 95 minutes each week", he did telephone for fans to backmost nan squad successful a engaged period.
"I tin ne'er opportunity to anyone what to say, what to think, what to sing," Rodgers added.
"I cognize what my ain perseorangan worth is and a batch of it is based astir respect.
"But for me, nan Celtic support is an astonishing support base, what they springiness nan squad and really they support nan squad and really they recreation pinch nan team.
"For me, it is conscionable that bigger image astir this play of games successful particular, wherever pitches are a wee spot lumpier than what they usually would beryllium and nan crippled whitethorn beryllium a small spot slower than what it tin usually be.
"So that is not ever nan responsibility of nan players, that is conscionable sometimes really it is. But for us, it is that support that tin really thief nan squad successful what is simply a really gruelling play for us."
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