Under transitional head coach Ferguson, Ranger has again rescued their best for sports away from home and in the Europa League, beating Kilmarnock and Fenerbahce but lost to Turks and Motherwell in Ibrox.
“I don’t know Barry, but I know him as a player and I know he has come in and will have a good relationship with his followers,” Rodgers said about the former Ranger captain.
“His history on the club, his success in the club – he was a good player for them. To me, if I just look at the teaching situation, for the four -game period, I don’t see a big change.
“I have seen a team change the system. Actually, a positive change of prudence to 5-4-1 in Fenerbahce. But I still see many similar features-a very good show, disagreement.”
Rodgers expects any changes made by Ferguson and his closet staff to be judged for the longest “time”, but “whether he was in four games or 40 games, the Celtic-Ranger game will always be a tough game”.
The Celtic manager has not read anything, whether tired or confident, for the fact that the Ranger needed extra time and penalty to defeat Fenerbahce after losing 2-0 at home before continuing in the Europa League.
Rodgers recalled when his Leicester City side faced a “hard” schedule before facing the “Peak Liverpool” more relaxing but still emerged the winner.
He said “it is a congratulations to the Ranger” for reaching the quarterfinals, but the Celtic manager suggested “showing his team’s position and ideas” to be in front of such opponents in the crown.
“We’ve never done anywhere near the game’s requirements were in the last game,” Rodgers said. “So we are very hungry to put that right in this game.”
As with McGregor’s injury, he added: “It follows the same kind as last week and Callum came in, played 75 minutes and was brilliant last weekend.”
