SCOTT BROWN reckons Brendan Rodgers can help fix Scottish football.

The Celtic captain has urged Hampden bosses to come to watch the Hoops gaffer in action to inspire a new pathway forward for our game.

Malky Mackay was brought in last year as performance director to mastermind an overhaul that will pave the way for greater success at international level.

And Hoops and Scotland skipper Brown reckons there is no better place to start than seeing Celtic boss Rodgers up close.

"I think if everyone could come along and watch our training it would be fantastic," he said.

"They'd learn so much, not from the players but from the gaffer and how he sets our sessions up.

"It's the same with Gordon who was so far ahead of his time when he was at Celtic.

"We've been lucky enough to have the gaffer here at Celtic, with his coaching staff as well.

"Someone like John Kennedy will tell you he's learned so much from working with Brendan.

"His reputation will only be enhanced from working with our gaffer.

"But it would be great if everyone could go around the clubs and work all together rather than everyone being individuals."

Brown believes there are different areas that need looked at on a wider scale if Scotland is to prosper more domestically and through the national team.

In the last year the SFA have opened their £33m Orium facility in Edinburgh.

The training complex has been heralded as a beacon of hope to take our game forward with cutting edge training pitches, sport science technology and a medical department.

Yet Brown, who is still deliberating whether or not he will return to Scotland duty this March against Slovenia, has suggested the money could be better spent literally at grass root level.

He said: "I look at what we've done through in Edinburgh with the Orium and all the pitches.

"But maybe we should put some money into the SPFL as well and improve the pitches there as well.

"The better the pitches we have the better chance we have of playing better football.

"When you go into January and February the pitches have no mud and grass on them then it's hard to pass the ball.

"Don't get me wrong, you like a nice little 50/50 now and then.

"But nobody wants to see that for 90 minutes.

"I think the pitches in England are half-and-half hybrid pitches between grass and astro and that's what keeps the pitches good. It's the way forward.

"Maybe we should be looking to do something like that."

While Brown has suggested the SFA and Mackay can learn from Rodgers, it is something the 31-year-old is doing himself.

The Celtic captain has already dipped his toe into coaching waters with the club's youth system and is soaking up all he can from his manager.

However, he insists he is still in no rush to convert to being a gaffer himself any time soon.

He said: "I feel I have a long time left.

"I've not been able to help out the coaching staff as much this season because of the sheer volume of games.

"But I enjoy playing and watching good football.

"What I don't enjoy is two teams pinging the ball long and chasing it, squeezing up the park hoping to get a corner to score a header.

"They then get a 9 in the paper for scoring.

"Our younger players are learning the way Brendan wants us to play in the first-team.

"Tommy [McIntyre] is putting that into different styles and different shapes, putting his own stamp on it too, as well as the gaffer's.

"But it's good for Tommy to learn from the gaffer too."