Ange Postecoglou

Its the hope that kills you. Once you resign to the fact that we'll do a square root of * all in Europe you'll be slightly less disappointed.

We haven't competed in Europe for 10 years and even then we were very, very lucky. It's been 15 (!!!) years since we legitimately competed in Europe.

 

Totally agree

Kyogo gave them nothing to worry about and we all knew that would be the case before the game. Someone like Solbakken at RW would of been class and he wouldn’t of cost much AND he was match fit.

 

He’s not coaching them to rush their chances, let’s not be stupid about it.

 

You sound like Kris Boyd.

 

There’s only been one game in the CL groups this year where I feel as though we should’ve gotten more than we did, and that was Shakhtar away. For all the plaudits, Madrid and Leipzig on both occasions have been good value for their wins, and tactically out-thought us.

This was always going to be the big challenge for Angeball. It’s all well and good running rings around teams with a fraction of your budget, but this campaign has been a massive letdown imo. We don’t look nearly as well drilled as I thought we were and it’s been ruthlessly exploited by teams with more ability.

 

Are we the new Leeds?

 

When we had Sutton and hartson and the big defenders we had at the back like Balde and majelby we got to the final Of the UEFA cup and think we need more big physical players .

 

Definitely got a lot to do with it. Most of the top teams in Europe have players who are absolute tanks but athletes into the bargain

 

I think he will struggle in europe being so attacking focused, but i would not change tactics because of that. We leave huge gaps in the midfield when we chase around like crazy. To be successful in europe being so attacking minded you need some ridiculous talent in the squad. I am confident that we would be strong in the europe league though.

We are not ready for CL yet imo.

 

It was ultimately the subs that killed us.

Mooy and Turnbull are game killers, and not in the good way - it happens in the SPL, so of course will also happen in Europe.

Maybe it would’ve been a different story had McGregor been playing, and it was Haksa coming on with one of Mooy or Turnbull rather than both the slow, ponderous, and immobile pair.

 

Even if we do take some of these big chances we are still concede too many which means we still don’t win probably. Needs to realise that you need different ways of playing especially at the highest level when you have a squad put together with £20m odd. It’s ok saying Man City don’t change the way they play but they have top players that can do it against anybody we don’t that’s the difference.

We are heading in the right direction but need to tweak a few things and change it up when we are playing against better sides.

Tired of saying it but get that triple sub to *. How can he not see no one I else continuously does that every game. Killed us and at that moment I’m sure everyone knew we weren’t going to win that game. Was 0-0 at that point too.

 

Ange wants to win with style, championing modern football that involves a high press, and maximum creativity. He’s dead set on it. With players he picked and truly believed in. Burning desire. Reality check.
Those players can’t finish, or run as much as he wants for 90 minutes, or tackle well.

I had fantasized about working on the Pokemon project in Japan, as part of a team that translates attacks, Pokemon names, character names etc. I am really good at languages (I speak 6 foreign ones, and have certificates). I speak Japanese, at least a low intermediate level. I love Pokemon. Reality check. I have a big physical disability. Depression/anxiety on top of that. Never lived separately from my mom, since I need her to cook lunch for me etc. I also don’t do well at writing and reading Kanji. Japanese society might be polite, streets safe, and people fair, but would I make it? Most likely not.
So, I’m working at a court in my city, having passed my judicial branch examination last year. Pay is great, and people are decent. I’m making mom proud. Depression is mostly under control.

Moral of the story: set realistic goals.

 

Defiant Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou vows to stick to guns and gives injury update on Jota and Liel Abada
Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou struck a defiant tone as his side tumbled out of Champions League contention following their 2-0 home loss to RB Leipzig.



And he maintained that despite the haul of a single point from four sobering Group A encounters he was “more encouraged than discouraged” that his team were making inroads to proving competitive at the highest level of club football.

In truth, it wasn’t Celtic’s openness that cost them against the Germans but a familiar failing of coming up short in front of goal. A feature he alighted on in stressing it would be foolhardy to change his approach of seeking to take the game to opponents – as they have to meagre effect in going down twice to Leipzig, and losing at home to Real Madrid, with their one point coming in Warsaw against Shakhtar Donetsk. Now five points adrift of the Leipzig and four shy of the Ukrainians only an unlikely series of outcomes will allow them to remain in Europe post-Christmas, but that did not alter the message communicated by the Celtic manager with Donetsk to be hosted in a fortnight before a group-concluder in Madrid.




It’s about holding our nerve and not falling into the trap of thinking it’s not working. I believe it is not far away from working,” Postecoglou said. “I think the worst thing you can do is now shy away from doing what we are doing because we haven’t had success immediately at this level. My sort of theory on this stuff is that you just have to keep persevering and heading down this road.


“If we were getting outplayed and not creating chances we would need a different mindset but I think we are very close to becoming a really good team at this level. Our process can’t be fast-tracked just because I want it to happen. We still have to take the steps and the players have got to go through the experiences.


We have got to keep going. Irrespective of whether we can continue on we have two more Champions League games and we want to keep using as a platform to improve as a football team, to improve our players. And while they have exposure at this level, I think the better equipped we will be moving forward.

“That is why we are doing what we are doing and I am doing what I am doing. There is a gap there that we are never going to be able to close in terms of becoming one of these bigger clubs but we can chip away at it. That’s my theory on it. Every time you go out there you get a little bit closer. I feel we are doing that. The results won’t show that but from the way I look at football and what we are trying to do as a club I think we are on the right road.”



Meanwhile, Postecoglou revealed that Jota could remain sidelined for the weekend after missing out against Marco Rose’s side, though the problem that forced Liel Abada off does not appear to be a concern.

"Jota is still a bit sore today,” the Celtic manager said. “He needs a bit of investigation. It’s nothing serious. It may still keep him out of the weekend but we will see how it goes. [With Abada]. “II think it’s nothing too serious. A dead leg, muscle injury. We have an extra day to recover before Saturday so he may still be involved.”

 

Solbakken's contact expires in December and it's rumoured he's agreed terms to move to Roma. He's also been linked with Napoli. No chance we were getting him, although I agree he would have been great.

 

it wouldnt take much of a tweak to the system we play to make us more solid without losing all the attacking intent . its hard to judge a system ,any system when 2 of your best players are out injuried your other 2 best players put in their worst performances in a celtic shirt . mcgregor,jota,kyogo and hatate are huge players for us and players missing or out of form it was gonna be a struggle .the strength and depth just aint there with every sub we made last night we looked less and less likely of getting something .what is clear is we need a right winger and a top striker

 

I hate that pish the fact is we were scudded 5-1 across 2 legs and Leipzig for the most part were comfortable. Give me the stats in the Barca game and win any day

 

It’s almost like some people think we should just be grateful we aren’t as * as were during the 90s, so being cuffed at home to Leipzig should be acceptable. It’s absolute drivel.

 

In the first three game, I could take hope that we definitely did compete far better. Last night was a step backwards though. People can throw all sorts of stats about, but the reality is, we are bottom of the group on 1 point after 4 games, and need close to a miracle to finish 3rd, which isn’t going to happen. A group that has a team sitting mid table in Germany thay have sacked their manager recently whilst in turmoil, and a team that has lost a host of first team players and aren’t even playing at their home stadium.