Ange Postecoglou

Aye mate it went global and on social media non Tim's were * themselves in the comments from all over the place

Was genius. Don't care what anyone says..

 

This.

The fireworks during the silence in the Covid season had some outrage but this was genuinely almost universally laughed at

 

Lot of *…

 

Can't help but want him to do brilliantly at Spurs tbh.

 

Birthday Caird pish

 

I miss him and I'm still gutted he left.

But I do think he was working his ticket in the background, probably for months. He's a smart and savvy individual so he fed us what we wanted to hear, when we needed to hear it.

Similar to the great players we've had over the years, I think he suffered from the boring and repetitive nature of the Scottish game:

Playing the same * teams 3 or 4 times a season; terrible, tinpot football stadiums; plastic pitches; amateurish and corrupt referees; awful opposition managers; poor journalism; tedious press conferences etc.

He pretty much cleaned up domestically. Unfortunately for us, the European games are too few and far between. I thought he would have stuck around to try and create a dent in the CL/EL, but when you consider all the factors I've outlined above, he was always going to move when at attractive offer came in.

He'll never experience what he had here ever again. But he seems alright with that. The lure of the Premier League is too strong. Until we join them, move to another league, or Scottish football drastically improves (highly doubtful) then this will always happen.

 

Lol.

 

When you put it like that i’m not sure he’ll be arsed

In all seriousness though it is a terrible league, would be amazing if we could merge with other smallish leagues or have some other teams with rich owners

 

It is what it is. Rodgers isn't half bad either.

 

The league is the main thing that's always going to hold us back from going to the next level. It's absolute dug * but you just need to pish with the * you've got. Unless like you say we join some new european league with teams in a similar situation. Don't see that happening anytime soon unfortunately.

 

Still love the guy. I'm like a Japanese fan boy following my idol

 

Still reckon if it was another premier league club in similar size to spurs he wouldn't have went. The job and the massive rebuild they needed is his bread and butter, we'll see if it works out for him though

 

When you see the names and types of folk who were up in arms about it you know it was elite patter.

 

Aye, I still love him.

 

Ange Postecoglou has admitted for the first time that he was never going to be Celtic’s long-term saviour – but believes Brendan Rodgers might be.

The Aussie held his first media conference as Tottenham boss at the club’s training ground in Enfield on Monday, one month on from his shock decision to quit Scotland’s champions after lifting five trophies in two seasons. In a candid revelation, Postecoglou has conceded it was always his intention to move on while the going was still good in Glasgow’s east end, and before he was reputationally tarnished as damaged goods from Down Under.

He said: “Yes, absolutely it required soul searching to leave. My wife and my kids loved it up there and my whole family was really happy. I’ve got two young ones and they’ve lived abroad their whole life in four different countries. We made the decision as a family that wherever my profession took us, we’d go and we’d experience that.

My wife knows better than anyone, I can’t resist a challenge. That’s when I’m at my best and my history is I’ve never stayed too long at too many clubs.

“I’ve always left when clubs are successful. All I’ve tried to do whenever I’ve been, like most managers, is leave the club you’ve inherited in a better place than where you picked it up and hopefully make a positive impact.

“It was a tough decision, for sure. But it was also a tough decision to leave the Australian national team before a World Cup, it was tough to leave Yokohama after winning the championship there.

“You establish relationships with people and these are always tough decisions. For me, I’ve always gone with my gut on these things.

“I know when I’m at my best, and I’m at my best when the challenge is the biggest. I thought this was a challenge that would fit all the things I’m looking to achieve.

“For me to come from where I’ve come from and be sitting here today, I needed to have that instinct inside me to know when to move on because I have had to be faultless in my career to get to this point. That’s because no one’s going to rate an Australian manager, are they? So if I had any significant failures along the way, I was never going to get here.

“Part of that process is knowing that I need to keep moving to be at my best. The key factor was there was an opportunity here to again make an impact at a football club.”

But Postecoglou believes his replacement Rodgers is the ideal man for the job because of his managerial qualities as well as a genuine love of the club. He went on: “He’s absolutely the right man, mate. He’s a fantastic manager and he loves that football club.

“He was constantly messaging me while I was Celtic manager to make sure that I stayed on track and we had success. I’ve exchanged messages with him and he was very, very supportive when I got the (Celtic) role.

“Even when I got this role, he sent me a nice message and I reciprocated and stayed in contact with him and all the staff there. I’ve no doubt they’ll have great success.

“Hopefully, they can make an impact in the Champions League, I know that’s what his ambition is. That group of players and staff certainly have the capability to do that.”

 

So he was never going to be here long-term but said:

"I’m very happy where I am and as long as the club want me to stay I’ll be around" in December

and "You'll be surprised how long I'll be here" in February

 

Does it matter? He came in, did an amazing rebuild, won 5 trophies in 2 seasons, and Spurs would've had to fork out to buy Ange out of his Celtic contract in order to for him to be their manager. On all those fronts, Celtic have benefitted and are better off now than when he arrived. Pretty much anything anyone in football says has to be taken with a pinch of salt.

 

He did do well and left us in a far far stronger position than when he came, does * you off though tierney “ a could definitely be a 1 club man “ few months offski quicker than usuain bolt first decent offer he gets, Rodgers “ it’s the job of my dreams, managing the club I’ve supported all my life, wouldn’t want to be anywhere else, “ first decent offer half in mid season offski like the drop of a hat “ and obviously ange “ you’ll be surprised how long I’ll be here ( suppose that was kinda true “, don’t really blame any of them for leaving for big bucks, just wish they would cut the bullshit ,me personally and a lot of the fans getting * off with it, never hear Callum mcgregor say aw that *, yet more loyal than any of them, also think the Asian players seem more loyal and grateful and not just greedy * like the first 3 lol