Ange Postecoglou

yeah with what players and for how long has he had with them? There isn't even a proper LB in the squad, the RB is playing at career best form and he cocked it up for the first goal, and the CB's have looked shaky all season.

 

Let's hope that Ange can now have the time to actually coach a settled squad, something he has not had a single time since arriving.

 

Both, but more so the former.

 

Right. McCarthy is Ange's recruit. Soro isn't. Ange likely saw Soro was not going to cut it when he got to the club, so brought McCarthy in. He also knows McCarthy's fitness level and how many minutes he has in his legs. We don't.

 

how long have you watched football? Greece won the Euro's with a mediocre team with good organisation, even the huns went all the way to the finals with parking the bus for a full tournament. Have you seen the teams in the Euro lg, they are not all there because of free flowing football lol. Some did it with hard graft and good organisation against teams of higher quality. Thats the beauty about football, weaker teams DO qualify or beat better teams...

 

Mccarthy wont be match fit yet. He needs more game time to reach the level of sharpness needed and he hasnt been afforded that yet.

I dont think this was the match to put him in from the start. Id imagine he will start on Sunday. Remember he spent a large amount of pre season without a club.

 

It was a terrible decision not to bring McCarthy on earlier, purely because Soro looked very likely to be red carded and could have easily been booked again not long after his first booking..

A half-fit McCarthy would have been better than trying to play with 10, you could see a red coming a mile.

 

Been watching 45 years. Greece was awful to watch. Red Star Belgrade was another one who won the European Cup playing the same way. How many others have won tournaments playing that way? its a once in blue moon event That's pretty much it. Besides, Celtic don't have the players to play like Atletico Madrid.

 

Win the league, and one cup. However, tougher domestic opposition will require him to improve our defense, if any of the stated goals are to be achieved.

 

Fans want this attractive attacking style of play but dont realise to play that way all the time involves a level of sacrifice defensively.

The game last night made for great viewing because both teams tried to attack and hit on the break.

When we play with full backs who push so high up the pitch we will be susceptible to being caught on the break.

Id like to see us being more clever and compact away from home. For me it felt like a bit of a Rodgers performance away from home, but in fairness we still had chances we didnt take.

If Jota takes a better first touch when he is played in to goal at 2-0 up on 28mins, and he finishes, i think we go on to win from that lead.

 

But he wasn't booked again and the red never came and they didn't play with ten, right?

 

Well then he better quit right now because I doubt he wins the league and one cup in his first season. If he does, he's not just a naughty boy.

 

Thats just football. We always have injuries to contend with. Thats where a manager makes his money.

Its up to ange to make sure the subs are ready to go.
When you look at Abadas impact, that might not happen if Forrest, Johnston, Karamoko, are fit.
Ajetis recent form wouldnt happen without Kyogo getting injured.

Of course we all want to see players fit and available but injuries will always happen.

 

Celtic fans tend to say 'we' when talking about our club..

It was a gamble that he didn't need to take though, should have made the change at HT or before, Soro was poor in any case and a booked Soro, either results in a red or a player that can't be fully committed for fear of a red.

Hopefully a DM is a priority in Jan in any case.

 

Soro certainly played way within himself after the booking.

Being around the ball seemed to give him the fear after yhe booking when normally, I'd say he at least usually looks to be involved

 

thats the thing, we dont want or need to play like Atletico. I love Ange’s style of attacking play. But i am not so sure(till now) about his defense. And that was before we had those injuries too. AZ sliced us open as they wanted. Yesterday after the 0-2, we should have calmed the game. But hindsight is a great thing and i do believe Ange will come good at Celtic.

Red Star were an amazing team, some great players, Mihailovic, Savicevic, Prosinecki, Pancev. Think they were all local too, just like the Lisbon Lions.

recently you had the likes of Island, Wales who were pretty ‘succesfull’ in getting through the tournemant. But its not really my point that we need to close everything down. But just sitback once you are 2-0 up is a smart thing to do.

 

I disagree. The squad that Ange inherited from Day 1 is not "that's just football," that is incompetency and no forward thinking from his predecessors and those above him.

I said " actually coach a settled squad." He's never had a settled squad. Rangers for example came into this season with a completely settled squad with just a few minor changes.

 

Not embarrassing the defeat in general but after we went 2-0 we should have shored up for 15-20 minutes take the sting out the game. Do that and I think we win last night

 

Couldn’t care less whether either was Ange’s recruit or not. Fact of the matter is that Soro should’ve been replaced in the first half as soon as it became clear as day he was walking a tightrope for a sending off as he was playing within himself which affected the team as a whole. We had a ready made replacement on the bench in McCarthy. Yes, he may not be match sharp but it was the best option available to us at the point in the match. Aside from the fact he was extremely close to being sent off, Soro was playing poorly & the sub should’ve been made at half time regardless.