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Ange Postecoglou

Discussion in 'Ex Players' started by Mr. Slippyfist, May 29, 2021.

Discuss Ange Postecoglou in the Ex Players area at TalkCeltic.net.

  1. Leone Naka Fan

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    Too expensive- the board want the bare minimum of staff.
     
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  2. Peej Gold Member Gold Member

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    It does sound daft, throw in specialist, but quite literally, we need to be that in-depth.

    Of course it wouldn't be someone hired JUST to do that job, they'd be part of the bigger coaching squad and offer more.
    But we literally need a squad of coaches specialising in these sort of aspects and areas of the pitch

    Soemone specifically coaching the full backs to play the way Ange wants.
    Someone specifically coaching centre backs.
    Someone specifically coaching wingers....

    As a team of coaches, we should have 8 or so at least, for the first team.
    Fitness team should have a similar, or more (covering all aspects of sport science and fitness).
    Analysts should be a core team of 4 folk as well.
    The players day at training shouldn't be showing up for 4 hours running around and doing stretches. It should be like a * day at school.
    Morning - analysts of past performance and up coming games.
    Afternoon - fitness training and coaching. Going over specific requirements...
    Late afternoon - tactic and formation coaching, specialised coaching of each area...


    It sounds daft as *, but honestly modern footballers need this *.
    This is an education for them.

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  3. Officer Doofy Come to me, human man Gold Member

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    Aye a set piece coach should be fairly standard these days. A huge part of the game and one we've been * at for years.
     
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  4. FrankMcCallum Gold Member Gold Member

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    We are stuck in the early 2000s with regards to our staff set up, and pretty much every other aspect of the club in fairness.

    As a club we have no desire to modernise or improve. Happy to plod along.

    Old Tory * that probably don’t even watch football, or have any perspective on how modern European clubs operate.
     
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    Agree about having a throw in coach as part of a bigger coaching squad, think we really need more of a professional set up in place, it's crazy that a club of our size is run in such an * way.
     
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    We were modern under Rodgers, and one season after he left. Staff were let go when COVID came, and there, our woes began.
     
  7. Scotia Gold Member Gold Member

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    Every single game Prof , we would be as well just throwing the ball back to the opposition as it just ends up with them anyway , infuriating . And why do we not have a thrower capable of throwing a ball into the box near the penalty spot when we get a throw so close , so many opportunities wasted !
     
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    I think you're giving too much credit to the board with that.
    Rodgers took loads with him, but the club was still nowhere near the level of staffing it should have been, even during Rodgers time.

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    Hopefully for him and us he gets some players back soon , hes inherited a tough situation thanks to the incompetence of our board and bad luck with injuries .
    Although i cant work out what he was thinking with boli ? He brings him in from nowhere after being in the doghouse and the boy was probably our best performer (albeit a pretty low ceiling on the day) , he then isnt sighted again ? Think he deserves another chance especially as we have no LB unless scales is the answer
     
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    TBF, it would be wasted- we don't have aerially dominant players. For Iceland- to name an example, throw-ins were an obvious strategy, because they had both a great throw-in taker, and a very tall squad.
     
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    causes panic though ... just look at us !
     
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    Our throw-ins are infuriating to watch and have been for years. Nobody makes any effort to free up space so someone can receive the ball. They all stand around doing nothing, as if they're waiting for someone else to make a run.

    Edit: Just realised that's exactly what you posted above :giggle1:
     
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    Pep would be sitting maximum points with the exact same players, injuries and 'luck' Ange has had.
    It is very much on the manager.
     
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    At the bare minimum we should have:

    Director of Football
    Manager
    Assistant Manager
    Dedicated defensive coach
    Dedicated set pieces coach
    Goalkeeper coach
    Fitness coach
    Video analyst

    What do JK and GS actually do in training, other than laying the cones out?

    We could use a mental coach as well. Might sound silly to some, but we're fragile in that area and there's a huge amount of pressure associated with life at Celtic. The fact that we can't buy a win in Livingston indicates that it's in their heads
     
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    Liverpool use(d) one, no reason we can’t.
     
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    I suppose working on quick throw-ins would make sense. But the problem we have is, as others have said, a lack of movement.
     
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    Agree with this, a good manager will get the best out of the players at his disposal, of course it's not been good with the amount of injuries, but we shouldn't use that to cover up the shortcomings of the manager.
     
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    Psychologists should be made available, and are made available to players at every top club.

    Definitely not a silly suggestion, the mental aspect of football is something so easily dismissed, particularly with the pressures that come with playing for Celtic.
     
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    And can we bring in a manager of his quality?
    We can't even hire Eddy Howe...
    Useless comparison. You have to ask if a manager we can afford/who wants to be here could do better than Ange and I have my douts. Ange could do better though if the board wouldn't save money in the sporting department of our business/club. It's as if Tesla would save money in their development department and go to build combustion engine cars just because it's cheaper.
     
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    Yep..

    It's an absolute joke that we don't or look like we're unwilling to get people in to squeeze every extra % we can out of what we have..