Auston Trusty’s season has finally got up and running.
The Celtic defender faced struggles with his fitness in the season’s early stages, and was behind Liam Scales and Cameron Carter-Vickers in the pecking order.
Martin O’Neill’s first game in interim charge saw Trusty re-enter the starting line-up, and he has remained there since, with an impressive level of performance.
His Hoops career has been stop-start since his £6 million arrival from Sheffield United – but his recent form has earned him a recall to the US national team.
With a home World Cup next summer, he has been discussing his life at Celtic whilst on international duty.
Auston Trusty on the ‘frequency’ at Celtic
Cameron Carter-Vickers’ long-term achilles injury has opened an opportunity for Trusty at both club and international level.
Despite being left-footed, Trusty is currently partnering Scales in place of the right-sided Carter-Vickers.
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Speaking to the Call It What You Want show in the US, Trusty discussed the ‘frequency’ of Celtic’s environment, and how he has adjusted to it.
He said: “I think the reason Celtic is so good is the culture they’ve built, where winning is the only way.
“This should be anywhere in sports, but [at Celtic] there’s no such thing as losing. You can’t accept losing. So you have to be in this kind of kind of frequency, where the frequency is so high all tie time.
“Sometimes, maybe for your family it’s not the best, because you come home with that same kind of frequency, and it’s kind of hard to shut off, because you got three games a week.
“So I think once you get used to staying at that same kind of frequency, if you’re able to maintain that, you train like you play.
“We train, and it’s up there. So we kind of have to maintain the level. Obviously playing Champions League is not the same as playing domestic Scottish league, but we have to maintain the same thing.
“Because you play a Scottish game, then you’ve got to play a Champions League game two days later. You have to be at the level, because you don’t want to get embarrassed.
“You want to perform and represent the club in the right way, and represent yourself in the right way.”
Auston Trusty and Celtic’s backline
Trusty wasn’t fancied ahead of Dane Murray in Celtic’s defeat at Tynecastle, in what turned out to be Brendan Rodgers’ final match in charge.
With hindsight, this was clearly a mistake. Trusty’s experience dwarfs that of Murray, and his performances in recent weeks have shown that.
Along with Carter-Vickers, fellow defenders Alistair Johnston, Marcelo Saracchi and Colby Donovan are all out with injuries.
Should Wilfried Nancy take over this week, he’ll be inheriting a squad with a lengthy absentee list.
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