Celtic have been absolutely relentless in their pursuit of silverware over the last ten years. A Quadruple Treble and another nine-in-a-row show just how good the team have consistently performed over the last decade.
But more specifically, over the last two seasons, you will be hard-pressed to find any Celtic fan disagreeing that the style of football we have witnessed as the club won a double and then a subsequent treble is the best we have seen in a long time at Paradise.
The high-pressing, possession-based, all-out attacking football produced a really exciting product on the park which the supporters loved and bettering it would seem like an impossible task.
Not so says Callum McGregor. The Celtic captain has detailed how work is going on behind the scenes to not only continue with that style of football but to also improve it.
McGregor said [Daily Record], “It’s about picking up where we left off in terms of tempo and incisive passing. We’ve been a really aggressive team over the last couple of years. We will just add more detail, more organisation and different ways to beat the press.
“We want to layer that detail but we don’t want to lose the principles of the type of team we’ve been over the last number of years which is about being aggressive and getting after teams and scoring plenty of goals.
“The majority of the boys have now played together for a number of years. They understand when to turn and make runs and know the timing of everything. So it’s good that has come back fairly quickly.
“It’s only four or five games we’ve had so the quicker you get up to speed it helps everybody. Then it’s about adding layers and detail. It’s always a positive sign when you have a few playing at their maximum really early doors.
“We’re starting to see the idea coming together, the fitness levels of the boys is good and boys are scoring goals at the top end. So it’s good signs but we will be judged when the serious stuff starts.”
Under Ange Postecoglou, Celtic scored an average of three goals per game in the Scottish Premiership. It made the football brilliant to watch and gave the fans a product on the park that made every home fixture a sell-out.
If Celtic can better what we witnessed under Ange Postecoglou then we are in for another season of exciting football and plenty of goals.
It could be argued that the defensive part of our game needs to be addressed to suit the European game as that is the only blot on Celtic’s record last season.
Should Rodgers do that, then the Celtic fans will look forward to European nights with a sense of anticipation rather than the feeling of dread that we so often felt last season.
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