Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou brushed off comments made by Michael Beale about last season’s Scottish Premiership season, insisting the trophy in their cabinet speaks for itself.
Beale said before he became Rangers manager that there was ‘no way’ Celtic would have overcome the Ibrox side last season had he and Steven Gerrard remained in Glasgow.
In the build-up to today’s game, he re-iterated he believed the momentum had shifted after they left and that he thought they’d have stayed ‘one step ahead’ of the Bhoys.
Asked about those comments, Postecoglou was not in the mood to give them weight, telling The Scotsman: “I assume that’s his opinion, what that means to me I don’t really know. It doesn’t really worry me. I’m not focused on last year, I’m focused on this year. Last year’s story is written. There is a trophy that is in our cabinet. I’m just worried about this year, that’s all I’m focused on.
“I don’t talk about last year with our team or within these walls. If people ask me about last year that story has already been written, the answers are there. My focus is on this year, what we are going to do now and for the rest of this season. That’s all I care about.”
The narrative that Rangers would have strolled to another title under Gerrard and Beale is bizarre. It wasn’t Rangers’ form that really dropped off, it was the incredible form of Celtic that pushed Postecoglou and his squad to a title.
It’s not something that will be keeping the Bhoys boss awake at night, clearly. All he’s now focused on is facing Kilmarnock on Saturday at Celtic Park. He isn’t one for navel-gazing.
That’s the way we like it as fans too. We don’t want a manager who focuses on what-ifs. We want a manager who is always striving to push forward.
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