Former Celtic man Barry Robson has copied a classic Ange Postecoglou move after receiving his first award as a manager.
Aberdeen interim boss Robson has today been named Manager of the Month for March. (SPFL)
Robson took charge of two games during the month: a 3-1 victory away to Dundee United and a 3-0 thumping of Hearts at home.
Earlier today it was announced by the Dons that Robson and his assistant Steve Agnew would continue in charge until the end of the season.
And Agnew was one of those present in Robson’s post-award photo as he took inspiration from a classic Postecoglou move.
As shown in the SPFL’s photo, Robson stands with the award, with six of his backroom team members behind him.
The likes of Agnew and Craig Samson are seen, in strikingly similar scenes to what we’ve seen from Celtic’s manager in the past.
Take this example from last season, when Postecoglou was surrounded by no fewer than eight Celtic colleagues.
It is his way of saying that the award is a result of the hard work of everyone at the club, and not just him. It’s nice to see Robson go for the same approach.
Robson’s award continues an amusing trend that has now seen Postecoglou miss out on the last five monthly awards.
David Martindale, Michael Beale, Robbie Neilson, Stuart Kettlewell and Robson have each lifted the award in recent months.
Postecoglou and Celtic have taken 49 points from a possible 51 in that five month period, yet he hasn’t won a single award.
It’s pretty amusing but is unlikely to mean too much to Celtic’s boss who was probably starting to run out of people to include in his photo anyway.
A treble this season will more than make up for it.
In other news, Callum McGregor has brought his Celtic mentality to the Scotland scene
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