The Scottish Premiership is beginning to get well underway, with Celtic picking up 12 points from their first four games.
Fixtures are starting to come thick and fast for clubs across Scotland, including league fixtures, European qualifiers and Premier Sports cup games.
However, for Ange Postecoglou and Celtic, it has been more of a slow start to the 2021/22 campaign.
As Celtic supporters are all now aware, this is due to the Hoops’ automatic qualification place in this season’s Champions League group stage.
With the Bhoys having the luxury of no European qualifiers over the summer, the Celtic squad will have had an entire week between each of their first five Premiership games against Aberdeen, Ross County, Kilmarnock, Hearts and Dundee United.
This has allowed the Celtic manager and his coaching staff to take full advantage on the training ground, having the time to work with the players through the week.
Postecoglou and several members of his squad have talked up how big an advantage that has been for them at the beginning of the campaign.
However, this week could mark the last seven days that Ange will have to work with his entire squad, right up until the league shutdown in November.
Instead, the Hoops will face another busy fixtures schedule of two games each week in several different competitions, which we have become well accustomed to over the years.
Of course, in between, there is due to be an international break. But, the majority of first-team stars will be heading their separate ways to feature for their nation.
Ange Postecoglou will be looking to take full advantage of final full week or preparation ahead of fixture schedule ramping up.
With the hectic fixture schedule beginning to ramp up from Sunday, you would imagine Ange Postecoglou will have been looking to take full advantage of the next seven days on the training ground.
Celtic take on Dundee United at Tannadice this weekend and follow that game with two fixtures a week for the next few months.
Those fixtures include Glasgow Derby matches and games in the Champions League against some of the best opposition in the world.
As mentioned, the Celtic manager has spoken openly on several occasions about how crucial this extra time at Lennoxtown has been for his squad.
We will see that put to use from this weekend and beyond, with plenty of competitive fixtures for the squad to look forward to.
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