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We can expect not only to win another treble, but can be more than optimistic that the side can make a mark in Europe, as although some of us may have doubts about the quality of the side compared to those at the highest ;evel, this extract from a piece in the Times by a former number two of Postecoglou, Peter Cklamovski,\u00a0 more than suggests a level of pragmatism that many suspected was absent in the manager’s make up….<\/p>\n
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Seems simple enough, if opponents shift to counter our style, we’ll shift again.<\/p>\n
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Let’s face it, that sort of fluidity was absent in quite a few previous managers….<\/p>\n
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Another thing to bear in mind is that whilst Celtic will obviously play whoever is on the pitch in front of them on any given day, there’s another “game ” going on as the players and manager test themselves against a benchmark they have set themselves, that of constant evolution or improvement, a sure sign that the manager is here to stay for a while yet.<\/p>\n
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Probably even if Peter Lawwell becomes chairman when Iain Bankier finally takes the hint in January and hits the road out of Celtic.<\/p>\n
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Bankier, who once famously called the support racist for criticising fellow director Lord Livingston of Parkhead, when in fact we were just pointing out he was a tosser.<\/p>\n
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That may be a little unfaor on Lawwell, who did do plenty of good things during his tenure, and certainly had a passion for Celtic, but lying to shareholders, as he did when he denied having seen the infamous five way agreement, is unacceptable, and that kind of usurps anything else he did.<\/p>\n
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Whilst Celtic, and the support, can expect great things this season, it seems the Angera has left a few experts nonplussed, with the Daily Record experts predicting , on the whole, that spunky new club “rangers ” will finally win their first league title that fans can bear witness to…. with this esteemed line up of wise old sages backing the boys in blue…<\/p>\n
Keith Jackson <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\u00a0David McCarthy <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nAndy Newport <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\u00a0Gavin Berry <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nKris Boyd <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nHugh Keevins <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nGordon Dalziel <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nRoger Hannah <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\u00a0Andy Halliday\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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