I’m hoping the Scales will start tipping my way
GLOSS FINISH
LIAM SCALES admitted his phone was red hot after opening his Celtic account but he’s hoping to get the call from Ange Postecoglou for Thursday. The former Shamrock Rovers defender notched his first goal for the Hoops after coming off the bench at Tannadice. Scales has had to be patient since his summer switch but the door could be open against Real Betis this week in the Europa League as Ange Postecoglou gets set to give fringe men a chance to impress. The Irish full-back made the most of his opportunity at Tannadice and his friends and family were going wild after his strike. Scales said: “Unfortunately they couldn’t make it over but my phone was hopping, I was all the way back to Glasgow replying to messages. “It’s great, I’m delighted. As a defender you don’t get many chances to run on to the perfect ball on the edge of the box. “I was just thinking, ‘shoot’ – thank God it went in! It just sat up perfectly for me. I was running at speed so it was just a case of directing it on target. It was a great feeling doing it right in front of the fans. I just kept running towards them. The reception I got was great, I was delighted.” Scales is bang in the frame for a start this week and he said: “Hopefully that’s the case. December is a busy month so there will be changes and chances for everyone. “It’s a massive month for us as a team and we want to hopefully collect as many points as we can.” Scales has been given a crash course in Posteocoglou’s system and is hoping having a former full-back as gaffer helps, even if the boss admits he hated the role. He said: “I heard somewhere that he was bored playing out wide! He knows exactly what he wants from us and he puts his points across very clearly. “It’s a different system to what I was playing before, and I suppose it’s a new system for most players here. “It did take a few weeks at the start of the season for the manager to get his tactics across, but everyone has bought into it and is up to speed with it now. I like it and I just do as much as I can.”