CELTIC v ROSS COUNTY
ANGE POSTECOGLOU performed such a rapid rebuild at Celtic over the summer, the boss could be in the frame to replace Nick Knowles on DIY SOS.
The 56-year-old has overseen a colossal turnover in the past few weeks with 12 new faces coming in and even more going out in a frantic spell that needed new foundations as well as emergency repairs.
Celtic’s squad is almost unrecognisable from the end of last season but there’s one change Postecoglou is delighted to see when he surveys the scene.
The manager knows everyone in his group is now pulling in the one direction and have their minds on the shared project.
There are no more players eyeing moves, no distractions from speculation or worries about new contracts.
Losing Odsonne Edouard and Ryan Christie represented blows.
But everyone who comes through the gates of Lennoxtown wants to be part of Postecoglou’s grand plan and the manager admits he’s thrilled to be back from the international break and getting stuck in to the next phase of his Hoops renovation.
He said: “It does change the dynamic. I wouldn’t say there were people here who didn’t want to be here, I would just say there was uncertainty.
“And wherever there is uncertainty, it doesn’t help in trying to build something. “I’m trying to talk to the group about the future and what we’re building and where we’re heading. “If there’s uncertainty about whether people are going to be a part of that... It’s something that affects the players themselves who might be thinking that way about their own futures, or they might not be sure on what the club’s stance on their future would be. “Having gone through the window now, the players kind of know, ‘Right, OK, here we are, we’re all in this building and we’re moving together’. “That helps just moving forward to accelerate those things. “I never sensed the ones who left didn’t want to be here. While they were here, they gave everything they could. “But when there is uncertainty, it’s hard