WE HAVEN’T WON THE LEAGUE YET BUT TITLE TRIUMPH WOULD BE SO SWEET
and his team-mates have thrived under Postecoglou this term, with skipper Callum McGregor already lifting the Premier Sports Cup as they surged six points clear in the Premiership with four games to go.
But doubts were expressed after the Hoops lost half of their first six games and Rogic said: “A season is always difficult, always gruelling, and you always have to earn it.
“Particularly at the start of the season, we were written off quite early on.
“To perform the way we have and play the football we have is the most pleasing and, on the back of the hard work, results have come.
“It’s been good. It’s funny when people write you off early. I don’t think it is extra motivation, but it is nice to prove people wrong.
“It wasn’t really our focus. Our focus was the same throughout all the matches regardless of the result.
“We knew if we played to our ability and the level of effort was there, the results would come.
“If you look at the start of the
season and the amount of players who came in and played virtually after they signed with one or two training sessions, it took a bit of time to get everyone together.
“But once it did, we gelled it together pretty good.
“We’ve enjoyed some success, but we still have four games left and want to finish as strongly as possible.” The title is close, but Rogic says Celtic have to stay in the zone if McGregor is to get his hands on another trophy.
He continued: “Any trophy you win is extremely satisfying and rewarding and you have to work very hard for it.
“I’m fortunate enough I’ve been a part of really successful teams here and won a lot of trophies. What I’ve learned in that time is nothing gets handed to you. We’ve got a lot of work to do over the next four games.
“We certainly don’t take anything for granted.
“Football is a funny game and our focus is solely on our next match and making sure we are successful.” That next match is Rangers at Parkhead on Sunday and a win would push Celtic virtually over the line.
Rogic, alongside McGregor, Craig Gordon and Regan CharlesCook on the shortlist for the PFA Scotland Player of the Year, added: “We have four games left and they are all going to be important.”