I asume you mean Ajeti, sell him .

Ange clearly needs depth, its a problem at the moment and ideally he sells Eduard so they bring a couple more players before the window closes.

Agree. I couldn’t believe how skinny the squad was about four to six weeks ago and how few players Ange had to call upon. For a big club, that was embarrassing. It’s not much better although they have at least brought in a few since then, although throwing players in the week they arrive, as Ange has had to do a few times now, is also embarrassing and borders on amateur. They hopefully will pick up another two or three in the next 48hrs and then a good half a dozen in January, including one or two more from Japan, if Ange lasts that long. They are a mad bunch of supporters with little tolerance for rebuilding and expectations you can improve without hard work or spending bucketloads of cash.

And put on who?  Rogic?  Soro?  And  a kid? In a 433?

After half time the pressure was well and truly on the Celtic midfield and Rogic, Soro and a kid are not what you bring to defend that.  That's asking for not one but 2 or 3 goals. 

Celtic need an anchor in midfield and they don't have it.  Its why their defense always looks like they could concede.

Given that there is no midfield anchor in the squad, I would have gone taken Edouard off at half time, gone to a 442 with Kyogo up front, Abada just behind, add Soro to the midfield and use the full backs to bomb forward for the width.

Having said that if Edouard scores form Kyogo's square ball and Postecoglou is a master tactician who risked Kyogo out wide and Edouard up front. in the biggest game of the season and won.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Aleague/comments/pdtdmc/sky_sports_scotland_feature_on_ange_postecoglou/
Well done Angie, Im pretty sure I speak on behalf of all Hellas fans when i say we are proud of your achievements.
Loving the respect Sky Scotland is showing our mighty club BTW. I watched the derby on the same Rangers .TV link a helpful poster put up here last night and almost fell off my coach when they mentioned the "Melbourne Derby" South Melbourne vs Knights......

I dont understand, you were against a change before the goal, because of a perceived lack of depth, and then you contradict it three paragraphs later by saying the change should have happened at half time ( which by the way is a massive Faux pas in managerial circles, as when you bench a player it may become a distraction to the team, thats why it's rare if the team is going alright, which the Hoops were). 

Ange made the change after the goal, it looks reactive, and predictable, he confirmed something had to change, but he's just to slow to do it.

my guess was he was hoping to hold on as long as he could thinking the replacements were too gassed (those who played az) or not good enough. Conceding a goal screwed up the plan, but no other plan had much chance of success while he is still recruiting and implementing his style

Of course not, and retrospect is a great thing, but for 10 minutes there was a fundamental shift with the rangers pressing extremely high, and that sustained pressure should have been countered earlier.
But as with the national team and it's lack of depth when Ange was coaching them, ange's main issue was being malleable, and deviating from plan A, you hope he learns or can find the cattle, because besides that one weakness he is a great coach.

Thanks for sharing...great story.

plan b is to do plan a better. he has no intention on changing that.  and tbh it's winning him trophies.

it was the wrong starting 11 for rangers. i can see the reaction after AZ but rangers were clearly not as big of a threat as AZ. their pressing in the first half was pretty woeful.  the 11 that started against rangers should have started against AZ and vice versa. kyogo was making the runs but no one was putting the right balls in with rogic on the bench.

hopefully they can pick up a decent/solid 6 to sit behind mcgregor and rogic/other.  having an 8 and two 10s in midfield isnt enough in big games and mcgregor is coming up a bit short in the slot against straonger teams.  ange said after the game that there will be incoming players and a couple outgoings.  they really really need another CB, they might want another 9 to replace eduoard - although kyogo would have put away that sitter he missed v rangers.  if christie goes they will need someone to cover that.  i thought the young guy looked great at left back vs AZ.  so i think between him and taylor it's good enough.

Switching to a 442 is what *I* would do. 

Its not something Postecoglou would do because its against his "attack is the only form of defense" philosophy. 

Making the changes as he did but earlier than what he did ie Rogic Soro and a kid in Montgomery right when Rangers were trouncing Celtics midfield would have been an even bigger disaster.

To play his way in a 433 he needs a midfield anchor, and there is no-one at Celtic to play that role.

The momentum swung back to Celtic not because of the subs but because Rangers had scored and sat back again.

Afgan lives matter as well. I noticed the teams take a knee b4 every match...I'm out. 

Does people you don't know shifting weight to one side for 2 seconds in silence hurt you that much?

Watched him grow up from a player to a captain to an assistant and going out to state leagues to coach.. Then back to back titles with Hellas as coach before taking Hellas to Brazil and the Club World Cup against Manchester United and Vasco de Gama.  Couching the young Socceroors and then winning the ONLY International silverware the Socceroos have (are likely to have in the foreseeable future). Silverware in Japan and now rebuilding one of the most storied clubs in world football,  already making an impact and to top it off will be playing Europa league this year.... The skinny fullback running around at Middle Park all those decades ago...... Damn good story. :)

yeah he compensated for the lack of proper 6 in the end of the AZ game and in the starting 11 of the rangers game by putting in mcgregor, turnbull, christie, because they had more legs than with rogic.  i can understand why he started like that with the way they lost the midfield against AZ, but it was the wrong move v rangers and ange even acknowledged he got the 11 wrong post game.

mcgregor is a real talent and can probably play anywhere on the pitch but against stronger opposition he just doesnt have what a proper 6 brings in. if soro or bitton cant do it they need to sell them.  if they are only good enough for easier games then they are not needed, because ange will/can  play an 8 with 2 10s.

to me the first choice midfield in big games has to be a new 6, mcgregor (captain has to be in), then rogic or christie (he's probably getting sold).  but you cant start rogic with a tank behind him to cover the midfield.

Apparently so. 

If they shifted their weight in order to drop a massive fart in the elevator then it hurts plenty......... worse if its in silence.

We have McCarthy as an anchor. Bitton's ideal position is as an anchor also, in the busquests / Eric Paartulu mold who falls back between the CB's to become a 3. 

Re Rogic they had to go after the game and we look a lot better whenever Rogic is on the field. He seems to knit the game together. We look a lot better also when Kyogo is up front providing runs, particularly with Rogic's creativity.

I think Marshall may have played himself out of a starting position after that performance. McCarthy might come into DM and CalMac moved to LCM. At least against the stronger sides that Celtic might face in the EL, Rangers and maybe Hibs. Good news for Rogic... that game showed how important he is to Ange's style of football

Wrong.. you all are..

The biggest club match/es coached by an Australian Manager was also Ange and was in 2000 when South Melbourne played in that iconic Club World Cup against Man U, Necaxa and Vasco De Gama (containing Romario and Edmundo who tore Man U apart). That tournament was massive!! We cannot forget our pre-A league history.

Other than that Big Tony in the Asian Champions league final. The 2 A league all stars games against Man U and Juve were also big games, maybe not Celtic v Rangers but spectacles. Victory vs Liverpool at the G with 100k ppl singing You'll Never Walk Alone was a big one too. Ironically all coached by Ange. 

Also.. there is another 'Australian produced' Coach that also coached Celtic v Rangers games and also coached in a UEFA Euro Final = Dr Josef Venglos

We have one called Greg Taylor but he's injured. Ralston at Rb is in good form and we just signed Juranovic (Croatia's RB) so Ange fit him in at LB

Bitton seems to be out of favour.  Why isn't McCarthy playing- he played the Croatian RB ( at LB!!) within days of arriving, so what's with MCCarthy still not available?  Fitness?

As for Rogic he looked slow when he came on.  I think is role is best suited in the last 30  minutes, not when the game is being played helter skelter end to end.  Not the player he once was.

I don't believe Postecoglou when he says he admits he got his selection wrong.  He is a very good player motivator- when the team wins he publically credits the players, when they lose, he blames himself.  The players are never to blame-that keeps them on his side.  If Edouard doesn't miss that sitter, then today we'd be saying Postecoglou is a tactical genius who switched Kyogo out wide in the biggest game of the season against the Champions at IBrox with no Celtic fans. ...the stuff of legend

Yes the problem is you have one, and he's not all that good.

Fascinating story, just read up on him.  Way before my time but what a career he went off to have after being given a go by Sydney Prague....

Nir Bitton is crap now, under Deila he was average at best, he was too slow for Rodgers in the midfield so moved him to CB and had some relative success against weaker sides but against quality opposition he crumbles as seen in his European performances, now he hangs about the club as 4th choice centre back and will probably get a few minutes against the bottom spfl sides to give Welsh and Starfelt a rest- He could bring in a youth player that would offer the same if not more but he still has 2 years left on his contract and it's not like he is a high earner or causing trouble (like Griffiths). McCarthy injured like usual, a fit McCarthy should be a good option for us however it remains to be seen if he will ever be 100% fit. Rogic is no doubt good enough to start against spfl sides who go to Celtic Park and sit deep but like you say against more quick paced attacking sides it very rarely works due to him being lethargic and blowing out his arse after 20 mnutes of running, him coming off the bench against better opposition should be the way forward.

With his starting xi I didn't see anything wrong with it (he's moved Kyogo out wide before and he's done okay), only problem was in the 2nd half he watched rangers dominate us for 15 minutes straight where we could barely get the ball past the half way line, then when we did Turnbull wasted 2-3 set pieces, yet only made changes once they scored- I do understand the bench lacked real quality, but it was like watching us at ibrox last season all over again, had our chances that we didn't take and then the manager refuses to make changes even though it's clear they need to be made to get something out the game.

These games are very rarely floggings, ifs and buts are always there- sure Edouard missed a sitter but kent hit the post, it's just another game where they took their chance and we didn't, what hurts is the fact this was the best chance we had at beating them away from home given they had a centre back playing right backand their 3rd choice GK playing yet we still couldn't score. Last years top goalscorer in the Eredivisie will be signing within the next couple of days, atlhough we still need to sign a left winger, centre back and a replacement for Christie which could see another J-league player join, Forrest and Julien still to come back and that should be enough to give a decent account of ourselves in Europe while staying close to them in the league.

No mention of the opponents mighty Gaffa not there :) not surprised mind you but his trusty fellow ex LFC understudy done well might I add.
Soz, winning a Derby under those circumstances kudos to them, hard being on the fence having interest on both sides for me as un usual as it is for I have no care about the politics not growing up or living there :)

Probably Australian footballs most forgotten about 'product'! Is still revered by Celtic fans even though he didn't win anything - he was the man who brought Viduka, Johan mjallby and Lubomir Moravcik to the club amongst others which setup the backbone of the great Martin O'Neil team. 

YES

Ryan Christie off to Bournemouth. 

Benfica winger Jota in on loan.