The knives are well and truly out for Ange Postecoglou and Kris Commons appears to be leading the charge.
The former Celtic midfielder branded the Livingston defeat a ‘damaging affair’ and brought a halt to the honeymoon period Ange has had at the club.
Away results have not been good and the manager cannot be immune from criticism. CeltsAreHere’s instant match reaction on Sunday after the game was clear the manager has to carry the can. However, we want to be measured in our criticism, we’re still very early in an incredibly tough rebuild.
The manager is trying to do things in the backdrop of our basket case hierarchy interfering more than they should and the exit of Dom McKay just 72 days into his tenure.
No, it doesn’t excuse how poor we were against Livingston but it lends perspective.
We are further along in the rebuild than many thought we would be. I was sceptical we’d even make the Europa League. I was also sceptical we could have a team who could entertain and challenge this term. I know the jury is out on the challenge, but it’s clear if Ange can get his ducks in a row, we can push forward.
Kris gets paid to be negative about Celtic. Our website is here to put genuine Celtic fans opinions across. There’s not one person who has written for this site who isn’t a Celtic fans and while we all have our own opinions, they come from an organic and well meaning place.
Kris won’t make a living being positive about Celtic.
As cited by RecordSport, here’s what the former Hoops star had to say:
“Yesterday’s defeat at Livingston was a damaging affair for the new Celtic manager, wiping out a lot of the goodwill afforded to him by the fans.
“It brought to an end any sense of a honeymoon period. That’s all over and Postecoglou is now firmly under the microscope.
“Why? Because, for any Celtic manager, failure to beat the team who were bottom of the table at the start of play is totally inexcusable. Plain and simple.
“I know Celtic were missing a couple of key players in Callum McGregor and Kyogo Furuhashi. Postecoglou also opted to rotate his squad and freshen it up after European exertions in midweek.
“But that won’t wash. Not when you’ve just lost to the team who, prior to yesterday’s result, had been the worst team in the league over the first few weeks of the season.
“Even accounting for one or two players being absent or rotated, a massive club like Celtic should still have more than enough in reserve to get the job done at Livingston.”
