Asked if he would be doing anything different in the Bodo away tie on Thursday, Ange issued a frank response to the journalist asking the question.
CeltsAreHere attended the pre-match press conference this morning ahead of the second leg tie.
We’ve listened to the manager closely since coming in, and one thing we wouldn’t ask him now is if he’s going to change his approach.
He’s told the media over and over again he isn’t in the business of changing his approach or philosophy. He believes in his way and he has seen the results come if he sticks to his guns.
When Celtic were six points behind in the title race earlier this season, many wanted to see Ange change his approach to games. To his credit, he continues to push ahead with what he wants to do.
So when asked again about changing his approach, he told CeltsArehere.com and the rest in attendance there was no chance of it happening.
He said: “No, because that would be changing, which is what I said we don’t do.
“The perfect game plan only exists in a mythical land well beyond my comprehension.
“We’ll play our football. We played our football the other night, they were more clinical than us but we’ve been clinical this year in terms of scoring goals.
“We weren’t as efficient in our front third in terms of chances, they were. So if that changes, we’re in a better shape.
“We don’t need to be more solid defensively. If they had 20 chances, hit the crossbar and Joe made 15 saves, I’d be saying we have some issues defensively.
“That’s what I focus on. I look at the performance and the way we play. They were a lot more clinical with their fewer attempts on goal, obviously we need to improve that but it’s not something that’s been ongoing.
“Our approach has to be the same, just go out there and play our football with no ‘buts’ in it at all.”
Ange wants to do things his way and if we get a few bloody noses on the way to where he wants us to get, then he’ll do it and carry the can for the defeats.
This team is still very much a work in progress and they have to know the manager believes in the system so they can buy in.
