IT WAS SUGGESTED to Ange Postecoglou that fatigue could be setting into his Celtic squad, but the Celtic manager dismissed this claim.
Postecoglou’s style of football requires his players to constantly be chasing down the opposition to win the ball back. Players must be extremely fit to play in this system or risk injury.
After Celtic’s defeat to The Rangers, the Celtic manager was asked if he thought his squad were leggy. He answered the Herald owned Celtic way stating that tiredness wasn’t a factor in his side’s loss, saying;
“I wouldn’t make too much of that stuff. At the end of the day, it’s two teams giving everything right until the final minute. There’s so much at stake. It’s got nothing to do with tiredness.
“The 28, 29, or 30 players that came on today gave everything they could. It’s what you expect in this kind of game. We certainly don’t expect to be running over the opposition as that is not how it works.”
Postecoglou will be looking at fitness levels along with his sports science team. Celtic are playing just one game a week, giving the players the chance to recover from matches fully.
However, the Aussie boss has clarified that training is still of high intensity. The manager expects performance levels to rise to their usual standard with five games left. It was a bad day at the office for Celtic.
