The shake of the head and mate reference were a give away.
Even the questioner probably realised and regretted it as soon as he mentioned the word tinker.
After eight months in the job, eight months of brutally honest media conferences, before and after every match Ange Postecoglou has a fairly consistent approach to football and the way his side play the game.
If it is Bayer Leverkusen at home or Aberdeen away Celtic will play on the front foot, attack their opponents, try to force them into errors. On a rare occasion it might result in a 4-0 home defeat, away from home in Europe anything is possible with an 8-9 aggregate in three Europa League group matches. Ange isn’t for tinkering or parking the bus.
3 minutes 15 seconds:
Reporter: Do you have to tinker that at all for Europe because it is slightly different to the domestic game
AP: (With a slow, rueful shake of his head) No I’m not the tinkering type mate. You know, I think people have seen our approach, they’ve saw our approach in Europe already, we’ve played some pretty good teams. Leverkusen, where are they? Third in the Bundesliga? Betis third in Spain. People saw the approach that we took against them, our goal is to be a team that plays this football against all opposition.
Bodo Glimt have a very strong idea what to expect from Celtic tomorrow.
They could be up against Giorgos Giakoumakis or Daizen Maeda in attack, Celtic could play Matt O’Riley or Tom Rogic at the front of the midfield but they’ll be on the front foot regardless of who is selected. It’s what Ange does, mate.
