Without his trademark jumper and club tie Ange Postecoglou was in a relaxed mode as he held a post match media conference to the 4-1 win over St Johnstone.
Replacement wingers came into the side, a brand new right-back picked up Man of the Match and the nine point advantage at the top of the SPFL Premiership was restored.
A red card for David Turnbull failed to take away and of the gloss as the team put in a performance similar to the early season showings that swept opponents aside.
Tellingly the goals were shared between two players brought in from the J-League, in the Daily Mail this morning a well connected reporter had named another signing target from that part of the world, from Yokohama F Marinos, the club Postecoglou left to join Celtic.
‘We’ll see what Santa brings.’
Ange Postecoglou response to Celtic interest in Yokohama F. Marinos midfielder Tomoki Iwata
— stephen.mcgowan (@mcgowan_stephen) December 24, 2022
On December 31 last year Celtic announced three J-League signings, a similar timeline could see Tomoki Iwata join the Japanese contingent at Celtic Park.
