Smart arse- Guardian reporter shares his anger and pain over Ange’s trophy successes
Soccer Football - Scottish Cup Final - Celtic v Inverness Caledonian Thistle - Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Britain - June 3, 2023 Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou acknowledges fans as he walks past the trophy after winning the Scottish Cup Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith
Being a Jambo golf reporter for a left-leading English based broadsheet it is hard to create any interest in your thoughtful, chin stroking words of wisdom.
Wallowing in neglect Ewan Murray knows how to get an audience, scarred forever from Dens Park in 1986 he can’t resist attacking Celtic, no matter how derived.
Hosting a media conference to preview an FA Cup tie at home to Burnley, Ange Postecoglou had to remind one reporter that he has fresh and real images of lifting a trophy. It isn’t a situation that he has to imagine.
Jumping in feet first Murray wanted to trash the last trophy won by the Australian, completing a treble by beating Inverness Caley Thistle.
Ange is a fine manager but the last trophy he won involved a final with lads earning 10-30k a week versus lads earning £500-900 a week. He shouldn’t be a smart arse about it. https://t.co/AK7hgSOJNt
— Ewan Murray (@mrewanmurray) January 4, 2024
What really hurts the golf loving Guardian reporter is the memories of Tynecastle on quarter-final day as 3.500 Celtic fans watched their team sweep Hearts aside. A few weeks later Robbie Neilson was gone and replaced by the charismatic Steven Naisy Naismith.
After that win over Hearts Postecoglou led Celtic to Hampden in the semi-final where a third win in eight weeks sent the Micky Beale Revolution into the buffers.
Celtic returned to Tynecastle to spoil the coronation celebrations by clinching the title with a win over Naisy’s side. In 2019 and 2020 Celtic beat Hearts in the final of the Scottish Cup.
If it wears Green and White the scorn of one badly damaged Jambo is absolutely assured.