
EVEN amid the tumult of last summer, and Celtic’s poor start to the league campaign that was the result, Ange Postecoglou was at pains to make one thing clear to the raft of players he had thrown together in his dressing room; there can be no excuses.
It was a mantra that got them through that torrid opening spell to the Premiership, when Postecoglou’s evolving squad suffered three defeats in their first six games, and ultimately took them all the way to the title.