Rangers v Celtic: Scottish Premiership – live!

“Having watched Ange Postecoglu rebuild and transform Brisbane Roar,” emails Phil Withall, “turning the club from a farce into the finest side in Australia, I will say this about him: he has a style of play he wants to see and there is absolutely nothing that will make him deviate from that plan. It matters little who his side are playing, he will demand that his players stick with the template he has set. The man is an obsessive, he wants to see football played as he knows it and will except nothing else. There is a genius in his ideals and his man management but his approach is open to being embarrassed at times, especially early in his tenure. Whatever the result today, Celtic have a fine man in charge one that with time, patience and support, will transform the club. It’ll be one hell of a ride.”

He certainly talks a good game, and I bet his players love playing for him – something I imagine is so, for slightly different reasons, of Gerrard too.

Gary McAllister tells Sky that his team are confident and strong, noting that their third-choice right-back, playing because Patterson and Tavernier cannot, is a Nigerian international. He wants the team to get the crowd going and expects Ibrox to be bouncing.

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from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2021/aug/29/rangers-v-celtic-scottish-premiership-live

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