Ange Postecoglou FULL post-match press conference | Celtic 3-1 Inverness CT | Scottish Cup

thank you thank you thank you hello congratulations um yeah look uh very proud of you you know the whole group and I look surreal when you come over think about what we've accomplished and um yeah I said it before I left senior year you probably know we had a unexpected success in terms of the double, there was a gap there and that was the Scottish Cup and the challenge this year was to come back bigger and better, you know, I said it on the last day and try to improve. and it's easy for me to say that, but the boys have just taken on every challenge along the way and you know we need to do it, you know we needed to fill that void that we had last year and, you know, win the Scottish championship. "You know it's a big occasion anyway, this football club has an incredible history and a success story, and you know this group now has their little piece of history there, it's now theirs forever, which I couldn't ".

I'm not proud of you, talk about the history of the club, only a few coaches have taken the club on the road, how does it feel for you personally to be one of those? I know I can, I said, get my own little piece of History. It's, you know, it's like I said, when you join this football club, you understand, hey, it's a big opportunity, but there's also a big responsibility. certain levels of performance and success that you have to achieve and you know that you take it into account to do it, you know something that few have done, yes, I mean, obviously you know all the success that I have had.

My career is special in its own way, but yes, yes, I am very proud of this one. We are winning all three trophies this season with the team. It was a fantastic season. What's next for this team and what's next for you? Well, look, I think the first thing is, before you look forward, you have to enjoy it because you know we all work, it has worked very hard for us, it has been a long season with a World Cup in the middle, some of our guys They have been to a World Cup. Midway through the season, the fact that they're still out there doing it and, you know, the monumental amount of effort they've put into it.

I mean, you saw Kyogo today and you know he was barely in shape. go to his national team, but his thoughts were to play for this football club and do what he can and everyone deserves to enjoy this, you know, it's not about what's next for any of them, it's about enjoying this, that's why they I said a dresser and Don't you know it doesn't make sense that they can celebrate this a little bit harder than everyone else and by the way, they did it with everyone else too, but knowing that there is a tomorrow, you know that there is a holiday for everyone? of them, so enjoy it, enjoy it now and whatever comes next will take care of itself.

Did you enjoy that moment? Yes, I enjoy all those moments. I mean, you know what it does for people, you know, that's what I've said before, that's the biggest reward you get, you know, even as a coach, as much as you get personal satisfaction, you see how it affects others, you It gives the greatest joy, you know and you know the fans, the players, the staff, my family just saw what days. like it does today for them, how it makes them feel, um, that's the beautiful me, that's the part that you enjoy the most, you know, that's what makes you proud because ultimately you know that everyone is out there with a common purpose of trying. create and be a part of something special and it's that moment that you can share it with everyone that you know in the moment just like you know they stay here they feel that fear um look I have, you know, I guess alone again you I know I appreciate the support I've had since day one.

You know I think the fans are because of the way I got into the football club and that's true, but it's not a joke. It was a joke. and I was appointed, a lot of people made fun of my appointment, but the followers, for their own reasons, just put their collective arms around me and said no, he is one of us and it was up to me to repay that faith and trust and I think the reason they've felt so close to this team is probably so close to me is because even though others may have made fun of me, they supported me and I think they deserve a lot of credit for what happened because it would have been easy for them. . our supporters behind you know the kind of reaction to my appointment, they could have been just as skeptical about it and they would have made my job much more difficult, especially during that initial period when you know the results were not there, so you know , they, you know, I think they have felt part of my journey here and they deserve to feel good about the fact that, while a lot of people were ridiculing them, they supported the person who represented their football. club and that's what makes them special fans and you know, for me, you know, I can never.

I've tried to pay that forward in my own way, hope

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y producing a team and achieving success that they'll be proud of, but you. Know that for me that has always been um yeah, the most important thing is what are you? What would you say to someone? You're going. What would you say to another? I'll tell you what I told the players. let's enjoy this, you know, I deserve to enjoy this, um, the people around me deserve to enjoy this, you know, whatever other people want to focus on and talk about, um, I'm not going to miss out on enjoying this moment with, you know, this group of people, but I also add my family, my friends, all those people closest to me, who know, we all work hard, we make sacrifices to enjoy these moments and you know, I understand, you know, the other people who are not involved in it, you know, they want to. asking these questions, but for me right now the most important thing is that you know that we reflect and we are just in the moment of creating something special, yes, but you know again that they deserve to enjoy this, you know that they deserve to enjoy this moment. because regardless of what happens in the future, why wouldn't you want to enjoy this ship just for what it is?

Do you anticipate being here Lexie? I anticipate enjoying this moment for the next 24 48 hours as long as I can before someone drags me in and takes my attention away from enjoying something that has been more difficult and so the reality is that this probably plays into their locker room and not It will be here next year, yes that is the nature of football, but I want you to enjoy it. to enjoy it and that's all I'm going to focus on, like I said, until someone grabs me by the throat and tells me I have to answer certain questions, yeah, I mean, it's mind-blowing just thinking about it, you know?

I know they've all come in such a short space of time that maybe people are a little bit complacent, but they just think they're the norm, they're not, they're the exception because while that's the case, you know. five in a short space of time, when you think about the history of the football club, it's not very common, it's not that common and look, it's been outstanding. I have said it from the beginning, he has been an outstanding leader, he has grown into the role, he is a fantastic footballer, he is a fantastic human being and it is a credit to him and his family to know that, with many more years in his career, He already stands out, you know, as one of the Giants of this football club and, um, you.

I know it's been great to see him grow as a person as a leader in that locker room and he's got, you know, he's got some good lieutenants in there too, but it's a credit to him, no one deserves them all, okay? thanks guys