ANGE POSTECOGLOU has used his playing experiences to make himself the best possible manager he can be, noting what he liked and disliked to implement that into his coaching.
Postecoglou has already said he doesn’t like spending too much time in the changing room before a match but has never gone into detail about it until he appeared on Open Goal for the second time.
The boss believes that the dressing room is a place for the players and believes his tie is best spent in his office with his feet up, relaxing.
Speaking to Open Goal’s Si Ferry and Slaney, the Celtic manager revealed his unusual pre-match routine;
“I’ve always felt that the game day is the players’ day.
“I don’t go in the dressing room until literally sort of, 10 minutes before the boys run out. I stay out of the dressing room.
“That’s their space. I don’t even go out to see the warm-up, I leave them to their own devices. Again, I just go back to my playing career; I hated people in my face, in the dressing room before a game. The worst thing was the coach telling me different things – we’ve had a week to work on it, now you’re telling me this priceless bit of information.
“I just sit in my office, read, watch a bit of telly. Read the programme, pass the time as much as I can. It’s my way of kind of, just going through the process of what I’m going to do during the game.
“The one thing you have to do as a manager is be prepared for every possible scenario.
“I’m playing all these scenarios in my head before the game, so that’s the time when I just prepare myself for the game.”
He’s right. The team has multiple training days to prepare for the match, so nothing the manager says or does 15 minutes before kick-off should be something new to the players.
The manager’s approach works, as proven by this season’s results.
