PUNDIT Mark Wilson has praised Celtic duo John Kennedy and Gavin Strachan after the Hoops completed back-to-back league titles on Sunday.

John Kennedy
30th October 2022 ; Almondvale Stadium, Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland: Scottish Premier League football, Livingstone versus Celtic: Celtic coach John Kennedy

The coaching duo were wanted out of the club by most fans, and when Ange Postecoglou came in and chose to stick with them, there was a lot of disagreement.

Fans were extremely unhappy that season and were looking for a full clear-out, which was completely understandable given what was playing out in front of them.

However, the improvement in the two has been clear to see. Along with the boss, they’ve helped guide Celtic to success. Postecoglou has been very vocal about the valuable contribution of his coaching staff, and has credited Reo Hatate’s improvement to Gavin Strachan, who’s been working closely with the midfielder.

The Clyde 1 SSB pundit was keen to praise the pair, who are commonly forgotten about when the team enjoy success.

He said: [Football Scotland]

“I think there are some other unsung heroes that are never mentioned, are his backroom team, who by all accounts, take a lot of the training day in, day out.

“John Kennedy and Gavin Strachan, two that came in for huge criticism. They must take huge credit, Harry Kewell has added to that too.

“So they take huge credit because they will be the sounding board for the manager, it isn’t all just Ange Postecoglou.

“They take a great deal of training and tactical work that maybe fans don’t often appreciate, they just see the manager out front. So congratulations to those three or four as well.”

It’s good to see the backroom team get some recognition; it’s something that will please the manager.

1 COMMENT

  1. We have a pool of players that are full of high potential just look at some O’Rielly young but learning had a wee stutter when calling came back and moved forward again but he’s coming back might think about mistakes to much he has a good coaching team round him Johnson a stallion ralston an other good player but has Johnson in his position I think ralston could play centre half he is good in the air he is good player oh great prospect and will score 20 or more bext season abda is going but he’s learned so much and young hopefuls will look at that when celtic come calling not to forget our youth players who are being watch by every top club in Europe abd the coaching that making them the prospects they are only prospects some of them get ahead of them self some get greedy abd sine like the players that are in our team and the past wear the hoops and get worshipped by 60,000every home game grass is never really greater in the other side

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