Ange Postecoglou made his team feel “invincible” when they were the dominant force in Australian football a decade ago. Under the new Celtic boss, Smith went from starting out in professional football at the age of 27 to earning three caps for Australia and winning three A-League championships.
And Smith highlighted Postecoglou's qualities as a motivator and tactician when he said, "The amount of belief that he instilled into that playing group made it feel like we were invincible.”It was quite the turnaround for the English-born centre-back who spent seven years in Portsmouth’s academy before embarking on an unconventional journey to success under Postecoglou almost 10 years later.
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