Last time Ange Postecoglou was at Tynecastle, his star striker Kyogo Furuhashi had only arrived at lunchtime.And new centre-back Carl Starfelt had just been in the door a matter of days before being thrown in to face Hearts on the opening day of the season.The 2-1 defeat for Celtic in Gorgie came as no major surprise given the chaotic nature of the club’s summer recruitment.But as he prepares for another trip to the capital, Postecoglou says the Hoops are in far better shape now.The team that starts against the Jambos on Wednesday night will be very different to the one that kicked off Celtic’s Premiership campaign.Postecoglou said: “I wouldn’t call it a baptism as I’d already been baptised – we had Champions League games before that.“We played OK and did enough in the game to get a result.
But not winning wasn’t a great way to start.“It was a pretty hectic period. Kyogo had just arrived at lunchtime that day. He had lunch with the boys then I put him on the bench.“Starfelt had just joined us too so it was a pretty tumultuous time.“Things have changed a fair bit since then.
We were still putting a team together but have now developed the squad. It’s a stronger squad and, more importantly, a more settled squad.“The players know how we want to play our football a lot better now.“It’s constantly improving which is great.
We are in a good space, while knowing we need to keep improving.”In Socceroos Cammy Devlin and Nathaniel Atkinson, Hearts now have players Postecoglou knows well from Down Under.Midfielder Devlin believes everyone in Scotland likes Postecoglou but the Celtic gaffer said: “I could introduce Cam to a few people who probably don’t like me!“I also know Nathaniel from Melbourne and, as Aussies, I’ve followed
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