Ange Postecoglou knew he had a mountain to climb when he came in to Celtic in the summer and realised he was at base camp with barely a tent.
The Aussie has managed to drag the club to the Premiership summit but admits it felt like they went off a cliff with their Scottish Cup defeat to Rangers at the weekend.
The excited talk about trebles is lying in rubble but that doesn’t mean Postecolgou is going to abandon his quest. Not when his squad have come this far.Postecoglou, always a man to put a philosophical slant on the bigger picture, said: “The road to success is not downhill, mate.
It requires effort every single step of the way.“Sometimes you’ll stumble. We’ve stumbled a few times this year as a group and we’ve managed to bounce back quickly.“That’s what we’ve got to do again but just because it’s happened in the past doesn’t mean it’s going to happen in the future.
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