Ex Rangers assistant reveals reason behind bizarre Ange swipe and lifts lid on that Michael Beale ‘lucky’ jibe

Ex Rangers assistant reveals reason behind bizarre Ange swipe and lifts lid on that Michael Beale 'lucky' jibe
Ex Rangers assistant reveals reason behind bizarre Ange swipe and lifts lid on that Michael Beale 'lucky' jibe

Ex Rangers assistant reveals reason behind bizarre Ange swipe and lifts lid on that Michael Beale ‘lucky’ jibe

Ex Rangers assistant reveals reason behind bizarre Ange swipe and lifts lid on that Michael Beale ‘lucky’ jibe

Ange Postecoglou was pulled out of the press conference to try to give the Light Blues players more energy to defeat

Celtic, according to former Rangers assistant Neil Banfield.

When the Englishman claimed that the Australian had said something that left a “little taste in the mouth” after

Celtic’s victory over Michael Beale’s Rangers in the Viaplay Cup final early in the previous season, many people were

left scratching their heads. He also added that “he said one or two things

that make you want to say, ‘Okay, right, we’re coming’.”

Ex Rangers assistant reveals reason behind bizarre Ange swipe and lifts lid on that Michael Beale 'lucky' jibe
Ex Rangers assistant reveals reason behind bizarre Ange swipe and lifts lid on that Michael Beale ‘lucky’ jibe

Rangers never managed to catch Postecoglou’s Celtic team; the Australian went on to defeat Beale’s team once more

in the league and Scottish Cup semifinals before losing a scoreless draw at Ibrox in the season’s final league match

before joining Tottenham Hotspur. The seasoned Banfield, who collaborated with Arsene Wenger at Arsenal, has

now clarified the meaning behind his remarks in a conversation with Football Scotland. “As another coach, Ange had

said something like, ‘Okay, we’re going to make sure that next time you don’t dominate the game.'”

Which makes sense—he is Celtic’s manager!

Saying something like, ‘Look, this is what their manager said, we don’t want that to happen again,’ is how you

motivate your squad to improve. Perhaps I didn’t phrase it correctly when I said, “We’re coming for him the next

game,” but I would definitely use a better wording the next time. It was just intended to serve as motivation for us to

try harder and give it our all in the next game so that we wouldn’t be subjugated.

“We talked about him saying something small, and when you’re competing against someone you try to use that to

your own gain,” the person said. “The entire context of the conversation was how well he’d done and how good a job

he’d done.” That was the part of us not wanting him to think that again, to motivate your team. It was about making

sure it didn’t happen again, so I wouldn’t alter it too much if a manager says something,

I’m going to utilize it for my team in the next game!

Banfield also mentioned a different remark Beale made about Postecoglou, calling the Australian manager “lucky.”

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