{"id":292216,"date":"2023-09-11T23:34:16","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T23:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=292216"},"modified":"2023-09-11T23:34:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T23:34:16","slug":"ange-postecoglous-celtic-success-made-a-pathway-for-other-coaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/ange-postecoglous-celtic-success-made-a-pathway-for-other-coaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Ange Postecoglou's Celtic success made a pathway for other coaches"},"content":{"rendered":"
New Hibernian head coach Nick Montgomery insists Ange Postecoglou\u2019s success at Celtic has helped create a pathway for coaches to move to the UK from Australia.<\/p>\n
The former Scotland Under-21 international was unveiled yesterday as Lee Johnson\u2019s successor at Easter Road on a three-year deal after leaving A-League champions Central Coast Mariners.<\/p>\n
And the 41-year-old is sure Australian football can provide the platform for him to do well in Scotland, just like Postecoglou did at Parkhead.<\/p>\n
The ex-Celtic boss\u2019 arrival two years ago was greeted with much scepticism as he had only coached Down Under and in Japan.<\/p>\n
But he departed for Tottenham as a Celtic hero after delivering five domestic trophies from a possible six by playing an attacking brand of football.<\/p>\n
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Ange Postecoglou has enjoyed a strong start to life since taking over at Tottenham in the summer<\/p>\n
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Postecogloy guided Celtic to the Scottish Treble during his final season at the club<\/p>\n
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\u2018The media around Ange and the negativity when he came over to Scotland, he quashed that pretty quickly,\u2019 said Montgomery.<\/p>\n
\u2018Ange is a good guy and I saw the work he did in the A-League in terms of the success he had there and in Japan.<\/p>\n
\u2018I saw how good it was for Australian football and he gets a lot of support over there.<\/p>\n
\u2018He has had success everywhere he\u2019s been and I have seen him. I have played against his teams when I first went out there, but I have never coached against him because he had already moved.<\/p>\n
\u2018But I have followed him closely and been impressed with what he\u2019s achieved and I\u2019m sure he is going to be able to achieve more.\u2019<\/p>\n
Montgomery has brought assistant Sergio Raimundo and goalkeeping coach Miguel de Oliveira Miranda with him from the Mariners and will retain club legend David Gray as a coach.<\/p>\n
The former Sheffield United midfielder is Hibs\u2019 fourth boss in the space of four years but chief executive Ben Kensell, who was joined at the unveiling by director Ian Gordon, son of late chairman Ron, hopes the appointment brings much needed stability to the dugout.<\/p>\n
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New Hibernian head coach Nick Montgomery (pictured) recently followed Postecoglou’s route from Australia to Scotland<\/p>\n
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Postecoglou has demonstrated how managers from outside Europe can thrive in the UK<\/p>\n
Longevity for managers was one of the visions Ron Gordon had for the team.<\/p>\n
Kensell said: \u2018This is a long-term appointment from our perspective. And it was something that Ron always wanted, a long-term approach to the football club.<\/p>\n
\u2018We\u2019re following in the footsteps of what Ron wanted and I know Ian is passionate about this appointment as well.<\/p>\n
\u2018We had a lot of interest in the role but there were criteria \u2014 and Nick ticked all the boxes.\u2019<\/p>\n
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