Ange Postecoglou reflects on Celtic mauling of Dundee United as he offers Jack Ross sacking defence

Ange Postecoglou insists it’s ‘kind of sad’ that Dundee United caved into the mob by sacking Jack Ross yesterday.

The Celtic manager left Ross hanging by a thread on Sunday when his rampant side romped to a devastating nine goal win at Tannadice. And with the Tayside club then facing a furious backlash from their own fans the decision was made to bullet Ross at breakfast time yesterday and begin the search for his replacement.

But Postecoglou believes United’s board should have had the courage to show their manager more patience - after appointing him to the position just ten weeks earlier. The Australian said: “It’s not that I’m not sympathetic, it’s more of an empathy of understanding that we’re all in the sort of business at the moment that if results don’t go your way – even in the short term – there’s just less inclination for people to be patient and allow people to find solutions.

“It seems that in football today the solution to bad results is just change, and nothing else. That puts every manager under that sort of scrutiny and pressure.

“There’s no doubt that the result has probably bruised his pride at the weekend, and the unfortunate thing for Jack was that we played very well on the day and that has added to the pressure.

“From my perspective, I think all of us in the role understand there’s just not too much patience or the willingness there from people to find solutions within an existing structure, they just seem to think that change is the only way forward.

“It’s kind of sad, because even for people going into a role now, there’s just an immediacy of people wanting fortunes changed. We all know that’s often a difficult task.”

But Postecoglou believes United’s knee jerk reaction is a sign of changing