Ange Postecoglou doesn't get why his Celtic team are constantly lobbed into the same boat as Rangers.
Jim Goodwin has been hit with criticism in the wake of his Aberdeen side going ultra-defensive in a narrow 1-0 loss to the Hoops, which was at contrast to their attacking approach in a 4-1 drubbing off the Light Blues earlier this season. His 57-year-old isn't bothered by how teams prepare to face his men but one thing does surprise him.
He believes that too often are Celtic and Rangers put together when it comes to match preparation. Ahead of Wednesday's game with Livingston, Postecoglou insists they are completely different challenges but not only that, but with the mindset of both clubs being a similar challenge, it only serves to help his team: "I don't see any issue. I assume Jim set up his team on the weekend to try and get a result against us. I think every manager tries to do that. I don't have any really issue with it or from our perspective, how it affects us.
"The curious thing I find is that I hear opposition coaches and players before we play them. They can't seem to differentiate between us and Rangers at all. It's almost like when you play the top two, this is what happens. Some of them even talk about it like it's an excursion, you go through Glasgow and this is what you expect.
"I don't get that. If I referred to all the other teams apart from Rangers as 'the other 10' and that when we play the other 10 this is what happens, I'm not paying respect to the fact Livingston are going to be a different challenge to St Johnstone on the weekend. They may play defensively but there are different ways of doing that. Playing at home is different to playing away. You respect every hurdle. Just because you are a few lengths in front doesn't mean you don't worry about the next one.
"That is the bit I find curious. We are totally different teams. From my perspective, it kind of works in our favour if opposition coaches talk that way. I don't think they think that way but when they talk that way, it makes the task seem insurmountable."
