Celtic defender Auston Trusty admits having three managers in the first half of the season has been unsettling for players, but he welcomes the changes new boss Wilfried Nancy is making.
And the USA international believes a Europa League victory over Roma on Thursday would help bring “everybody on board” after Nancy’s losing start against Hearts in the Premiership last weekend.
“I think any time there’s a change, regardless of any organisation, any situation, it takes time for guys to settle and wrap their head around what’s happened,” said Trusty.
“Three managers this year so far, of course there’s going to be a little bit of unsettlement between the players and anybody in the organisation. But again, that’s just the nature of football.
“I think the fact that we lost our previous game, people can start to say stuff, but again if you win a game, then people don’t say anything.
“So again, it’s just the nature of the beast and it’s the nature of how big this club is. And when you get people on your side, they’re really on your side.
“I’m just asking fans to understand what he’s coming to do. And it’s a hard job. It’s a tough time he’s had in a sense of coming in a period where we have really important games.”
Trusty says he’s already had to adapt his game to put the former Columbus Crew head coach’s ideas into practice, with Celtic setting up in a back three.
“Sometimes change is good,” he said. [Against Hearts] I had a lot of the ball and made passes and a lot of it came through me from the outside centre-backs.
“At the same time pushing the wing-backs higher up the pitch and also come back for defence. Yes, it changed things up and I think it’s a good change.
“I think on the outside looking in you don’t realise how little time you have. It’s game after game after game here and you don’t really have time to train and try to implement stuff. Slowly but surely we’re going to get better at it.
“Every training session, every moment, every time, every day he can get his message across to us the better. Again, it just takes time.”
