Celtic supervisor Ange Postecoglou reckons Alan Brazil was completely entitled to his preliminary response to his appointment.
However he quipped the radio host "has to dwell with it" now the Aussie has delivered a trophy and is preventing for the Premiership title.
TalkSPORT host Brazil's notorious remarks on studying Postecoglou wanted UEFA clearance - when he insisted the appointment needed to be a "wind-up" - had been then performed to the person himself on a latest Australian TV interview.
And requested if his on-air response was the primary time he'd heard the Brazil's ideas on his appointment, Postecoglou advised Open Aim : "Yeah. I keep in mind Alan Brazil as a participant.
"It a type of, I simply sort of go away it at that degree and he is clearly doing a special function there.
"He is received an opinion and that is effective, that is no drawback to me. He is clearly making an attempt to make a little bit of a press release.
"He made a press release and he is received to dwell with that now."
Postecoglou revealed he is additionally received a robust friendship with former Celtic striker and fellow Aussie Mark Viduka.
Their paths hardly ever crossed when he grew to become a supervisor in his personal proper, with Viduka retiring earlier than the Greek-born gaffer grew to become Australia boss.
However when the massive frontman was coming by way of in Australia he gave it tight when Postecoglou was South Melbourne's assistant.
Some ill-advised feedback from No.1 Frank Arok got here again to chunk as he recalled: "Oh, I like Dukes.
"He is an all-time nice of Australian soccer however what a man. What a person.
"He is most likely essentially the most laid-back particular person however tremendous humorous. When you ever come throughout him now he'll be sitting at his espresso store making coffees and you may sit there all day and discuss something.
"When he was in Australia, when he first broke in he was 17 years previous. And I used to be an assistant coach, it was my first teaching gig.
"Assistant coach on the membership I performed for, simply earlier than I received the senior gig, and we had been enjoying his staff within the semi-final of the cup.
"He was 17 years previous, absolute beast on the time. He was a person mountain, scoring objectives. The supervisor I had on the time was Frank Arok, he is just lately handed away however he managed Australia, a very well-known coach in Australia.
"However he was actually outspoken, and within the week main up he was going, 'I will have a go at this child, I will inform him he is overrated', went within the press and mentioned 'this child's overrated, you make a giant deal out of him'.
"And I am going, 'I do not suppose it is a good transfer'. Anyway, Dukes scored a hat-trick and each time he scored he did a slide proper to the bench, proper in entrance of me and I am going 'aww no'.
"He was an unbelievable participant and a good higher particular person."