Glasgow Times

Ronny is wary of feelgood factor ...

- By SCOTT MULLEN

RONNY DEILA reckons his Celtic side will face a Hamilton Accies without any fear at Parkhead tomorrow.

Alex Neil’s team go into the SPFL Premiershi­p clash with the Scottish champions on the back of a fine run of form that sees them unbeaten since the first game of the season.

That run of eight games has propelled them into second in the table and has taken them into the League Cup quarter-final.

In their last game they hammered Lanarkshir­e rivals Motherwell 4-0 at Fir Park, and Deila says he can relate to the feelgood factor flooding through New Douglas Park.

He said: “You can see the players are having fun and they go out there without fear. And they have a pattern which they stick to.

“They play and play and play, and at the end you will succeed. That is what we saw on Thursday with Zagreb. The pattern has been set for many years. It is what I want to create here as well, so when you put in a player they know exactly what to do.

“And they just go in and play. That’s how you can manage to kill the best teams in Europe – you have a pattern and you develop players in a certain style.”

He added: “They get the best out of their players. They play nice football. They play with a lot of energy.

“They are fearless. It is going to be a very good game tomorrow. I am looking forward to it.”

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