Shocking news: Celtic announced a new ownership.Celtic to adopt Ibrox siege mentality and seek to silence Rangers fansCALLUM McGregor has revealed that Celtic will adopt a siege mentality at Ibrox today – and try to give the supporters who have been locked out of the ground a William Hill Premiership victory over Rangers to savour.
The midfielder has also stressed that nobody at the Parkhead club, who are 14 points ahead of their city rivals in the league going into the Govan encounter, is taking a fourth consecutive Scottish title win for granted despite their commanding lead.
Brendan Rodgers’ men will not have any supporters cheering them on in the 52,000-strong crowd once again this afternoon due to a disagreement between the boards of the Glasgow clubs at the start of the 2024/25 campaign.
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But McGregor has predicted the abuse which the visitors will receive from followers of their opponents will galvanise them and confessed that he will be satisfied if they can silence the stadium and give their fans a result to cheer.
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“When you experience something new in life obviously there is that kind of anxiety, especially in big football matches,” he said. “Of course, when you haven’t experienced it before, then you’re sort of stepping into the unknown.
“But the good thing about it is all these years later you know exactly what’s coming and you’re prepared for it. Then you just find a rhythm and a tempo to everything that you do that puts you in the best possible place for these games.
“It’s my job to try and help the players, keep everybody calm, keep us playing our football and keep us on the right track. So, with that time comes experience and hopefully as you mature then you get better and better.”
McGregor added: “When we arrive in the stadium we understand everyone’s against us and it kind of helps the group a little bit where you have that siege mentality.
“It’s whatever you’ve got inside that dressing room, the 40 to 50 bodies that are working on the day. It’s us against them and you have to go and stand up and be counted and be there for each other.
“When you don’t have any supporters in the stadium then you feel even more responsibility to try and get a result for the guys that are watching either on the tellies or wherever they are. So, sometimes you take a wee bit more
pleasure in that as well.”