Intermittently, over the years, line-ups would find their way onto social media or into the inboxes of fans and media hours before kick-off, but that trend seems to have been halted after a recent surge of every man and their dog getting the team well ahead of kick off.
“It might feel great for someone’s ego to put it out and pass it on to other people. But as a manager, I can tell you that I’ve had that before with opposition teams. And when I’ve got to know about it, it has really helped me in my preparation – and it has helped me win games.
“So whoever is putting it out, if it’s someone from Celtic, you’re not a Celtic supporter. Because you’re not helping Celtic. We will do everything we can to find out (who it is). But I don’t get angry about it. It’s the modern world now, isn’t it? There’s so much communication
“But I’d like to think it won’t be until you play Celtic and you’re standing in front of them that you feel our intensity. You can never know that until you play against us.”
At Celts Are Here, while we never published leaked team news, it was not uncommon to receive advance messages detailing the starting XI.
