The band are back together and the rehearsals are now over for Martin O’Neill, Shaun Maloney and Mark Fotheringham as the Celts take to the stage once more with the spotlight on tomorrow’s (Saturday’s) visit of Dundee United. There will still be some fine tuning to do over the rest of this month to get it pitch perfect, but if anyone can get a tune out of this group of players then it’s Martin O’Neill. The Irishman proved that as, when under his orchestration, they played their way to seven winning scores out of eight games in just 36 days. And the manager has seen enough over his first few days back to hopefully maintain things on that score. He said at today’s pre-match media conference: “I suppose I know the players a little bit better than I did a few weeks ago. “Which is better news as there are fewer surprises, but it’s nice to see them again. Although I don’t think they were expecting it. ‘A few things have happened since then, but they are in pretty good spirits.’ “They’ll have to go for it, the season has narrowed down to 18 games so there’s everything to play for and hopefully they are ready for it.” The manager isn’t expecting any major hurdles or upsets in getting the squad to adapt to changing back to those tactics that delivered continued success on the pitch for the Celts He said: “When I came in, a few weeks ago now, I didn’t want to really make big changes. “First of all, they have been going really well for the last number of years anyway, and secondly, yes, of course, you’ll tweak a couple of little things that you as a manager might feel are beneficial. But there wasn’t a great deal to want to change. “So, if we go back to what I think worked okay, and having had seven or eight games of experience with the side, I have an idea of what might suit them.” Watch the full interview with Martin below.More on the game Benjamin Nygren sets his sights on a return to winning ways:
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