Mulgrew wants fear factor back at Paradise

Charlie Mulgrew has called for his team-mates to help bring back the fear factor back to Celtic Park.

The utility man has been injured for the majority of the season with a thigh problem which flared up against Ajax after two months on the sidelines.

After a further two months in recovery, the 29-year-old wants to kick on and help Celtic get their fifth league title in a row.

Mulgrew was instrumental under Neil Lennon, scoring nine goals and adding nine assists in the 2011/12 season and leading won the SPL Player of the Year award for his performances in a number of different positions.

In his first competitive appearance since aggravating his thigh injury against Ajax, Mulgrew occupied the central midfield role alongside captain Scott Brown for 77 minutes against East Kilbride.

The experienced Scottish international did show signs on rustiness on an artificial surface which didn’t help matters but will hope to be involved against Ross County this weekend.

Speaking to Celtic’s official website ahead of this Saturday’s game, Mulgrew said:

We want to re-establish Celtic Park as the kind of place teams should be fearful of coming to.

We’ve got to step up and win battles first before our football can come and talk, so we have to roll our sleeves up, do the dirty side of things and be up for the match.

Mulgrew also believes that dwelling on the past won’t do anything to help now and wants concentrate on upcoming games and take the positives from each game.

You don’t look back. You just look ahead and see what you can do to influence those things. There’s nothing you can do about what’s in the past so it’s all about being positive and looking forward.