St Mirren boss Stephen Robinson has revealed how several SPFL managers have asked him about the code to beat Celtic at home.
The Buddies visit Parkhead on Wednesday night as the only Scottish Premiership side to have beaten the current champions this season in the league. Robinson's men put in a valiant display back in September to triumph 2-0 winners at the SMISA Stadium and the Northern Irishman insists there's a lot of good play involved in his side's success and that St Mirren don't get enough credit for the quality on show - particularly when they struck a surprise on Celtic's early domestic momentum.
He told Sky Sports: "We go to Celtic Park with a really difficult task. We have proved that we can compete with Celtic, we have proved with the best teams in the country so we go with respect, of course, for a very good side and manager but we go with belief as well.
"I think discipline and hard work. We have been credited a lot with our shape and with the discipline and hard work of the team but I think people have forgotten about the quality as well. The amount of times we countered on Hearts, I think we have had something like 90 counter-attacks in the last five games so it shows quality to do that. You don't do that by chances, it's not by hoofing the ball up the pitch, there's a lot of good play involved in that and a lot of good decisions involved in that.
"You've got 60,000 people behind you, big pitch but you know the energy of the crowd can drive you on. We have to stand up to that and not get caught up in the emotion of the game and play our game, which we done very well. When people are getting excited when Celtic have the ball we've got to stay disciplined.
"The biggest key to it, and I've spoken to other managers that asked us about the way we played against them at home as you do, they are all looking for an advantage over things and the key to it is you have to keep the ball. You can defend, you're set, you're in that shape, it's when you have the ball that you have to be brave and you have to buy passes because you need to defend for 96 minutes against them.
"You will eventually make a mistake and get punished so we have to be brave and when we do land on it, get our passes and get ourselves up the pitch and also put balls in areas that will hurt them."
Robinson also admits coaches often consult with each other after such games and you can never be too far into the footballing world to turn down new ideas.
"I don't think just against Celtic and Rangers," the St Mirren boss added. "If you think you know everything in life then you are going to get your comeuppance. I would speak to any Premiership manager whether experienced or inexperienced or just new into the game. It doesn't matter you try pick everyone's brains and you try and take ideas from every single person you have ever worked with. Of course when there's been a result that was obviously a shock, people look at what you do and I've done it lots of times where you try and copy what other people have done and put it into your system."
