Celtic boss Tony Mowbray is ignoring all the advices he is being given ahead of Sunday's Old Firm derby. The Parkhead outfit will go seven points clear of arch-rivals Rangers at the top of the table with a victory in Govan.

Former Hibernian and West Brom boss Mowbray said: "You will try and build a team that can play in both competitions.

"You have to handle the aftermath of a 1-1 draw with Rapid Vienna being a disaster.

"The feedback is that there is still negativity and I can't get sidetracked by any negativity.

"It is not a problem for me, it is a problem for a lot of people who work in and around your business.

"We haven't lost a league game yet and so we aren't doing too badly.

"In this job, there is a thousand people who will tell you are not picking the right team, or you are not getting them to do this, you are not getting them to do that.

"People say, 'I can't believe he did this - why did he do that?'

"You can't have a thousand people picking the team and managing the team.

"There is only one man who does it, if you get your shot at it, so you must do it your way.

"If you do it everybody else's way and you keep chopping and changing, you will have regrets somewhere down the line.

"So when you get a shot at management and being in the position of picking the team, you do it your way, not everyone else's way.

"When you get beaten, it's easy to say, 'He got it wrong', but there is a reason behind why you do it and there are reasons why I pick a certain team.

"If it doesn't work, I don't throw the balls up and see how they come down.

"So all the criticism and advice you get, I'm not interested in."