RONNY DEILA has told Celtic fans they must look beyond recent results to see signs of improvement in their team.

The Parkhead club went into the international break on the back of a 1-0 home defeat to Hamilton, a loss which sparked a furious reaction from Scott Brown regarding the application of some players.

Fans were also unhappy with their team's showing as they went into a fortnight without a game sixth in the SPFL Premiership and six points behind leaders Accies.

As Celtic get back to domestic duty today against Ross County up in Dingwall, Deila is keen to record a win to kick-start his team's season.

But the Parkhead boss has stressed to Hoops fans that they must look at the performance of the Premiership champions - and the large amount of chances they create - and not just the end result.

He said: "I understand that [fan frustrations]. I have been a supporter myself.

"It is about results. But again my task is also to think about how we are going to get the results. We need to work every day to get better and better performances.

"As I said the result [against Hamilton] was not good enough, but you could also say that in some other games in Europe we have been very good but if you see our goal chances we have possibly not been very effective. So to see behind it sometimes is very important.

"We were going the right way so it was a hard hit to take, you can say that. I did not see it coming. Even though it was bad you have to look behind the result, whether they are good or bad."

Deila added: "We created 12 very good chances against Hamilton and did not score one. Against Dundee United we created 11 and scored six. Of course being clinical is very important. If we create 12 chances each game we are going to win games.

"There are some positive things. But the result was not good enough. That's what we want - we are after a good result against Ross County."

In the aftermath of that shock Accies defeat, skipper Brown accused his team-mates of 'hiding' and 'giving up' in what was the Lanarkshire club's first win at Parkhead since 1938.

"I agreed with Scott," said Deila. "Of course, there is a lot of emotion when you lose like that and we were all angry and disappointed.

"That's how it is and some of the things he said were true.

"As I said, it [Hamilton] was a hard hit to take. That is why I said I wanted to play a game three days afterwards. But now we have had a break and some of the players have had some good experiences in Europe. I am looking forward to the game."