MIND-GAMES master Ronny Deila wants to manage a team of psychic Celts, capable of reading each others' thoughts and movements.

The Hoops boss wants their link up play to be instinctive.

Deila believes that, if they continue to apply themselves as they have been doing, they can develop the kind of relationships which allows them to know where one another is, how and where they want the ball, all done at the speed which gives opponents no chance to close them down.

The manager reckons he is seeing evidence of this coming together in the run which has now taken them to seven straight wins.

Deila hopes this will be fine tuned even further tomorrow at Perth when they take on St Johnstone in their final match before they face Inter Milan in the Europa League.

But to achieve what he wants, Deila demands his Bhoys live and breath the game, just as he does.

The Norwegian explained: "I want players to be interested in football.

"I want them to talk about football together and find relationships.

"If they do that, they will know where each other is every time they get the ball.

"Then the football they play will develop quickly, and that will give us the tempo we need to win games.

"It will become instinctive for them. They will do it without having to think."

It has taken several months to get his message fully across.

But bonding time like the week spent in Gran Canaria last month, has helped make them the unit he wants to see.

"That break together really helped us, and we are getting the benefit from it," said Deila.

"The victory over Rangers was also important, and what happened at the end of the transfer window when we got Stuart Armstrong and Gary Mackay-Steven in.

"So, everything is coming more together. We just need to train well all the time.

"We're going only one way. We just need to improve small details to make it better."

Ominously for their opponents, Deila is confident they can do this and said: "There is more to come from the players.

"We can get better. The attitude and the spirit is very good.

"The offensive side of things is coming together more and more.

"That is the thing we have to work even more on to get better tempo in the last third of the pitch.

"We press hard and there is an intensity in everything we do.

"For this, you need a very good physical condition.

"But, they have improved a lot in the last six months, and it is important they get credit for what they have done.

"The pitches will improve, and that will make it even better for us."

If they remain in all three cup competitions, Scott Brown and Co. still have 28 games to go in this long season.

But such is the feelgood factor, even this does not daunt Deila, who said: "There as so many games, but we will just continue to look at one at a time.

"We are on a good run by doing this."