Charlie Mulgrew believes Celtic's new players will now know about Parkhead standards after the furore which followed the 1-0 home defeat by Hamilton on Sunday.

After Accies' first competitive win at Celtic Park in 76 years, which kept the champions in sixth place in the Premiership with 10 points dropped so far this season, Hoops' skipper Scott Brown accused some of his team-mates of "hiding".

Manager Ronny Deila again came in for criticism from increasingly disgruntled fans, many of whom are still unconvinced about the Norwegian and some of his signings with Aleksandar Tonev, Mubarak Wakaso, Stefan Scepovic and Jo Inge Berget, in particular, under scrutiny, the latter two not leaving the bench against the Lanarkshire side.

Mulgrew missed the Hamilton game with a knee injury which also kept him out of the Scotland squad for the European Championship qualifying double-header against Georgia and Poland - he is also suspended for the first game at Ibrox tomorrow - but he will be fit for the visit to Ross County following the international break.

Speaking at his club's Lennoxtown training complex where he helped publicise the charity donation from club sponsors Magners of £18,300 to Celtic FC Foundation, he was asked if the new players were aware of how high expectations were at Parkhead.

"If they didn't before they must know now," said the 28-year-old.

"There is pressure on us now to start winning games.

"There is pressure every game but especially after a defeat you need to come back out fighting.

"It wasn't good enough all round against Hamilton. We all know that.

"There has been times this season when it hasn't been but if we take one or two chances in the first half then it is a different game.

"We didn't do that and things changed, they got the goal to make it difficult for us. We all have to do better as a group."

He went on: "I don't think confidence is an issue, I think that is fine. But it is time we picked up results and we need to start doing that in the next match."

Mulgrew put Brown's remarkable outburst down to the "heat of the moment" and the Hoops' midfielder's passion.

"Sometimes you get caught cold after a game when you are still disappointed and you say things you don't mean," said the former Aberdeen and Wolves utility player.

"I haven't seen his quotes, I don't know exactly what he said but I know what Scott Brown is like, he is passionate, he wants to win like everybody does.

"Maybe he has said something in the heat of the moment after a game when he is very disappointed.

"But I am sure Scott wanted to win just like everybody else did so everybody has to stand up and be counted."

Turning his attention to Scotland's qualification prospects following the opening Group D defeat by Germany in Dortmund last month, Mulgrew admitted four points from the home game against Georgia and the trip to Poland next week would be "brilliant" but would not tempt fate by calling for more.

"Georgia will be a good team," he said. "As much as Republic of Ireland got the (2-1) result away from home, I have heard that Georgia are a decent side.

"It will be a difficult game, it won't be as easy as some people might make out.

"We have to look to win our home games, of course, and hopefully we can get something in Poland.

"A win and a draw would be brilliant.

"Of course six points is possible but I don't want to start shouting my mouth off saying we are going to get six points and then it doesn't happen."