"I don't think the game has changed in terms of someone's knowledge of the game. Whether Martin is 73 or 43, I don't think it makes too much of a difference. He knows what it means to win games of football. He knows how to do it and he's got really good people around him as well - the likes of Shaun Maloney, Mark Fotheringham and the other guys there behind the scenes."
"We have to hope that we can go there and put on the type of performance that we did here only a few weeks ago. Albeit against what we expect is going to be a different system and different personnel among it. We know how difficult a trip to Celtic Park is. I think they'll go back to the previous way of playing under Martin, which was a back four."
Jim Goodwin expects a different Celtic test under Martin O'Neill when Dundee United visit Celtic Park, noting O'Neill's winning experience and supportive coaching staff. Goodwin recalled Celtic's recent struggles under Wilfried Nancy and O'Neill's prior interim success, and emphasised that O'Neill's likely return to a back-four will better suit current Celtic players than the recent 3-4-3. Goodwin highlighted the difficulty of the trip and said Dundee United must replicate their recent home performance while preparing for different tactics and personnel at Parkhead. Goodwin also recalled his own time in Celtic's academy and O'Neill's influence during that era.
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