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Cocky Celtic fans don't mirror Brendan Rodgers ahead of Rangers clash

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Record Sport's Michael Gannon analyses the mood of the Hoops camp ahead of the huge Rangers clash and finds a contrast.

Fun. : enjoyment, amusement or light-hearted pleasure. Brendan Rodgers lobbed in the little three-letter word last weekend to spark another one of those silly Old Firm phoney wars, but in reality none of those above can be used to describe the build up to the derby.No one has had fun this week. Some Celtic fans might think they have by getting their gloating in early on social media.

What has been funny this week is the reaction to his fun talk. The Celtic manager is more than capable of dropping in little mind games along the way. He’s been doing it pretty much all season – but with his own team. Rodgers has used every trick in the book to keep his side on the path to the Premiership title, especially during the times when it threatened to go off reservation.

It sounded like he meant more like everyone in the country would get wrapped up in the crazy fever surrounding an Old Firm game. It wasn’t like he was suggesting Celtic were going to play with Rangers like a soft toy. Philippe Clement jumped on it as he’s attempting mind games of his own at Ibrox. He did so because he doesn’t take this game for granted – regardless of what is going on across the city. Rodgers has been all smiles in recent weeks, looking relaxed and cracking jokes. No one should be fooled though.

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