Ange Postecoglou in change of heart as Celtic boss sends out stars on plastic in readiness for bogey ground

Ange Postecoglou has revealed his title chasing Celtic will practise on plastic in a bid to shatter their Spaghettihad hoodoo.

The Hoops boss is ready to unleash target man Giorgos Giakoumakis as the look to end a 15-year winless run in West Lothian against Livingston on Sunday.

And Postecoglou will also get his squad out on the artificial surface at Lennoxtown on Saturday so there will be no repeat of the defeat in the Lions den last September.

Celtic have failed to win in their last five trips along the M8 going back to 2007 but the table toppers haven’t lost in the league since their last visit back in September.

The Tony Macaroni Arena strikes fear into supporters but Postecoglou doesn’t buy any talk of a hex and is more concerned with getting his players prepared for the synthetic surface.

He raised eyebrows for shunning a warm up on Bodo’s Astro before the Conference defeat.

But the Parkhead gaffer – who picked up the manager of the month gong for February – said: “We will address it. We have an artificial pitch at Lennoxtown and we will train on that on Saturday.

“We will get the players an understanding of it again, but ultimately it’s about the way we approach our football.

“On an artificial pitch there are still fundamental principles of our game that we can do.

“What we didn’t do at Livingston last time are those things.

“We got bogged down in the disappointment that the game wasn’t going our way, without looking for the solutions.

“It’s going to be there and players need to address that and adjust to it.

“It is a real thing – the pitch plays differently. There is no point trying to ignore it.

“I can tell the players to ignore it and play their normal game, but you do have to adjust.

“It becomes a