Scott Brown: You will not hear more about the history of Celtic fabrication

This comes from a man who will be erected as an icon should he lead Celtic to a ninth consecutive title during the next campaign. ten months that announce very entertaining.

Scott Brown has seen everything and everything with Celtic since his arrival in 2007. More than anything he could have imagined and, perhaps, will he remember after 12 years, count them, 526 games and 19 winning medals.

So, he knows what it will take. Neil Lennon said last week that players would never hear him talk about "Nine" and that his captain was satisfied with the manager's way of thinking.

Brown said, "I think he's absolutely right. The more people mention it and the more it gets in your head, the more they worry about the creation of the story.

"For us, we have done it for the past three years. We did well and that's because we did not think about winning the league 10 months later. You have just blocked it.

"You can not worry about that stuff right now. We just have to focus on winning as many games as we can and getting into the Champions League. It's a long season. Some people may forget it. You do not want to reach the summit too soon.

"People are waiting for us to win, we have to go and show them that we are the best of the Scottish Premiership. We've done it in the last eight seasons and we have to make sure we try to do it again this season. "

No team peaks in July. Even the best seasons tend to start slowly, which is encouraging for Celtic fans, as their team, which is the group, is in a much better position than last season.

Most of the players are in shape, the team is ready when a year ago, the goals came from all over the park and with Saturday being the start of the league, St Johnstone the visitors the day of the flag, It's also a great start Celtic have made, on and off the park for a long time.

The big question, with perhaps two more signatures to make, is whether the team is better than 12 months ago.

Brown said, "We'll know in the next few weeks, is not it? We started well in the Champions League and we want to start in the championship against St Johnstone and continue from there.

"We think we are always improving every year. We must make sure to check our goals and get the price at the end.

"Look, there is pressure on everyone. When you go to a big club, there is a reason why you sign for them. This is because you can cope with the pressure.

"We have been facing the pressure for eight years now and we have done really well. Do not get me wrong, there were ups and downs along the way.

"But we made sure to tie the league from time to time with a few games to play. It's awesome. If it stays in the last game and you still win, no matter how many points you have earned. People only remember the name on the trophy.

Fun fact. Celtic won the league by nine points last season and the previous one. It was forgotten that Aberdeen had reduced space alongside Brendan Rodgers before the Rangers took the action.

These two challengers have strengthened. Similarly, Hearts and Hibernia. However, it's hard to escape the feeling that what really matters is how Celtic are.

Brown said, "It's hard to try to handle a locker room of 25-30 people, no matter how worried you may be for others.

"For me, it's about who's in the locker room and how we present ourselves each week. We have a good group of guys and we have to make sure that we have a good fellowship on the park as well as in the locker room.

"We've managed to play in the last eight seasons, which is fantastic for us and we have to push this season in the same way.

"We will be pushed very, very hard again, but we have players and a manager who also believes in us that we can go do it."

In simple terms, only Celtic can stop nine times in a row.