Celtic boss Ronny Deila named manager of the month for October
Tuesday 3 November 2015 17:03, UK
Celtic boss Ronny Deila has been named Labrokes Premiership Manager of the Month for October.
The Hoops began the month three points behind Aberdeen but four victories from as many matches saw them end the period six clear of Hearts with the Dons a further point adrift in third.
Celtic opened up with a 2-1 victory over Hamilton at New Douglas Park and followed that with a 1-0 win at Motherwell after the international break.
A 5-0 demolition of Dundee United followed before they accounted for Derek McInnes' side 3-1 in the top-of-the-table clash at Celtic Park last Saturday.
That reverse for Aberdeen capped a miserable month for the early pacesetters who claimed just one point - from a 1-1 home draw with Motherwell - from their four league matches.
Deila, who hit out at recent criticism of his 'crisis club' last week, told CelticTV: "This award is for everybody. It's for the whole club, the players, staff and everybody who has turned things around, and that's good. So hopefully we'll get more in the future.
"We've won a lot of matches in the league and getting through in the League Cup was an important win as well.
"Those were big games and it's good that there are big games coming up all the time. I think we're improving. You see more intensity in our play and we're good at dealing with a lot of games because that's also a tough thing that other teams don't have to deal with.
"We are in a good position domestically and now I'm looking forward to the game against Molde on Thursday night."
