To hear Leigh Griffiths tell it, the intervention staged by Celtic boss Ronny Deila and assistant John Collins was definitely closer to a kick in the what-nots than it was a pat on the back. Whatever the detail of the conversation, and however lasting the effects may be, the short-term impact on the 24-year-old force of nature — often as unruly and unpredictable as a whirlwind — has been nothing short of remarkable. As the kid himself puts it: ‘Being top scorer now means that, since I have had a talk with the manager, I have knuckled down and proved him wrong, proved JC wrong and shown that I deserve to be here.’Leigh Griffiths revealed that Ronny Deila and John Collins warned himThe Celtic striker took a while to settle in at his new club after his moveGriffiths has been in red-hot form and scored three against Kilmarnock
Hat-trick hero _ with signed match ball and man of the match award. ‘I was brought to _ to score goals and I’ve started to do that since the turn of the year.