Brendan Rodgers insists he has no regrets about his comments clapping back at the Celtic fans on Sunday.
And he has backed them to put the issue behind them and back the team to a victory against Dundee United on Wednesday evening.
Rodgers was less than pleased with some of the audible groaning coming from the stands at Parkhead on Sunday as the Scottish Premiership champions saw off St Mirren.
The manager was critical of some fans for getting on the players' backs for passing the ball backward at various points in the first half.
Now, with another home game on the horizon, Rodgers has addressed the situation further.
"The supporters will support the team," the Northern Irishman said when asked how the Hoops faithful would respond at the game against Dundee United tomorrow night.
He added: "I can never say to anyone what to say, what to think, what to sing, what to not. I know what my own personal value is and a lot of it is based around respect.
"But for me, the Celtic support is an amazing support base, what they give the team and how they support the team and how they travel with the team.
"I am not going to tell people what to think, but like I said, for me it is just that bigger picture around this period of games in particular, where pitches are a wee bit lumpier than what they normally would be and the game may be a little bit slower than what it can normally be.
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"So that is not always the fault of the players, that is just sometimes how it is. But for us, it is that support that can really help the team in what is a really, really gruelling period for us.
"I said before and I repeat, everyone has an opinion, everyone has an emotion, people can say what they think and that is okay.
"If you are in a really positive ground with a great energy, then that can give you so, so much. You can get into your flow, everything is just much more positive.
"I have walked in stadiums outwith here where you play passes in the game and the team will recognise. I remember my time at Swansea where you would make a backward pass because you could not go forward. The crowd could recognise what was happening.
"They clap, they square the pass, then you play a forward pass and it changes the point of attack. It is recognising the game and that feels good for the players. They do not see that as a negative, it is to start a new attack.
"Because everyone wants to play forward, everyone wants to play vertical football, but it is impossible to do it for the whole game. So when there is that positivity around the stadium and that recognition of that, then of course that really aids the players on the pitch and that is where they gain the energy from.
"I repeat, the players get an amazing energy from Celtic Park. I have said it so often, especially this season, we love playing at home. We love being there, so it is not a big issue at all. It is just an observation from a moment in the game.
"We move on and we and the players will get an incredible support, as we always do."
Asked if he was shocked by the reaction to his post-match comments on Sunday, Rodgers played down any suggestions that it had caught his eye.
He said: "I have to be totally honest, I have not seen anything. We played the game, we recover, we train and then our focus is primarily on the game.
"I think it is obviously in your guys' world, it is not in my world. Everything is open for debate now, win, lose, draw, whatever you say.
"It is not something that I get attracted to really, my focus is really on the team in our next game."
