Davie Provan admits 'surprise' at Celtic decision but pundit fesses up to Bodo Glimt howler

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Davie Provan admits he's surprised Celtic won't train on Bodo/Glimt's plastic pitch ahead of their Europa Conference League showdown.

Parkhead boss Ange Postecoglou played down the decision to skip a session at the Aspmyra Stadion - insisting there's little to be gained when his team have already played on artificial surfaces in the Premiership and Scottish Cup this season.

Heavy weather conditions are expected for Thursday's clash in the Arctic Circle, with Celtic trailing 3-1 from a surprise home defeat in the first leg.Pundit and former Parkhead star Provan says he thought Postecoglou would take an opportunity to get used to the harsh environment.Get all the latest Celtic news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.We cover every morsel of information regarding your favourite club in the form of articles, videos and podcasts.The newsletter will arrive every day at 12pm, giving you a round up of the best stories we've covered that in the last 24 hours.To sign up, simply enter your email address into the link here.And if you aren't already, make sure you join the conversation over on our Celtic Facebook group and Record Sport Instagram.He said on Go Radio: "I'm a little bit surprised at that.

Players always like to get a feel for the environment the night before the game."It's not just a tradition, I think it's good to get a look at the pitch, a feel for it, the dimensions and the whole environment."It surprises me that he's turned down the chance to do that. "The conditions can affect the synthetic surfaces every bit as much as they can affect grass, that makes it even more surprising for me that Celtic aren't taking the opportunity to have a session on it. "When I played, I always