The captain shared his views following Wednesday's 2-2 draw with Dundee United, highlighting the team's susceptibility to counter-attacks.

In the match, Celtic dominated the second half, but struggled to find the winning goal after Zach Sapsford and Neil Farrugia put the visitors ahead.

The introduction of Haissem Hassan and Jota at half-time injected natural width into the team, with Jota assisting Liam Scales' equaliser.

However, McGregor feels the team is still searching for its ideal set-up.

He said: "I think probably what you're seeing is a lot of that, it's not really having a nailed down profile for each of the positions.

"The players behave like a winger, or they behave like a striker."

The captain added that while the team has the quality to score goals, they need to function more cohesively to avoid wasting energy.

He said: "You waste energy at that point and then when you need to get a goal, you are coming down as opposed to up the way.

"There are a lot of wee bits to piece together and pull together, but there was a lot to like in the second half in terms of how we should look in the performance."

Celtic manager Martin O'Neill has acknowledged the team's lack of control, which McGregor believes is crucial to cutting down on counter-attack moments.

He said: "That's something we are trying hard to fix.

"What that does is bring you control in the game and there are less counter-attack moments."

McGregor cited the recent Motherwell game as an example of how the team should play.

He said: "Motherwell was as close to the way we would want it to look.

"When you get to certain areas of the pitch, of course you want to attack.

"But if it's not on or there is no space, then you cap out and pass it to your mate."

He added that the team needs to work on getting new players to understand this approach.

"For players, you want control in games as ultimately that cuts everything else down," he said.

"It'll cut running and transitions down and that is the type of team we want to be, and have been."

Celtic's recent form has seen them win just three of their last nine matches, which McGregor attributes to a lack of pre-season preparation.

He said: "If you remember back to pre-season, boys were at the World Cup as well, so it was kind of staggered return for quite a lot of them.

"You get to quite a bit through pre-season, you've still got some of the young boys with you, some guys sort of drip-feeding back in, so it's hard to get the sort of core 20 first-team players back together, and sometimes you're actually learning by the time the games start."

Despite these challenges, McGregor remains optimistic about the team's potential.

He said: "It's more sort of video and trying to reinforce it that way, but quite a lot of the time the boys are sort of learning on the job as well."

Despite the draw with United, Celtic remain four points clear of Rangers at the William Hill Premiership summit.

He said: "In an ideal world, absolutely.

"But sometimes you have to play what the games give you.

"There will be moments like that. There are in every season.

"We try to limit that as much as possible, because you see the inconsistencies in it."

McGregor's fitness has been questioned this season, but he remains defiant.

He said: "I think we get to this point every year when we get that question.

"But I'm all good, just keep working hard, keep trying to do what you can for the team."