Brendan Rodgers told Celtic rage will vanish as Hotline lifer shares wildcard transfer tip to shake up Premiership

Brassed-off Brendan Rodgers read the riot act to his Celtic stars to spark a second-half salvage job in Sunday’s 3-1 win at St Johnstone. And Hotline callers reckon the writing has been on the wall for too many underperforming Hoops stars in recent weeks.

Denis Bruce, Bishopbriggs, said: “Brendan Rodgers was quite right to go ballistic with his players at half-time in Perth. A league title does not fall into your lap just because you wear a Celtic jersey. The players have to realise that every point has to be earned by fighting hard for the duration of every minute of every game. Celtic supporters will hope the penny has finally dropped.”

Kenny Wilson, Moffat, said: “That’s as bad a 45 minutes as I’ve seen from Celtic in years and Rodgers obviously gave them a roasting at half time as it was a different team they came out in the second half. The substitutes made a big difference and I was pleased for Mikey Johnston who has had a hard time lately but he never stops trying to beat players and make things happen.” Davie Kirkpatrick, Glasgow, blasted: “At last Rodgers tears into the players. This has been needed for weeks as too many players have been going through the motions.”

And William Hutchison, Aberdeen, added: “It's good that Rodgers was full scale angry at the players and turned it around to win in Perth but where was the rant when we needed it in European games? I hope players will be praying not see that again, there’s nothing worse than seeing an angry Irishman.”

Meanwhile, Stephen Mulhern emailed: “I thought my visit to Perth had turned into a pointless exercise after witnessing Celtic struggle to impose themselves in the first half but bringing on Mikey Johnston revitalised them in the second half. A special