Celtic and Brendan Rodgers targeted in venomous Hotline slapdown as 'you’re both garbage' taunt goes unchallenged

The Old Firm both lost at the weekend and some of the Hotline takes are so hot we need some factor 50 slapped on today.

The flamethrower was out for the pair of them with Celtic and Rangers both branded rubbish – and there was even a call for them to LEAVE Scottish football.

First up, Jimmy Murray, Edinburgh, said: “Here’s news for both of you – you’re both garbage.

"Any Walter Smith team would leather the present Rangers side and any Martin O’Neill side would wipe the floor with the impostors in the Celtic side.

“Both of them are a laughing stock.

George Wilson, West Sussex, said: “It is a reflection of how bad the standard of the Premiership is when a team as poor as Celtic are 13 points ahead and are possibly going to win the Treble.

“This is a team who have lost six times since the New Year including four in the league and as usual they have failed to win a meaningful tie in Europe. “They can no longer beat a Rangers team who are very often poor but who would be above Celtic with any level of consistency.”

James Wallace emailed: What a weekend for the majority of fans of all the other clubs in the country as they witnessed both Old Firm teams losing in the same round of fixtures.

“It’s embarrassing that both Ferguson and Rodgers threw their toys out of their prams at this, and don't seem to grasp the definition of football match, where two teams of eleven players pit their wits against each other, and any of the two are allowed to win.”

With talk of league reconstruction again, here’s an idea.

John Scott, Grassmoor, said: “Could it be Celtic's players are just getting bored to tears with the SPFL?

“You can’t blame them. Celtic need to move to Dublin, build a 100,000 stadium and join the English pyramid.

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