Celtic diehard gets PSV prediction reminder as Rangers bashers told to stop looking over garden fence - Hotline

It was billed as a Battle of Britain but Hibs failed to fire a shot in anger as Aston Villa’s tanks rolled into Easter Road.

Lee Johnson’s team found their defences overrun as the Premier League side’s £180million arsenal proved too much for the Leith outfit amid a 5-0 bombardment. Ok, ok, we'll stop with the war-time rhetoric, which has proven to be too much for caller Stephen Mulhern, who said: “Let’s stop all this nonsense when Scottish teams get drawn against English opposition in European competition by referring it to as a Battle of Britain tie. The fact is it’s now more like David vs Goliath. The finest achievement by any Scottish side was when Celtic beat Don Revie’s Leeds team full of superstars to reach the European Cup final but sadly those days will never be repeated again."

Robert Pender added: “Oh how sad this made Scottish football. Aston Villa could put out their under 18 team and win. The difference in class was embarrassing.” Dave Andrews emailed in: “So we keep hearing about the difference in budgets between Hibs and Villa but I bet if Villa play an eastern European team with a smaller budget than Hibs they don't win 5-0 away from home.”

Neil Renton, Leith, added: “After watching the horror show performance against Aston Villa, I’m confident that Hibs must have a training centre in Transylvania. How else can you explain the fact the defenders are so bad at dealing with crosses?”

Henry Moffat, Stirling, said: “Our league had respect down south after some good showings by Aberdeen, Hearts and especially Celtic over the last 20 years, but Hibs and Rangers have destroyed that with two utter trouncings to English sides in the last 12 months. The only way they could have humiliated us more is if one of the