Celtic fan in Hotline rage fest about Mr Cocky – marquee star branded a myth as diehard refuses to happy clap

The Red Army are on the march after making it 13 wins on the bounce under Jimmy Thelin.

Pittodrie punters are chanting about the crack at Celtic after the international break and Hotline callers are starting to believe an Aberdeen title charge could be on after all. Laurie McCall, Carntyne, said: “For the first time in many years Aberdeen look as if they will be legitimate title challengers to my team Celtic and Rangers also. At last hopefully the top flight of Scottish football will have a more competitive look to it as our top league has been berated and ridiculed for too long by our English neighbours.”

But Stephen Mulhern, Dumbarton, said: “How refreshing it was for Aberdeen fans chanting "bring on Celtic" we’re going to win the league and with Jimmy Thelin. saying they won't change their style of play against Celtic? Word of warning though Jimmy, remember Brendan Rodgers said something similar when we went up against another Champions League team recently and the rest is history.”

Celtic and Rangers both won at the weekend but supporters of both had some grumbles. Gerard Milligan, Renfrewshire, said: “I think everybody was too heavy in early praise of Arne Engels. He’s a bit cocky and for an attacking midfielder three goals in over 50 games for Augsburg is not impressive. He looks no better than David Turnbull, and at 21 it's still only potential we're looking at.”

But Kenny Wilson, Moffat, said: “It was far from a good performance from Celtic but they did what champions do and got the three points. It was always going to be a tough game after the midweek thrashing in Dortmund.”

Meanwhile Alan Milligan emailed: “Rangers proved yet again they are badly in need of a couple of decent strikers. Cyriel Dessers and