Celtic roof could cave in at Ibrox and Rangers PSV PTSD may be their best derby hope - Hugh Keevins

Suddenly, it’s not just about Brendan Rodgers and the Celtic supporters’ post-Postecoglou panic when it comes to Ibrox this afternoon.

That is still very much high on the agenda, of course. But a question has arisen concerning Rangers manager Michael Beale and the way his team made a painful exit from the Champions League at the hands of PSV Eindhoven. We’ve not to call a 5-1 defeat a hammering, by order of the manager at his post-match press conference on Wednesday night. The opposition were “ruthless” and that’s the way to look at it, according to Beale.

Ruthless while dishing out a hammering is how most people saw it nevertheless. And we’ve not to forget that the team Rangers are playing today aren’t going into the match in a “fantastic place” either. All the boxes have been ticked then. Don’t mention the other team by their name, Celtic, in order to show the Rangers fans you know how to put them in their place.

And never let your own team’s failings get in the way of saying: “What about them?” in reference to the team from across the road on the other side of the city. There is another awkward, pre-match quote from Rangers’ trip to Holland to get out of the way as well.

Looking ahead to Wednesday night’s game, Beale said: “If you can’t enjoy it and you can’t seize the opportunity in front of you, then you probably don’t deserve to be at our club.”

Point of order. If you’re the manager and you picked the ones who didn’t enjoy it and didn’t seize the opportunity in front of them, does that mean you probably don’t deserve to be at the club either?

Which brings us back to this afternoon and a derby which has now become about two managers instead of just one. When it comes to Rodgers, I simply don’t buy the one about