Frightened Rangers fans warned Celtic are their green-eyed monster they will never tame - Hotline

Rangers are in Istanbul knowing their season is in last chance saloon. But fans on the Hotline fear the Europa League last 16 clash with Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce could turn into a Turkey shoot.

Caretaker boss Barry Ferguson is desperately needing a response from Saturday’s defeat to Motherwell. Kevin Kean, Inchinnan, said: “This is a bad time for Barry Ferguson to take over. He has no experience of planning to win a Euro knockout tie home and away, then we face Celtic away. We are looking at four defeats in a row including the Motherwell game.”

Davie Wilson, Glasgow, added: “One look at Fenerbahce’s results in the last three months compared to Rangers’ gives me the fear heading into the lions’ den. In just his third game in charge Barry Ferguson will need to conjure up one of his greatest ever Euro nights with the club to even keep the tie alive.”

Meanwhile, George Wilson, West Sussex, doubled down on a previous point when he said: “My comments pointing out the truth that Celtic are a very average side in a poor league seems to have upset several of the Celtic camp. Regardless of the Fenerbahce result, most Rangers supporters like myself accept our club is not in a good state at the moment. All I said was Celtic are at present the best of a bad lot in Scotland and three wins out of 10 in the Champions League is highly unspectacular particularly with the quality of the teams they beat.”

George wasn’t the only caller to take a pop at Celtic’s season with Alan Flett’s accusation that Celtic are celebrating mediocrity hitting a nerve. Sean Beech, Hampshire, said: “I will very happily celebrate the supposed mediocrity of winning trophies as it sure beats being a jealous critic. If Mr Flett has so little regard for the