It's Google time when you can't beat Celtic but Clement being kaput is a Rangers thing only – Hugh Keevins

What if Rangers beat Celtic in the Premier Sports Cup Final at Hampden next month?

And is it not the case there’s more chance of Celtic dropping league points against Hearts at Tynecastle and Aberdeen at Pittodrie than of Rangers slipping up against Dundee United and Kilmarnock at Ibrox on the same days? If that happened the title race could involve three – not just two – teams before we get to Hampden for the first showpiece of the season on December 15.

Rangers manager Philippe Clement seems to have been declared dead and buried without any factual evidence that a fatality has taken place. And it’s Rangers fans, and nobody else, who have come to the conclusion the manager is a dead loss based on their matchday reaction. They’ve had problems with the stands at Ibrox since the season began, of course. First of all, there was that business with the steel that was late in arriving for the refurbishment of the Copland Road stand.

The latest difficulty appears to affect all four stands at the ground. The problem is they face on to the pitch. And the people in them can’t wait to get out, driven to evacuate the premises by the unwatchable nature of the manager’s tactics and the unfathomable aspects of his team selection. A growing percentage appear to believe Clement doesn’t know what he’s doing and have ruled out any rethink while he remains in charge. The Belgian is on trial in the court of public opinion.

The spectator gallery is full for the proceedings while Ibrox regularly empties before the end of matches. There was a succession of radio callers last Sunday night following the final whistle in Rangers’ 1-0 win over Hearts. Each specified the exact time when they’d had enough and left the premises long before a game,