John Beaton named Rangers Player of the Year on Hotline as Celtic diehard can't fathom one thing about penalty snub

Philippe Clement dodged a bullet in Gorgie as the under-fire Rangers boss saw his side claim a much-needed win over Hearts.

But it’s referee John Beaton who now finds himself in the firing line after refusing to give the Jambos a penalty. Clinton Nsiala appeared to shove Tynecastle striker James Wilson just seconds before Gers pounced for their second goal in Sunday’s 3-1 win.

And Jim McClean, Isle of Bute, raged: “Can someone please tell John Beaton and Steven Maclean that the league is won and they don’t need to try to help Rangers any more. There was never a clearer penalty in the game on Sunday and neither Beaton nor Maclean on VAR even questioned it, a disgraceful decision. Rab Hunter, Dumfries, added: “The book is already closed on Rangers most influential and game changing player of the year - and the undisputed winner is John Beaton!”

Brian McColligan asked: “Is it crucial for Scottish football to keep the Rangers in second place? Because when it comes to penalty decisions, they seem to be refereed differently from the rest.

"I didn’t see any difference from last week’s push on Cyriel Dessers in the Queen’s Park game to Sunday’s push on the Hearts player - yet a different outcome was awarded.”

Charles Maxwell emailed in: “Bad luck to Hearts on Sunday. I thought they were magic against a loaded deck. Unfortunately Mr Beaton was up to his old tricks and Jack Butland had a few aces up his sleeve. But nobody is being fooled by the smoke and mirrors. It's time big Phil and the jokers did a vanishing act.”

Stephen Mulhern, Dumbarton, also said: “That was an extraordinary post match comment from Philippe Clement in praising his side’s winning mentality when surely he should have taken a leaf out of Michael Beale’s book