John Gilligan can't see Rangers crisis staring him in the face as Hotline backs King over hollow men

Rangers are preparing to kick off their Europa League campaign against Malmo on Thursday. But, while the action in Sweden is eagerly awaited, all the talk on the Hotline from Light Blues fans centres around comments away from the pitch.

Words from the likes of John Gilligan, Dave King and even Craig Whyte over the past days are ringing in the lugs of supporters. Jimmy Mac, Glasgow, said: “My questions to Rangers’ temporary chairman John Gilligan are: Why should King not complain over the abysmal state the club, the board, the manager and the team are in and have been the past three years under mismanagement? Why should King keep all the failures silent and under the radar?”

Robert Livingstone, Palm Beach, added: “A clique of hollow men taking up space on the board who dismiss King as irrelevant, but not one have his battle-hardened ability to get things done or his Castlemilk street-smarts. They’ve short memories.”

Philip Borland said: “So Gilligan doesn’t think Rangers are in a crisis? He needs to go to Specsavers and get new glasses. We have no money, the players we have got are terrible and we will never win anything for years to come. Let King back on board to run things. He can’t do any worse than what the present board is doing just now.”

Mark McManus said: “I see Craig Whyte is putting his head above the parapet in the ongoing comedy soap opera of the crisis club. It tickles me that he seems to be the one solely blamed for Rangers’ demise.”

Gary Stevenson had tongue in cheek concern that Gordon Ashley had not been on with a Rangers financial update. But right on cue, Ashley emailed: “It makes me laugh when Rangers fans dream of investment because with FFP, it simply isn’t possible as you can only spend what you