Michael Beale cheerleaders are ignoring Rangers reaction to fair play gesture as Ibrox outrage was clear - Hotline

Firstly, a solitary comment about the actual game of football in Scotland. Then another two about managers and one about the Champions League.

Apart from that, another round of tit-for-tat arguing sparked by events that happened days ago. Another day of bickering and finger pointing has come to an end on the Hotline. Kevin Kean, Inchinnan, took a look into the engine-room puzzles being posed to Rangers manager Michael Beale as he tries to find the ideal formula in a key area of the park.

He said: “With the Celtic midfield largely stable, Beale has a problem trying to establish his. Todd Cantwell, Nicolas Raskin added to Ianis Hagi with Tom Lawrence to come back means he has a lot of experimenting to do, lessening even further the chances of catching Celtic.” And that is basically that. From this point, conversations mainly returned to Beale’s decision to let Partick Thistle score a goal in an act of sportsmanship during the Scottish Cup tie at Ibrox last weekend. Gary Stevenson, Newtonhill, was on the Hotline yesterday claiming Beale’s move coupled with a Green Brigade banner which was displayed at Parkhead somehow encapsulated “the difference in class between Rangers and Celtic.”

However, Sean Beech, Hampshire, was not having that and retorted: “So Gary is attempting to measure class by trying to compare what the Rangers manager did as an individual and what a group of Celtic fans who are regularly condemned from all quarters are doing? Did he conveniently forget in his calculations all the outrage regarding Beale’s decision from the crowd at Ibrox. And, of course, the Rangers players?”

Various others waded into it, but Robert Livingstone, Palm Beach, said: “Lots of favourable worldwide comments on Beale’s courteous