Penalty to Rangers creates Hotline stench as Ibrox diehards fear they've been set up to be Parkhead patsy's

Storm Gerrit may be easing off but the furore surrounding Ross County’s decision to leave for Ibrox on the day of the game shows little sign of abating.

Rangers’ chance of again closing the gap on Premiership leaders Celtic ahead of the big derby day suffered a whiteout wipeout. That, penalties (or not as the case may be) plus the reaction to the Edinburgh Derby were all the hot topics on the hottest of Hotlines .

Robert Pender said: “Why did Ross County, knowing the forecast, not leave earlier to beat the weather? Seems a little unprofessional.” Andrew Adams, Kirkcaldy, quipped: “Have Ross County officials not heard of a new thing, it’s called ‘The Weather Forecast’. If it was the other way round everyone would be apoplectic. They should’ve came down the night before.” John Bruce said: “Despite the whole of Scotland being given a three-day advance warning and being aware of the arrival of Storm Gerrit, Ross County chose to travel to Glasgow on the day of their game against Rangers, rather than the night before. This has just added to the home club’s growing fixture congestion after the game’s postponement, due to them chasing trophy success on another three fronts.”

Now, on to everybody’s favourite three words ... penalty to Rangers.

James Logan, Glasgow, said: “Steve MacLeod bangs on about Rangers not getting a penalty at Parkhead for 13 years. He doesn’t mention they only played there 17 times in that period and Celtic hardly ever got a penalty either. Some conspiracy!”

Donald Dundas, Uddingston, said: “After reading all this penalty to Rangers stuff you can smell the fear. However here’s the biggest certainty. Celtic will get a penalty on Saturday for sure. As once again the club who really control Scottish