Penalty to Rangers jibe was a bit of fun and potential Hibs rap has me checking my calendar – Tam McManus

I had to check it wasn’t April Fools’ Day on Sunday when I read that Hibs could be in trouble for their light-hearted social media swipe at Rangers’ penalty award.

An awful lot of people have got their knickers in a twist about the comment that stated “Penalty to Rangers. Who had 20 minutes?” But, come on, it’s just a bit of fun. Even Rangers fans laugh about the number of spot kicks they get with the ‘Penalty Rangers’ gifs that go round social media.

I read they could be in hot water with the SFA over the post on X. The world has gone mad if that’s the case. Where’s the fun gone in the game? Sometimes you just need to see the funny side of things and move on. For the record I had 15 minutes in the penalty lottery so I was pretty close!

But listen, I don’t think it was a spot kick and justice was done when David Marshall saved it and Rangers were then done with encroachment. Look, things might be deadly serious in the battle for the top six but Hibs were doing a pretty good job of making people laugh on the pitch on Saturday too.

I’m not saying the performance in the 3-1 defeat to Rangers was too bad but the first half incident when Nectar Triantis inexplicably wiped out two of his team mates with one free kick was the most outrageous thing I think I’ve ever seen on a football pitch.

I don’t know what the Aussie was trying to do. Joe Newell was six yards away directly in line with him and he just smashed the ball right into his face knocking him flat out.

It’s hard not to laugh as it then rebounded onto Will Fish and knocked him over - and the coup de gras is that the ball then landed on top of Newell again! That was a typical stupid centre half, they’re not all Virgil van Dijk unfortunately, and if I was Newell I’d be