Philippe Clement is a Rangers magician as Hotline boaster warns Celtic he'll make their title disappear

Celtic's performance at Tynecastle had their restricted number of fans off their seats – but they couldn’t help but notice the empty ones in the home stands.

Hearts cut the Hoops ticket allowance but failed to stop Brendan Rodgers’ side finding plenty of space on the pitch in Sunday’s romp to remain seven points ahead of rivals Rangers. It was the lowest league crowd in Gorgie for 18 months and Neil Renton, Leith, said: “For a team with a waiting list of 7000 fans wanting a season ticket, Tynecastle was deserted for the Hearts match against Celtic. I take it Jambos were getting in the mood for Halloween early and went to the game dressed as empty seats.”

Tam Williamson, Lanarkshire, said: “Hearts cut the worldwide massive Celtic support to 500 supporters at Tynecastle to accommodate their own supporters yet when the Bhoys scored their third goal Tynecastle fans evacuated quicker than the Highland Clearances. Sums them up.” Stephen Mulhern emailed: “Naismith gave Brendan Rodgers his perfect team talk when insisting cutting the Celtic fans was justified. I noticed after Celtic went two up the stadium emptied rapidly. Rodgers has taken Matt O’Riley on to a different level and his sublime finish is already a contender for goal of the season.”

Jambos boss Steven Naismith was in the firing line as Ben Casey, Norwich, said: “His side gets pumped at home, even with all those extra fans and all Naismith wants to moan about was a missed penalty. Surely just deflection tactics to cover up his side’s dreadful performance.”

George Fairgrieve emailed: “Naismith thinks Hearts lost four 'sloppy' goals (including O’Riley’s stunner), he also lost two ‘sloppy’ goals against Hibs. Perhaps it’s his defence that is just ‘sloppy’ – or even