Rangers daft scout unveils Ange 2.0 to batter Celtic as Barry warned to rap a loaded claim about rivals – Hotline

You know tensions are rising when you have to fire up the emergency signal for a Saturday special of the Hotline.

Celtic are champions and Rangers are in rebuild mode but festering recriminations rankle 24 hours a day and 365 days per-year in a city where winning football matches is merely a sub-plot for a rivalry which is interwoven into the psyche.

End the search, Rangers, an American insider, reckons they have found the man to stop Brendan Rodgers and Celtic in their tracks.

Hotline debutant Tom Starr, Cleveland, Ohio, reckons he has found the perfect candidate to rock Rangers' world. He said: "The search for the new Rangers manager is over, folks. My job in the States is to headhunt and I have found the perfect man to lead my team into a golden new era.

"Meet Wilfried Nancy, the Columbus Crew boss is someone I know will become one of the world's next amazing managers.

"His football is exceptional and he knows how to win. Come on Cavenagh and the 49ers, get this incredible man to Glasgow before someone else nabs him.

"I don't like comparing ourselves to Celtic but this guy can be our Ange and we need that this summer with the takeover taking its time."

But copying a Celtic template isn't for everyone and another caller reckons Barry Ferguson's trumpeting the rapid comeback under Ange Postecoglou underlines a club unsure of itself.

Kevin Wark emailed:"Barry talking about copying Celtic, everyone else talking about Red Bull or Leeds Who even are Rangers anymore? One thing is certain, they are not Rangers anymore."

And another regular is sick and tired over the fallout from a tifo storm and took umbrage over tying it to conflicts going on across the globe.

Alec Morrison said: "John Scott, are you being serious? A