Rangers moaners ripped to shreds on angry Hotline as Celtic diehard warns them to watch out for a banana skin

The Premiership is back from its winter holiday and the transfer window is about to enter the final week. A combination for an incendiary Hotline if ever there was one as callers warm-up for a blistering return to action. Rangers travel to Hibs for the first of their two games in hand over Celtic and looking to eat into the Hoops’ eight point lead.

And John Bruce emailed; “It could be said that Brendan Rodgers was the manager under the most pressure in the last Old Firm game. The home fans had been unhappy about their team losing games, their style of play, their top players regressing under him and their disaster in Europe. Rangers fans are fully behind Philippe Clement as he has made a silk purse from the pig's ear left by Michael Beale. They are excited by the arrival of £35 million Fabio Silva and are looking forward to seeing more quality players coming in to bolster the squad for the assault on Europe, the Scottish Cup and the league. This has all the makings of an exciting title run-in.”

But Davie McMillan, Glasgow, said: “Easter Road is a proper banana skin for Rangers’ first game back from the break. The pressure is on them to take three points. Any slip up will only open the door for Celtic to accelerate into the distance.”

Rangers are close to announcing their second arrival of the transfer window with Mohammed Diomande on his way from Nordsjaelland - as soon as the weather allows anyway. But John Allardyce, Edinburgh, said: “Looks like Clement is following Beale in buying cheap duds like Diomande. What's wrong with the Rangers’ board going for Lawrence Shankland? He can win us the league.”

Ex-Rangers gaffer Graeme Souness appealed for away fans to be brought back to the Old Firm fixtures in his