Rangers penalty paranoia sees Ibrox diehard make astonishing Hotline claim in face of Premiership scandal jibe

Christmas time, Mistletoe and Whine, Hotliners moaning all the time.

Yup, the season of goodwill seems to have bypassed the Scottish football landscape with there being no let-up in the conspiracy theories regarding Rangers and penalties. There was also a difference of opinion over whether Kevin van Veen would be the answer to Rangers' scoring problems (even if they're not actually having many problems scoring) and Gers fans were hitting back at the Old Firm away fans' ticket row.

So, let's get to it. Helen McLean, Inverness, emailed: "There is absolutely no doubt left in the Rangers penalty scandal. VAR is being used to influence games in Rangers' favour and this deflection from Rangers fans on the Hotline that it is only Celtic and Aberdeen fans highlighting it couldn’t be more wrong. Everyone is talking about this and the stats tell a shocking story that cannot be denied."

Ian Renton said: "Michael Beale may be right, but does he really want VAR examining every tackle his team makes, or all the fouls that are committed at every corner? My son had a great idea regarding VAR. Allow each team three challenges throughout the match for VAR to look at. If they are upheld then they keep three, if they are dismissed they lose a challenge."

Andrew Adams, Kirkcaldy, said: "I wish some referee, any referee, would just give Rangers' opponents a penalty, I'm absolutely sick fed up reading about this. It's pathetic, especially opposing managers moaning about it when they're not even trying to win the game, putting 10 men behind the ball, spoiling the game, wasting time when the games just kicked off, but if they moan about not getting a penalty, they think it'll get them out of jail."

Robert Livingstone, Palm Beach, emailed: