Rangers slaughtered as Hotline goes in two footed on baffling Clement errors as utter panic takes hold

Two days have passed since Celtic put nine fingers on the Premiership trophy with a 2-1 Old Firm win - but the dust has yet to settle on another explosive derby. Rangers fans are still flooding the Hotline and nobody is safe from the ire - not Philippe Clement or his players, not the board and certainly not referee Willie Collum.

John Bruce emailed: “Rangers fans are sick of the platitudes from players and the manager about 'showing character and belief' when coming from behind in Old Firm games. How about learning from the same old mistakes and not going behind? Like not using players who have been woeful in previous Old Firm games, or giving Celtic the freedom of Parkhead or Ibrox? Will we see the same nerve-shredding or calamitous opening minutes at Hampden?”

Willie Mercer, Dumfries, said: “Clement has only himself to blame as he got his starting selection wrong and his substitutions were baffling to say the least. An uninterested, out of contract left back picked before a guy on a four-year contract. A player with no legs - Tom Lawrence - in an area of the park which everyone knows will be high tempo. Wasting the effectiveness of Dujon Sterling by playing him wide right. Fabio Silva arguably one of our best players on the pitch, substituted and replaced by a player that it is obvious to everyone has no future at the club, while Todd Cantwell warms the bench. Baffling.”

Jamie Thompson, Yoker, said: “The standard of players at Ibrox is poor, our style of football, tactics, leadership is really concerning. This has to be change or the owner should consider selling to an individual that has finances to change and give Rangers fans what a team that can bring winning back to Ibrox.”

But Andrew Lamb, Fraserburgh, argued