Rangers soldiers struck with BATTLE FEVER as remarkable Hotline truce sees Celtic hit with full ammo

Cold and flu season may be behind us but the NHS is bracing themselves for another outbreak after reports of Battle Fever suddenly sweeping across Glasgow.

The blue half of the city have been fairly muted in recent weeks but today’s Hotline callers have finally found their voice ahead of Saturday’s huge Old Firm clash. Fired-up Rangers fan Robert Livingstone, Palm Beach, was first to rally the troops as he said: “Most of this week’s callers have given Philippe Clement and his players little chance of a victory at Parkhead. Even some Rangers pundits have abandoned them but Gers are certainly no lambs to the slaughter. They know it's a must win at all costs, do or die. Clement's is nobody's fool, he knows what it will take to win. Of course it won't be easy it never is, like many I'm no fan of Cyriel Dessers but the past will be all forgiven if he can finally score two or three goals for victory.”

Alan Flett added: “So Celtic fans think that Rangers are worried about going to Parkhead on Saturday! The only thing we have to worry about is the match officials. If we bring our A game we will win, unless the referee bails Celtic out, AGAIN!” Andy Scott, Edinburgh, said: "Did Celtic win the league as I slept last night? Judging by the comments being made by their more loquacious fans, one would think it's all over bar the shouting. It would be only prudent to remind them that, so far this season, they have won precisely hee-haw, unlike Rangers who are still the only team to have won a trophy and still the only team up for a Treble.”

But John Davidson, Kirkintilloch, is concerned to see footage of Clement’s players bickering with their own supporters, saying: “What's happening at Ibrox with the players losing the plot with the