Rangers were great again for Clement but he NEEDS to come up trumps and Celtic won't do an Ange

Rangers fans went all Trump during the week wit their Make Rangers Great Again banner before the Spurs thriller.

They got their wish that night. Philippe Clement’s men were great. But Ibrox punters have had enough false dawns. This one needs to be the real deal at Hampden today. There is a sense Celtic want to win the Premier Sports Cup – but Rangers NEED to claim the silverware.

For a whole host of reasons. Clement needs it for a start. The Belgian has come back from the dead in the last fortnight or so. After the dismal draw with Dundee United, the only thing keeping him in a gig was the fact there was no one in a position of authority to hit the ejector button. Clement looked completely condemned but the difference in such a short space of time has been staggering. It wasn’t drug tests needed after the Spurs chasing – it was a DNA test.

It didn’t look like the same men who were staggering around Scottish football for months. Okay, Tottenham were fairly honking and looked like a group who were trying to get their manager the sack.

This wasn’t an Ange Postecoglou team, that’s for sure. Not when they had midfielders plodding around like they were on a Sunday stroll.

There’s no chance his old team will repeat that today. And it’s in that midfield battle ground where this final will be won and lost. The narrative is often about the strikers – the ones who score and the ones who miss.

Or it’s about full-backs and wingers and who comes out on top. There’s a big decision to be made over James Tavernier. The skipper has Old Firm PTSD and might be spared another run in with his nemesis Daizen Maeda.

But on the flip side, Tavernier has been terrific since getting back in the side and was superb against Spurs. He’s probably