The great Celtic European Cup debate rages as Rangers diehard takes his Hotline medicine over debunked claim

It's never too long before the Hotline descends into tribalistic bickering – but let's start with some Scotland chat before we get there, shall we?

Steve Clarke and his boys are in Germany for tonight's big opener but Gary Stevenson, Newtonhill, wants to see us aim higher than Clarke's target of four points. He said: "Steve Clarke has been telling us for months that Scotland will progress from the group stage of the Euros. He now has set a target of four points. What an incredibly low bar to set for what is a relatively easy group. Scotland should be beating teams like Hungary and Switzerland."

Andrew Lamb, Fraserburgh wrote in: "Looking forward to seeing BOTH Scotland and England games in the Euros, and want to wish both sides well. Scotland's games v Hungary and Switzerland will be their most likely way to qualify from their group."

Derek Cormack said: "Ian Renton reckons the Scotland team suffers from a lack of Rangers players, can he enlighten us to who he thinks should be in the Scotland line-up? Most of the Rangers squad are foreign mercenaries hanging on to the coat tails of the most successful club in Scotland."

And that's our cue to pivot. Poor Ian was getting it from all angles as Donald Dundas, Uddingston, said: "As a Rangers fan I had to laugh at Ian Renton suggesting Clement signs Scottish bluenoses. I take it he loved the glory days of Laudrup, Gattuso, Amoruso, Numan, and Novo, plus the plethora of English players who brought us 9 in a row and unlimited success. I don't care as long as they can play football. Colour, creed or religion shouldn't even come into it."

Donald's comment in Thursday's Hotline got a rise out of Kenny Wilson, Moffatt, as he said: "As much as Celtic can’t really mock anyone for