Unshakeable Rangers fears exposed on unexpected Hotline confessions as atrocious aspect leaves diehard jittery

Philippe Clement was’t overly concerned about the result after Rangers went down to Hertha Berlin in their winter friendly against Hertha Berlin as part of their warm weather training camp in La Manga.

And managers will often tell you that you should never read too much into the scoreline and bounce games in general. But then there is the Hotline where everything is black or white so the Belgian better look away now as he arrives back in Glasgow with his squad to prepare for Tuesday night’s friendly against Copenhagen at Ibrox Stadium.

After watching the defeat to the German team who sit seventh in 2. Bundesliga Alfie Mullin, London, said: “The Rangers midterm report card reads ‘Must do better’. We’ll need to get a lot better against Dumbarton in the Scottish Cup on Saturday or we’re in for a shock. That performance and result against Hertha Berlin was atrocious. Rangers don’t need the freezing cold temperatures to get them back to the cold reality of domestic matters after a trip to sunny Spain - they can always rely on the Hotline to do that for them.

But Brian Wright, Bannockburn, was much more positive about the Light Blues and said: “Before a ball was kicked in season 2023/24 Celtic Supporters were sure they would win everything there is to win in Scotland and even have a successful run in the Champions League. But they have been thrashed out of Europe completely again and humiliated in the League Cup. Assuming Rangers win their two games in hand they will only be just in front in the Scottish Premiership. I’m sure the Celtic manager would love to be in Philippe Clement’s position of still competing in four competitions.”

Liam Birney, Paisley, isn’t so sure though as he hit back at two of last week’s