Celtic 3-0 Rangers: FT instant reaction

Derek, Chris and Joshua react to Rangers' Old Firm defeat at Parkhead.

[rustikle]

This is years in the making. The Celtic squad is miles ahead of the Rangers squad. They've built steadily, spent wisely and have a team drilled to their exploit their strengths. It's not a Clement thing. That Celtic performance in the first half was exceptional, and we just don't have the quality to contain that. It's going to take time to be able to properly challenge them again, and going after the manager will just set us back.

[TheOrval]

Guys, we will never ever get close to Celtic now. There is no "Big Two" in Scotland now. We are to Celtic, what Aberdeen, Hibs, Hearts are to them.

[kennymh]

I like you guys, you all seem nice and intelligent- are you sure you don’t want to become Celtic fans?

[johnianknox]

This is back to the mid 80's when we could'nt buy points off our rivals. We need a complete revamp from the board, management, coaching and players, until we get this we will have a repeat of this result every time we play them.

[williammcloughlin]

Propper also looking like a major worry

[I.B.Rox]

This won’t sit well, but Clement is our best long term hope. What other manager would take this job?
We’re moaning about tactics, without having the players to implement tactical shifts.
Let’s give Clement at least one full season… he’s still got deadwood to clear out and a lot of new players to integrate into his ’base’ system.

[gladiatorprogramme]

I’ve seen worse 3 Nil loses than that. It should give us hope for the future. If we double up the price of a season ticket for the next 10 years we might get a draw at parkhead.

[SHUGSCOTLAND]

Baloguns better defender than Propper, hes stronger, quicker, better on the ball, better in the air. Diomande and Tav were the worst on the pitch. Clement clearly doesnt know what to do. He needs to go.

[williampark]

Manager seems out of his depth. Cannot listen to him anymore. Nothing makes sense.

[Bulldog]

Walter Smith would have had us sit in shape as a unit and hit on counter when we had lesser players. This manager needs to go .

[dublinbears]

Look, Clement is not the problem!! How many managers have come and gone yet Tav is still Captain? Players look to the Captain to be an example & to set standards for a winning mentality + desire.. Tav is not capable of doing that.. Change the Captain!!

[BillyMcMorran]

Phil Clement knows only one formation. The 4-2-3-1 wide. Brendan Rodgers is a good coach and he knew this. He set his team up to counter our one and only formation. They exploited the space where they knew it would be, dominated the game for 90 minutes, and Clemente proved that he cannot adapt. Phil Clement must be sacked before this team can move forward. We cannot have another Mark Warburton with one myopic view on a formation, and a total inability to adapt or try anything else. If we get a new manger we can go back to the 4-3-3- narrow that Gerrard and Beale used to make us far more competitive in these games. We can also bring the players Clement has alienated, such as Hagi and Lowry, back into the squad.

[skinnybuddah]

Sadly they have better players in every position- can’t accuse them of lack of effort etc… we’re closer to Aberdeen, Kilmarnock etc than we are to them. Europe will embarrass us

[dvp]

The gulf is an ocean . If Celtic go full throttle for 90 mins it could be double figures .. fight is on for 2 nd already 5 points behind Aberdeen

[BillyMcMorran]

Beale was sacked for less. What a shambles of a club.

[lindavid]

Game came too early in the season. Celtic's quality is evident. Ranger's hope through Clemente's coaching will be to play as an organised unit; a long road out though.

[AnilRaj-rhuy]

I have faith in BIg but the rest? Tav and Big Headed Butland need to be shown the door. Also we need to get rid of Alex Rae and get in Barry Ferguson on the coaching staff. Baz should be able to tell these so called players what it should mean to play for our club. This was bad! Follow, Follow.

[BillyMcMorran]

Celtic will win league title 55 this season and equal our record. It’s time to remove the 5 stars from above the badge because it is no longer special. How anyone can sit here and say this manger needs a year or longer is beyond me. Are you a bunch of happy clappers happy to accept second best? Celtic are about to become the most successful team in the history of Scottish football. Rangers are being stripped of their identity. Get that manager sacked, get a competent manager in, and you’ll see performances improving.

[oaktree]

The days of defenders marking a square of grass instead of clamping onto an opposing player in the box has to end. It doesnt work and is never going to work.

[I.B.Rox]

We are slightly worse than end of last season (remember the collapse)… but Celtic are improving.
The relative gap has grown.