Charlie Nicholas claims Celtic will be ‘rubbing their hands’ at Gerrard mishap

All the gloating, all the anguish and all the lauding it over Celtic fans may just come back to bite theRangers where they do not like it.

After an admittedly decent campaign last season, Steven Gerrard and his band of merry men were expected to skip freely away with the title again this season in what most fans thought was a period of transition under Ange Postecoglou.

It definitely seemed that way when Celtic perished to a late John Souttar header in Gorgie a fortnight ago.

Yet following a loss against Malmo in the Champions League qualifiers, and a hilarious loss of the noggin from Gerrard in his post-match interview following defeat to Dundee United, it appears that it may not be the start everyone envisaged on the other side of Glasgow.

Charlie Nicholas certainly believes so; having witnessed 9IAR, Celtic fans know exactly how it feels to slip up when the title pressure is on you – and Nicholas believes Celtic are going to take advantage of a very off-colour theRangers season.

As reported by Glasgow Live, Nicholas claimed he wouldn’t even be surprised if theRangers dropped out of the Champions League in tonight’s second leg against Malmo – leaving a lack of morale as Celtic’s to mop up.

I don’t think it would be a major surprise if they bowed out. This Rangers team hasn’t looked convincing since the season started.

I read John Lundstram’s strange quotes at the weekend about how Covid had impacted on Rangers’ pre-season preparations, something the club had kept under wraps. Then we had Gerrard coming out after the Tannadice loss with the message that some of his players need ‘home truths’.

Over the summer Rangers players were saying they were ready to kick on again and dominate. It was a big surprise to me because the Englishman tends to only field players if they are fully fit. If they aren’t then normally they don’t play because of his demands. Morelos didn’t have a great season last year. There are question marks over whether he is going to stay and whether he gives the team enough. There seems to be a bit of slacking at Ibrox.