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Ally McCoist said the name race was far from over for Rangers, but admitted she didn’t see their “collapse” coming in the war against Celtic.
In a disastrous week in the title race, Philippe Clement’s side gave Celtic the lead in the match after defeat to County Ross and a draw against Dundee, with Brendan Rodgers’ side now holding a three-point lead heading into the weekend. of the Scottish Cup semi-finals suspended league action. But for the Rangers hero, there will still be plenty of twists and turns before either Callum McGregor or James Tavernier lift the trophy.
Ahead of the clash with St Mirren at the weekend, McCoist told Tribal Football: “The symptoms were there and I’ll tell you why. They lost to Motherwell at home (first game in March) and their performance was very poor. Other than that, because Celtic lost at Hearts in the same round, so it was overlooked, I can say that all is not well in their (Celtic) half.
“To be honest, I couldn’t imagine a collapse of this magnitude. With the draw against Celtic, they only got five numbers out of a total of 15 imaginable.
“I don’t think this is over. The only thing that will have to happen, I think, is that Rangers will have to go through Celtic and win. But by hunting down other teams, a team like KilmarnockArray does it. “Well, Rangers and Celtic have already dropped the issues that were opposed to them. “