Rangers Guaranteed Victory Sunday

Celtic are the first club to decide that having a defence is irrelevant. We go to Ibrox with a few players who have no hope of stopping Rangers speedy forward line who will smell blood.

If you add to this the casting aside of any burdens Big Eck was carrying when he decided to leave Gers by mutual agreement, you can rest assured that the confidence and moment will flow through a Rangers team on a mission.

Rangers know they have nothing to lose and this is the game which will kickstart their season. By exiting the Scottish Cup early, Rangers can now concentrate on clawing back points in the League and peaking in Europe to a level that hasn't occurred in a generation.

It's for all of Celtic's negatives and all the positives for Rangers that I can't see anything but a heavy defeat for Celtic at Ibrox. The evidence is all there to see that Strachan is a poor manager compared to McLeash.

Celtic will lose by two clear goals.