Philippe Clement couldn’t help himself, he had to trash talk Celtic, and we all know what happens when the boasts start coming out of Ibrox, don’t we?

To give him credit, he had been remarkably silent up to this point.

However, Phillipe Clement lost control of himself after winning the League Cup on Sunday.

No matter what you do at Ibrox, it ultimately finds its way into your blood.

After infecting everyone over there, this superiority complex has now gripped Clement.

He now feels that his team is winning the triple crown.

This season, he “knows they are going to bring back the title.”

I’m terrified now, really scared.

Their manager is not only of the highest calibre, but he also has precognition.

If so, that means we’re condemned to failure.

But really, when has a Celtic manager predicted the team would win the championship this early in the season?

What’s the deal with these folks?

They simply can’t contain their speech.

For once, I genuinely believed that they had hired a manager who could talk through his team on the pitch and keep his mouth shut.

Philippe Clement had been doing it until Sunday.

After winning one trophy, are they going for the triple now?

Lord, please spare me.

Let’s be honest: after we were eliminated from the competition, the Ibrox team essentially had an easy route to victory.

I said as much as soon as Kilmarnock knocked us out back in September.

It doesn’t take a genius to figure that one out.

But you can’t legislate away the conceit that accompanies their trophy win, and this week it’s been on display for all to see.

At Ibrox, Philippe Clement is viewed by many as the new messiah, yet despite this, people have been content to

overlook the help he has got from the Lanarkshire referees association since he moved here.

They have benefited greatly from all of the neatly assigned penalties for shirt tugs, which have helped them win this

championship match.

Interestingly enough, VAR Andrew Dallas on Sunday oddly failed to notice Lady Cantwell’s shirt tug on Stefan

Garternmann.

Or perhaps at the time he went to take a piss?

In any case, the VARs have recently been falling all over other Premiership teams when it comes to violations similar

to these against the Ibrox team.

But what happens if the shoe is on the wrong foot?

That’s not the case, though.

That is, the shoe.

Things would look very different in Scotland if we had level playing fields, which we do not.

But the redesigned Champions League for the next season offers riches worth £60 million.

And don’t we all know who is in great need of the “Champions Leagues monies”?

You should all get that, I think you guys are smart asses.

Andrew, it’s true that Dallas “my Daddy hates Celtic.”

John “I have my own Ibrox fan club” Beaton probably gets it too.

In addition to Steven McLean, “my brother played for the old Rangers.”

They’re all smart boys.

Philippe Clement, though, is no longer as smart.

He’s gone and shot his mouth off, saying that Ibrox will regain the title.

Like they were entitled to it by divine decree.

He said that the Ibrox team is going for the triple crown.

He now needs to go back and support his statements.

Following Clement’s assertions, Brendan Rodgers has all he needs to motivate his troops forward.

That ought to be more than enough incentive for Rodgers as well.

Regarding Celtic’s hopes for a championship, he has remained silent.

He refuses to declare if we’ll win or if we’ve chucked it.

“You say it best, when you say nothing at all,” says the song’s refrain.

He won’t appear foolish if we lose as a result.

Philippe Clement, nevertheless, will.

He now adds his name to the lengthy list of clowns at Ibrox who, since 2016, have predicted to win the Scottish Premiership.

What comes next?

#Aiming for 56?

Hold on to it.
It will happen soon.