Celtic didn’t lose the SPL title when they went down to Rangers at Ibrox.

They let it slip away when Tony Mowbray ridded his side of tried and tested

Scottish players in January and replaced them with foreign imports.

That decision appears to have backfired. No-one at Rangers will thank me for saying this, nor will any of them say it publicly, but the SPL title race is over. It’s Rangers’ crown again.

I just can’t see any way they will blow a 10-point lead given they have lost just one of their last 38 league matches.

More of Rangers later, as I think the big burning issues centre on Tony Mowbray, where it’s all gone wrong, and where he goes from here.

 

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