Ray Livingstone

Tue 9 March 2021 17:45, UK

talkSPORT pundit Simon Jordan has sent a strong message out to Rangers fans telling them to stay at home and “cheer from your front room”.

That comes after some Gers fans were dubbed a ‘disgrace’ by Scotland’s deputy first minister John Swinney after celebrating the 55 title victory. [Guardian]

Jordan took a swipe at the government, who he said were “controlling our minds and our freedoms” but said that if getting through the pandemic meant staying at home, that’s what fans had to do. [White & Jordan show, talkSPORT, Tuesday, 10,30am).

“We want to get past this nonsense,” said Jordan. “If that means fans staying inside watching the world go by, cheering from their front rooms, you know what, cheer from your front room.

“We’re in a world where the government is controlling our minds and our freedoms. Cheer from the front room, that’s going to be the message. There’s nothing else to do as we’re still in a pandemic.”

Time to listen

We got the feeling that Jordan wanted to go a bit further but, perhaps sensibly, kept his views limited to a cryptic swipe at the government.

He makes a good point, though.

Irrespective of what we think, if we want to come out the other side of this and get back into Ibrox – and that’s what all Gers fans want – we’re going to have to exhibit restraint.

The title celebrations are one thing. They’re done and dusted and there was no way the title win would pass without fans at Ibrox.

However, now we need to act as one and set an example for the rest of the game.

The club has done its best to act in the very best possible way, while Celtic have laughed at the rules and taken its team to Dubai.

Now the fans need to show we can act in the same way ahead of three absolutely huge games for Rangers.

If we win the Europa League? Now that’s a very different proposition and hopefully the world will be a different place then.

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