Chris Sutton immediately reacts as Rangers knocked out of Europe completely

Chris Sutton was surprisingly sympathetic for Rangers after yet another Thursday embarrassment.

The Bears will not play in Europe at all after crashing to defeat on penalties against Jablonec in Czechia.

Going abroad with a 1-0 lead, they lost by the same scoreline without creating a single decent opportunity

Derek McInnes is facing serious scrutiny, not just from the hundreds of travelling fans, but those online too.

After spending tens of millions in yet another summer, Andrew Cavenagh and the 49ers will be getting angrier by the day.

But after Celtic suffered embarrassment of their own on Tuesday, Sutton wasn't in the mood for either.

Scottish coefficient takes UEFA battering

Motherwell also lost their spot in Europe on Thursday, but at least that was against Bundesliga opposition in Freiburg.

Celtic threw away a four-goal lead against LASK to drop into the Europa League, and Hearts are in the Conference League.

Rangers have held Scotland on their backs in regard to the coefficient for years, but that couldn't be further from the truth now.

Sutton acknowledged that, claiming it's been an awful week for all associated with the Old Firm clubs.

Taking to X immediately after Rangers loss, he wrote: "Sad week bad week for Rangers and Celtic … as bad as each other."

Where Chris Sutton is wrong

Even as Rangers fans, it's easy to admit that Celtic are lightyears ahead of those at Ibrox right now.

They've made clever signings and are already five points clear of the Light Blues after only two Scottish Premiership games.

It's simply embarrassing, and it doesn't help that McInnes looks like he's never managed a football team in his life before.

Martin O'Neill has been there and done it, and he's clearly already on his way to another league title after two weeks.

That's how bad it's become at Ibrox, we can actually admit that.

It immediately brings back memories of that 2-1 aggregate defeat to Luxembourg's Progres Niederkorn in 2017, and probably even tops it.

With two bites of the cherry this time around to get into Europe, and the vast amount of investment in transfers, it's ludicrous.

Aberdeen on Sunday is now a cup final, only three league games into a season, and Lawrence Shankland has to look at himself and his squad.

Lose that, and a new manager will be in town before you know it.