Preview of the Scottish Cup final between Celtic and Rangers this weekend. Talk the latest situation in Hibs' manager search and then discuss the Premiership play-off final between Ross County and Raith Rovers.
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00:00I think, given the fact that they've already conceded the league title to Celtic,
00:06I think that a cup double is a necessity at this moment in time.
00:10I think, obviously, there's a lot of pressure on Felipe Coman's shoulders going into this match,
00:15given the fact he is still to beat Celtic.
00:19Obviously, a lot has been made about whether or not he can really afford another defeat.
00:26I know a lot of Rangers fans on social media are saying that they would like to see a real dramatic change in formation,
00:35which I don't think he will do heading into this game.
00:38Perhaps picking players that are meriting of the chance,
00:43rather than players that we know fine well at this stage are going out the door.
00:47Those in question being the likes of John Lundstrom, Borna Barisic, whether he rejigs his team selection.
00:55Look, he needs to get his tactics spot on in this game,
00:58something that I think he hasn't done so against Celtic so far this season.
01:04And let's be frank, another defeat to the Hoops and he's staring the start of next season under huge pressure.
01:16You know, you'll obviously go into that game at Celtic Park.
01:20Realistically, can a Rangers manager afford to lose five games against Celtic and still be in his position?
01:28I think this is a massive game for Rangers and one that they need to win.
01:33That was going to be my next question, Lewis.
01:34It's a sort of difference between Rangers fans having a summer of optimism and hope versus a sort of summer of despair,
01:43not just losing the cup final to their biggest rivals, obviously.
01:46But you've got to believe that if they can actually win that game,
01:50they're going to feel that, well, we're going to have a few players moved on, new players coming in.
01:56Clement's going to have another summer to sort of build his Rangers side and they can go on and mount another challenge next season.
02:05Whereas you feel like if they lose, there might be a bit more doom and gloom, a bit more despair.
02:11It's untested faces coming in.
02:14Is Clement really the right man, like you said, if he can't get one over Celtic?
02:19I mean, what do you think? Just from a morals standpoint, Rangers need it to really boost their morale, don't they?
02:27Yes, 100 per cent. I agree with that.
02:30I think it would be a huge kind of momentum boost going into the summer.
02:34I think we know at this stage, we spoke about it in the podcast last week,
02:37that Celtic are certainly in a position of strength at this moment in time with the money they have in the bank.
02:43We know Rangers realistically are operating on a much tighter budget.
02:49It'll be interesting to see the path they go down.
02:52I think we'll be seeing a lot of players brought in on loan with an option to buy there potentially this summer as well.
02:59So we did mention that Celtic are in a position where they can really kind of kick on and perhaps stretch away from Rangers if they're not careful over the summer.
03:10So, yes, I think it's hugely important in terms of lifting the whole atmosphere around the club going into this game.
03:18I think up until this point, my personal point of view is that Philippe Clement is a good manager.
03:24He's proven, I think, in the two players he brought in in the January window,
03:30albeit Cortes only played a handful of games, that he does have a good eye for a player.