Rangers legend Ally McCoist left unimpressed live on air by Celtic title query as he blasts ‘he's trying to wind me up'

The Sun

2 days ago

ALLY McCOIST returned to his radio show after a five-week absence this morning.
But barely a couple of hours into his big return, the Rangers icon was left less than impressed!
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After a busy year of broadcasting and a gruelling charity cycle, McCoist has enjoyed an extended summer holiday.
But that came to an end at the weekend as he returned to the commentary booth on TNT Sports for Sunday's live coverage of the Community Shield clash between Crystal Palace and Liverpool at Wembley.
And this morning, he was back on the talkSPORT Breakfast show, sitting in the main host's chair in the absence of regular sparring partner Jeff Stelling.
He was joined by Arsenal hero Ray Parlour.
As the main presenter, that meant that the responsibility fell on McCoist to read the links into commercial breaks and to kick-start each segment.
And it's fair to say one of those links into a break left McCoist less than impressed!
Rangers were held to a 1-1 draw by Dundee on Saturday, meaning they've failed to win any of their first two league matches under Russell Martin.
Celtic, meanwhile, made it six points from six after beating Aberdeen 2-0 on Sunday.
And those results were the central focus of McCoist's link into a break - and the way it was scripted left the Rangers legend feeling like he was being stitched-up!
Reading off of his script, McCoist began reading: "Celtic continued their perfect start to the Scottish Premiership season...."
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He then paused, taking issue with the script, exclaiming: "They've won two games, man! What's going on? Perfect start?"
Pointing towards someone in the production area, McCoist said: "He's trying to wind me up in there!"
Continuing with the script, he continued: "Eh, winning 2-0 at Aberdeen, who themselves now sit rock bottom.
"Russell Martin, meanwhile, made unwanted history at Rangers as they failed to win in their opening two league games for the first time sincce 1989 - which I was probably responsible for - drawing 1-1 at home with Dundee."
The script ended with the question: "Is the title race already over?"
Aghast, McCoist blasted: "Give it a break lads, come on!"
In a link about 20 minutes later, McCoist revealed Neil Lennon was coming on the show and this script said "we'll be asking Lennon if the Scottish title race is already over!"
Looking over to the production area once more, McCoist insisted: "I'm not biting!"