How Ally McCoist is ‘feeling’ after being asked about upcoming Club Brugge and Celtic games

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Celtic have caused former Rangers man Ally McCoist no end of pain over the years.

Even as a player, McCoist still felt the sting of a Celtic defeat during his time on the pitch.

However, when McCoist was in the Ibrox dugout as a coach and manager, Celtic regularly battered Rangers to officially become Scotland’s most successful club last season.

However, with the Celtic game coming up after Rangers’ trip to Club Brugge, McCoist has shared how he’s feeling about the week ahead.

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Ally McCoist is ‘not feeling good’ about Club Brugge and Celtic

Rangers are almost out of the Champions League as Celtic’s game against Kairat gives Rodgers a chance to still reach the lucrative group stage.

And speaking about facing Brugge and Celtic, McCoist is ‘not feeling good about it’ at all.

McCoist said on talkSPORT, “I’m not feeling good about it. [upcoming Brugge game]. Sunday, how have we turned this into Rangers?

“You know something, we actually looked like a team of wee boys against St Mirren. Just looked like a team of wee boys.

“Their big centre-forward put our centre-half, on his backside in the first two minutes and I said, ‘Oh aye, here we go.”

What McCoist said about Brendan Rodgers coming under pressure at Celtic

Making the Champions League phase is the benchmark of every Celtic manager, every season.

But when asked if Brendan Rodgers will come under pressure if Celtic don’t beat Kairat, McCoist was not having any of it.

McCoist said, “Oh, come on. Surely not. No, no chance man. Brendan’s playing the game. Brendan’s clever. He’s not quite been Nuno-esque with his comments, but he’s been throwing the odd line in here and there to let everybody know that he wants more.

“And so he should. He’s well within his rights. Absolutely 100% well within his rights. But is he under pressure? No.

“I was listening to Martin [O’Neill] yesterday. Martin’s absolutely spot on. This new format, I think, suits teams like Celtic in the respect that you’ve got an opportunity, if you qualify for the final 36 you’ve got an opportunity, certainly at home, to play teams of a similar standard to you.

“And we saw that last season, Celtic did exceptionally well. Would it be a blow if they don’t go through tonight? You better believe it will be a blow. There was no way it would put, I think, Brendan under any pressure in terms of his job, not for me.”