Good columnists stimulate debate and argument. So, Barry Ferguson and Keith Jackson can consider their latest offerings as a job well done because their respective assertions that Steven Davis and Ryan Kent should be weighed in with new deals, provoked a reaction on the Hotline - even if the callers couldn't have disagreed more with them.
Liam Birney, Paisley, said: "I read with bewilderment Barry Ferguson's comments about giving Steve Davis a new contract. These should be awarded on merit and not sentiment. Certainly not for loyalty as he was one of the players that walked away in 2012. It was exactly this type of financial suicide that contributed to their meltdown. Celtic evidenced their business model letting go a much younger icon in Scott Brown."
Paul McCormack, Coatbridge, emailed: "Keith Jackson's column about Ryan Kent should have its own chapter in the Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe, high fantasy at its best. He's gone in the wardrobe found a player that Does for Rangers what the little magician, Messi, does for Argentina.' A player that 'operates on another level' and is worth giving 'what he wants'? A player that's worth giving 'What he wants'.. Your talents are wasted in the sports column, Keith, with that active imagination of yours."
