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The railway sleeper would of course replace the two short planks.

"It's all for six hundred seats". Above is Susie McCabe's concluding statement on the current Copland Road stand development, this after a five minute rant where she explained the purpose and responsibilities of a Project Manager. I attended the Club AGM in early December'22 and compiled a report for Gersnet, I have replicated the fourth paragraph. Andrew Dickson presented Rangers prescribed plans for Disability by itemising the following : 1. the historical demand. 2. the desire to create the best provision in the UK, an exampler to the Disabled supporter. 3. the development deemed necessary for the wheelchair bound supporter. 4. a project team consisting of architects, engineers and, the Disabled supporters grouping had been assembled to oversee the development. 5. some existing season ticket holders will be displaced to accommodate the newly created wheelchair spaces. 6. over 1,000 seats will be cleared to create 162 anchorages plus attendants. 7. 1,800 new seats will be realised by extending the lips of the upper tiers of three stands. 8. the Ibrox capacity will increase by 727. 9. the necessary disabled toilets, kiosks and, lifts will be installed. 10. resolution 8 is required to raise the capital to fund the project. This information is publicly available, the AGM was minuted. The public broadcaster has NOT bothered it's arse to view it because if it is accurate, it would have to be objective. These last three weekends, we have endured three separate discussions on the Copland stand reconstruction and, not one has even touched on the reasoning behind the works. First up was a forty minuted diatribe between Liam McLeod and Tom English, next was the Diversity Twins of RAB and Tam riffing for a couple of hours on Lego and wherever I lay my hard hat, that's my home. Finally, Susie the epitome of Yahoo chic pulled on her cloak of expertise. It is an approach from ra PQ CSC we as Rangers supporters are most familiar with; Angela Haggerty is a, 'Financial Expert', Mark Daily is a, 'Legal Consultant' and Susie has, 'Project Management experience'. In fact we know Susie is a time served Spark and worked as an Estimator in various construction site offices because she insists on telling us so, constantly. Oh and at the Euros she informed, "ah wis sharing a table wae Martin and Wullie". I have no doubt Haughey and Compston contributed their expertise too. A litany of BBC Scotland projected expertise? Susie got one thing correct, her faux concern for the Rangers season ticket holders who were sold their briefs in the expectation they would be seated at Ibrox. As Rangers supporters, we are well used to such confidence trickery. We pay our BBC License Fee and receive a much reduced service in contrast to the supporters of other Scots clubs, we cannot even expect accuracy. If you Google Susie, you will find historical social media outputs where she has referred to the disabled in derisory terms and lots of references to Rangers and Rangers supporters utilising the 'H' term. I blame the PQ's Producers for allowing Susie in her heightened excitement to rush to sink the boot in. It is illuminating listening to a self proclaimed Lesbian exhibit her desire for premature ejaculation. I am on record as stating the Rangers Board have made a rip roaring arse of this project, not one iota of work should have been allowed to start without all necessary materials in situation. They deserve all and every opprobrium but, Susie's easy swing of the boot does what society does more often than not ie ignores the disabled.

If there was ever a phrase in football that makes me want to rip my ears off, it's that old chesnut!.

ROUTE 1 ALERT @Rousseau!!! Latest rumour, from WhatsApp, so its veracity may be warranted, is that Rangers are interested in Wout Weghorst: The 6ft 6 centre forward who always came on as a sub for Holland, when they were desperate. He was at Man Utd for a spell, although, did nothing of note, i I r c. Apparently in the last year of his Burnley contract and not on massive EPL wages. Long Ball is the new Tiki-Taka. (And you heard that here, first.)

The major issue we have as a fanbase is after SDM, Whyte and The Spives, we have become oversensitive, cynical, apprehensive and down-right petrified of investment and / or a take over (and rightly so). However other than the continued malaise of the current incumbents, we urgently require investment or a buy-out. I think it's called Catch-22....

Both peaked on the run to Seville and declined since.

So we’re off to Lublin in the blue, in the blue.

As it happens, Union Berlin played Dynamo Kiev in their training camp in Austria on July 18th, winning 3-2. German report ... https://www.fc-union-berlin.de/de/fussball/profis/spielplan/detail/-1-FC-Union-Berlin-Dynamo-Kyiv-19086O/ 1. FC Union Berlin: Stein (46. Klaus) – Trimmel (46. Preu), Jaeckel (46. Doekhi), Vogt (46. Král), Leite (46. Ogbemudia), Gosens (46. Puchacz) – Haberer (46. Khedira), Tousart (46. Kemlein) – Skarke (46. Vertessen), Prtajin (46. Siebatcheu), Hollerbach (46. Bedia) FC Dynamo Kiew: Bushchan (46. Neshcheret) – Karavaiev (79. Shepeliev), Malysh, Popov, Vivcharenko – Brazhko, Pikhalyonok (68. Lonwijk), Kabayev (79. Ceballos), Voloshin Nazar (46. Yarmolenko) – Buyalskyi (68. Shaparenko), Vanat (79. Samba Diallo) Personal: Gegen den ukrainischen Rekordmeister musste Cheftrainer Bo Svensson noch auf einige EM-Fahrer verzichten: Frederik Rönnow, András Schäfer, Josip Juranović sowie Neuzugang László Bénes standen also nicht zur Verfügung. Außerdem fehlten Alexander Schwolow, Jérôme Roussillon und Kevin Volland verletzungsbedingt. Zuschauer: 648 Tore: 1:0 Hollerbach (14.), 1:1 Vanat (34.), 2:1 Bedia (68.), 2:2 Sambia Diallo (83.), 3:2 Siebatcheu (90.) FYI ... Union's pre-match comments on Kiev The opponent check Coach Oleksandr Shovkovskyi's team finished the 2023/24 season in second place in the Ukrainian Premier League. In the qualification for the Europa Conference League, Dynamo Kyiv was eliminated in the fourth round by Besiktas Istanbul. Ukrainian international Vladyslav Vanat is particularly dangerous in terms of scoring goals. The center forward scored 24 points (DB: whatever these are) in 27 games in the Premier League and was nominated for the European Championship squad, where he was substituted to play for the last twenty minutes in the third group game against Belgium. Shortly after the duel with 1. FC Union Berlin, the Ukrainians will already have their first competitive games. On July 23rd and July 31st, 2024, the team will face Partizan Belgrade in the UEFA Champions League qualification.

Connor Goldson spotted boarding a flight to Birmingham with his teammates. I really hope this is fake news.

I’m not sure if Neil Martin was still playing in the 70s but he’d definitely be in my squad .

Fake news apparently

Lol, yes I know, sorry! 😆

Would the Railway Sleeper play the whole match, or just the last half hour, when all else has failed?

Variety is always good. We may also be able to finally convert some of Yilmaz's pin-point crosses...

He is a good target-man, but he's also a very good presser. He'll score goals, too. I'd be quite happy with Weghorst. The wages would need to be reasonable, though.

I'd rather believe "my" report. Or, indeed, any one which increases the 3M GPB fee I doubt, if he is Saudi bound, he will be taking a pay cut, although the tax regime in the Kingdom would influence, heavily, the bottom line.

Does Keith Jackson talk in his sleep?

From WhatsApp, ergo beyond impeachment, obvs, a rumour, or two, of Trumpian standards : This messenger will dodge any bullets that you fire in his direction, with Trumpian suppleness, and subtlety of movement.

Just to be clear for those that missed the original post and tweet's sarcasm - this is a p!sstake of the billionaire who lost money recently on an investment that didn't exist.

So we have no interest then 😂

Yes, he makes money off the interactions on Twitter. The more interactions, the more pennies. Can be quite entertaining sometimes and some of the nibbles from fans of all clubs, including our own can be very entertaining

Promote youth too - say what you like about McCausland but he'll be a damn sight cheaper with home grown benefits than a squad option brought in from abroad. With scope to improve too.

Buying players from England and Italy you will need to pay them big wages as they are paid well. Bernardo will need to be paid well to leave Portugal and come to this back water. The answer to the spiraling wage bill problem is simple. Recruit from lower markets and when current players want big deals move them on.

For the past few decades, our M.O. for trying to fight fires have been moonbeams floated or signing a well known name, who was probably past it or had dodgy knees. No strategy, just spending money that we often couldn't afford. We either, as a club, announce and support a strategy that Clement will be given time to implement...... or it will be more of the same. It needs leadership, cojones and communication (and patience). We have heard what Clement said. Now Bennett needs to clearly support it and show that, going forward, everyone is on the same page.