stewarty

Wouldn't surprise me that part of the deal to get Hagi back playing was that he is in far more control over his next move, potentially with some sort of release clause agreed.

Rangers 5 - 0 Dundee FGS Cerny

Being realistic though, he's likely to have had a number of interactions with senior people and board members as part of the interview process as well as post-announcement. He likely already has a "warts-and-all" view of the club, but his job is to lead the club on a day-to-day basis, and that means bringing people with you as much as it does about making tough decisions. If I was in his shoes, I imagine his message to the Board is that everyone gets a clean slate, and that he will evaluate all aspects of the club personally, or with perhaps a small team of people he trusts, with a view to presenting his findings to the Board along with recommendations for change. Discretion in the early stages I would say, is the right approach.

I think its a simple moment of hesitation. Call it inexperience. CVV however positions himself well, and makes him choose to go on the outside by narrowing the option on the inside. To take advantage of the extra man on the inside he may well have needed two touches and that would have given CVV time to hold up play to and get runners back into defensive positions.

I guess I'm just speculating whether its the new CEO exerting influence already. I imagine we will hear about his views on the club on RTV when he starts.

Says a lot that I left Ibrox feeling disappointed we didn't get 3 points. Credit to the Manager. He's had a lot of stick lately. Mostly deserved. And whichever analyst it was that found Ingamane initially, deserves a payrise.

Raskin for me, he was all over their midfield. Superb

Interesting. Seems like he was doing the job from London most of the time, so perhaps not the greatest surprise with a new CEO about to start.

Rangers 2 - 2 Spurs FGS Dessers, Or if he doesn't start: Ingamane

@CammyF your role as pantomime villain is secure!

Oh Compo you old tease!

Danilo and Ingamane starting.

Rangers 3-1 Killie fgs Danilo

Quite right. The Board’s collective second touch appears to be a tackle. They’re getting what they deserve.

It’s telling that the usual ITKs don’t know what’s going on inside the boardroom right now. Tomorrow will be revealing. I wonder if they’re planning to unveil a new chairman on the day?

I’m sure I read the other week that Cifu has been a key player for them so far this season. Would be very Rangers 2024 to have negotiated a loan-to-buy that can be easily renegotiated

Any indication of the reasons he turned us down?

Nice 1 - 2 Rangers FGS Dessers

I'm hearing that Patrick Stewart is viewed as a step change improvement in what we have had before in that position. And that its been noted across the city. Take from that what you will.

Rangers 4 - 0 DU Fgs Dessers

Or the OG: Douglas "4 jobs" Ross.

I didn't get that level of detail, but the source is good in terms of the link to the supplier who rejected to bid for the work. You'd have to ask why they uniquely could promise to deliver on this when other, apparently reputable firms, said it wasn't possible.

The contingency would likely have been to delay the project till the steel was received. However the club had promised for several years to start this work and there was pressure to get this project over the line given the likes of Bennett staking their reputation on delivering this promise. Which in turn brings us back to Board oversight and whether they were receiving accurate assurances in relation to how the project was progressing, including the sourcing of key materials. In turn that brings us back to leadership and the Board being willing to have an honest conversation with supporters about what they can realistically achieve. If they had come to us and said: here are the circumstances, there are aspects that are outwith our control, so we need to delay till next May... I think the criticism would have been far less than what it was.

My info was that one of the firms invited to quote for the copland work rejected to respond to the tender because, in their opinion, there was no realistic way for the steel to arrive in sufficient time for the work to be competed ahead of the season. It was a firm that is friendly to and contributes to the club commercially, a firm that the club has used before and continues to quote for other business from us. Because of their desire to help, they even offered to bring the steel in and store it till next close season so that the work could start as soon as the last ball of the season was kicked at Ibrox. However, this also was rejected in favour of a different supplier that promised that they could in fact deliver... and we know how that went. All of that points to a failure of management oversight, and that buck stopped with Bisgrove as CEO; as well as the Board for failing to have sufficient oversight of what Bisgrove and the executive management team were up to.

Such deference will get you everywhere. @Scott7 to backfill the moderator position that @Rousseau has vacated??? Or has he done a Koppen and been elevated to Admin status, with dual responsibility?