There isn’t a lot for Rangers fans to celebrate at the moment with Philippe Clement just about doing enough to keep his job.
The manager is still skating on thin ice given the Scottish Premiership table but recent performances suggest that his vision could yet be fulfilled if he gets the squad that he needs.
As with Rangers’ 150th anniversary, the 125th celebrations for Ibrox aren’t going to be the highlight that they maybe should have been, even if there will be something worth getting excited about.
Rangers to make last appearance in new Castore strip
If the reports and rumours are accurate, Saturday’s fixture against Dundee could be the last Castore strip that Rangers wear.
A deal with Umbro has allegedly been agreed, however, Castore are currently exclusively licensed to produce their merchandise.
Rangers will be wearing a special edition home strip to face Dundee, unfortunately, unlike the 150th special edition kit, it won’t be sponsorless which kind of ruins the traditional look of what is another fine offering from Castore.
Ibrox celebrations muted after summer redevlopment fiasco
The Ibrox fiasco in the summer didn’t help the mood around G51 and Rangers’ AGM saw the board come under fire for how they approached the redevelopment of the Copland Road stand.
The original plan was for both the Sandy Jardine and Broomloan Road stands to get a similar upgrade, however, former interim chairman John Gilligan suggested that this work is now under review when he confirmed that the board:
“…acknowledged that significant lessons had been learned, noting that the scale of the project was immense.
“He suggested that in future, if works of this or larger magnitude were to be undertaken, the club might need to plan for a period without use of the stadium.”
Increasing the capacity of Ibrox isn’t easy and this is one way of taking it from circa 50,000 up to nearer 56,000.
It’s not a huge leap but it would help to close the gap on Parkhead’s 60,000 that gives Celtic an immediate advantage before a ball is even kicked.
Hopefully, the new executive team are more efficient than the one that left a lot of problems to fix on and off the pitch.
