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David is back in the chair for today's news.

  • Hampden announcement 'imminent'

  • Gers draw 0-0 with Standard Liege

  • Dowell on his future

(Today's song is 'Werewolves Of London' by Warren Zevon).

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KennyY

It’s all very strange that the club leak this information to a journalist at the Herald/Rangers Review and the chairman doesn’t have the foresight or baws to address the fans.

Tom Smith

If it's Hampden, and a ticketing system, I'm not sure how seat sub will work in a short timeline.

Heart and Hand

I think we all agree things would be better if they just did what I told them to do in the first place. I think the advice, good though it is, coming from a wee bald weird hermit doesn’t help.

Craig

A bit strange hearing Dowell say he isn't a central midfielder...what the hell is he, then?

Graeme Guthrie

Very worried about the season already. I'm normally optimistic, but our team is weaker now than we ended the season with. If the first few games go poorly, the manager will be under immense pressure/ sacked/ walk and we'll be up shit creek. The board have made a rip-roaring arse of the last few seasons, and the team will pay the price.

David Gibson

Devine, King, Lowry as part of Lennon Millar deal? Feels we have to be creative to get deals moving. 🤷‍♂️

Simon H&H

Doubt Motherwell would fancy them tbh. Devine faded big time at Motherwell and didn’t get much time

Gary Staff

Come on mate there’s no need to be down on yourself. Oh sorry just noticed you said hermit, I misread that😀

Douglas Wright

Hampden has its own ticketing app and it's all electronic and similar readers to ibrox, I think it will be QR codes to get in

Graham Roy

Apparently a number 10! Kinda sums up Beale signing him and Lammers after Cantwell less than 6 months before!

Jim Lamb

With a new season ahead, it’s all a bit downbeat, isn’t it. A few signings and departures of those who aren’t part of the plans would go some way to lifting the gloom.

Scott Mckay

I’m fuckin howling at the email 😂😂

David Johnson

"Helpless bystanders" would be a step up to how the club treat our fans. At best we're treated similar to customers at a drive-through - get as much money from as many people as possible then get them to f*ck. But you're right David, they absolutely need to get this right from this point on, trust and confidence within the fanbase is at its lowest. At least we're seeing the Gers back on the pitch though, onwards and upwards!

Colin McL.

Bennett can start to retrieve the situation by showing a bit of humility, a mea culpa and a confirmation that this hasn’t impacted our Summer transfer plans, while showing support for Clement.

Calum Downham

Why are the players still mentioning that Ross County away in their pressers?

Gazza G

John Bennett is having a mare. We need a competent CEO soon as.

Colin Wieland

I hope there were some severe financial penalties included in the building contract for supplier failure.

John Smith

Mr Bennett won’t last long at this rate. The shareholders will hold him to account

Spoon

Isnt the issue with the transfer business so far that it sets us up again for a season of players who ‘aren’t conditioned properly’ which according to the manger comes from a poor preseason ? I might be totally off the mark here but hasn’t the clubs mantra been over a number of recent years that we do our business early so we can get players in and work with them ASAP to prep for our early start ? The manger conditioned us last year to believe that only an extensive, comprehensive pre-season could set the foundations for the season in terms of the players conditioning and fitness. We have bought into that to now talk about late arrivals for the meat of our signings this season seems to contradict the mangers assertions, this urgency has been generated by the messaging the club has put out not fans desperation or negativity. I am sanguine about the whole thing in general, my own preference would be to go 90% youth and prospects with a smattering of experience but if we are more conservative and split the age / experience 50/50 then so be it if the players are logical. To my mind however the desperation to get people in is firmly due to the constant communications from the club or manager around how important pre-season is coupled with a desire to see real wholesale change. As it stands, depending on your view, we look young and inexperienced OR we have simply bought a full bench of new young talent to waste and none of the big signings are here yet. As you say however a bit of clear messaging and a rallying cry from the board we can get behind around our plans would be very helpful. Im not mad, I’m not angry, I’m not even disappointed, I’m just…meh about the activity this close season, my only concern is another season where we try absolutely nothing new and then wonder why it ends the same way, then we rinse and repeat for next season with more transfer turmoil and a poor trophy haul.

Guy Incognito

Ah fuck. Listened to room 101 and both today's letter and Davids response and was nodding along in full agreement. Then it occurred to me.....we're all effectively the guys who wait till a band is playing at Ibrox or Hampden and then tell folk with tickets " I'm not going. I saw them when they were touring the first EP and you're all plastic fans", aren't we? 😂 (Still not wrong on either count BTW)

Graeme McLeod

The "personal update by the end of July" from Bennett is hilarious. Might as well just say "a personal update a few days before the final season ticket instalments call by direct debit just to make sure none of you cancel the direct debit."

8luenose1872

Is it true we are not gonna be signing any more players david and if so im convinced this stadium fiasco is to blame.

Graham johnston

Might have to keep Scott Wright now we r moving to Hampden Park

Graham johnston

I'm not in the know by any means but absolutely that can not be true. If is is they this truely will be a bad season. I highly suspect this is just stupid gossip as there is a lot of negatively around the club at present. With the hangover to last season when we blew it and our boards mistakes and lack of transparency is causing negative people to fill the vacuum. From my prospective i didn't think we have the manager we have or the sporting director we have if we have zero ambition

Stephen

Clutching at straws here but if the Hampden pitch is still a bit bigger than Ibrox might have a bit more space to break down these 10 man defences!😂

Scott Duncan

"A hairy handed gent ran amok in Kent!" - What a tune!

8luenose1872

Four lads just posted this on their twitter - "It is understood that there is nothing imminent in terms of new recruits and Rangers do not expect to add to the squad in the coming days. Suggestions that Cagliari are closing in on Cyriel Dessers have also been downplayed.” @Chris_Jack89 reporting for RR in Holland

8luenose1872

Hope that means just in the coming days and not the window but i have a feeling this stadium fiasco has totally fkd us

Scott

Cheers David, doing the wee ones hair getting ready to go for dinner on holiday as you come away with 'catastrofuck' to which the wife hits out with what did he just say haha

8luenose1872

Probably should have listened to the full update before firing in my question ha ha, got caught up in the twitter panic from the fans after that four lads post. Not the first time ive did this and probably wont be the last 😂

James Anderson

Sick of hearing injury prone players giving us hope that they will be fit and ready to go .....get rid of.

@bluebeans

I have a wee hope for Dowell but did not enjoy his answer at all about a fast start. Yes, yes it’s important is the only answer. A small thing but I’m hyper sensitive rn

Andrew Ferguson

Why wasn't Tav involved in the bounce game? Sorry if this has already been answered

Graham Jones

The clubs media has been poor since Gerrard left with his team. They ran rings around the media and everyone else. We need to hire someone of that calibre for the media, and we need a top CEO who is the right fit for the club. I guess we’ll probably get one in about a years time, given how long it took them to find Nils Koppen. I think the transfer situation is as you stated, it’s being made to wait for others to start. They could’ve got ahead if they’d planned better, but that doesn’t seem to be their forte in any area. I’m beginning to think Bisgrove was asked to find a new job, and that he was the one who bought the goods from Asia. It sounds like a Bisgrove move. It has his DNA all over it, because we all remember what it was like when Castore first launched our first kit, and the season after that one.

Gordon Rennie

My email. It was the same last night with the England fans. I'm sure the final will be the same. We're still here for it. It's made me realise why I watch most football in my house