Then came the June 20 bombshell- a club statement that created far more questions than answers. More than a fortnight later there has been no follow up with a variety of issues going against renting out Hampden or Murrayfield.
Playing at Ibrox with three open stands is appealing, but problematic. The 8,000 supporters displaced from their seats and locked out of games would be due compensation in some shape or form.
In the absence of any confirmation from Ibrox the issue of away tickets for the August 31 derby match will give an indication over whether Ibrox will be open on January 2 for the visit of the SPFL champions.
I’m sure no one will be more frustrated about it than chairman John Bennett but I must say take my hat off to him for the way he’s gone about trying to address it.
Re-opening Ibrox against Celtic on January 2 would help deflect to an extent away from the botched rebuilding job, whether it is Phil Clement or a new manager in charge it can be framed as a massive boost after usiing Hampden and Murrayfield in the first half of the season.
But you just can’t put a time frame on anything can you. You’ve got to be kind of loose and, em to me it depends on how far it runs on as in how the damage is done.
The early promise of the Phil Clement Revolution had bought the Ibrox board some goodwill after funding the Micky Beale Revolution but the fiasco involving the Copland Crane has proved t be just too much for Empire.
The real reasons are being speculated on across social media while the club falls silent leaving Neil Doncaster to search for goodwill from other clubs with the timescale for the work to be completed still undeclared.
As Hands-across-the-Sea commented there has been more managers and Revolutions! than trophies delivered over the last eight years- the stadium fiasco seems entirely in keeping with a club that has no leadership, ideas or direction.
I was involved in a lot of stadium projects, some of the biggest infrastructure projects in Glasgow – and for this to happen, it’s disgraceful from the board’s point of view.