coisty78

What a fucking joke! I think the board are wanting to be seen taking their time, making it look like they are working hard to find the right man. Well they did that last time and look what a fucking mess that turned out. For fuck sake just get yer finger out and get McInnes now!

I'm not against Murrayfield being used but I would rather they kept Hampden, surely they can modify it by lowering the pitch! It would give better views and if they lowered it enough they could also add extra rows of seats at the front to increase capacity and bring the crowd closer to the pitch. They could extend the roof slightly to cover the front seats.

Aye we did, loved that strip.

I'm not sure of the costs involved but I'm sure the roof structure at Old Trafford is cantilever and different to Dortmund. Either way we won't be filling in the corners with seats for a very long time or at all. It would look amazing though!

Personally I love the design of Ibrox. I all for enhancing the current stadium rather than a complete rebuild. It just shows how far ahead we were as a club that these 3 newer stands now nearly 40 years old still look amazing today.

I think Ibrox would look great by keeping all 4 stands as they are but adding the similar design corners with blue supports.

I'm no engineer but as our stadium is a similar goalpost design I would imagine we would. They would look good in blue!

It was probably the most state of the art design at the time. The Westfalen stadium that Ibrox was based on was very different to the stadium they have today. Ibrox when built was a superior design to the 1974 Westfalen it was based on. The picture below shows the expansion of Dortmunds stadium over the years and what could be possible to the 2 corners at Ibrox. Not that it's likely to happen anytime soon! Personally I would much prefer the corners filled in like this rather than adding tiers to any of the stands.

I'm sure if engineers were to look at it today they could build it without the supporting beams inside the stadium at that it would look much better. Borussia Dortmund managed it with the Westfalenstadion and as the 3 newer stands at Ibrox were based on Dortmunds stadium, I'm sure a similar design for the corners could be constructed. But whether or not it's worth the cost is another matter.

We have missed the boat with any kind of major redevelopment, these images were in Rangers news around 94/95 and back then I couldn't wait to see the stadium with the corners filled with seats to make it 59k. The big screen option was disappointing and seemed to be a last minute change for whatever reason, officially it was for the beamback of away games which never really took off but maybe it was to do with construction problems. If the corners could be filled then I would go for that and I'm sure they would look much better now with advances in construction over the past 22 years, sadly I doubt this will ever happen. The other options for capacity expansion would be to lower the pitch to add more seats, safe standing behind both goals/both enclosures, Give Ibrox a good clean, improve the facilities within and around the stadium.

Aye the beam-back idea didn't last long. To be honest I think this idea was a rushed Plan B when Murray decided against completely fill the corners with seats. Safe standing with £15 per ticket is what I'd like to see, it works in Germany why not here.

It is possible to fill in the corners of "goalpost" style stadiums but at a huge cost. Dortmund and PSV have managed it with their stadiums but as I said in my last post, if we changed stadium plans from seats to screens in the mid 90's when Murray was splashing the cash, there is no chance of this happening now.

If we were to increase the capacity at Ibrox the only way that I can see would be safe standing, it's much cheaper to install and would create a better atmosphere. We missed the boat in the mid 90's when we didn't completely fill in the corners, Murray had intended to do this to begin with then decided not to due to the high cost. If we couldn't afford it back then there is no chance of it happening now. If the SFA/SPFL copied the German model and allowed Scottish clubs to install safe standing, with the clubs themselves reducing ticket prices to get crowds back then surely our game would improve. I would hate to see the 3 modern stands at Ibrox demolished. Just make the bottom tiers of the Broomloan, Copland and Govan East safe standing.

As much as I would like the screens removed and replaced with seats, it's not going to happen. Not because it can't be done but because the cost of this is way too high. Seats were planned to begin with http://forum.rangersmedia.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=112326&hl=%2Bibrox+%2Bcorners but due to the high cost it was decided to add the screens instead. At the moment our capacity is fine, if we do need to increase capacity in the future then safe standing in sections of the stadium is the way forward.

Agree with this, I also will never forgive the cheating bastards!!! Marseille should have been stripped of the trophy and it given to Milan. They were found guilty of paying off other teams to win the Champions League so why let the cunts keep the trophy!!! It still fucking hurts as I would have fancied our chances against Milan in the final.