Rangers’ Ibrox Copland Chaos revealed through drone | OneFootball

Having posted the video on our social media channels, Ibrox Noise would also like to discuss the absolute shambles at Ibrox in the reconstruction, with a drone channel having taken an impartial view of the chaos in Govan going on in the Copland.

Initially speaking to a ‘workie’ who blamed Rangers for this mess, the channel then hoisted a drone into the blue sky (well, kind of blue) to take a look inside at exactly what status we’re at, and the news is grim.

With the full materials not due until the 21st of July (and even then only into Southampton before the long haul itself potentially taking a few days up to Glasgow), there is a gigantic delay in even beginning the work which is effectively down to disabled access and trying to improve the accommodation for such fans.

The video over the stadium shows where we are, and it’s bad.

The workers are basically doing nothing, because they can’t do anything without the materials, and a huge chunk of the pitch is covered in tarp with a modest amount of material (concrete) sitting there waiting, while a crane sits inactive as well.

This lot is basically likely to sit there for potentially at least a month, and that amount of concrete on the pitch for that long could do massive damage to the pitch and potentially undersoil heating as well.

The cheaping out of getting the supplies from Asia means the logistic delay is slated, as we said, for the 21st of next month at the earliest, instead of ordering higher quality and more reliable sourcing. This has not only has bitten Rangers on the backside, but cost the manager of the project his job over that decision.

Furthermore, the video also shows definitive proof of why Rangers can’t just ‘close that stand’ because with all the material covering half the pitch, there’s not even space to play football on it never mind taking into account the health hazards of playing football around a construction site in such an enclosed environment.

It’s a true farce, and it’s a complete unknown now as to when Rangers will actually be able to play football again at our stadium.

If work is now, at absolute earliest, likely to start tail end of July, Rangers will be very, very lucky to be able to play in Govan by September. There is very little to no chance any European qualifiers will be hosted here given the draw alone for the UCL playoff round, should Rangers get there, is on the 5th of August.

And what else did we fail to mention?

The workers at the stadium right now are being paid for doing nothing – quite rightly too, they’re there to work, and they expect to be paid. That they can’t do anything while there is Rangers’ fault, and it’s just yet more money down the drain for a club hardly blessed with financial security as it is.

Shocking.