Sometimes he would affect an air of drama, using it to tickle the emotions of those in attendance. He could display excellent good humour, also, often defusing arguments amid roars of laughter from the floor. Findlay, who resigned some 18 months ago after a bout of embarrassing publicity, was the perfect front man for David Murray on those annual occasions. Much more so than last year, one fancies, his presence will be missed when the event is held on Tuesday week. Some serious questions are liable to be asked, and whoever stands in for Findlay may not be quite so adept at deflecting them.
Shareholders deserve to know.
Again, shareholders deserve to know. This is a time for frankness. Rangers are underperforming, to a frightening degree. They have been exposed over and over on the field and must admit, both to themselves and those who help fund them, the reasons why. Rangers prepared for the Champions League a few months back with Advocaat encouraging the belief that, at last, they had a squad capable of taking them to a higher level than had been achieved since the tournament was re-structured.