AYE STEADY

Confidence of Cavenagh and Marathe can win over sceptics after slick summit

- ANDY NEWPORT

ANDREW CAVENAGH has been a familiar face at Ibrox for months.

But yesterday's shareholder summit was the first time the Light Blue legions got to hear from the man himself on just what it is that he has planned for his Rangers revolution.

The emergency general meeting held at Glasgow's DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel was on a very basic level about dotting the Is and crossing the Ts on the new American regime's £95million takeover.

But more importantly for the Gers support, it was a chance to look into the whites of their new chairman's eyes and assess whether they can trust him to make Rangers great again.

Cavenagh, it seems, isn't the type for wild boasts nor sweeping declarations. But the US health insurance tycoon and his partner from the San Francisco 49ers Paraag Marathe certainly spoke with enough confidence and conviction to win over any sceptics during a slick 90 minute address.

Here Record Sport takes a look at the big issues covered:

A WINNING TEAM

The Americans can talk all they want about the plan to upgrade Rangers' operations off the pitch but the be-all and endall for the fans is that they drastically improve fortunes on it.

Cavenagh and Co have just bought themselves a team that failed consistently for a decade and longer. The challenge is to take a team that's been perennially second best and make them top dogs in Scotland.

But the new owners are wary of throwing cash at a problem squad without fixing the underlying issues that have allowed Celtic to win 13 of the last 14 league titles.