The Celtic AGM was a panto season preview but Rangers version looks set to be a gritty drama with incomplete cast

Never mind panto season – it’s AGM season in Scotland and there’s even more scope for entertainment.

The only thing missing from Celtic’ s annual get-together on Friday was Elaine C Smith doing a duet with Grado. It’s all so hunky dory at Parkhead right now the bash turned into Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on acid with all kind of mind-bending stuff going on. Rangers fans peering in on the updates could point and laugh at some of the more wacky parts.

But sensible Gers punters sat this one out – because they know their AGM is coming up. That one could be more of a gritty drama than slapstick comedy. At least it should be. Unlike some of the bizarre nonsense in the Kerrydale Suite the other day, there are some real questions that need to be asked. Whether the shareholders and fans will get the answers is another thing though.

Right now, it’s a wonder how the club will fill the top table. It could be John Gilligan flying solo for all we know. The interim chairman could get a comfy seat and do it like a Ronnie Corbett monologue.

And that is part of the problem. Nils Koppen will have a new seat up there – and that’s another issue that needs addressed. The Belgian’s promotion to technical director is another slightly strange move – given there are no bums on seats in the roles above him.

In some ways it makes sense for Koppen to get the gig, even if it’s just for now. He has picked up a lot of the slack around the club so it’s probably about time he got paid for his extra graft.

Yet the move does seem to raise more questions. Like, is Koppen now above his pal Philippe Clement in the Ibrox food chain? It’s usually the sporting director, the director of football or whatever the title is, who deals with the hiring and