Having a nosey around Rangers forums and websites of late and wading through the negativity with regards to the coming season, it would appear that the subject of stadium expansion is still one of the hot topics. I have little doubt the club will go for “Option 3: A Lick of Paint”, but that shouldn’t detract from our expectations and ambitions for the Rangers.

A full decade has now passed since the redevelopment of Hampden and Celtic Park, making Ibrox the third largest stadium in Glasgow and only the fourth largest in Scotland. Talking revenue for a moment, 10,000 extra seats over 10 years adds up to tens of millions of pounds extra in the coffers, and in the current financial climate, outside of the Premier League anyway, that is a phenomenal amount of money.

When looking around the football forums, there is certainly a mixture of opinion and some good points raised by people across the board. However, one thing that is quite obvious, and also a very sad sight for Rangers fans, is the lack of ambition shown by some of our supporters.

Whether they genuinely believe 50,000 is our upper limit or whether their ambition has been downsized by Sir David Murray, to those that don't see the point in stadium expansion, I ask simply: If you think the capacity of Ibrox doesn't need increasing, are you accepting that Rangers are the second biggest club in Glasgow?

My own opinion is that we should follow the trend of the bygone years when Rangers were forward-thinking and far and away the premier club in Britain. Ibrox should be expanded to 75,000, with an extra tier on the Copland, Govan and Broomloan, with the big screens removed and seats in the corner areas. Naturally, the Main Stand must remain untouched. The main argument against stadium expansion, it must be said, is a poor one: "We can't fill Ibrox as it is."

Nonsense. It may not reach capacity for some cup games or SPL fixtures against smaller clubs but so what? Barcelona don't fill the Camp Nou for run-of-the-mill league fixtures but I would bet the big European nights and derby matches more than make up for this. Old Ibrox held upwards of 118,000 and it wasn't full for every game. Expanding Ibrox and making it a success would depend on two factors:

1. The club putting in place a sensible ticket-pricing structure that would ensure as many seats as possible are packed out for every game. Letting the next generation of supporters in for a token amount would ensure bigger crowds.

2. The club makes an active effort to encourage supporters to come (back) to Ibrox every other Saturday.

And therein lies the problem. Murray is quite noticeably tired of running and owning Rangers these days. He looks it and his few statements each year convey the same message. Martin Bain will never have the drive to take Rangers further so the club sits still, effectively stagnant. The worst part of this is that the lethargy rubs off on the support and that causes long-term damage to Rangers.

Of course, stadium expansion is only one part of the bigger picture here and the real point to address is that we are allowing our expectations for our club to be lowered almost by the season.

Taking 200,000 fans to Manchester, with tens of thousands at Ibrox to watch the UEFA Cup final, shows clearly that there is more hunger for success at this club, amongst the support anyway, than you’ll find elsewhere. Those in charge at Ibrox are clearly not too bothered at us being second in our own city and the only people that are going to drag Rangers out of this are the supporters.

It's easy to shrug your shoulders, particularly since Murray owns over 90 per cent of the club, but, quite simply, no one at Ibrox is going to change things. We have to force Murray's hand, put pressure on him to put more effort into finding a buyer and look to remove the likes of Bain and Sandy Jardine from positions of power within Ibrox.

I'll say again: No one else is going to do this for us. If Rangers supporters can't put aside differences to see the bigger picture and work together for the sake of our club, the days of dominance will remain a long way off. And if that doesn't get you thinking, another couple of years of mediocrity and we're perilously close to being on the wrong end of nine in a row.

To borrow a phrase from football's greatest ever manager: "Never fear, inevitably we shall have our years of failure, and when they arrive, we must reveal tolerance and sanity." If we can't stop hiding on messageboards, in-fighting over petty issues and bickering amongst ourselves when our rivals must be sitting back laughing, then we are marching head-on into serious long-term disappointment.

I'll leave you with another Rangers quote: "Our greatest days lie ahead, and nothing can stop this Old Club from achieving its goals when all look forward with the same ambition."

We’re in this together, folks. And our club needs us more than ever.