Holding a Rangers shareholder meeting the day after a William Hill Premiership defeat to Hibernian at Ibrox that left them languishing in ninth place in the league table was always going to lead to some terse exchanges.
But it was obvious to chairman Andrew Cavenagh, vice-chairman Paraag Marathe and chief executive Jim Gillespie just how high emotions were running high among the assembled gathering at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow city centre this morning long before the question and answer session got underway.