A great team performance capped by an individual moment of pure genius. Rangers easily despatched a poor Blackpool side with the minimum of fuss and in the process Richard Langley scored one of the finest goals I have ever had the privilege to witness. After the unfortunate departure of Alex Bonnot due to financial constraints the only change to the side that had been unlucky against Wigan earlier in the week was the return of Matthew Rose. He lined up alongside Steve Palmer in central midfield in what looked an over-defensive pairing.

The first half started in promising fashion even though the whole team were not operating at 100%. Rangers moved the ball quickly and Rose showed a willingness to get forward that belies his defensive past. Indeed he was unlucky not to score early on when Blackpool keeper Phil Barnes denied him and Pacquette with an excellent double save. Indeed Blackpool had Barnes to thank on more than one occasion for keeping them vaguely in this game.

The R's were now pouring forward at will and Blackpool simply did not know how to cope. Rose again went close with a header and on the half hour mark Barnes again pulled off a double save. Leroy charged goalward and smashed a vicious left footer toward goal. Barnes did well to stop this one let alone Pacquette's follow up. The Rangers fans could almost see this game going the same way as the previous one against Wigan. Pacquette was denied for a third time when his shot from wide was well held.

Two minutes before the break the deserved break through came. Matthew Rose again burst through from midfield and once again Barnes was on hand to stop his fierce effort. The ball looped high into the air and was seemingly dropping into the net before the intervention of Clarke. He could only find Gallen and he battered the ball home on the volley from close range. Yes it is an old cliché but it was a great time to score. Blackpool knew full well they were going to be beaten and the goal served to remind them of it and make them think about it throughout half time.

The second half began with more of the same as rampant Rangers went in search of the second killer goal. Both sides traded direct freekicks with Langley shooting tamely into Barnes' arms and at the other end Richie Wellens firing just over. Rose again almost found the net with a twenty yarder that beat the left hand upright as well as Barnes.

Rangers now began the build up to Langley's wonder goal. Rangers forced corner after corner, as Blackpool never seemed able to get the ball away. The only problem was that Langley's delivery from most of them was so poor that it was only when the ball went out of the box and was returned that we managed to create anything. One such chance fell to Aziz Ben-Askar, his wicked effort was somehow scrambled off the line by a combination of keeper and defender.

Then it happened. A moment that will live long in the memory of all that were lucky enough to see it. Langley delivered another poor corner and once again the ball was headed clear toward the Ellerslie Road stand. As it dropped Langley moved himself toward the ball and met it with a left footed volley that screamed over Barnes and into the net. If Blackpool had had three keepers they wouldn't have kept it out. The crowd went wild as the jubilant Langley took the acclaim.

This goal has made it into the top three goals I have seen following Rangers. It has just edged out Sinclair's forty-five yard lob volley against Manchester City and now sits proudly with Dichio's screamer at Wolves behind that goal by Trev. Breathtaking just doesn't do it justice, you can tell when it is a stunner as the crowd has a brief moment of silence just before it hits the net. Even whilst sitting here writing this I find myself shaking my head in disbelief.

The moment leading up to the goal and the goal itself provided a great cameo of Langley. He has the ability to produce a sublime moment like that yet is followed another in a long succession of wretched corners. Taking the Wigan game into account he must have hit twenty poor corners in a row. His play around the park though is superb. He gave one Blackpool defender such a mugging I swear I saw him check his wallet was till there! It seems the difficult things pose no problem to him but the simple seems to. It looks like a concentration issue to me and this is something he needs to sort out if he wants to go the next level.

With half an hour left to play everybody was hoping for another goal or two but it wasn't to be. Shittu headed over from a Langley centre and Clarke somehow managed to scramble Forbes right wing cross from under his bar.  At the other end Blackpool offered nothing and you have to wonder how they managed to win three out of their last four away games. In two games now Rhys Evans has hardly had a save to make.

Our second half performance was as good as we have played this year. The entire team just clicked and we carved Blackpool to pieces. In the first half Ben-Askar had looked ponderous and it looked as though he might give one away. It seems he had a bollocking at half time, as second half he was quite superb. Likewise Griffiths was quiet in the first period but a change of boots seemed to do the trick. I still think he has a lot to learn however. In the first half his positioning was awful. We had a winger that was playing twenty yards behind the ball and fifteen yards in from the touchline. Being on the far side from the dugouts it was difficult to get word to him, he seems to be noticeably better when on the South Africa Road side when the bench can sort him out.

Cardiff on Tuesday is going to be one hell of a test and I wouldn't be surprised to see Thomson back in the side. Pacquette struggled with a groin injury today and probably should have come off earlier rather than trying to battle on. If we get a point at Ninian Park I will be delighted, if we win, I think it will be time to dust off the running shoes!