Another day, another 0-0 draw and Rangers second in two home games. It is also the second one that you cannot be too disappointed with considering that most of the second half was played with ten men following the dismissal of Aziz Ben-Askar.

Holloway made several changes to the line up following Monday's disappointing showing at Wycombe. The fit again Paul Bruce was restored at left back, Marcus Bignot moved back into the centre of midfield with Alex Bonnot dropping to the bench and new loan signing Robert Taylor lined up in attack in place of Dave McEwan.

Holloway has brought Taylor in from Wolves in order to add some much-needed experience to our front line. He used to be enormous but with an eye for goal. His record in the second division speaks for itself. He looked like he had lost some weight and with it some ability. Perhaps it is like Samson with his hair. Take away Taylor's beer belly and he is no longer the same player. Another problem I see with playing a big man up front is that you tend to just lump the ball at him, Ranger's fell into this trap.

More often than not Chris Day would look for Taylor in the hope he would create a chance for the starved Andy Thomson. We look much better when we get the ball down and try and play through a team. The attacking instincts of Scott Murray on the right side of City's midfield meant that Bruce and Connolly were often left with acre's of space to exploit. When they did, we looked a real threat. All too often though the final ball was a poor one. This has to be something that they work on in training and if it isn't then they need to. And fast.

Rangers' only real efforts of the first half were a snapshot from twenty yards from Bignot that flew into the side netting and a vicious freekick from Paul Bruce that just cleared the bar. For Bristol City the front pair of Steve Jones and division two's leading scorer Tony Thorpe looked lively and kept Palmer and Ben-Askar on their toes.

The second half was going much the same way until the dismissal of Ben-Askar for a second yellow card. Having been booked in the first half for petulantly kicking the ball away, he then proceeded to haul down Jones as he bore down on goal. He was given a second caution and ordered from the field by Mr Cable. In my opinion, he was fortunate not to receive a straight red, as Jones seemed certain to test the keeper.

To Ian Holloway's credit, he wasn't panicked into making wholesale changes to the formation. With City only playing two up front, he left Forbes, Palmer and Bruce as a back three so as not to unbalance the midfield. Only when City brought on a third striker did he move Bignot to right back to fill in.

Up until this point the ex-Gillingham pairing of Thomson and Taylor had created little and Holloway decided that a change was required. McEwan replaced Thomson and Griffiths replaced Taylor. The ground, as always, erupted at the sight of this legend in waiting. His mere presence on the field seems to lift players and fans alike. He is good and he knows it, he also makes sure that those playing against him know it. His in your face style will win him a few enemies this season but it will win him a damn sight more admirers.

With McEwan now on the right and Doudou and Leroy up front Rangers suddenly looked like they might get something from the game. When Doudou runs with the ball you can see that defenders are scared, his problem is that he doesn't seem to lift his head. On three occasions tonight he had shots from twenty-five yards blocked when the pass to a teammate may have been the better option. He will learn and Holloway is the ideal man to teach him. 'Olly has proved that he can turn raw talented strikers into big game players. Griffiths, Doudou, McEwan and Pacquette couldn't ask for a better tutor.

As the game wore on the referee firmly affixed his blinkers. He managed to miss nearly every significant offence committed by a City player whilst penalising Rangers for the most trivial things. He missed two blatant handballs, the second of which should have been a penalty. It would have been enough to give us the game in such a tight encounter.

City were still a major threat on the break and should have scored on a couple of occasions. Thorpe rattled the bar with an unmarked header from six yards and a couple of crosses flashed across the goalmouth with the onrushing strikers only inches away.

The fact that we held on says something for the spirit in the side. In the past week we have conceded last minute goals that have cost us games and it looks like it hurt the players. Our defending in adversity tonight was superb. Forbes and Palmer were rock like in their defiance and even Paul Bruce, usually a weak defender with eleven on the field, dug in and battled. Bignot looked much happier back in the middle of the park and Connolly looked lively until his late withdrawal.

The fact still remains that we have now gone three games without a win. Although we have lost only one of these, we haven't scored in any of them and unless things start to happen, we may get left behind. I have no doubt that introducing a fit Griffiths into the line up will improve things but we still lack that creative spark in midfield. If we want even a point at Brighton, I think we will have to score. Bobby Zamora, another of Holloway's proteges, is prolific and I will be surprised if we can stop him. Let's just hope the Leroy/Thomo partnership can click and that we can begin to fulfil our potential.