When you go to footballing backwaters such as Cambridge, you can almost guarantee two things will happen. In the first instance Rangers will turn in a piss poor performance and come away with nothing. Secondly, the local constabulary will take it as an opportunity to show off good community policing.

For a game that looked like it should have been an away banker, if such a thing exists, Holloway changed his line-up and formation. Karl Connolly and Marcus Bignot dropped to the bench following recent poor performances and were replaced by Doudou and his interpreter, Alex Bonnot. This lead to the deployment of the now famous 3-4-1-2 formation. The only thing it seems famous for at the moment is that when we start a game with it, it doesn't work.

Rangers could not have got off to a worse start. In typical John Beck fashion, his whole team and tactics were based around long balls and even longer throws. His love of the long ball being accentuated by having the smallest pitch I have ever seen in a professional game. After only three minutes, Phil Warner launched a throw into the box. It was not dealt with and after some pinball wizardry the ball fell to David Kitson who made no mistake from six yards.

This should have been the catalyst for Rangers to attack and get themselves back into the game. It wasn't. Cambridge created a host of chances only to find Chris Day once again in fine form. He made a couple of saves from giant striker Armand One and seemed to try and dominate the penalty area. The one gripe I have about Day is that when faced with a big side he tends to favour the punch rather than catching the ball. This is all well and good if he gets a good connection but I think this is a seriously dodgy policy on his part.

Rangers could have and should have equalised midway through the half. Good work on the right led to the ball falling to Doudou on the edge of the area. He had all the time in the world to control the ball and slide it past former Sunderland and Newcastle United keeper Lionel Perez but he showed an alarming lack of composure. His tame first time effort fell into the grateful arms of the keeper. And that was about it in terms of chances. The only other action of note was the beginning of a series of events that almost culminated in a riot. As innocent as it seemed at the time, an awful decision by the linesman was met with a flying hamburger, little did we know what was to follow at full time.

At the break, Holloway replaced the disappointing Doudou with Richard Pacquette and things immediately changed for the better. Rangers began to win headers up front and consequently started to cut through the Cambridge rearguard. In the reserves this season, Pacquette has been in sparkling form and he seemed to have carried this to the first team arena. He could have scored three or four goals and another day probably would have. He forced a fins save from Perez, saw a cheeky lob just clear the bar and had another effort blocked by a defender. At the moment, he seems a far more complete player than Griffiths and I would give him a start against Huddersfield in his place.

Just as Rangers looked as though they would grab an equaliser Cambridge were gifted a second. Yet another long throw from Warner was launched into the box. Kitson got the slightest of near post flicks and Tom Youngs stole in to glance the ball across Day into the far corner. In response Holloway took off Griffiths and brought on Connolly and the move very nearly won us the game.

Connolly immediately took control of the game and Cambridge did not know how to cope. He dropped deep into midfield to provide creativity and was willing to get past the attackers in search of goals. On the 75-minute mark, he pulled back a vital goal. The ball dropped to him 25 yards out and he smashed a fine left-footed volley into the net. This signalled a fifteen-minute spell of non-stop pressure that Rangers could not take advantage of. Perry, Rose, Pacquette and Thomson could all have scored. We even had a man advantage for the last ten minutes. The dramatically named Stevland Angus picked up two quick fire bookings to get first use of the bath, but still Rangers could not press home the advantage.

It was a poor result from a poor game. These are the sort of games you must win in you want promotion. I reckon that we can afford to lose a game a month if we want a top two position, now that we have been beaten three times on our travels we need an unbeaten month to get us back on an even keel. Holloway has proved today that playing Doudou from the start won't work. He is a game breaker and I think we should restrict him to that role for the time being, at least until he has mastered the language. Christer Warren again showed enough to suggest that he may be the better option on the left out of him and Bruce and Griffiths showed that he is still a novice at this level. Three points next Sunday against Huddersfield are now vital.

As all of this was going on a second object had been launched at the hapless linesman. After a series of dire decisions it all got too much for one Rangers fan and he sent his mobile phone in the direction of the pitch. This lead to a host of stewards and inbred coppers lining the front of the Rangers enclosure. The usual banter went on but as the final whistle went it turned ugly.

One of the alleged law enforcement officers thought it would be a good idea to return a missile from the pitch to the Rangers fans. As he threw it back in he took up the Saturday night pose, arms out, fingers waving, visibly taunting the Rangers fans. I was ten rows of people from the front but even I could hear his taunts. Understandably, he upset a lot of people and the incident quickly escalated. As he stood back laughing, his mates were being subjected to a barrage of abuse from the now incensed Rangers faithful. He was quickly ushered away before he was lynched. I know of at least ten people that made complaints but I am not sure what good it will do.

The Cambridgeshire Cuntstabulary will look after their own and this prick will get away with it, as I am sure he has done many times before. I am sure he is regarded as something of a hardman at his local station but I have never seen such a disgraceful display from a man who is supposed to be there to ensure good order and safety. I am sure this is not the last we will hear of this incident.