Revenge is sweet. For all those Rangers fans that went to the game at Huddersfield last season when they sent us down this game could not come a moment too soon. The way their fans goaded and taunted both fans and players alike was disgraceful and I laughed so much I nearly shit myself when they also made the drop. Today they were beaten by a Rangers side that seemed up for it from the word go.

Karl Connolly and Marcus Bignot returned to the side at the expense of Doudou and Mark Perry and the midfield took on a very balanced look. Bignot was deployed on the right and turned in the sort of all action performance that had been his trademark until recent weeks. There is no doubt that we are a much better side when he is playing well, perhaps the birth of his baby daughter has given him a fresh lease of enthusiasm.

Rangers took an unexpected early lead. Before today, we had failed to score in the first fifteen minutes of any game. That changed today when Andy Thomson fired home his tenth goal of the season after 13 minutes. As the Huddersfield defence stood statuesque Thomson had time to bring the ball under control and fire right-footed past Martyn Margetson. It was at that point that I turned to my mates in the Upper Loft and said, "This bloke just never misses". I wish I'd kept my mouth shut!

Five minutes after producing a cool calm finish Thomson managed to miss one of the best chances he will ever see. Clean through on goal with only Margetson to beat his usual composure deserted him and he fired a wild shot over the bar. You could see he was going for the top corner and a bit of glory but it is so unlike him. I think if he had the chance over again he would go for the calm side footed finish, but what the hell, the bloke is in red hot form and who are we to moan about one missed opportunity.

Andy Booth was leading the Huddersfield attack with all the vigour that made him such a hit at Sheffield Wednesday! Sorry, couldn't resist that one. What a waste of space the bloke is, typically the Rangers rearguard allowed him to create the equaliser for strike partner Chris Hay. A dubious freekick was awarded to the right of the penalty area. Kenny Irons fired the ball across, Booth headed the ball down at the far post and Hay slid in to poke past Chris Day. The rest of the half was a pacy affair with the appalling weather playing no small part. Torrential rain pounded the ground from first whistle to last. Referee Rob Harris seemed to be taking the conditions into account and produced a very sensible performance. All too often referees throw yellow cards around like confetti in these situations.

The second half began as the first had with Rangers again taking an early lead. In the past, I have been critical of the attitude of Matthew Rose and at the start of the season he showed nothing to suggest that he wanted to play for Rangers. In the past couple of weeks, he seems to have been improving and this culminated today with our goal of the season so far. As the ball fell to Rose 30 yards from goal, he unleashed a vicious, swerving right-footed volley that screamed into the top corner. If we didn't have a net, the ball would still be on the move. It was simply breathtaking and nobody could really believe it.

Five minutes later and Rangers were at it again. Tenacious play from Rose, this time down the right flank led to the ball being fed to Aziz Ben-Askar. He in turn turned it inside for Steve Palmer to fire home his second of the season. That is two in three home games for the big man. For a player that is not exactly renowned for his goal scoring feats the coolness of his finishing is amazing. Perhaps some of our forwards might like to take a close look at him in training next week.

It is at this time that you wish we were able to either close the game down or absolutely batter the opposition into submission. At the moment, we are equipped to do neither. Andy Thomson is, at present, a one-man band. He needs a striker alongside him that is going to weigh in with his fair share of goals. At the moment, Leroy is not that man. As usual, he looked much better when attacking The Loft but he has a tendency to snatch at easy chances and try to hard to make things look spectacular. In the first period, he fired a volley straight at the keeper when he might have done better and in the second he failed to get into any genuine goal scoring positions.

He looked far more effective when he was moved into a left wing position. Stuart Wardley was brought on for Karl Connolly and he showed some nice touches. I saw him in the reserves against Northampton Town in the week and was impressed with his touch and movement. Holloway and Jackett have obviously been working very hard with him and it looks to be paying off. We were even treated to the rare sight of a blockbuster of a challenge on Dwayne Mattis that led to the young Huddersfield midfielder leaving the field on a stretcher.

Just as it looked like a comfortable 3-1 was on the cards, we made things difficult again. Terrell Forbes lost his footing as he chased John Thorrington into the box and the latter fired a low cross across the six-yard box. With Andy Booth waiting unmarked at the far post, Ben-Askar had no choice but to try to clear the danger. He only succeeded in putting through his own net to set up a frantic five minutes of injury time. Rangers held out for an excellent victory against another side that will be in the end of season shake up.

If Ian Holloway can get a partner for Thomson that is going to chip in with fifteen goals or so then we will be able to launch a real assault on the top two positions. If it means that two or three people have to be rotated to suit then so be it. We have to expect that Thomson will hit a dry spell at some point and it is then that our other strikers will really have to show their mettle. An away game at Wrexham is next up for Rangers. Hopefully Karl Connolly will relish the trip to his former employers and we can wrap up another three points on our travels.