Absolute garbage! This was as poor a Rangers performance as I have seen since the departure of Gerry Francis. No ideas, no passion on the pitch and a similar lack of inspiration from the bench. I have convinced myself that this is just a minor setback and I hope that I am not proved wrong.

The only change to the side that defeated Huddersfield last Saturday was the inclusion of Paul Bruce in place of Christer Warren. Almost from the first whistle, you could see Rangers were clearly not at the races. This was a shame as yet another massive army of fans had made the long trek to north Wales in the hope of a third away win. The passing seemed sloppy, something that we are now getting used to early in games this season. Holloway has got to find a way of getting his players to perform from the outset.

The first half was a drab affair. The only chances we managed to create were tame efforts from our less than dynamic striking partnership of Thomson and Griffiths. Both players hit weak shots that were fielded easily by Kristian Rogers in the Wrexham goal. At the other end, the Wrexham front pairing of Lee Trundle and Craig Faulconbridge were lively and causing Palmer and Ben-Askar problems. A fierce snap shot from Trundle was well saved by Day, but he had little chance with what turned out to be the games only goal.

Poor work from the very disappointing Terrell Forbes led to Michael Blackwood being afforded a clear sight of goal. He placed the ball low to Day's right. Although we were at the opposite end of the ground, it looked to me as though he had shanked the ball and was in fact aiming for the opposite corner. I might be wrong about that though. That was after 43 minutes and Rangers almost conspired to concede another before the break. A thumping header from Stephen Roberts was ruled out for a penalty box foul. We had been given a lifeline we scarcely deserved and one that we would fail to take advantage of.

Rangers were in need of inspiration and with Doudou's absence at the half time kick about it looked as though he was going to enter the fray immediately. How we wish he had. Good work from Forbes down the right, incidentally the only thing he managed to get right all day, led to the ball being slipped into the path of Griffiths. True to form he thought that the only way to score a goal is to smash the shit out of the ball and it ended up troubling the Wrexham fans behind the goal rather than the actual goal itself. That was enough for Holloway and Griffiths was taken off sharpish.

Don't get me wrong, I like Leroy. His enthusiasm and ability cannot be called into question but his footballing brain needs some fine-tuning. He has to be told that what he could get away with for Hampton & Richmond won't really cut the mustard in the professional game. All too often he takes an unnecessary number of touches and always wants to score the spectacular goals. Now is the time for him to retire to the reserve team and really learn his trade. Richard Pacquette has been scoring goals for fun for the second string and at this time, he must surely be the better option. On this form, I would suggest that Dave McEwen should also be in the reckoning ahead of him.

Rangers also had a goal disallowed that could have changed the game completely. Good work from Connolly led to Thomson being played clear to slot under the advancing Rogers. The linesman that denied him had proved a thorn in the side of the Rangers attack all day. He was on a par with the arsehole we had at Cambridge. For his reference level is ONSIDE, behind the last two players is ONSIDE. The bloke was a mug, pure and simple.

Just as it seemed that we were going to get nothing yet another lifeline was thrown to the floundering R's. The industrious Stephen Thomas was sent-off after receiving a second yellow card. He stupidly blocked a Rangers freekick from about a yard away leaving the otherwise hapless referee no option. The fact that he was still on the field to receive this card is also a moot point. He received a yellow card in the first half for a shocking challenge that could easily have broken Ben-Askar's leg. Both players slid in for a 50:50 ball as Ben-Askar won it Thomas raised his feet in a blatant attempt to cause injury. Judging by the performance of his new manager, Denis Smith, this came as no surprise.

Smith was a disgrace to both his new employers and football managers in general. In the first half as the ball went out after the award of a freekick the ball rolled in front of the Rangers dugout. As Bignot went to retrieve the ball Smith stepped across his path and then reacted angrily when Biggy ran into him. There was pushing and shoving between them before both benches managed to diffuse the situation. In the second half as we pressed for a vital equaliser the ball went out for a throw. As the ball was returned to the field Smith stepped forward and headed the ball back into the crowd. Blatant time wasting yet the referee, Mr Ryan chose to take no action. You can bet your arse that if Holloway had done that the outcome would have been very different.

As Rangers pushed forward, the most comical yellow card of the season was shown to big Steve Palmer. As the captain attempted to inspire his team, he set off on a run upfield. As he beat the advancing Wrexham player, he was blatantly tripped. Not in the eyes of Mr Ryan who proceeded to book Palmer for diving. Bloody diving! He is a centre half, he wouldn't know how to dive if he wanted to! He was penalised for trying to stay on his feet and ending up in a rather undignified heap on the floor. It was absolute bollocks!

The only real chance other then the disallowed effort was a long-range effort from Doudou that went straight down Rogers' throat. It could still have been 2-0 as Faulconbridge saw a good curling effort cannon back off a post with Day beaten. Blackwood also nearly added a second with a header that just cleared the bar.

All in all, we were crap. The only two players that can take any real credit from this game are Alex Bonnot and Aziz Ben-Askar. Bonnot was the only player that looked like he had some idea of what to do. Whilst the rest of the players seemed to get into a panic and lump the ball forward to our towering frontline (!) he attempted to get the ball on the deck and pass it. It could have worked if anybody else was on the same wavelength. At the back Ben-Askar was a colossus and things could have been worse had he not been there. Steve Palmer and Chris Day to a lesser extent can also hold their heads high.

As for Forbes, Bignot, Connolly, Thomson, Griffiths, Bruce, Rose, Doudou, Wardley and Perry they may as well not have bothered. If any of them were hoping for a night off at Yeovil in the week, they can think again. The majority of these will play with hopefully the inclusion of a couple of youngsters either in the starting line up or on the bench. I would like to see Burgess, Murphy and Pacquette all involved at some stage. They are clearly the future of this club and based on this performance the future may arrive a bit quicker than some had thought.