As expected Holloway rang the changes after the disappointing showing at Aylesbury. Bean, Daly, Padula, Bircham, Gallen and Doudou all got starts with the last two grabbing the first half goals.

All started well when Gallen crashed a shot against the upright only minutes in. Steve Palmer also shot just wide following a set piece before Rangers scored their third goal from a corner in two games. Gino Padula swung the ball into the near post and Doudou was on hand to head past the hapless Kingstonian keeper. Their must have been an inquest afterwards as I'm not sure a man of five feet nothing should get a free header from a corner.

Gallen made it two soon after following some Giggsy like play from Dan Shittu. Shittu produced a sublime drag over the ball that the defender not only bought, but had a t-shirt made to commemorate the occasion. His cross found Gallen whose half hit effort was poorly handled by the keeper as it trundled home.

Rangers looked a threat every time they went forward and it was only the killer final ball that seemed to be lacking. Doudou was terrorising every defender he came up against and Wes Daly on the right wing was making incisive runs at every opportunity. His enthusiasm out wide was more than matched by that of Marcus Bean in the middle. He used the ball well whenever he could and some of his tackling was ferocious to say the least. The way in which the ball was used was commendable considering the pitch had more lumps and bumps than a phrenologist's waiting room.

The first half ended with Padula being carried from the field following a couple of crude Kingstonian challenges. You never like to see players stretchered off and it happened again in the second half when one of the K's defenders went off with a potentially broken leg.

Murphy and Carlisle came on at the break for the injured Padula and Shittu respectively. The game continued in the same vein for a time and then began to stagnate. Only the introduction of Andy Thomson seemed to spark proceedings. All of a sudden the midfield were making their runs again and Murphy was taking the right back to bits.

The third goal came when the not yet departed Sidibe shovelled the ball into the path of Thomson who expertly shot left footed past the keeper. Thomson also scored the fourth from the spot. Bircham took a slightly theatrical tumble in the box and Thommo as usual was deadly from twelve.

Thomson also made the fifth for Sidibe. A strong surge down the left was finished with the perfect cross to allow the big Frenchman a simple six-yard volley. He had earlier come close with a stinging drive just wide.

Carlisle did his best to get on the score sheet and was unlucky on a couple of occasions. Towards the end Holloway also found time to introduce Lyndon Duncan and youth team centre back Marien Ifura.

This was a good performance and result that Holloway will be pleased with. It was infinitely better than Aylesbury on Saturday and the absence of Palmer and Rose from midfield had a lot to do with this. With Langley still to come back in things are starting to pick up.

Man of the Match - Doudou