Quick and painless (GERS … 4 Pars .. 1)

The introduction of Burke and Fetai (Psycho! - liking his style!) proved two young guns too many in the second half as we lost all real impetus but, even with Frank de Boer heading off injured and all our subs already on the pitch, ten-man Rangers were still in absolutely no danger of losing a second goal tonight.

The first we lost, coming in the 21st minute when Andy Tod was allowed to out jump F de Boer and Zurab for an easy nod down past a motionless Klos, would normally have had the Bears in uproar. But the fact we were already 2-0 up when Barry Nicholson’s accurate cross was converted ensured the Bluenoses kept their heids. Two more goals within seven minutes of Tod’s “silencer” ensured The Pars weren’t foolish enough to upset us again.

Laying it on a bit? Damn right I am! After all the “competitive” nonsense we’ve had to watch in our last few away games, and after the historic and infamous 0-2 match on the East End Park plastic earlier this season, I’m just lovin seeing The Gers find their way down Easy Street once more.

How great was it to see Alan Hutton grabbing the opener too? For me, particularly pleasing as, after finding a parking space only about two yards closer to Ibrox than my house, I decided to sprint (that’s “shuffle quickly” to anyone who knows me) all the way along Shiedhall Road rather than simply take my time and miss the first ten minutes. The teams were playing but the clock still said “0″ when I took my seat next to the defibrillator and St Andrews ambulance folk. Just as they were warming the paddles up and shouting “clear”, young Al went up to meet a Ronnie de Boer corner and headed it straight into the top-corner of Derek Stillie’s always-open net.

How we’ll miss big Derek when he leaves Dunfermline this summer. I only hope he joins another SPL team - preferably celtic - to provide us with more goals to add to the twenty-ods he’s watched sail past him at Ibrox in the last few years. For example, Peter Lovenkrands’ absolute peach of a finish in the eleventh minute tonight after a smashing, elongated, spectacular one-two with a bustling, busy Gavin Rae. All Stillie had a chance of catching was an acute case of deja vu

After the Pars had the cheek to pinch one back we resumed with extra vigour (some sort of cleaning product I think) and a great piece of running from Lovenkrands on the left saw him find the angle to cut the ball back and leave Dunfermline flailing in their ain box. Hughes laid it off to Ronnie DB and his curling finish was almost as spectacular as Lovenpants’ before him.

Just as we were getting our asses warm in the seats again, Mikey Mols looked set to sweep the ball into the net with his first touch. But he checked inside and took out the defender and the goalie before smacking it home. He likes to get a wee twist or a turn in there does our Michael.

So, a wee dent in the embarrasing distance between First and second place in the SPL (although even conspiratorial Dunfermline couldn’t bring themselves to ly down enough to rectify this season’s goal-difference!) and hopefully not the first dent to be put in it before Monday.

GERS: Klos, Hutton, Khizanishvili, Frank de Boer, Ball, Rae, Malcolm, Hughes, Lovenkrands (Burke 62), Mols (Fetai 72), Ronald de Boer (Thompson 45).

Unused Subs: McGregor, Vanoli.

Yellow cards: Hutton, Fetai.

Scorers: Hutton 2, Lovenkrands 11, Ronald de Boer 26, Mols 28.

Bears and Bearettes: 47,487

Reff - u - reee: Doogey McDonald