It all seems such a long time ago.
The euphoria which enveloped Ibrox after Sebo had sunk Dolly & Co was super-duper stuff. If you could bottle it, then have a wee snifter two or three times a day, the world would be a much happier place. The fact that it had 1,000 or so of the Sheepies near suicidal was a tidy wee bonus.
How I wish we could have had a game the following midweek. The lift we got from that goal would surely have carried over into the next match and we might have been ready to set off on something of a run. Of course, we can still do that but I'm just a wee bit worried that too long has passed and the feelgood factor may have evaporated.
PLG must see to it that, if the mood has faded, it is quickly restored and the way to do it is to get off to a flyer, get an early goal, take control of the game and get Ibrox rocking with a top quality performance. It surely isn't asking too much that we produce the goods against Caley Thistle.
They will be well organised and will set out to frustrate both players and fans, hoping to hit us on the break. For some strange reason, Caley Thistle seem to do better away from home so Rangers must be wary of them but we have enough talent in our ranks to see them off and pick up all three points.
It would be great to do it in some style and, with next week's trip to Livorno in mind, it wouldn't do our confidence any harm at all. Having blown hot and cold this season, it is high time we started stringing results together to make Ra Sellick and the Jambos begin to look nervously over their shoulder. Checking out the fixture list, there are possibilities of them dropping points over the next month or so and the league table could look a lot more interesting by the time we go to Tynecastle.
Games like this weekend's should be home bankers if we are to mount any sort of title challenge and there can be no excuses if the Gers fail to win. We are seven points adrift of the top, not because we lost at Easter Road and the Piggery - those are tough games which can always go either way - but because we slipped up against Dundee United, Dunfermline and Kilmarnock. We must not add Caley Thistle to the list.
I'm reasonably confident we'll do the business. The break for the internationals will have given some of our lot a breather and, now that they are back together, the players should be itching to get back to work. Mind you, I'm sure we'll all be wondering what sort of team Andy Cameron will announce to us at 2.30.
With Boydie having had just a brief run-out in Kiev, while Dado is no longer involved in the international set-up, our front men should be fresh, although PLG may decide to reward Filip Sebo's goal against 'our friends in the north' with a place in the starting line-up. And with Baz having shone against France and the Ukraine, I'm hoping he will carry his Scotland form into this weekend's match by calling the shots in midfield.
As always, I'm still worried by our uncertainty at the back. Sasa Papac has impressed me so all we have to do now is find him a steady partner. Answers on a postcard to... Meanwhile, with Lionel Letizi having a reserve game under his belt, Le Gaffer might be tempted to bring him back but, if he phones me for some advice, I'll be telling him to leave Allan McGregor between the sticks.
But ultimately the points are more important than the make-up of the side and, if we win the game, I'll be more than happy, regardless of how is and isn't in the side. Make it happen, Gers.
ERWIN G.