Jorg Albertz provided the cutting edge with a wonderful display of midfield killer instinct.
The German thoroughly deserved his man of the match award and it was a joy to watch him running so freely and shrugging off tackles with such ease.
Dick Advocaat’s side outclassed the battling Buddies and shrugged off a stuttering start to their title defence.
Rangers are improving game on game at the moment and they controlled this match from start to finish. This was their best performance of the season so far.
The problem St Mirren are going to have this season was evident against Rangers – they can’t get the ball. For 90 per cent of the match Rangers had possession and after they scored there was only going to be one winner.
Had the Love Street side scored first, then I feel that his game would have been a real cracker.
But the Ibrox side got the all-important opening goal and it was not without controversy.
For me, it was a stonewall penalty although the referee probably didn’t have the best view of it.
Anyone who saw the incident on television will agree that Paul Rudden caught Wallace with his trailing leg.
The referee delayed the decision and that did not help him. I noticed he looked over to his assistant and he indicated that Wallace was caught.
It couldn’t have come at a worse time for Tom Hendrie’s team as they had worked tirelessly in the first-half and they would have been encouraged had they managed to hold Gers until the break.
I think his team did as well as they could. Hendrie must surely have been worried that his team would have taken a hammering, as Rangers always play as well when the game is on a goal.
As it was, they were forced to put Jose Quitongo through the middle to accompany Mark Yardley and Jens Paeslack in a bid to cause problems for Rangers’ defensive pairing of Lorenzo Amoruso and Bert Konterman.
For the first time I thought they looked comfortable at the back and that must be a relief to Advocaat.
Everyone knew it would take them a while to gel but more importantly they have reduced their mistakes.
Fernando Ricksen also played better and he has learned that you can’t afford a bad game at Rangers.
The Dutch ace made more runs up the wing than he has in other games.
All of the players must surely have realised that if things are not working then the
Little General will change it.
They are slowly but surely hitting the form they were on last season – they still have a bit to go – but as every game passes they are getting fitter and stronger.
Dodds then nabbed another goal.
A decent ball was put into the box from Barry Ferguson and the lay-off to Dodds from Neil McCann was perfect. It was a great finish from 10 yards.
The only thing that night be disappointing for Advocaat was the way Gers lost their goal. The marking in the run up was very poor and although it was a good save from Stefan Klos, more players should have been going out to block the shot.
Steven McGarry had more joy in the short time he was on and he troubled Rangers more than the aerial threat which the two tall strikers posed earlier in the game.
If Rangers continue to progress without dropping any points then I could see them going on a formidable unbeaten run.