Apologies for the late match report and the fact that it is a shorter version than usual. Due to the house move and me still unable to connect to the Internet at my new house, coupled with starting a new job this week it's not been easy to find the time to get this done. Hopefully normal service will be resumed in the near future.

On the back of an impressive win at Brammal Lane, Gary Waddock was forced into changes for the visit of in form Wolves as Waddock again locked horns with Glenn Hoddle brining back memories of the 1982 FA Cup final.

Mauro Milanese and Gareth Ainsworth returned from suspension but injury and illness ruled out Bircham, Lomas, Nygaard and Evatt meaning a first start of the season for Stefan Bailey, who only signed professional forms last week and a return to first team action for Kevin Gallen.

It was a baptism of fire for the youngster as the visitors dominated the early period.

The movement of the midfield was too much for Rangers and the combination of Bailey and Langley looked outclassed very early on as we struggled to compete, and Wolves could have been ahead early. Paul Jones got down well to save low efforts from Anderton and Miller whilst Cort should have done better when put clear.

As the half wore on though we began to adapt. Bailey sat in front of the back four as the full backs pushed on and chances began to come for us. Some lovely skill by Langley on the right saw him cut inside and set up Ainsworth to scoop a shot over the bar.

Lee Cook was having a quiet start to the game but he soon burst into life with a free kick which tested the keeper and his wing play began to improve as he tormented his full back and got several crosses into the box which just evaded the front two.

Kevin Gallen was having a quiet return to the team. His hold up play and passing were excellent but he never really looked fully fit and alongside Furlong the partnership wasn't working. To be fair to Gallen though I don't think much more was expected of him after so long out.

Wolves almost grabbed the lead before half time after a well-worked move. Kenny Miller was clean through and looked to find the bottom corner but Jones did brilliantly to get down and turn the shot away with his feet.

At half time it wasn't the best of games and the atmosphere was pretty poor as well. The game was quite fascinating to watch though and I quite enjoyed the midfield battle between the two sides which despite the good start by Wolves was becoming even.

Rangers went on to have the better of the second half without creating much. We did seem to panic a little at times and resort to the long ball into the channel which didn't really work well but when we did get the ball down and play we looked more than a match for one of the best sides on paper the division has to offer.

We had our chances to win the game as a Cook cross was headed wide by Shittu but once again it was a case of the wide players working themselves into good positions and then wasting the final ball. At times I wish Ainsworth would just have a shot rather than trying to get the cross in when he gets in the box.

Richard Langley was improving as the game wore on as was Bailey The youngster wasn't at his best and at times looked a little lost out there but he'll learn al lot from playing against Paul Ince and this sort of game can only do him good.

Sammy Youssouf replaced Kevin Gallen on the hour mark and the Santos look alike did little to impress in the last half an hour.

Rangers should have grabbed the lead when the linesmen and referee missed a blatant penalty appeal.

A diagonal ball to Ainsworth was about to reach the winger but Naylor diverted it wide with his hand, it was a blatant as they come but neither the ref nor lino spotted it.

Dan Shittu then smashed a long range shot just wide after a nice one-two with Langley.

Wolves stepped up a gear and almost won the game in the closing stages. A break into the box saw the French Bloke on loan from Arsenal (I can't spell his name) shot just wide of the post before Paul Jones completed a remarkable week for with an amazing double save.

Last week his penalty save was the difference between the a draw and three points, on Wednesday his man of the match performance kept World Cup bound Paraguay to a 0-0 draw and against Wolves his produced one of the saves of the season.

First the French blokes effort was parried onto the post, Cort got the rebound on target but Jones got up and saved again pushing against the post before Shittu cleared to a huge cheer and a standing ovation.

Rangers saw out the final few minutes pushing for a goal themselves but in the end a goalless draw was about right.

The new management team will have again learnt much from this game. On the plus side I thought Cook again looked very sharp whilst the back four all defended well and got forward to support the attack.

It was good to see Shittu take a captains lead when Galen went off shoving Bignot away from an argument with Ince whilst Langley also ushered Milanese away after arguing over the penalty incident.

Paul Jones was sensational in goal and despite Royce being many peoples pick for player of the season he'll have his work cut out to get back in the side.

The only disappointment was again up front where none of Gallen, Furlong or Youssouf looked like scoring.

Rangers travel to Sheffield Wednesday next where we will hopefully look to build on another decent performance and get all three points.

Man of the Match: Paul Jones

Players Ratings: Jones 9, Bignot 6, Milanese 7, Shittu 7, Rose 7, Ainsworth 7, Langley 7, Bailey 7, Cook 8, Furlong 6, Gallen 6 (Youssouf 6)