With championship survival ensured last week there was nothing but pride to play for against promotion chasing Wolves yesterday. On the way to the game I don't think many of us fancied our chances against a side that simply had to win and when we saw the teams it was clear that Rangers were going to struggle.

Gregory was without the services of Lee Camp, Mancienne, Cullip, Cook, Blackstock and Ainsworth leaving us severely weakened against a very strong Wolves team.

Jake Cole came in for his first league start since Boxing Day 2005 whilst Mauro Milanese made a rare start at left back. Jimmy Smith started on the left wing with Furlong and Nygaard the forward line.

Wolves started the better of the two sides backed by unbelievable support which was deafening at times and laughable at others as ten year old kids were spending much of the half screaming abuse at us and making throat slitting signs to us. You'd think the parents would be embarrassed by thins but they were joining in as well, a real father and son bonding session. Watching the antics of some of their idiots was more entertaining than the match early on as Wolves dominated possession but didn't really threaten Jake Cole.

Cole was having a decent start punching corners and long throws away and looking quite confident. His first save came after a poor back pass from Kanyuka saw Cole need to sprint out and he just did enough to slide in and win the ball against the on rushing Keogh.

At the other end we began to work the ball into some decent positions but without the Cook the final ball was poor and Matt Murray was having some end of season catching practice.

Wolves continued to look the better side but I honestly can't remember Cole having a save to make in a pretty dull first half. Keogh and Mcindoe both had weak shots fly wide of the post but for all their possession and the backing of the loudest home support I've heard this season they didn't really look like scoring.

Rangers began to grow in confidence and with Furlong beginning to get on the ball we had a flurry of pressure, which almost brought the opening goal. A ball from the right by Rowlands was half cleared to Milanese and his thunderous effort was heading into the top corner before smashing Craddock in the face and going off for a corner.

Jimmy Smith had the best chance of the half just before half time. Rowlands ball into the box missed everyone and fell to Jimmy Smith in space at the far post, his first touch was a poor one though and allowed Murray to rush out to save at Smiths feet when the youngster really should have scored. It would have been a little harsh for us to go in front though and at the break the 0-0 score line was probably a fair reflection.

Rangers began the second half on the front foot and went very close to getting the lead within a few minutes. Smith won a free kick which saw Kanyuka go up for it but it was played short Bignot, it looked like we'd wasted it as his pass fell to Smith with his back to goal but he turned brilliantly to beat his man and shot past Murray but against the bar, the rebound fell to Rowlands with an open goal but he couldn't get the header on target. It was a great chance and it certainly woke the home side up who went on to dominate the next fifteen minutes.

We were struggling to get out of our own half and the pressure on the back four was intense. It seemed a case of when rather than if they'd open the scoring, The movement of Keogh was causing all sorts of problems and he beat the offside trap to put Kightley through one on one with Cole, he passed it to Mcindoe who had an open goal but managed to put it wide with an incredible miss.

Bothroyd and Keogh both had half chances to break the deadlock before the goal finally came.

The goal came from a free kick. Bothroyd fired a shot in which Cole did well to punch away to safety, it fell to a Wolves player on the right who picked out the unmarked Keogh at the far post buy Cole made a magnificent save to palm it off the line, the rebound fell to Keogh and Cole just couldn't get out of the net in time to save this one and the young striker smashed it into the back of the net to send the home fans into wild celebrations.

It was a real shame for Jake Cole who had played so well and I'm sure he'll be asking questions of his back four who seemed to disappear at the far post. An injury to Kanyuka saw him limp off to be replaced by Timoska and we were soon two goals behind.

Cole had earlier denied Kightley with a good save but the former Grays striker soon got the goal he deserved after poor defending by Rangers. A pass from the left split the Rangers defence open with Stewart failing to react and left Kightly to run through and lift it over Cole who was a little slow to react and the game was over.

That was it now and Wolves relaxed and didn't really look like extending the lead after this as we began to push forward but didn't really look like scoring. Ray Jones and Stefan Bailey came on and Jones went close when his over head kick landed on the roof of the net whilst Rowlands only real contribution of the second half was to curl a weak shot straight at the keeper.

Marc Nygaard got into a bit of handbags with Gary Breen, which seemed to upset the Wolves players and saw Nygaard booked. At the end it was a deserved win for Wolves and the Rangers players were given a decent ovation from the travelling fans who had been singing "We don't care cos we're staying up" for much of the second half.

That seemed to be the attitude of most of the game and the mood was lifted by the news that Chelsea have blown a great chance to win the league and Leeds had gone down, for much of the season I thought anyone but us to go down but to see Leeds go is very amusing. Shame about Southend though who also went down and I don't think they were as bad as their final position suggests.

Still this will have been an interesting afternoon for John Gregory. If the manager is serious about having a crack at the playoffs next season he'll have seen what is required. The gap between the two sides was huge at times and we'll need to improve if we are going to do anything next season. Saying that though anytime we are missing Blackstock and Cook we tend to struggle and with the team having nothing to play for this had home win written all over it.

Credit to Jake Cole and the back four for their performances. Cole was outstanding just as he had been in his last league start at Brighton last season and looks a promising keeper. Jimmy Smith also did well and looked sharper than he has for several months. The performance of Rowlands was a worry though as he was very poor throughout whilst the front two offered very little threat. We should find out this week which of the out of contract players will be kept on, personally Bignot and Furlong would be the only two I'd keep but it will be interesting to see what Gregory does.

Lets just hope the players can give it one last push next week to end Stoke's hopes of promotion which will be a very satisfying way to end the season.

Man of the Match: Jake Cole

Players Ratings: Cole 8, Bignot 7, Kanyuka 7 (Timoska 7), Stewart 7, Milanese 7, Rowlands 5, Lomas 5, Bolder 6 (Bailey 6), Smith 7, Furlong 6 (Jones 6) Nygaard 6