Watching James Tavernier haplessly fail to close Steve Seddon down before the Motherwell LB got an easy cross in, while John Souttar then rather lost his own bearing heading the ball straight at new signing Robin Propper who helplessly diverted it past stranded Jack Butland, Rangers fans could be understood for believing Rangers’ defence is still diabolical.

The goal conceded really was a comedy of errors which ultimately fell to the Dutch stopper as the bad guy, but of course, he really was unfortunate.

But Ibrox Noise saw this match differently – yes, the goal lost was a shambles, and owed much to James Tavernier’s laziness in not shutting down his man, but aside this one calamitous moment, Jack Butland’s goal really wasn’t under much real threat at all from their visitors.

Indeed, in the three competitive fixtures Rangers have faced, only 9 shots on target have made their way to Butland’s sticks, and only one of them has actually got past the man. Just two goals conceded, and one was an OG.

For a ‘rotten’ defence, we’re not conceding an awful lot of goals, and despite John Souttar’s slow start to the season and Ridvan’s horrendous night v Kyiv not to mention Tavernier’s ongoing complacency at the back, you have to measure the defence in the goals conceded, the shots faced.

And it’s promising, whether the doom merchants agree or not.

You might notice a change in tone on Ibrox Noise since Tuesday – we’ve seen a lot we’re much more positive about from this Rangers team, that night in Poland gave us something to work with and the weekend continued that.

Things have seen a bit of an uptick in tempo and we’re happy to see that progress.

But while most fans would still throw the defence out completely, for us the addition of Robin Propper has helped things a lot.

James Tavernier will ALWAYS make the rearguard vulnerable – it’s just the way he is, even if he played a lot more withdrawn v Kyiv.

That will always be a vulnerable spot for the team, for as long as he plays for the club. It isn’t going to change and every manager will always pick him.

But it’s hard to argue a strong case against the defence when it’s conceded just one ‘clean’ open goal all season and Jack Butland has only had a few saves to make.

The difference we’ve noticed without Connor Goldson is stark, we trust the defence a lot more, Propper looking the real deal to us; we will analyse him more after he makes a few more appearances, even if his debut was promising. We don’t want to jump to conclusions.

But things do look a little more reliable.

Once the defence is settled and regularly playing together, it could be more than half decent.