LOOK WHO'S CHEER

Friday night delights for Gers as new star signing makes appearance and Miovski hits top form to crush Galabankies with treble

- ANDY NEWPORT AT IBROX

IT was the worst kept secret since Tory traitor Robert Jenrick revealed himself to be a character of questionable integrity.

The pre-match parade of Andreas Skov Olsen at Ibrox hardly came as a surprise to a Rangers support waiting all week to see the Dane holding a blue scarf over his head.

At least it wasn't followed by another shock as Danny Rohl’s men sidestepped the Annan banana skin to ease through their Scottish Cup opener.

Almost a year on from their humiliating first hurdle exit at the hands of Queen's Park, all eyes were on Gers’ German gaffer to see if he'd suffer the same kind of mortifying tumble taken by Philippe Clement. But any fears of a shock repeat were killed off as soon as hat-trick hero Bojan Miovski fired the first of three goals 12 minutes in.

The cheer didn't quite match the rapturous applause generated by the sight of Skov Olsen marching down the tunnel five minutes before kickoff having finally agreed his six-month loan.

If the Wolfsburg winger - who could make his move permanent in the summer - is the face of Rangers’ future, the fringe-man filled lineup sent out by Rohl was a nod to the past.

Djeidi Gassama and Jayden Meghoma were the only regulars to start and rustiness showed in the others as Annan almost took a stunning early lead with Josh Dixon's second-minute volley.

But they got the job done, with Miovski nodding home his second on the half-hour mark from kid Findlay Curtis’ cross.