KYLE Lafferty looks to me like a player who is really short of confidence at the minute. His early miss against Hamilton was absolutely incredible, and really not like him. He looks to me the archetype of a striker that just needs a goal.

He had a few other chances against Hamilton as well, and to be fair, the Accies goalkeeper Gary Woods has pulled off a world-class save to deny him in the second half, but he’s just got to score that chance in the first minute. It was one of those that was actually harder to miss, and I can only put it down to a lack of confidence.

He has been playing second fiddle to Alfredo Morelos this season for the most part of course, and he has had a couple of ups and downs this year off the pitch, but one thing I can say about the big man from playing with him is that you can never write him off.

He’ll come back and score an important goal or tear a full defence apart, I have absolutely no doubt about that.

He has never been overly prolific until scoring 19 goals for Hearts last season, and he does have that bit of inconsistency to his game. But there is nothing wrong with his hold-up play, which I actually thought was pretty decent on Sunday.

But I just feel that he needs that wee bit of luck in front of goal and something to go for him to get him back on track, and then he will be flying again. I’m absolutely sure of that.

I just hope that the fans have got his back and continue to really get behind him as much as they can, because it is at times like these when your confidence is at a low ebb that a player really needs that support from the stands.

Yes, standards are sky-high at Rangers, but I hope they can really help one of their own get through this little rough patch and get back on the goal trail once again.