Abdallah Sima on Rangers run Dessers and Lammers dream of but Brighton loanee names 'most important thing'

Some of Rangers’ new signings haven’t been able to hit a barn door this season. Abdallah Sima, on the other hand, has been kicking it in.

The Senegal international’s two sensational finishes against Hibs on Saturday boosted his tally to nine for the campaign – extending his scoring sequence to five straight games, and seven goals in seven matches. It’s impressive stuff and what is perhaps even more exciting for Rangers fans – who were given their first glimpse of Phillipe Clement's style of play at the weekend and loved what they saw – is it looks like there is so much more to come from Sima.

At times his control lets him down and his linking of the play could be better. But send him in behind and he’s deadly, with searing pace to match the blistering finishes that are fast becoming a trademark. The quietly spoken 22-year-old, on loan from Brighton, has made the kind of impact with the Ibrox support that teammates like Cyriel Dessers and Sam Lammers can only dream about.

But that much-maligned pair played their part on Saturday and Dessers’ goal, which rounded off the 4-0 win – with Nicolas Raskin also on target – was greeted with delight from the stands and on the pitch alike. Sima’s reaction afterwards spoke volumes for the team spirit at Ibrox, which must have been tested in the dying days of the Michael Beale era.

“For a striker, it is important to score,” he said. “For him, it has been hard because he had not managed to score for a few games. So we are all happy that he has scored again.

“It’s not just about Abdallah Sima scoring. I am happy when any of the strikers, or anyone else in the team, scores goals. The important thing is that the team won the game, but for Cyriel, he was very happy to score and we