Flo collected a hat-trick in the 6-1 rout of Dundee United to take his total this season to 11 and de Boer got on the scoresheet.Flo has been suffering from altitude sickness, uneasy at being put on a £12m pedestal. It took a trip up a mountain just a few days before destroying United to alter his horizon. "I walked up Ben Nevis to clear my mind with my wife Randi, who is six months pregnant," Flo explained. "It was just like being back home in Norway and it was great to have fresh air."I also did a lot of thinking up there and it was great to get my first hat-trick for Rangers.
It will do a lot for my confidence." Confidence, though, would appear not not be Flo's strong suit and he had to be jabbed into action against Dundee United by Advocaat's wounding half-time assessment of his previous 45 minutes. "The manager was unhappy and I was one of those he was unhappy with," Flo said. "He can be pretty intimidating in that mood but we were better in the second half."By Thursday, a change of location, to Warsaw, and another change in the Flo-Advocaat relationship. The record signing was ignominiously hauled off after just 57 minutes in the Uefa Cup tie with Anzhi Makhachkala, leaving defender Bert Konterman to rescue Rangers with a late winner. "If I take someone off, it is either a tactical move or he is not performing," Advocaat said tetchily. "Flo did not perform."The same could not be said of Larsson and Sutton. Europe's top scorer delivered in the Champions' League win over FC Porto on Tuesday, and Sutton was softening up the Portuguese defence under the gaze of Sven Goran Eriksson for a potential England recall.
"Everyone was upset when Mark Viduka left Celtic but you can see that Sutton has a better combination with Larsson than Viduka had," Advocaat reflected. "Larsson is an exceptional talent which would cost a fortune to find in the transfer market, but I like Sutton's physical nature."That robustness has been replicated in other areas by O'Neill, not least his summer acquisition Bobo Balde. The French central defender has muscle definition which may leave a lasting impression on Flo. "Celtic now have a good balance in the team and I don't hide from saying that," said Advocaat. Much will depend on whether Flo hides from Celtic's man-mountain or scales a new summit..
