Team: Green, Simpson, Dunne, Hill, Assou-Ekotto, O’Neil (Johnson), Jenas, Barton, Kranjcar (Hoilett), Phillips, Austin Subs Not Used: Murphy, Onyewu, Traore, Carroll, Henry Attendance: 8,854 (including 1,623 R’s fans) We got what we deservednothing, an accident waiting to happen. Possession alone has now been proved, but it will NOT get us promoted. Yet we are a Continue reading
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Austin Powers Rangers to Narrow Victory
A fantastic 30 yard strike from Charlie Austin was enough to secure 3 more points as QPR’s excellent home form continued. The former Swindon front man’s 8th goal of the season was enough to separate the two teams in what was a fairly tepid London Derby. On a day when Harry Redknapp celebrated 30 years Continue reading
Minutes of meeting – QPR and fan websites 12 November 2013
The latest meeting between various unofficial QPR websites, message boards and podcasts and the club’s media team was held at Loftus Road on Tuesday November 12. From the club: Press and media manager Paul Morrissey (PM) and multi-media officer Adam Hulme (AH) From the sites: Paul Finney (PF) from the Open All R’s Podcast; Ron Continue reading
Reading v QPR
Team: Green, Simpson, Dunne (Onuoha), Hill, Assou-Ekotto, Phillips, O’Neil (Johnson), Barton, Jenas (Kranjcar), Hoilett, Austin. Subs Not Used: Murphy, Traore, Henry, Chevanton Attendance: 21,497 A cracking start, where the game should have been all but over in the first 15 minutes, but this is QPR. We made enough chances throughout the game to finish them Continue reading
QPR v Derby County – R’s Midfield Dominate in Demolition Derby
QPR ‘s excellent home form continued with a well-deserved 2-1 victory against Derby County in an entertaining early November encounter at Loftus Road. It keeps Rangers biting at the heels of fellow promotion hunters Burnley and Leicester City as the Championship table begins to take a settled look about it. Rangers came into the game Continue reading
Burnley v QPR – Unbeaten league record goes on a frustrating Lancashire afternoon
Team: Green, Simpson, Dunne, Hill, Assou-Ekotto, Henry (Jenas), O’Neil (Chevanton), Barton, Kranjcar (Phillips), Hoilett, Austin. Subs Not Used: Murphy, Onyewu, Traore, Faurlin. Attendance: 16,074 This was the only QPR league fixture this season where I have not seen the R’s dominate play. Right from the kick-off we were never really in it. Overall Rangers lacked Continue reading
Millwall v QPR – Rangers Denied Victory in Added Time
Team: Green, Simpson, Dunne, Hill, Assou-Ekotto, O’Neil, Kranjcar (Faurlin) – (Jenas), Barton, Henry, Hoilett (Phillips), Austin. Subs Not Used: Murphy, Traore, Ehmer, Cheventon. Attendance: 13,727 On a day when I’d taken a draw before the game, we got just that, but it felt like a loss. Given that we were in control for the vast Continue reading
Austin Double has Barnsley Sliding on their Knees
QPR’s impressive start to life back in the Championship continued with another victory, this time against bottom of the table Barnsley at Loftus Road. Many R’s fans eyed this fixture as an opportunity for Harry Redknapp’s men to improve upon a goal tally to complement the excellent work in preventing goals being conceded. There were Continue reading
QPR vs Middlesbrough – Three points clear, and what? You mean there’s room for improvement?
Queen’s Park Rangers reached their final fixture of September top of the league with twenty points – a fantastic return given the patchy nature of some of their performances. So far the Superhoops haven’t taken flight in footballing terms, grinding out results in tough, tight games. This was typified by the previous game in Yeovil Continue reading
Yeovil Town v QPR – Winning ugly in the West Country…
Team: Green, Simpson, Dunne, Hill, Assou-Ekotto, Traore (Wright-Phillips), O’Neil (Barton), Carroll, Jenas, Phillips (Kranjcar), Austin Subs Not Used: Murphy, Ehmer, Faurlin, Henry Attendance: 9,108 (including 2,105 R’s fans) As I sat in the traffic jam of rubberneckers crawling past Stonehenge on the A303 to Yeovil, I couldn’t help making comparisons between the ancient monument and Continue reading
