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  1. <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27147336</id><updated>2024-03-19T12:03:21.194+00:00</updated><title type='text'>Lofty Heights... &#39;Ohhh Bobby Zamooooora!!!&#39;</title><subtitle type='html'>A look at Queens Park Rangers F.C. through the eyes of the fans - follow us on twitter @loftyheights70, @LoftyQPR and @qprleeroy</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>LOFTY</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05311226130099573295</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='15' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/tonymac/loftyh.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>855</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27147336.post-5017994885032896794</id><published>2015-03-14T22:01:00.003+00:00</published><updated>2015-03-15T19:59:15.246+00:00</updated><title type='text'>The &#39;Worldie&#39; is Not Enough..</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
  2. &lt;strong&gt;Palace 3-1 QPR&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  3. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  4. &lt;strong&gt;A 40 odd yard thunderbolt and possible goal of the season contender, from Matty Phillips, was sadly just scant consolation for QPR at Selhurst Park this lunchtime following yet another woeful awayday..&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  10. With it being a lunchtime kick off, it was an early start and I eventually met with PK, Jenson and Palace fans of Jenson&#39;s, Christian and Warren in Burnham just after 9.&amp;nbsp; Sam and Luke trained it in, as did Lee and Jess as this was Jess&#39;s local game, explaining her unconditional hatred of the home side.&lt;br /&gt;
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  12. As you may or may not remember, the visit to Palace always brings a visit to Tasty Jerk, which is an excellent Jerk Chicken shop right near the Sainsburys at the ground. Any away fans going to Palace, we highly recommend you pay this place a visit. Jenson, myself, PK and Sam all sampled the delights of the chicken and in PK&#39;s case, the goat. Accompanied with some lethal hot sauce, very nice it was too!! Sadly, this turned out to be the highlight of the day..&lt;br /&gt;
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  18. The line up when it was announced raised a good few eyebrows, for one inclusion in particular, I feel I need mention no names, but it comes to something when the said individual was getting a talking too from Lee Mason, the R&#39;s fans were backing it up by chanting &#39;off, off, off, off&#39;...&lt;br /&gt;
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  24. Onto the game and just sitting here writing these notes at 9.15 Saturday evening, I am STILL annoyed. Even more annoyed when hearing Chris Ramsey&#39;s interview on Talksport this evening, when he stated that, overall, he was pleased with the performance?!? &lt;br /&gt;
  25. &lt;br /&gt;
  26. Rangers did actually start quite well, but Palace were getting a lot of success on the&amp;nbsp;left hand side and took full advantage on 21 minutes when Bolasie crossed to find Zaha at the far post who side footed home, clattering into the post at the same time.&lt;br /&gt;
  27. &lt;br /&gt;
  28. Palace went onto make the game safe 5 minutes before the break when Bolasie again, crossed from the left for McArthur to fire home. From my viewpoint it looked like Yun got the final touch but I may be wrong on that one.&lt;br /&gt;
  29. &lt;br /&gt;
  30. Rangers were now all over the place and just two minutes later, it was 3 - this time from the right side where Ward held off, what I must say were some half hearted challenges before curling home - just too easy and this led to myself finally snapping with a foul mouthed volley at what was going on in front of us.&lt;br /&gt;
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  32. As tempting as it was to go home at this point, we stuck it out and the &#39;win away&#39; chant was slightly changed at half time by a high spirited group of the excellent travelling support, to &#39;we never win away&#39;. It certainly raised a smile or two and we took our places for the second half.&lt;br /&gt;
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  34. The second half was a bit of a non event really as Palace had a feel of job done about them, and it certainly was as Rangers struggled to make any sort of foothold into the game at all. On 80 minutes, myself, Jenson and PK said enough was enough and thought we would make an early start on the traffic (happily the 2 very gracious Palace fans came with us). Lee, Jess, Sam and Luke&#39;s reward for staying on was witnessing as mentioned earlier, a goal of the season contender from Matty Phillips, who picked up the ball just inside the Palace half and unleashed a 40 yard, dipping, swerving drive that flew into the top corner. Of course we have all seen it since and it really was the most incredible goal, just a shame it wasn&#39;t under better circumstances..&lt;br /&gt;
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  40. Queens Park Rangers&lt;/h3&gt;
  41. &lt;ul class=&quot;player-list&quot;&gt;
  42. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO1243&quot;&gt;01 Green &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  43. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO176420&quot;&gt;38 Furlong &lt;/span&gt;(Hill - 45&#39; ) &lt;/li&gt;
  44. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO19053&quot;&gt;15 Onuoha &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;incident yellow-card&quot;&gt;Booked&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
  45. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO68815&quot;&gt;04 Caulker &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  46. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO77875&quot;&gt;13 Yun Suk-young &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  47. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO1212&quot;&gt;11 Wright-Phillips &lt;/span&gt;(Grego-Cox - 85&#39; ) &lt;/li&gt;
  48. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO10561&quot;&gt;20 Henry &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;incident yellow-card&quot;&gt;Booked&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
  49. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO52876&quot;&gt;30 Sandro &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;incident yellow-card&quot;&gt;Booked&lt;/span&gt; (Kranjcar - 84&#39; ) &lt;/li&gt;
  50. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO50229&quot;&gt;07 Phillips &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  51. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO39765&quot;&gt;27 Taarabt &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  52. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO78356&quot;&gt;09 Austin &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  53. &lt;/ul&gt;
  54. &lt;h4 class=&quot;substitutes&quot;&gt;
  55. Substitutes&lt;/h4&gt;
  56. &lt;ul class=&quot;subs-list&quot;&gt;
  57. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO1216&quot;&gt;06 Hill &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  58. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO58376&quot;&gt;12 McCarthy &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  59. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO28097&quot;&gt;19 Kranjcar &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  60. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO49806&quot;&gt;23 Hoilett &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  61. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO105835&quot;&gt;24 Vargas &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  62. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO4570&quot;&gt;25 Zamora &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  63. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO174102&quot;&gt;39 Grego-Cox &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  64. &lt;/ul&gt;
  65. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Man of the Match&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  66. &lt;br /&gt;
  67. At first there was a flat refusal from myself to accept any nominations, but thought I would pick out the man in the Jerk Chicken shop that was chopping the meat, it really was a first class performance. Sam&#39;s choice was the pillar on the left of the stand we were in for blocking a great deal of the shambles in front of us. PK singled out the Eagle that flies around the Stadium with some great control before the kick off and half time.. and Jess nominated her Subway sandwich for her personal highlight of the day. But&amp;nbsp;a late one from Lee came in for &#39;that&#39; goal and going close soon after and to be honest, I just cannot ignore it and today award goes to &lt;strong&gt;Matty Phillips.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  68. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  72. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  73. I&#39;m not going to dwell too much further on this one as I am still trying to calm down and enjoy the rest of my weekend. But will just add,&amp;nbsp;as I did on the social networks earlier that I am not really convinced I am buying into this whole Chris Ramsey thing? There is no doubt at all he is an excellent coach but is taking the reigns of a Club in a dogfight a bit too much of an ask for the poor guy at the moment? As we see other teams namely Palace, Villa and WBA bearing the fruits of their latest appointments around us... something to think about I&#39;m sure..&lt;br /&gt;
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  75. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  76. &lt;strong&gt;Keep the Faith and Come on you R&#39;ssssssssss!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  78. &lt;b&gt;Rangers&#39; hosted their second London Derby in four days as Spurs made the short trip to Loftus Road to attempt to do what their North London rivals Arsenal done on Wednesday and take the spoils back up the road. Could Rangers&#39; turn their fortunes around and help us stop bemoaning the &#39;bad luck&#39; we are having to endure??&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  79. &lt;br /&gt;
  80. With Lofty&#39;s birthday just around the corner we had all planned to meet early on to enjoy a pre-match pint to help him celebrate his 25th birthday once again. Lofty, Jenson and PK all arrived at the Springbok to enjoy these but unfortunately due to traffic issues Jess and I did not make it in time and missed the opening twenty minutes of the game! Sam and Luke also could not make it due to a pre arranged trip to the theatre.&lt;br /&gt;
  81. We hope you enjoy your birthday when it arrives on Monday!!&lt;br /&gt;
  82. &lt;br /&gt;
  83. Two changes were made from Wednesday nights defeat with Rio Ferdinand and Maurico Isla returning to the side as Junior Hoilett dropped to the bench as Darnell Furlong missed out through injury.&lt;br /&gt;
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  87. As aforementioned I missed the opening twenty minutes so cannot report too much on this, however I am reliably informed by the gang that Zamora had a good header well saved by Lloris, which led to Spurs being awarded a goal kick somehow!&lt;br /&gt;
  88. Kane forced a fantastic save from our hero Rob Green as continues in the form of his life and single handily tries to keep clean sheets himself!&lt;br /&gt;
  89. Finally briefly before my arrival Austin intercepted a back pass but could not get the ball in enough control to steer past Lloris, instead the French International denied the R&#39;s number 9 with a close range save.&lt;br /&gt;
  90. When I finally arrived on with twenty three minutes on the clock I received several jeers from the gang and took my seat and felt like a jinx as Spurs begun to take some control of the encounter but it was the R&#39;s that came the closest to opening the scoring on the half hour.&lt;br /&gt;
  91. Phillips&#39;, who was operating on the left wing due to Isla&#39;s inclusion, fed Austin the ball as he maneuvered himself into a goal scoring position and took aim only to see his rasping drive hit the underside of the bar and somehow cleared to safety! It&#39;s these fine margins that we curse our luck over and today was to be no different as Spurs went up the other end and scored five minutes later.&lt;br /&gt;
  92. Spurs were awarded an extremely soft free kick by referee Pawson roughly thirty yards from goal. Former R&#39;s loanee Andros Townsend swung in his free kick as Kane found himself in acres of space having leaving his marker behind and beat Rob Green to the ball, heading into the unguarded Rangers&#39; net. Another dagger in the R&#39;s fans hearts after playing well and being unrewarded!&lt;br /&gt;
  93. Just before half time Rangers&#39; had definite reason to believe they should have been awarded a penalty when Lloris&#39; trailing leg clattered into Isla as he was about to finish off Caulkers flick forward. It was as clear as day but as you usually tend to see with Pawson, he favoured the bigger side and awarded chuff all! Pawson has a history of bottling decisions again lower table teams and it looked like today was going to be no different!&lt;br /&gt;
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  97. This led to the half time gathering being slightly frustrated by the lack of decisions going in our favour, especially with a free kick being awarded for winning the ball from Spurs leading to their goal and with the R&#39;s having a clear penalty waved away. We were certainly feeling that there was a sense of it wasn&#39;t going to be our day in the air and that the next forty five minutes being particularly difficult to digest!&lt;br /&gt;
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  101. Lofty&#39;s daughter Laura joined us for a bit of a catch up before we trundled back up the stairs to take our seats for the second half.&lt;br /&gt;
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  103. Spurs started the second half the better of the two sides and were a whisker away from doubling their lead when Eriksen managed to buy himself an inch when under pressure from Onuoha before taking aim and curling a superb effort past Green, only to see the inside of the post come to the R&#39;s rescue before being cleared. It would&#39;ve been a contender for goal of the month that&#39;s for sure!&lt;br /&gt;
  104. The visitors started to get more into the game and look the more superior side as they glided the ball around the midfield with ease and begun to stretch the R&#39;s with more ease.&lt;br /&gt;
  105. Townsend was the next to come close for Spurs but luckily lost his composure in front of goal and sliced the ball well wide.&lt;br /&gt;
  106. We were limited in terms of chances in the opening fifteen minutes but did manage to create something when Zamora&#39;s shot from an acute angle was parried behind via a combination of Lloris and the near post.&lt;br /&gt;
  107. On the hour Spurs really should of been 2-0 up as a quick break away from Walker saw Eriksen certain to tap home having beaten Green but it was an unlikely source in Charlie Austin that was back on the goal line to slide and deny the little Dane from doubling the lead.&lt;br /&gt;
  108. The visitors weren&#39;t to be denied and foudn themselves 2-0 up with just over twenty minutes to go.&lt;br /&gt;
  109. A simple ball over the top by Mason saw both Chadli and Kane through on goal, with Chadli looking to be massively offside when the ball was played. Despite getting within a yard and clearly looking like he wanted to interfere with play, he left it for the in form Kane as he rounded Green before slotting home and giving Spurs what looked to be a certain three points.&lt;br /&gt;
  110. Credit to the home side, there was some fight left in the locker and found themselves within a shout following some good wing play by Austin, who squared to Zamora who then found Sandro on the edge of the box and the former Spurs&#39; player sidefooted his effort from the edge of the box just inside Lloris&#39; goal to just give us a whiff of hope.&lt;br /&gt;
  111. It was at this point that referee Pawson decided to take centre stage and award a host of soft free kicks to Spurs&#39;. All that was needed was for a player in a black shirt to dive on the floor and that was enough for a free kick to be awarded against us, yet we had none of these decisions go in our favour!&lt;br /&gt;
  112. What totally summed up his performance was with ten minutes to go the most blatant handball from Bentaleb, stopping Austin&#39;s header going goal bound was somehow missed by both the ref and the linesman! I think Hugo Lloris would&#39;ve been proud of the save made to deny the R&#39;s of a grandstand finish and potentially clinch a point, if not all three! It wasn&#39;t to be and we are left to rue missed chances and poor refereeing once again!!&lt;br /&gt;
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  116. How many times do we have to say it? We were unlucky once again and went down by the odd goal for the umpteenth time this season!&lt;br /&gt;
  117. What makes this one hard to take is that we have had two clear penalty shouts waved away, a soft free kick leading to the opening goal and decisions clearly favouring the bigger side in the tie. Take Ryan Mason for example, he clearly threw the ball away in dissent in the opening ten minutes of the half and was not booked for it and when he finally received a card for a crunching tackle in the final ten minutes it should&#39;ve been a second, leading to the R&#39;s having a numerical advantage. Yes it may seem slightly bitter but had Barton/Henry or Sandro done the same he&#39;d of been booked so why not the other way?&lt;br /&gt;
  118. One of the things that is really beginning to frustrate me is the fact we continue to be persistent in playing long balls to Zamora and Austin, yet most of our goals come when we play passing football along the floor or when we get Phillips into wide positions and find Austin on the end of his excellent balls from out wide. Are we trying to play to Zamora&#39;s &#39;strengths&#39; too much and hindering the good work that Austin is doing in front of goal? I&#39;m of the opinion that as much as Zamora can be a nuisance we have to start making Austin the main man and play to his strengths. Let&#39;s bolster that midfield guile of Sandro and Karlinho and have the pace on Phillips on the right(where he is more effective) and the only other natural wide player we can have on the left is Traore(he proved this last year) and then have a Vargas/Zarate playing just behind Austin that add more pace and attacking threat to the opposition and potentially add more goals to the team whilst we have Fer out injured. We need this support around Austin as he is the single biggest goal threat we possess, whilst Green is doing it at the other end for us! Without those two we could have found ourselves in an embarrassing position this season, let&#39;s hope the players around them start to get up to their levels sooner rather than later!&lt;br /&gt;
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  120. Onto our &lt;b&gt;Man of the Match&lt;/b&gt;. With PK leaving early I have not received a vote from him, despite this we do have a clear winner despite this. Jess voted for Yun after a good performance and keeping Townsend as quiet as he could whilst also venturing forward and creating several opportunities. However, with the remaining three votes from Lofty, Jenson and I, our Man of the Match is &lt;b&gt;Sandro&lt;/b&gt;. He battled away at the heart of the R&#39;s midfield and has shown us exactly what we have been missing whilst he&#39;s been out injured for so long. He and Karlinho are making it impossible for Barton to walk back into the team surely?&lt;br /&gt;
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  124. &lt;b&gt;Lofty will return next weekend as we play our third London Derby on the spin as we take the short trip to Selhurst Park in a vital game against Crystal Palace. Let&#39;s hope we can enjoy some of the magic that we witnessed on our last visit when Helguson sealed the points in our Championship winning season!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  126. &lt;b&gt;In the meantime......&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  128. &lt;img src=&quot;http://sd.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk/i/keep-calm-and-support-qpr-69.png&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;274&quot; /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/feeds/8638708366152833920/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27147336&amp;postID=8638708366152833920&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/8638708366152833920'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/8638708366152833920'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/2015/03/spurs-get-their-paws-on-vital-three.html' title='Spurs Get Their Paws On Vital Three Points.....'/><author><name>Lee</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03041665580397436516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/kqLY8HcyQLc/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27147336.post-259900186152779946</id><published>2015-03-05T22:17:00.002+00:00</published><updated>2015-03-05T22:17:43.479+00:00</updated><title type='text'>Arsenal Take Their Ch-Sanchez......</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The R&#39;s came back from a break in the fixture list and a training get together in Dubai to take on the first of three London Derbies over the next ten days. On this occasion the visitors were an Arsenal side that traveled to Loftus Road after a morale boosting victory over Everton at the weekend.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  130. Despite traffic causing havoc on the A40 last night, the gang(Lofty, Sam, Luke, Jenson, Michael and Zach) arrived in good time last night and gathered in the Loft before my late arrival for the first catch up in over a month, yes it has been that long since we were last at HQ! Unfortunately we were missing Jess through illness as PK was unable to attend due to working commitments.&lt;br /&gt;
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  132. The team news saw a surprise inclusion for the inconsistent Junior Hoilett, whilst Onuoha and Sandro returned to the starting eleven after injury. The trio replaced Kranjcar(bench), Ferdinand(signing books) and Barton(suspended for d!ck slapping).&lt;br /&gt;
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  136. The game started tentatively with both sides looking very compact. Sandro and Henry were providing the bulldog spirit in the heart of the R&#39;s midfield, chasing down Cazola and Rosicky at every opportunity to ensure neither of them had an inch of space to get Sanchez and Ozil in between the defense and midfield and create all sorts of problems.&lt;br /&gt;
  137. With the game plan being effective it was the R&#39;s that had the first shot in anger after Zamora laid the ball off to Austin and the Rangers&#39; top scorer who sent his half volley directly at Ospina, who collected at the second attempt.&lt;br /&gt;
  138. Green was called into action for the first time half way through the first period when Giroud&#39;s shot from the edge of the box was gathered comfortably.&lt;br /&gt;
  139. The Gunners&#39; were dealt with a blow &amp;nbsp;ten minutes before the break as Gabriel&#39;s &#39;Dreams&#39; didn&#39;t come true as he limped off to be be replaced by Koscielny&lt;br /&gt;
  140. This spurred on the home side and they continued to press aggressively at the Gunners midfield with good effect, ensuring the Ospina remained the busier of the two &#39;keepers in the first half.&lt;br /&gt;
  141. The R&#39;s front two combined soon after, as Henry&#39;s long punt up field was knocked down once again by Zamora and that man Austin sent a fizzing volley just millimeters wide of a despairing Ospina, who would&#39;ve had no chance had it been just the other side of the post.&lt;br /&gt;
  142. The R&#39;s were then dealt with a defensive blow of their own when Onuoha collided with a combination of what looked like Caulker and Giroud and was forced to leave the field with what was apparently a nasty looking face injury.&lt;br /&gt;
  143. Arsenal took advantage of the new found weakness of the R&#39;s and finished the half the better of the two sides, with Giroud once again testing Green, only to find the R&#39;s number one more than equal to the effort and pushed his push away to safety.&lt;br /&gt;
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  145. The gang assembled for the half time interval happy once again after seeing a positive and attacking performance that we probably would not of seen under the former manager and Ramsey clearly has has style of play that is bringing the best out of the players we have in our ranks and clearly fills them with confidence. Matty Phillips was one of the stars of the first half and under Ramsey he has flourished, looking like the player we spent £5 million on over 18months ago. He&#39;s running at players and crossing the ball from wide positions in a way that I can only describe as a David Bardsley type cross that is being whipped in from about 25-30 yards out, unfortunately because Zamora is acting as a target man we&#39;re seeing Austin operate slightly deeper and cannot get on the end of these, if he was in that more advanced position then he could and would easily score over 20-25 goals a season from the service Phillips can provide.&lt;br /&gt;
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  150. Arsenal started the second half as they finished the first and within the opening minute when Rosicky waltz down the touchline and squared to Ozil, who luckily for the R&#39;s could not dispatch ball into the back of the net.&lt;br /&gt;
  151. It was at this point where our own entertainment was made for the next ten minutes by Pete sitting behind us. What I failed to mention earlier was that Lofty&#39;s good friend Laura joined us up at the back of the stands. Pete, with his tongue in cheek, referred to Laura as Lofty&#39;s daughter, much to the amusement to our row with us all knowing that Lofty is just days away from his birthday and saying that he&#39;s beginning to feel it (but not look it!) this could&#39;ve been the icing on the game for him but instead he just used it to keep jesting with Pete for the next fifteen minutes and perk us all up during what was a testing spell for the R&#39;s.&lt;br /&gt;
  152. With Sandro playing in his first match since returning from a lengthy injury, he departed on the hour mark after being replaced by Krancjar.&lt;br /&gt;
  153. Rangers&#39; continued with their positive vain and came close once again as Phillips&#39; volley, just as Austin&#39;s did in the first half, went a whisker past the post!&lt;br /&gt;
  154. Minutes after Sandro departed Arsenal asserted themselves for the first time in the game and tore apart the R&#39;s defense with ease in one simple breakaway.&lt;br /&gt;
  155. The break started with the unusually quiet Sanchez before he released Gibbs down the Arsenal left and his cross was momentarily blocked before Giroud swept home on the angle to give the visitors what looked like an unlikely lead.&lt;br /&gt;
  156. With Rangers&#39; rocked and shocked by this the visitors smelt blood and swiftly went in for the kill and should&#39;ve found themselves two nil up when Caulker was caught napping before he lost the ball to Sanchez, leaving the Chilean one on one with Green but the man in the form of his life managed to narrow the angle and smother the ball before Sanchez could punish the R&#39;s.&lt;br /&gt;
  157. That let off was short lived and Sanchez made it two nil shortly after.&lt;br /&gt;
  158. The midfield was now wide open after Sandro&#39;s departure and this led to young right back Darnell Furlong being heavily exposed to Sanchez&#39;s pace and the pacy winger made his way in from the sideline unchallenged to then cheekily poke home at Rob Green&#39;s near post. An excellent goal from a fantastic player.&lt;br /&gt;
  159. This killed the atmosphere around the ground as the Arsenal fans finally found their voices.&lt;br /&gt;
  160. Cazorla and Ozil took control of the game and we were left wondering what could&#39;ve been had Sandro been fully fit. Krancjar is not an ideal replacement, especially in a game where we needed to maintain the high intensity. I&#39;m not sure if Doughty is injured or not but it would&#39;ve been great to see him in the battle as you know he would&#39;ve been able to handle himself and gain some more vital experience.&lt;br /&gt;
  161. The R&#39;s handed themselves a lifeline when they finally got back on the ball when Phillips&#39; left wing centre was collected by Austin and when it seemed easier to lay the ball off to Furlong, Austin settled himself before unleashing an unstoppable drive past Ospina.&lt;br /&gt;
  162. Despite a late flurry the R&#39;s were left frustrated by the lack of decisions that went against them by a very bias refereeing performance by Kevin Friend, he&#39;s always been an enemy of ours!!&lt;br /&gt;
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  166. Well it&#39;s another defeat but one that we would&#39;ve expected to lost anyway. There are plenty of positives to take from the game with the performances of Green, Phillips and Austin standing out from the rest. It&#39;s a breath of fresh air to see youngsters like Darnell Furlong get a chance at Hull and not lose his place as soon as Isla is fit again.&lt;br /&gt;
  167. The big question is, where would we be without Rob Green and Charlie Austin? These two are the reason we are within a whisker of safety. Green plays out of his skin week after week with little reward, whilst up the other end our one potent threat is Charlie Austin bagging vital goals for us.&lt;br /&gt;
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  170. Onto our &lt;b&gt;Man of the Match&lt;/b&gt;. Jess, after catching a stream at home, voted for another fantastic game from Rob Green. Luke and Lofty both opted for the goalscorer Charlie Austin after another hard working performance. The winner on this occasion with three votes from Jenson, Sam and myself for another fantastic display of wing play by &lt;b&gt;Matty Phillips&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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  174. Another London Derby is on the horizon as we host Spurs in our game in hand over the teams just above us, not quite a must win but it is vital confidence wise to get something from the game.&lt;br /&gt;
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  176. I will return on Saturday evening/Sunday morning with what I&#39;m hoping to be a positive report!&lt;br /&gt;
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  178. Until then.....&lt;br /&gt;
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  182. &lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/feeds/259900186152779946/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27147336&amp;postID=259900186152779946&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/259900186152779946'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/259900186152779946'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/2015/03/arsenal-take-their-ch-sanchez.html' title='Arsenal Take Their Ch-Sanchez......'/><author><name>Lee</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03041665580397436516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/b3VxXx2tXYM/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27147336.post-6399245013155162827</id><published>2015-02-22T12:09:00.001+00:00</published><updated>2015-02-22T12:09:40.828+00:00</updated><title type='text'>Late Heartbreak as the Points Go For a Barton..</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
  183. &lt;strong&gt;Hull 2-1 QPR&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  184. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  185. &lt;strong&gt;Ten man QPR suffered late heartbreak as an 89th minute goal from Dame N&#39;Doye secured all three points at the KC Stadium...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  191. On the back of the 2-0 win at Sunderland, as you are all aware, Chris Ramsey was appointed the role of Head Coach until the end of the season and some very positive vibes have been coming out of the club since which has been very refreshing.&amp;nbsp; With a free weekend last week, Rangers had 2 weeks to prepare for what was a huge game for both clubs and a huge R&#39;s following had made the long journey to the KC Stadium.&lt;br /&gt;
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  193. There was plenty of talk before the game with Isla missing out, who would fill in at right back with Nedum also out injured and it was very much a surprise to see son of Paul, young Darnell Furlong making his debut. With Doughty on the bench and indeed making his debut at Sunderland, it is finally great to see some youngsters coming through and getting their chance. I think it is very safe to say that this would not happen under the previous regime...&lt;br /&gt;
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  199. Onto the game and it was the home side that made the breakthrough after a good opening. A Huddlestone free kick was I have to say, poorly cleared by Caulker into the path of the unmarked Jelavic who volleyed into the corner giving Green no chance.&lt;br /&gt;
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  201. Rangers response was positive and it was Furlong who went close with a&amp;nbsp;looping header from the edge of the area as the ball was looped in by Joey Barton. It was Furlong again that was involved in what was probably the moment the game changed. The young right back went in hard but fully committed on Jelavic which resulted in a bit of a melee. As Captain, Joey Barton was trying to get his point over to the referee and help protect the young debuatant, whilst the Hull players were also trying to get into his face. Barton then reacted by first shoving away Alex Bruce. Tom Huddlestone then joined in by shoving Karl Henry into Barton, who reacted by slapping the Hull midfielder right in the vital area - not malicious at all, but nevertheless right in front of the referee who had no choice but to show Barton the red card. Complete stupidity from Barton it has to be said..&lt;br /&gt;
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  208. Despite the setback, Rangers stayed positive and on 39 minutes, got their reward when yet again, the revitalised Matt Phillips sent in a beauty of a cross from the right which was met by Charlie Austin who headed home his 14th of the season. He followed up with a cheeky celebration simulating the so called knee injury that failed a medical at Hull a year and a half or so ago...&lt;br /&gt;
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  217. Rangers fought brilliantly in the second half and a precious point was looking likely. But Hull certainly upped the tempo in the dying minutes and Rob Green pulled off a fantastic almost point blank save from N&#39;Doye in the 89th minute. Sadly, the ball wasn&#39;t cleared and worked to the left side to Brady, who whipped a vicious ball in for N&#39;Doye who got in front of Caulker to head home.&lt;br /&gt;
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  219. Rangers rallied in stoppage time and substitute Zarate fired well over when perhaps a cross into a packed penalty area was the better option and Hull held on for a very important win and a heart breaking defeat for the R&#39;s.&lt;br /&gt;
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  221. &lt;h3 class=&quot;team-name&quot;&gt;
  222. Queens Park Rangers&lt;/h3&gt;
  223. &lt;ul class=&quot;player-list&quot;&gt;
  224. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO1243&quot;&gt;01 Green &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  225. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO176420&quot;&gt;38 Furlong &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;incident yellow-card&quot;&gt;Booked&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
  226. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO2034&quot;&gt;05 Ferdinand &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  227. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO68815&quot;&gt;04 Caulker &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  228. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO77875&quot;&gt;13 Yun Suk-young &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  229. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO50229&quot;&gt;07 Phillips &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;incident yellow-card&quot;&gt;Booked&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
  230. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO10561&quot;&gt;20 Henry &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  231. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO15276&quot;&gt;08 Barton &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;incident red-card&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dismissed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
  232. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO28097&quot;&gt;19 Kranjcar &lt;/span&gt;(Traore - 78&#39; ) &lt;/li&gt;
  233. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO78356&quot;&gt;09 Austin &lt;/span&gt;(Zárate - 75&#39; &lt;span class=&quot;incident yellow-card&quot;&gt;Booked&lt;/span&gt; ) &lt;/li&gt;
  234. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO4570&quot;&gt;25 Zamora &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;incident yellow-card&quot;&gt;Booked&lt;/span&gt; (Doughty - 64&#39; ) &lt;/li&gt;
  235. &lt;/ul&gt;
  236. &lt;h4 class=&quot;substitutes&quot;&gt;
  237. Substitutes&lt;/h4&gt;
  238. &lt;ul class=&quot;subs-list&quot;&gt;
  239. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO20488&quot;&gt;03 Traore &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  240. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO1216&quot;&gt;06 Hill &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  241. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO1212&quot;&gt;11 Wright-Phillips &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  242. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO58376&quot;&gt;12 McCarthy &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  243. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO105835&quot;&gt;24 Vargas &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  244. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO49696&quot;&gt;29 Zárate &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  245. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO92789&quot;&gt;36 Doughty &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  246. &lt;/ul&gt;
  247. &lt;span&gt;Heart breaking it was but the performance was extremely positive as was the debut of Darnell Furlong. We all know Joey Barton was stupid for his actions so won&#39;t dwell on that for too long and who knows what could have been achieved yesterday with 11 men on the park. The sending off also means he will miss the next 3 games and it remains to be seen just how costly this could be, or not be...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  248. &lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  249. &lt;span&gt;We have another free Saturday next weekend but will return on 4th March as Lee will bring you the review of our clash with Arsenal..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  250. &lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  251. &lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Until the Keep the Faith and Come on you R&#39;sssss!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  252. &lt;br /&gt;
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  254. &lt;strong&gt;Sunderland 0-2 QPR&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  255. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  256. &lt;strong&gt;It&#39;s finally happened...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  257. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  258. &lt;strong&gt;Yes, this is not a misprint, QPR have got their first away win and indeed, their first away points of the season with a thoroughly deserved 2-0 win at the Stadium of Light for Chris Ramsey&#39;s side.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  259. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  260. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  261. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh289xhNEBn4KySA24NzAZNR-Fh_GNLl4N9F20is9XOhLU_xcpmtuuC6Ig1fE8HRJKj11cLI6d4tv88x8BOB3RcacobXwLmG6BxSuujXbleBu7y_mDOCF5wEbil5F34AfoNMbIM7g/s1600/10968456_893211110716945_8345922623294081828_n.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh289xhNEBn4KySA24NzAZNR-Fh_GNLl4N9F20is9XOhLU_xcpmtuuC6Ig1fE8HRJKj11cLI6d4tv88x8BOB3RcacobXwLmG6BxSuujXbleBu7y_mDOCF5wEbil5F34AfoNMbIM7g/s1600/10968456_893211110716945_8345922623294081828_n.jpg&quot; height=&quot;211&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  263. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  264. &lt;br /&gt;
  265. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  266. Following the late heartbreak at home to Southampton, the doom and gloom followed with the news of injuries to Austin, Onuoha and Dunne and a 12th straight Premier League away defeat was looking very much on the cards.. but maybe it was a bit of a masterstroke from Tony Fernandes by tweeting that he had &#39;found his dream Manager&#39; a couple of hours prior to kick off.. because the R&#39;s put in a superb performance..&lt;br /&gt;
  267. &lt;br /&gt;
  268. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  269. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFdWVoYcR5TcbBT75vTqAqCONSwy6XkKo5MlJfnNolIzE3vlvBR2tt498k-_qBgzUjDZJQdHqvRIVpez4VoIgDsAgL1nOm2uthtOpS7YXr44o75pvhoKhipWBiGRbDAxImX9isoQ/s1600/10959525_913384948692395_2685596783621123171_n.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFdWVoYcR5TcbBT75vTqAqCONSwy6XkKo5MlJfnNolIzE3vlvBR2tt498k-_qBgzUjDZJQdHqvRIVpez4VoIgDsAgL1nOm2uthtOpS7YXr44o75pvhoKhipWBiGRbDAxImX9isoQ/s1600/10959525_913384948692395_2685596783621123171_n.jpg&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  270. &lt;br /&gt;
  271. &lt;br /&gt;
  272. The team selection raised a few eyebrows but from the off, it looked a totally different Rangers mentality away from home as we took the game to the Black Cats..&lt;br /&gt;
  273. &lt;br /&gt;
  274. Rangers dominated the opening stages and had chances when Joey Barton fired over and Zamora glanced a header wide. And the good, positive start got it&#39;s reward when Phillips put in a delicious cross for Leroy Fer to head home, giving Rangers a deserved lead.&lt;br /&gt;
  275. &lt;br /&gt;
  276. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  277. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOw-EU_DlA1HZpA1tDEXEQRVFGMcGZ_b_aMR1zXLw38XI6Q-bTB3qjts-dB0SAxmhdHTaFvlNTXPu-Bkze8WMfhofxtBNIyoG3dOnRiwQxQK_G0GwjCUiL7AZPEHks_o7vxY0qag/s1600/10168140_913482638682626_1483499710887852319_n.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOw-EU_DlA1HZpA1tDEXEQRVFGMcGZ_b_aMR1zXLw38XI6Q-bTB3qjts-dB0SAxmhdHTaFvlNTXPu-Bkze8WMfhofxtBNIyoG3dOnRiwQxQK_G0GwjCUiL7AZPEHks_o7vxY0qag/s1600/10168140_913482638682626_1483499710887852319_n.jpg&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  278. &lt;br /&gt;
  279. &lt;br /&gt;
  280. At the other end, Rob Green pulled off a remarkable save from Connor Wickham - pushing his close range header onto the bar and as the ball came down, scooped it away as he was on his way down from the original save. The Sunderland players were shouting for a goal but in truth it was no where near, it was a quite sensational piece of goalkeeping.&lt;br /&gt;
  281. &lt;br /&gt;
  282. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  283. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigLR1jlCGbwC4Ad17eYDufnS9Td3PeTAAXguTQT541Z89Mj_go9UNQh7to3ab0BLWMaLXCRzwRvzTEYLtcqdwfameoBmsJS7mx2fS06FuJCCKWZfmSUYcU_t97N_kCtsViHAS_qA/s1600/10930923_913482725349284_5373065764248548321_n.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigLR1jlCGbwC4Ad17eYDufnS9Td3PeTAAXguTQT541Z89Mj_go9UNQh7to3ab0BLWMaLXCRzwRvzTEYLtcqdwfameoBmsJS7mx2fS06FuJCCKWZfmSUYcU_t97N_kCtsViHAS_qA/s1600/10930923_913482725349284_5373065764248548321_n.jpg&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  284. &lt;br /&gt;
  285. &lt;br /&gt;
  286. Rangers were looking for more goals and Fer nearly got his and Rangers second goal of the game but the his side footed effort from the edge of the box bounced agonisingly off the inside of the post. But the second goal duly came on the stroke of half time when again, another superb ball in found Bobby Zamora who finished brilliantly into the top corner.&lt;br /&gt;
  287. &lt;br /&gt;
  288. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  289. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtcHZxHBVQSmPwRhDsnKHQhOstmi8Eo0UiPJIhbe1l9M2bJjU3_8WODcTB3EYAOrO_fieM-gSUyEFstxn35Be27790y6PJbMypepTIh9qTRyjVcfQmLSC5oxs04y_KI9j8lde4PA/s1600/10926203_913482878682602_6508543376112121709_n.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtcHZxHBVQSmPwRhDsnKHQhOstmi8Eo0UiPJIhbe1l9M2bJjU3_8WODcTB3EYAOrO_fieM-gSUyEFstxn35Be27790y6PJbMypepTIh9qTRyjVcfQmLSC5oxs04y_KI9j8lde4PA/s1600/10926203_913482878682602_6508543376112121709_n.jpg&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  290. &lt;br /&gt;
  291. &lt;br /&gt;
  292. So a two nil half time lead, and well deserved too - could this really be Rangers first away win of the season...&lt;br /&gt;
  293. &lt;br /&gt;
  294. As you would have expected, Sunderland were much improved after the break but the R&#39;s defence were well marshalled and coped extremely well. When the chances did come, both Defoe and Alvarez found Rob Green, not for the first time this season, in exceptional form and Sunderland could not find a way through. In injury time as the home faithful made for the exits, the ever popular but underused &#39;win away&#39; is all that could be heard from the R&#39;s contingent up near the moon...&lt;br /&gt;
  295. &lt;h3 class=&quot;team-name&quot;&gt;
  296. Queens Park Rangers&lt;/h3&gt;
  297. &lt;ul class=&quot;player-list&quot;&gt;
  298. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO1243&quot;&gt;01 Green &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  299. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO48852&quot;&gt;14 Isla &lt;/span&gt;(Doughty - 85&#39; ) &lt;/li&gt;
  300. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO2034&quot;&gt;05 Ferdinand &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;incident yellow-card&quot;&gt;Booked&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
  301. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO68815&quot;&gt;04 Caulker &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  302. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO77875&quot;&gt;13 Yun Suk-young &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  303. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO10561&quot;&gt;20 Henry &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  304. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO15276&quot;&gt;08 Barton &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;incident yellow-card&quot;&gt;Booked&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
  305. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO50229&quot;&gt;07 Phillips &lt;/span&gt;(Wright-Phillips - 52&#39; ) &lt;/li&gt;
  306. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO49277&quot;&gt;10 Fer &lt;/span&gt;(Zárate - 75&#39; ) &lt;/li&gt;
  307. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO28097&quot;&gt;19 Kranjcar &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  308. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO4570&quot;&gt;25 Zamora &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;incident yellow-card&quot;&gt;Booked&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
  309. &lt;/ul&gt;
  310. &lt;h4 class=&quot;substitutes&quot;&gt;
  311. Substitutes&lt;/h4&gt;
  312. &lt;ul class=&quot;subs-list&quot;&gt;
  313. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO20488&quot;&gt;03 Traore &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  314. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO1216&quot;&gt;06 Hill &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  315. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO1212&quot;&gt;11 Wright-Phillips &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  316. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO58376&quot;&gt;12 McCarthy &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  317. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO39765&quot;&gt;27 Taarabt &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  318. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO49696&quot;&gt;29 Zárate &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  319. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO92789&quot;&gt;36 Doughty &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  320. &lt;/ul&gt;
  321. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Man of the Match&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  322. &lt;br /&gt;
  323. Almost full quota of votes through with Lee and Luke picking out a simple but commanding performance from Joey Barton in the Rangers midfield. But myself, Jenson, Sam and Jess picked out the man who is simply in the form of his life in the R&#39;s goal - &lt;strong&gt;Rob Green.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  324. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  326. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFf8neCCLZCn-snXJjYohoFcMMcMGXaIUMAcdvoV85Ypf_yaOOnXnCSe9hIuu0nEMhvO3AaMexBZTs5LiFSz-emN9Lp52k5pHLuxkmKcpnNgOQJUK7py7iarRYrvHrZvBLvxixg/s1600/10933892_913676468663243_6562275596408108610_n.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFf8neCCLZCn-snXJjYohoFcMMcMGXaIUMAcdvoV85Ypf_yaOOnXnCSe9hIuu0nEMhvO3AaMexBZTs5LiFSz-emN9Lp52k5pHLuxkmKcpnNgOQJUK7py7iarRYrvHrZvBLvxixg/s1600/10933892_913676468663243_6562275596408108610_n.jpg&quot; height=&quot;221&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  327. &lt;br /&gt;
  328. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  329. The defeat sadly came at a cost as the news filtered through the next day that Leroy Fer will spend some time on the side lines with an MCL injury to his knee. Leroy has been exceptional this season, despite being played out of position by the previous manager and will be missed. We wish him well with his recovery..&lt;br /&gt;
  330. &lt;br /&gt;
  331. This important, overdue and very welcome win may well have also led to Rangers to appoint Chris Ramsey as First Team Coach for the remainder of the season..&lt;br /&gt;
  332. &lt;br /&gt;
  333. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  334. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuz6-3JCiozfJjc06yRklfgBfuH1X6ds7aS7V8g2uGz9NWpJD_D-oE0kUG0chuE5rX33lAWL0du97stBt6tPTVz4Rnft7XeqYiqUjbv_AWoQr1u5BaIYYra47yutteXUNRmlPp9A/s1600/10987406_945633038781649_4389237764570969898_n.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuz6-3JCiozfJjc06yRklfgBfuH1X6ds7aS7V8g2uGz9NWpJD_D-oE0kUG0chuE5rX33lAWL0du97stBt6tPTVz4Rnft7XeqYiqUjbv_AWoQr1u5BaIYYra47yutteXUNRmlPp9A/s1600/10987406_945633038781649_4389237764570969898_n.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  335. &lt;br /&gt;
  336. &lt;br /&gt;
  337. &lt;strong&gt;Good Luck Chris, we are all behind you!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  338. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  339. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  340. We shall return next weekend as we travel to Hull for another huge away game and hopefully with the same positive outcome...&lt;br /&gt;
  341. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  342. &lt;strong&gt;Keep the Faith and Come on you R&#39;ssssssss!!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  343. &lt;br /&gt;
  344. &lt;br /&gt;
  345. &lt;ul class=&quot;subs-list&quot;&gt;
  346. &lt;/ul&gt;
  347. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/feeds/5193655544007092655/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27147336&amp;postID=5193655544007092655&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/5193655544007092655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/5193655544007092655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/2015/02/at-last-win-haway.html' title='At Last... A Win HA&#39;WAY...'/><author><name>LOFTY</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05311226130099573295</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='15' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/tonymac/loftyh.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh289xhNEBn4KySA24NzAZNR-Fh_GNLl4N9F20is9XOhLU_xcpmtuuC6Ig1fE8HRJKj11cLI6d4tv88x8BOB3RcacobXwLmG6BxSuujXbleBu7y_mDOCF5wEbil5F34AfoNMbIM7g/s72-c/10968456_893211110716945_8345922623294081828_n.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27147336.post-9132033592940015239</id><published>2015-02-08T16:03:00.001+00:00</published><updated>2015-02-08T16:03:20.668+00:00</updated><title type='text'>One Elia Heartbreaker....</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Yesterday the new era began as Chris Ramsey took temporary charge of the R&#39;s following the departure of Harry Redknapp the day after transfer deadline day. Arriving at Loftus Road looking to recover from a rare home defeat were Southampton.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  348. &lt;br /&gt;
  349. Let&#39;s start of with Harry Redknapp....&lt;br /&gt;
  350. I think the decision for him to go was the right one as he had clearly run out of ideas, kept playing his favorites and left several players hung out to dry and gave them no chance of playing their part for the rest of the season.&lt;br /&gt;
  351. Personally I think Fernandes has learnt a massive lesson in opening up his cheque book and after looking at our squad you can see that we have enough quality at the club and were lacking another striker that would help provide the goal in a relegation dogfight.&lt;br /&gt;
  352. With the club beginning to invest more and more in the academy and start to produce our own players, were they honestly going to get a chance when they had a wheeler dealer that continuously bought players that he had worked with before at either Spurs or Portsmouth, citing them as a &#39;triffic lad&#39; and will add something to the squad? Not a chance! We have some promising players in Bruno Andrade(on loan at Stevenage), Michael Harriman(on loan at Luton), Michael Petrasso(on loan at Notts County), Jack Robinson(on loan at Huddersfield) to name a few that could come in and do a good job for us. We also have more promising youngsters on the books and we have been at risk of losing these because of the signings that have been made.&lt;br /&gt;
  353. My personal opinion is that TF was not going to be forced into spending money on a squad that Redknapp had assembled and rather than having to spend compensation on sacking Harry, he forced the situation so much so that the only way to not have another expensive sacking was to not give Redknapp any money on deadline day, make him unhappy and wait for him to walk. That plan clearly worked and now we look likely to appoint Tim Sherwood, who will help to nurture these youngsters, give them confidence and we could see many of our own players come through and make an impact. I will happily support this as it will be something for us to build in the long term, get rid of our label of big spenders and not be such a laughing stock when it comes to transfer dealings.&lt;br /&gt;
  354. &lt;br /&gt;
  355. Anyway, onto the game!&lt;br /&gt;
  356. Jess and I met up with Lofty, PK and Jenson just before kick off, we were missing Sam and Luke as they were attending my Mum&#39;s 50th birthday meal.&lt;br /&gt;
  357. The gang were in good spirits and definitely felt more confident following Redknapp&#39;s departure and the new approach could see us watching some more attacking football and not the negative shower that we have been subjected to in recent weeks.&lt;br /&gt;
  358. Having said that the team news bought more surprises for us -&lt;br /&gt;
  359. &lt;br /&gt;
  360. &amp;nbsp;&lt;img alt=&quot;Embedded image permalink&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9PyhIVIgAEbgkD.jpg:large&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  361. &lt;br /&gt;
  362. The &#39;unfit&#39; Taarabt returned to the starting line up to show us if he really was as unfit as Redknapp told us! Traore came into a more familiar left wing role as Matty Phillips started, hopefully with the free reign to play his natural game! One surprise was Isla dropping to the bench.&lt;br /&gt;
  363. &lt;br /&gt;
  364. Onto the match.&lt;br /&gt;
  365. Well this wasn&#39;t the most entertaining of games and I cannot imagine there being too many highlights for me to see once I get around to watching Match of the Day later on.&lt;br /&gt;
  366. Rangers&#39; looked nervous in their approach and seemed to be afraid to make any individual errors as we have been heavily punished for mistakes in recent weeks. This is turn saw the midfield try to play small passes to one another and often were too short, giving easy possession back to the visitors. Taarabt looked to be hungry to impress as he continues to lose the three stone that he was overweight before the Christmas period, I&#39;m hearing rumours that a DVD launch could be due ready for next Christmas to assist those of us who may need to lose some excess weight in double quick time like the magical Morrocan!&lt;br /&gt;
  367. Southampton&#39;s two wide men Mane and Elia looked dangerous throughout, with Mane spending as much time on the floor as he did his feet! Hill never learnt his lesson and continued to get close to Mane before breathing on him and causing him to fall flat on his arse time after time.&lt;br /&gt;
  368. Southampton did have a few chances in the first half with Elia and Mane forcing good saves out of Green.&lt;br /&gt;
  369. Rangers&#39; enjoyed brief spells in the opening 45 minutes but it was Phillips return the the right wing that provided a much needed threat to our attacking play and potential provider for Austin to get back on the goalscoring trial, Austin however was playing too deep and Phillips&#39; cross did not have our top scorer attacking them as we would need. Fer was looking a lot better in a more familiar centre midfield role and we saw an improved performance, there was still the occasional lapse of laziness but it was much better!&lt;br /&gt;
  370. &lt;br /&gt;
  371. The second half was a little better from an R&#39;s perspective with Phillips again looking to penetrate in the wide areas, Taarabt was still looking lively and not as greedy as we can all remember him.&lt;br /&gt;
  372. On 60 minutes Taarabt was taken off to a chorus of boos as he looked to be the most likely to unlock the Southampton defence but with Taarabt probably needing to preserve himself for another game on Tuesday and maybe lacking in match fitness, it was probably the right thing to do. Another player dubbed as &#39;unfit&#39; replaced him, Mauro Zarate.&lt;br /&gt;
  373. Within minutes Zarate nearly made an impression as he danced around several players before unleashing a rasping drive that fizzed over the bar.&lt;br /&gt;
  374. Zarate did not stop running for the remainder of the game and has shown that he can bring plenty of energy to the team when he is called upon.&lt;br /&gt;
  375. With fifteen minutes remaining we thought the deadlock had been opened. Hill picked up the rebound on the edge of the box following a corner and poked the ball towards goal in Austin&#39;s direction. Austin then looked to flick the ball beyond an already committed Forster but somehow he flicked his hand up and turned it over the bar. A purely instinctive save, fantastic from a Southampton point of view.&lt;br /&gt;
  376. With the game looking to be heading for a draw there was heartbreak just around the corner.&lt;br /&gt;
  377. Rangers&#39; cheaply lost possession on the halfway line and Mane was picked out and held off the challenge of Onuoha before finding the far right corner and snatching the points.&lt;br /&gt;
  378. There was some late drama as it appeared that Onuoha had equalized but for an offside flag from the linesman. There has been plenty of confusion around why the goal was not given as it clearly was not a foul that was awarded, so I can only assume it was the ball was touched behind Forster, meaning the player was offside? One for me to view on Match of the Day again.&lt;br /&gt;
  379. &lt;br /&gt;
  380. I would have to say the defeat was a harsh one to take from an R&#39;s point of view and we were definitely well worthy of a point but that just seems to be the way our luck is going at the moment!&lt;br /&gt;
  381. Mane, despite diving around all game, and Elia were a real thorn in our sides throughout the ninety minutes and were the best two players on the field by a long way!&lt;br /&gt;
  382. Lastly I&#39;d like to wish Matt Targett of Southampton a speedy recovery on what looked to be a nasty landing following an aerial challenge with Phillips.&lt;br /&gt;
  383. &lt;br /&gt;
  384. Onto our &lt;b&gt;Man of the Match&lt;/b&gt;. Lofty voted for Fer as he looked better in a more central role today. Jess, PK and Jenson all voted for &lt;b&gt;Matty Phillips&lt;/b&gt;, making him the winner on this occasion.&lt;br /&gt;
  385. &lt;br /&gt;
  386. &lt;img height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;http://www2.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Matt+Phillips+Queens+Park+Rangers+v+Hull+City+W-TiyRKB9mul.jpg&quot; width=&quot;239&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  387. &lt;br /&gt;
  388. &lt;b&gt;Lofty and co will return following their trip to Hull in a fortnight.&lt;/b&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/feeds/9132033592940015239/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27147336&amp;postID=9132033592940015239&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/9132033592940015239'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/9132033592940015239'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/2015/02/one-elia-heartbreaker.html' title='One Elia Heartbreaker....'/><author><name>Lee</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03041665580397436516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27147336.post-7337870002310735001</id><published>2015-02-01T12:15:00.000+00:00</published><updated>2015-02-01T12:15:33.198+00:00</updated><title type='text'>Beyond a Stoke...</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
  389. &lt;strong&gt;Stoke 3-1 QPR&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  390. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  391. &lt;strong&gt;It was very tempting to say the least to sack this report off completely if I am really honest or just copy and paste notes from the previous 10 away games, 11 if you include the league cup. But it was a case of same old, same old as Rangers continued to break their own dreadful away record. It really does seem like I sit here after every away match, writing exactly the same things..&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  392. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  393. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  394. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic3gyQRlmsM4X_weOmt93uwib1Yr5mdn_iX8me30ZvA2v0DLedhcqVCntLGCqTcyJHwWbXIMVHod07fBdbJMM9p3W3hBENdLGWTX5lIr0O-RLwgGmCOuNn6lgC4Kq3_f7XsAekVQ/s1600/B8txz6qCUAALnql.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic3gyQRlmsM4X_weOmt93uwib1Yr5mdn_iX8me30ZvA2v0DLedhcqVCntLGCqTcyJHwWbXIMVHod07fBdbJMM9p3W3hBENdLGWTX5lIr0O-RLwgGmCOuNn6lgC4Kq3_f7XsAekVQ/s1600/B8txz6qCUAALnql.jpg&quot; height=&quot;252&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  395. &lt;br /&gt;
  396. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  397. &#39;Were trying everything&#39; is what we continue to hear from Harry Redknapp and his pre match press conference was as downbeat as any I have seen or heard before this season and again, could well have been just a replay of several ones beforehand. Following a two week break the team took to the lavish facilities of St Georges Park to prepare for this one. But despite these changes, there was no difference to the events on the pitch..&lt;br /&gt;
  398. &lt;br /&gt;
  399. The first half saw Stoke race into a two goal lead - a mistake from Henry gifted Mark Walters his first goal and he smashed home his second on 34 minutes following good work from Ireland. Kranjcar reduced the deficit two minutes later and Rangers were suddenly in the game that should well have been out of sight as the home side missed a succession of chances.&lt;br /&gt;
  400. &lt;br /&gt;
  401. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  402. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-yG4Yma5TRozsIHFOoQRikthwYUoG2xU4VG37-jFvjfxX8yzslALEs20KYqo0_O4pP09cypS90fP6bMVo9CW21sdbPvIHDEpeA0gJmWyoEVmoorZqAdslZnE5Nh1utKZ6L9xmFg/s1600/10385392_908577169173173_1163796069218967943_n.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-yG4Yma5TRozsIHFOoQRikthwYUoG2xU4VG37-jFvjfxX8yzslALEs20KYqo0_O4pP09cypS90fP6bMVo9CW21sdbPvIHDEpeA0gJmWyoEVmoorZqAdslZnE5Nh1utKZ6L9xmFg/s1600/10385392_908577169173173_1163796069218967943_n.jpg&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  403. &lt;br /&gt;
  404. &lt;br /&gt;
  405. Yet again, in the second half, Rangers started to play once the game was all but lost. The best chances came from free kicks with Barton smashing the underside of the crossbar and a stinging drive from Leroy Fer brought a fine save out of Begovic.&amp;nbsp; But all the positive work counted for nothing when in the dying minutes, Walters headed home his and Stoke&#39;s third to give the scoreline maybe a slightly flattering look but for QPR, the same old outcome.&lt;br /&gt;
  406. &lt;br /&gt;
  407. &lt;h3 class=&quot;team-name&quot;&gt;
  408. Queens Park Rangers&lt;/h3&gt;
  409. &lt;ul class=&quot;player-list&quot;&gt;
  410. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO1243&quot;&gt;01 Green &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  411. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO48852&quot;&gt;14 Isla &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;incident yellow-card&quot;&gt;Booked&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
  412. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO1764&quot;&gt;22 Dunne &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  413. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO19053&quot;&gt;15 Onuoha &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  414. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO1216&quot;&gt;06 Hill &lt;/span&gt;(Yun Suk-young - 75&#39; ) &lt;/li&gt;
  415. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO10561&quot;&gt;20 Henry &lt;/span&gt;(Zamora - 45&#39; ) &lt;/li&gt;
  416. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO105835&quot;&gt;24 Vargas &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  417. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO15276&quot;&gt;08 Barton &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;incident yellow-card&quot;&gt;Booked&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
  418. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO49277&quot;&gt;10 Fer &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  419. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO28097&quot;&gt;19 Kranjcar &lt;/span&gt;(Hoilett - 68&#39; ) &lt;/li&gt;
  420. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO78356&quot;&gt;09 Austin &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  421. &lt;/ul&gt;
  422. &lt;h4 class=&quot;substitutes&quot;&gt;
  423. Substitutes&lt;/h4&gt;
  424. &lt;ul class=&quot;subs-list&quot;&gt;
  425. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO68815&quot;&gt;04 Caulker &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  426. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO50229&quot;&gt;07 Phillips &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  427. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO58376&quot;&gt;12 McCarthy &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  428. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO77875&quot;&gt;13 Yun Suk-young &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  429. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO49806&quot;&gt;23 Hoilett &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  430. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO4570&quot;&gt;25 Zamora &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  431. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO49696&quot;&gt;29 Zárate &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  432. &lt;/ul&gt;
  433. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Man of the Match&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; - perhaps not surprisingly, not one nomination was received from the gang and that goes for myself also - &lt;strong&gt;N/A&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  434. &lt;br /&gt;
  435. So again, along with the start to the game, the set up of the team, the baffling substitutions, the familiarities continued and yet it seemed yet again that we were beaten by bad luck is the impression you get from the Rangers Manager. &lt;br /&gt;
  436. &lt;br /&gt;
  437. &#39;Were trying everything, was followed by -&lt;em&gt; People look and the score is 3-1, and say it was convincing - how we got beaten
  438. I don&#39;t know.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  439. &lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;
  440. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  441. &lt;em&gt;We started well, and suddenly we lose the ball under no pressure and find
  442. ourselves 2-0 down, we certainly didn&#39;t deserve to be..&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  443. &lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  444. &lt;em&gt;We just battered them in the second half, but just couldn&#39;t score.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
  445. &lt;br /&gt;
  446. and swiftly followed by..&lt;br /&gt;
  447. &lt;br /&gt;
  448. &lt;em&gt;All three goals
  449. conceded were individual errors. Credit to Walters but he won&#39;t get an easier
  450. hat-trick.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  451. &lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  452. &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;????????????&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  453. &lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  454. As we approach another transfer deadline&amp;nbsp;day, we continue to hear&lt;em&gt; we need to&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;get a couple of&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;loans&amp;nbsp;in, need strikers, all about players, it&#39;s very difficult.&lt;/em&gt; Made even more difficult I guess when you look at one of Rangers unused subs today - Zarate.&lt;br /&gt;
  455. &lt;br /&gt;
  456. Things certainly don&#39;t get any easier as next week we welcome high flying Southampton to Loftus Road. Until then..&lt;br /&gt;
  457. &lt;br /&gt;
  458. &lt;strong&gt;Keep the Faith and Come on you R&#39;sssssss!!&lt;/strong&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/feeds/7337870002310735001/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27147336&amp;postID=7337870002310735001&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/7337870002310735001'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/7337870002310735001'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/2015/02/beyond-stoke.html' title='Beyond a Stoke...'/><author><name>LOFTY</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05311226130099573295</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='15' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/tonymac/loftyh.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic3gyQRlmsM4X_weOmt93uwib1Yr5mdn_iX8me30ZvA2v0DLedhcqVCntLGCqTcyJHwWbXIMVHod07fBdbJMM9p3W3hBENdLGWTX5lIr0O-RLwgGmCOuNn6lgC4Kq3_f7XsAekVQ/s72-c/B8txz6qCUAALnql.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27147336.post-8324576244897672264</id><published>2015-01-17T22:03:00.002+00:00</published><updated>2015-01-17T22:03:35.637+00:00</updated><title type='text'>United We Fall......</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;Today saw a traditional fans London Derby as the R&#39;s played host to the red half of Surrey as Man United made the trip to Loftus Road. Both teams were looking to get back on track after defeats for both sides last weekend dented their momentum and desperately needed a win to ease the pressure that has been surrounding both clubs for different reasons at different ends of the table.&lt;br /&gt;
  459. &lt;br /&gt;
  460. This weeks focus has largely revolved around Harry Redknapp and the increasing pressure he is under at the helm as the cracks behind the scenes have begun to filter out as the unrest around the club grows from players out of favour and impatient fans expecting more. Shaun Wright-Phillips came out this week to reveal that Redknapp swore at him after he asked what he needed to do in training to give himself a chance. Firstly what I say is SWP needs to man up, if Redknapp swore at him then he such stand and fight for his right as an employee of the club and secondly the interview that he spoke in he came across very well, I&#39;m not defending him as he&#39;s not been a great player for us over the past three to four years but at least he seems to have some fight about him and that&#39;s more than some others have shown in recent weeks!&lt;br /&gt;
  461. I&#39;ll have a rant after I&#39;ve given a lowdown on the match.....&lt;br /&gt;
  462. &lt;br /&gt;
  463. A customary late entrance from Jess and I meant that we could not have the usual pre-match talk outside and instead we met up inside with Lofty, Sam, Luke, PK and Jenson for a brief but good catch up and share our views on what we felt would happen today, especially after seeing the team!&lt;br /&gt;
  464. It was also good to see some old faces as Dan showed up for the big game knowing that the pre and post match entertainment in the pub could far outshine the events of the ninety odd minutes we were about to witness, nonetheless it was good to see the old bugger! I also managed to have a good chat with Kempy, Kris and Bob, with my and Bob putting the Rangers&#39; world to rights and a lot of good points being made by Bob and I will share some of those after the game as well!&lt;br /&gt;
  465. &lt;br /&gt;
  466. Onto the team news.&lt;br /&gt;
  467. Two changes were made from the Burnley defeat as Caulker was dropped following his terrible showing up north and following him on the bench was Taarabt, who in Harry&#39;s words &quot;Had a good game and worked hard for the team&quot; great to see his work ethic paying dividends by dropping to the bench! Onuoha and Zamora came in as the replacements.&lt;br /&gt;
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  469. &lt;img alt=&quot;Embedded image permalink&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7j1FKdCYAApoJ9.jpg:large&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  470. &lt;br /&gt;
  471. The R&#39;s started the game tentatively and it was clear to see that the United midfield were outnumbering the pairing of Barton and Henry as they continuously got stretched by the movement in the middle being orchestrated by Rooney and Mata whilst relying on the pace of Di Maria to catch out our centre backs and provide space for Falcao to penetrate into. It was clear to see that we needed the help of an additional body in the midfield and this saw Austin drop deeper to help out but this also left us short on the counter attack and more often than not the out ball was a long ball to Zamora and the ball would come straight back at us.&lt;br /&gt;
  472. United&#39;s passing, as much as it pulled players out of position, did not mean that they troubled Rob Green&#39;s goal all too often but when he was called into action he was on hand to make a phenomenal double stop from Falcao from point blank range!&lt;br /&gt;
  473. R&#39;s did have chances to go ahead themselves once they started to keep the ball on the floor and use the footballing ability that some of our attacking players have.&lt;br /&gt;
  474. Firstly Vargas&#39; deft lob following Zamora&#39;s flick on skimmed just over the bar and then that man Zamora flicked the ball into the path of Austin and the volley was well saved by De Gea as he palmed it away.&lt;br /&gt;
  475. Austin forced De Gea into a great save on the half hour when his volley swerved in front of De Gea before the United &#39;keeper superbly tipped over the bar! It&#39;s a shame it was so close to him, but a good stop regardless!&lt;br /&gt;
  476. &lt;br /&gt;
  477. &lt;img alt=&quot;Embedded image permalink&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7j7o0RCMAA6QkT.jpg:large&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  478. &lt;br /&gt;
  479. We went into the half time break pretty happy with what we&#39;d seen, the effort was definitely there for the players and they looked to be fighting for their under pressure manager and were deservedly level. We met Michael who was happy to confirm what Lofty, PK and Jenson were saying, the current performance was much improved from last Saturday but we needed to remain switched on and not make any silly errors if we were to get anything out of today.&lt;br /&gt;
  480. &lt;br /&gt;
  481. Both teams made a change at half time with Richard Dunne making way for Caulker, we can only assume this was due to an injury? Felliani came on for United in the place of Mata.&lt;br /&gt;
  482. Soon after the interval United had a golden opportunity to take the lead as Falcao beat the offside trap and looked to head Di Maria&#39;s cross past Green, only to see the R&#39;s &#39;keeper in fine form once again and palm the ball away to safety! A truly magnificent save that we can all enjoy watching on Match of the Day tonight.&lt;br /&gt;
  483. However this did not deter United and they took the lead on the hour mark.&lt;br /&gt;
  484. Valencia&#39;s run down the United right saw him gain space to pull back to Felliani and somehow the ball found it&#39;s way to the Belgian&#39;s feet and he smashed the ball into the roof of the net past the despairing Green, who got a hand to it but simply could not prevent the powerful drive hitting the back of the net. Felliani rushed off to celebrate in the United dugout, for a brief second we thought he was celebrating with Rio, but he remained seated in the R&#39;s dugout.&lt;br /&gt;
  485. The R&#39;s pressed and looked to get the counter attack working once again and they had a glorious opportunity to level the game when Vargas cut out a loose pass on the halfway line and sprinted towards the United goal in a three on two attack. Vargas soon looked like he had no idea what to do as his team mates were in acres of space but instead he shaped to shoot before then deciding to pass and giving the ball straight back to Jones, who then cleared to safety. It really looked like a simple opportunity to pass to Austin or even shoot across goal and hope that if it was saved that it would be parried out in the path of Austin or Zamora, instead neither of the outcomes happened!&lt;br /&gt;
  486. Rangers&#39; continued to push and the late arrivals of Taarabt and Kranjcar, two similar players in our ranks, were not enough to break the United defence despite a late chance&lt;br /&gt;
  487. that fell to Isla but once again De Gea was on form to save at the near post.&lt;br /&gt;
  488. In the final minute of injury time, or Fergie time as we used to call it, the victory was sealed as United broke away on a quick counter attack saw only three R&#39;s player bother to chase back as Wilson left them in his wake only to see Green pull of a great save once again only for the rebound to be left for Wilson to pick up once again as the defenders stood stationary to allow Wilson to pick up the rebound and slot home.&lt;br /&gt;
  489. &lt;br /&gt;
  490. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMA1QWHCkWQlYW9AzHGKW7srjjmFxaRGvqmMW8nLhI8Z49JmSEYm5JMbEsB78kHXXM9S6mkVP0GHyzmqDtML8lF3rxG9iQkW6TxfBnXOH_KwbnXswIxLdSlTSPOGTp4gnfb_pa/s1600/United.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMA1QWHCkWQlYW9AzHGKW7srjjmFxaRGvqmMW8nLhI8Z49JmSEYm5JMbEsB78kHXXM9S6mkVP0GHyzmqDtML8lF3rxG9iQkW6TxfBnXOH_KwbnXswIxLdSlTSPOGTp4gnfb_pa/s1600/United.jpg&quot; height=&quot;134&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  491. &lt;br /&gt;
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  498. &lt;br /&gt;
  499. Having completed my short journey home I have seen a lot of R&#39;s fans moaning about today but let&#39;s honestly look at this, we played well today, lacked the cutting edge up front and narrowly lost to a United side that are in transition and we fought until the very end. We as fans ask for the players to put everything into the ninety minutes and we can say that the majority of the players done that today and we just were not good enough to get the win on this occasion.&lt;br /&gt;
  500. You can single out a few players for excellent performances today with Green, Isla and Henry picking up many of plaudits from the gang and I&#39;ll happily throw in Onuoha&#39;s name into the hat as he barely put a foot wrong himself.&lt;br /&gt;
  501. &lt;br /&gt;
  502. Onto our &lt;b&gt;Man of the Match&lt;/b&gt;. A close vote today, with only Luke going in a different direction to the rest of us as he picked out Barton today. With three votes from Jess, Lofty and Jenson was Karl Henry&#39;s excellent performance in the heart of the midfield. Also with three votes coming from Sam, PK and myself was Rob Green for keeping us in the game for the entire game and making several outstanding saves.&lt;br /&gt;
  503. This means we go to Editors Choice for today and I am sticking to my original vote and giving the award to &lt;b&gt;Rob Green&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;
  504. &lt;br /&gt;
  505. &lt;img height=&quot;238&quot; src=&quot;https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcReAW3iwHmekYHZ5voh_4ObSWpu5xsRpoyaXcWCck4OuR8zWnBJmw&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  506. &lt;br /&gt;
  507. So here we go, my rant as promised!!&lt;br /&gt;
  508. Let&#39;s just remind ourselves of who we are, we are QPR, a great family orientated football club with fans who are used to experiencing more lows than highs and why do we put ourselves through the pain of being a QPR fan? Because we love the club, we love being an underdog and not because we are expected to be one of these poncy clubs that is going to win or going to being in contention for winning many trophies, we enjoy winning and we also take losing better than any other fan, we&#39;re used to it and expectations have never been too high as we are realistic about our club, the personnel and what we can achieve.&lt;br /&gt;
  509. Unfortunately over the past ten years some people have got used to some of the success we have enjoyed with the promotions but with that have come relegations that others have chose not to accept when really we were expected to be in the dog fight from the start. We have been lucky enough to have some fantastic people in charge of the club with Tony Fernandes ploughing plenty of money into the club and the transfer activity and there have been times that he may of been mis-advised by his managers and people around him and he&#39;s been the main one to carry the can when in fact it&#39;s not his fault, he&#39;s just ensuring that he gives the managers the resources they want in &amp;nbsp;order to make us as successful as they feel they can make us.&lt;br /&gt;
  510. Fernandes along with Amit Bhatia, Lakashmi Mittal and the other high powers at the club want to make the club as successful as they can be and with that will be the highs and lows before they can then establish ourselves as a stable Premier League club.&lt;br /&gt;
  511. &lt;br /&gt;
  512. With all this being said I see lots of people moaning directly at Fernandes and giving him some much un-needed abuse via Twitter when he&#39;s in the midst of trying to sort out the details of the tragic Air Asia plane crash that happened some weeks ago and his views are clearly on this as it was something that has affected many families and this is far more important than football right now. He has fellow board members taking control of the important matters at Loftus Road so he can concentrate on this. Despite all of this, are the events that happen on the football field all down to Mr Fernandes?? Of course they are not, they are down to Harry Redknapp with the squad he himself has assembled and the 47 strong coaching staff that Redknapp himself has appointed yet the basics of coaching simply are not happening when they cross that white line every Saturday. Simple defensive errors are being made week in, week out and what do we get at the end of every game, excuse after excuse which have been beginning to become tiresome with the majority of us and what we want to see is a team going out there, giving it everything they have and making us proud of them representing our team. If that is achieved every week then we have very little to moan about.&lt;br /&gt;
  513. &lt;br /&gt;
  514. With all that being said, do we need a change of manager? If we are going to change things it needs to happen now whilst we have a two week break so a new manager can come in and assess the current squad and bring in a few players that they feel we need to freshen things up and get us performing to a higher level than we have been recently. Will it happen? Who knows!&lt;br /&gt;
  515. &lt;br /&gt;
  516. With all this being said, regardless of whether Redknapp remains in charge or not I will be supporting this team with the same passion that I have for the last 25 years that I have been visiting Loftus Road because it&#39;s in my blood, just like I know all of you that are reading will.&lt;br /&gt;
  517. QPR is in our blood, we are all here because our Mum&#39;s, Dad&#39;s and family members are all QPR fans and we were made to follow in there footsteps to support a proper club with great traditions and some amazing fans that know what being a Superhoop is all about.&lt;br /&gt;
  518. Rather than bitching and moaning about some of the sh!t that we may witness, let&#39;s actually support the team, regardless of who is in charge and get behind the team that pull on those Blue and White Hooped(with a big white bit at the back) shirts and support, encourage and help them in the battles that we are going to be going into week after week! (Thanks to Bob for helping inspire this!)&lt;br /&gt;
  519. &lt;br /&gt;
  520. We&#39;ll all be here supporting this club for many years to come so let&#39;s get behind everyone that comes into Loftus Road and more importantly.....&lt;br /&gt;
  521. &lt;br /&gt;
  522. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Keep The Faith!!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  523. &lt;br /&gt;
  524. Lofty will return following our visit to Stoke. Enjoy the two week break!&lt;br /&gt;
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  527. &lt;strong&gt;Burnley 2-1 QPR&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  528. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  529. &lt;strong&gt;It seems I sit here and write these notes after an away game when all I really need to do is copy and paste the opening paragraph.. but as you are no doubt all aware by now, Rangers away day woes continued away at Burnley, making that 10 out of 10 defeats on the road this season, setting a new record along the way...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  530. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  531. Now, despite horrendous conditions, the&amp;nbsp;trip there and back for myself, Jenson and PK was surprisingly trouble free and the ease was most welcome. Since returning home not so long ago now, I logged online to start compiling this report and perhaps stupidly, clicked the play button on a video of Harry Redknapp&#39;s post match press interview and as said in the opening paragraph about writing away day notes, the same could be said of a Redknapp interview following a defeat - and this was no different at all as the regular&amp;nbsp;excuses began to flow..&lt;br /&gt;
  532. &lt;br /&gt;
  533. But what really got under my skin on this occasion, is when he stated that 8 of the team playing today were playing in the Championship last year?? He also stated that in said season, that we finished miles behind Burnley and Leicester and we are where we are? What an absolute crock of bullshit.&amp;nbsp; My I remind you, Mr&amp;nbsp;Redknapp is that a matter of weeks ago, we beat both Leicester and Burnley at home!! Did we hear you bemoaning the &#39;Championship&#39; squad then?? No, of course not..&lt;br /&gt;
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  536. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZMu_10WH2KQ0ww_-S_AooBIv2q4H1dcy-_YKk5J4NeAsjchxuZTVYxgPS3dkVcey8F2UDcfauJk6Rc6gBrfZbU-ZvGTmhnw5aUOb78Qm4YO62OkcLNliiTRIZ9TTfVSM2l_nrdA/s1600/_80183601_harryredknapp.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZMu_10WH2KQ0ww_-S_AooBIv2q4H1dcy-_YKk5J4NeAsjchxuZTVYxgPS3dkVcey8F2UDcfauJk6Rc6gBrfZbU-ZvGTmhnw5aUOb78Qm4YO62OkcLNliiTRIZ9TTfVSM2l_nrdA/s1600/_80183601_harryredknapp.jpg&quot; height=&quot;133&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  537. &lt;br /&gt;
  538. &lt;br /&gt;
  539. So, what exactly are you saying here, Harry? That our squad isn&#39;t good enough? Are you moaning or have the hump because Tony Fernandes is not giving you another large&amp;nbsp;bundle of cash to spend on players in this current Transfer Window to bail you out of the shit yet again? The last few interviews he has made it very clear that we are after a couple of loans and that&#39;s it. He then went onto say that Austin and Zamora&amp;nbsp;are the only strikers he has at the club!?! I&#39;m sorry Mr Redknapp but you have been here long enough now and our very generous Chairman has given you more than enough resources to build your squad! This is YOUR team and you must start taking some responsibility because quite frankly, the excuses we are hearing every time we get beat, are wearing extremely thin now..&lt;br /&gt;
  540. &lt;br /&gt;
  541. And then there is Adel Taarabt..&lt;br /&gt;
  542. &lt;br /&gt;
  543. Adel was in the squad today despite being publically slated by Redknapp a while ago for being 3 stone overweight, not training, not wanting to play football etc. Now the Taarabt debate has certainly divided the R&#39;s support and myself personally, I feel that if the above is true and that he doesn&#39;t want to train or indeed be here, then he should go. But in saying that, he was certainly our best player today..&lt;br /&gt;
  544. &lt;br /&gt;
  545. Onto the game and as I have one eye on MOTD as I am writing this, the goals look no better. We were actually looking very dangerous going forward in the first half with Austin hitting the post and Vargas bringing a fine save from Heaton. But the defending at the other end was shocking to say the least.&lt;br /&gt;
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  547. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP9SZroJ6OKt4lqsgGD8YO2YQlma673HYQbN1I79r_6yHkoI-6Y7Ptg5vVsvRXgnrkHGlbPxRQXQh3qo1mzS6vyIzEWHClJXZRq5tSx11_zbZ2cOMVtGI3cyPn0JKzW1cVqnorCg/s1600/danny-ings_3160769b.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP9SZroJ6OKt4lqsgGD8YO2YQlma673HYQbN1I79r_6yHkoI-6Y7Ptg5vVsvRXgnrkHGlbPxRQXQh3qo1mzS6vyIzEWHClJXZRq5tSx11_zbZ2cOMVtGI3cyPn0JKzW1cVqnorCg/s1600/danny-ings_3160769b.jpg&quot; height=&quot;199&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  550. Don&#39;t get me wrong, they were excellent finishes from Arfield and Ings, but Arfield skipped a half hearted challenge from Isla far too easily before turning Dunne and Barton before slotting home.. and Caulker should have done far better with the lofted ball over to Ings who gave him a little nudge, held him off before side footing home. Between that, Charlie Austin fired home from the penalty spot after being brought down by Dean Marney.&lt;br /&gt;
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  555. &lt;br /&gt;
  556. Despite having plenty of the ball in the second half, Rangers threatened little and if anyone was going to add to the scoring, it would be the home side - and they did have a third goal from Barnes chalked off for a foul on Green, which to say the least, seemed a bit harsh.&lt;br /&gt;
  557. &lt;br /&gt;
  558. In the final seconds of the game, Rangers forced two late corners, one of which saw Caulkers header tipped over by Heaton. But Redknapp telling Rob Green in apathetic fashion to stay in his goal and not come forward, was baffling to say the least..&lt;br /&gt;
  559. &lt;br /&gt;
  560. &lt;strong&gt;Queens Park Rangers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  561. &lt;ul class=&quot;player-list&quot;&gt;
  562. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO1243&quot;&gt;01 Green &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  563. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO48852&quot;&gt;14 Isla &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  564. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO1764&quot;&gt;22 Dunne &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  565. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO68815&quot;&gt;04 Caulker &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  566. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO1216&quot;&gt;06 Hill &lt;/span&gt;(Traore - 75&#39; &lt;span class=&quot;incident yellow-card&quot;&gt;Booked&lt;/span&gt; ) &lt;/li&gt;
  567. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO105835&quot;&gt;24 Vargas &lt;/span&gt;(Zárate - 76&#39; ) &lt;/li&gt;
  568. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO10561&quot;&gt;20 Henry &lt;/span&gt;(Zamora - 69&#39; ) &lt;/li&gt;
  569. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO15276&quot;&gt;08 Barton &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;incident yellow-card&quot;&gt;Booked&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
  570. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO49277&quot;&gt;10 Fer &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  571. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO39765&quot;&gt;27 Taarabt &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  572. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO78356&quot;&gt;09 Austin &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  573. &lt;/ul&gt;
  574. &lt;h4 class=&quot;substitutes&quot;&gt;
  575. Substitutes&lt;/h4&gt;
  576. &lt;ul class=&quot;subs-list&quot;&gt;
  577. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO20488&quot;&gt;03 Traore &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  578. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO50229&quot;&gt;07 Phillips &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  579. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO58376&quot;&gt;12 McCarthy &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  580. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO19053&quot;&gt;15 Onuoha &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  581. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO49438&quot;&gt;17 Mutch &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  582. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO4570&quot;&gt;25 Zamora &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  583. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO49696&quot;&gt;29 Zárate &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  584. &lt;/ul&gt;
  585. &lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Man of the Match&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  586. &lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  587. &lt;span&gt;Lee texted through his choice of Isla but after myself and PK changed our minds from our original choices of Fer and Green, we agreed with Jenson&#39;s choice&amp;nbsp;and went with&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Adel Taarabt.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  588. &lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  590. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1LdFAXQD1qzfqPHhn57jONWTSWBil_YcTCcoS-n3_U59KWLfq3t5rCqyfkroLRrE8SC11IS-BWo365uvOLRFm2cQ78y35fJaaLuD7PJ3hilxLFyjMBBUxzky0ABbmtoSyx7jp8Q/s1600/Taarabt.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1LdFAXQD1qzfqPHhn57jONWTSWBil_YcTCcoS-n3_U59KWLfq3t5rCqyfkroLRrE8SC11IS-BWo365uvOLRFm2cQ78y35fJaaLuD7PJ3hilxLFyjMBBUxzky0ABbmtoSyx7jp8Q/s1600/Taarabt.jpg&quot; height=&quot;212&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  593. &lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  594. &lt;span&gt;By now I&#39;m sure you have seen or heard the reports of certain players getting into arguments with supporters after the game, a subject of which I am not going to dwell on at this time. But what I will say was, that despite the woeful away record, the fans turned out in horrendous conditions once again, in good numbers and during the match, were first class in support of the team. We deserve so much better than to continually hear the crap that Harry Redknapp keeps coming out with..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  597. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7F8e_omAYeJFc5hpFN5tBb1jWjgZ5NP4DUcEq13v90AveFWgLMVX5OHkwfd_GWInYdPePiRX2zFCHCiB8l-xAP3NPUYDw8P4w1gxaHlA4idyHk1-hh7R8mIjRSHTCZ0yIQqaL2Q/s1600/qpr_3160946b.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7F8e_omAYeJFc5hpFN5tBb1jWjgZ5NP4DUcEq13v90AveFWgLMVX5OHkwfd_GWInYdPePiRX2zFCHCiB8l-xAP3NPUYDw8P4w1gxaHlA4idyHk1-hh7R8mIjRSHTCZ0yIQqaL2Q/s1600/qpr_3160946b.jpg&quot; height=&quot;199&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  599. &lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  600. &lt;span&gt;Lee will return next week as the Man United bandwagon rolls into Shepherds Bush, but until then..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  601. &lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  602. &lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Keep the Faith and Come on you R&#39;ssssss!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/feeds/3350357834753464600/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27147336&amp;postID=3350357834753464600&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/3350357834753464600'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/3350357834753464600'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/2015/01/same-outcome-with-same-old-excuses.html' title='Same Outcome with the Same Old Excuses..'/><author><name>LOFTY</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05311226130099573295</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='15' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/tonymac/loftyh.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZMu_10WH2KQ0ww_-S_AooBIv2q4H1dcy-_YKk5J4NeAsjchxuZTVYxgPS3dkVcey8F2UDcfauJk6Rc6gBrfZbU-ZvGTmhnw5aUOb78Qm4YO62OkcLNliiTRIZ9TTfVSM2l_nrdA/s72-c/_80183601_harryredknapp.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27147336.post-2436576499413685292</id><published>2015-01-04T21:56:00.001+00:00</published><updated>2015-01-04T21:56:23.738+00:00</updated><title type='text'>No Cup Shock as R&#39;s are Cut to Shreds by Blades..</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
  603. &lt;strong&gt;QPR 0-3 Sheff Utd&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  604. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  605. &lt;strong&gt;QPR&#39;s Annual Early FA Cup Exit was true to form as Sheffield United eased into Round 4 with a deserving 3-0 victory at Loftus Road this afternoon - in a fixture that is more or less as good as a bye into the next round for the opposition when drawn against us..&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  606. &lt;br /&gt;
  607. More in hope than expectation if honest, it was only myself, Jenson and PK that decided we would attend this one. Should we have known better on a bitterly cold afternoon.. most probably. But we were pleasantly surprised when we saw the same line up and despite 7 changes, we all felt, with respect, that it was more than strong enough to deal with Sheffield United..&lt;br /&gt;
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  610. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTV5S-1pJraWOk0ju3Sjp0uQDVDjNio0GRL76lpzR8zjZnNBKjRjUaCyzCUdg_WqP_Lu3sgUMyTKUjM7HIaOzLrHKf-sZIeRIO_iowIvITygNR1rhAu8Kk28Kzx6v50ABOg8TLuw/s1600/1966872_893663517331205_4036110946779743156_n.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTV5S-1pJraWOk0ju3Sjp0uQDVDjNio0GRL76lpzR8zjZnNBKjRjUaCyzCUdg_WqP_Lu3sgUMyTKUjM7HIaOzLrHKf-sZIeRIO_iowIvITygNR1rhAu8Kk28Kzx6v50ABOg8TLuw/s1600/1966872_893663517331205_4036110946779743156_n.jpg&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  613. Well, you will probably be pleased to hear that I am not going to prattle on about this game as to be frank, that showing is really not worthy of any more of my time. But what I will do, is give the credit where it&#39;s deserved to Sheffield United. Despite their league status, this was never going to be an easy game, Southampton will add testament to that and they have a great recent cup tradition. But what was the massive difference here is that they wanted it - plain and simple. They worked their socks off for each other, played some excellent football at times and were more than deserving winners on the day. Their 2800 supporters in the away end had a great day and were superb throughout, not only in numbers but in volume. &lt;br /&gt;
  614. &lt;br /&gt;
  615. Best of luck in the next round and indeed for the rest of the season..&lt;br /&gt;
  616. &lt;br /&gt;
  617. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Man of the Match&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  618. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  619. I was very nearly going to abandon this one and not accept any nominations at all, but in discussion with PK and Jenson, we all decided that today&#39;s award goes to Sheffield United winger, &lt;strong&gt;Jamal Campbell-Ryce&lt;/strong&gt;, who caused us problems all afternoon and weighed in with two goals, albeit pretty much gifted to him. A mention however, goes to substitutes Isla and Vargas who at least looked like they gave a shit when they came on.&lt;br /&gt;
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  624. &lt;br /&gt;
  625. In summary, well, there isn&#39;t really much more I can add as it really was as bad as the scoreline suggests. We did discuss midway through the game that, seeing as we had tasted it back in May, how great it would have been if Rangers had taken this competition seriously for a change and have a real go at giving us another great day out at Wembley.. Jenson did add though, that he would get us tickets for Ed Sheeran or One Direction so we would be able to do just that..&lt;br /&gt;
  626. &lt;br /&gt;
  627. &lt;br /&gt;
  628. Myself, Jenson and PK will be making the long trip to Turf Moor on Saturday as the R&#39;s go looking for their first away point of the season. But until then..&lt;br /&gt;
  629. &lt;br /&gt;
  630. &lt;strong&gt;Keep the Faith and Come on you R&#39;ssssssssss!!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  642. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/feeds/2436576499413685292/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27147336&amp;postID=2436576499413685292&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/2436576499413685292'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/2436576499413685292'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/2015/01/no-cup-shock-as-rs-are-cut-to-shreds-by.html' title='No Cup Shock as R&#39;s are Cut to Shreds by Blades..'/><author><name>LOFTY</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05311226130099573295</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='15' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/tonymac/loftyh.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTV5S-1pJraWOk0ju3Sjp0uQDVDjNio0GRL76lpzR8zjZnNBKjRjUaCyzCUdg_WqP_Lu3sgUMyTKUjM7HIaOzLrHKf-sZIeRIO_iowIvITygNR1rhAu8Kk28Kzx6v50ABOg8TLuw/s72-c/1966872_893663517331205_4036110946779743156_n.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27147336.post-1996825688688343099</id><published>2015-01-01T22:29:00.001+00:00</published><updated>2015-01-02T16:42:27.560+00:00</updated><title type='text'>A Fer Result in the end......</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
  643. The start of 2015 saw Swansea visit W12 as we looked to put Sunday&#39;s dross game behind us and begin the year with a positive start!&lt;br /&gt;
  644. &lt;br /&gt;
  645. The gang fully united themselves inside the ground after some trouble free journeys and not one hangover was in sight, a miracle some may say! We were all in good spirits and looking forward to what was going to be an interesting return following from our 2-0 defeat at the Liberty a few weeks ago.&lt;br /&gt;
  646. &lt;br /&gt;
  647. One change was made to the R&#39;s side with Junior Toilett dropping to the bench and Vargas replacing him.&lt;br /&gt;
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  650. &lt;br /&gt;
  651. Swansea started the opening ten minutes as the team with the upper hand but found it hard to unlock the R&#39;s back line.&lt;br /&gt;
  652. The R&#39;s in fact were lucky not to be reduced down to ten men with just five minutes on the clock when Rob Green came rushing out and clearly handled as he slid outside his penalty area and denied Gomis the chance to go through on goal. What shocked me even more is that no Swansea player even appealed the offense and let it go by. This poor refereeing decision set the tone for what we were to expect from Anthony Taylor for the remaining eighty five minutes of the game.&lt;br /&gt;
  653. The let off allowed the R&#39;s the chance to settle down and took full advantage half way through the half when Leroy Fer picked up a poor defensive header before taking aim and unleashing an unstoppable drive from twenty yards out!&lt;br /&gt;
  654. Rangers&#39; could and should&#39;ve extended their lead but found Zamora in poor form in front of goal as he wasted two glorious efforts, one a free header and the second being a close ranger from a tight angle.&lt;br /&gt;
  655. Swansea themselves were creating chances but found Gomis having an absolute shocker and failed to trouble Green with each shot attempted.&lt;br /&gt;
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  658. &lt;br /&gt;
  659. You can say we were happy at half time but also disappointed to of not taken advantage of the opportunities created. It was always going to be a long second half as Swansea were due a period of possession and we has to make the most of the chances made in the second half as they still had Bony to come on and we all know how dangerous he can be!&lt;br /&gt;
  660. &lt;br /&gt;
  661. Five minutes into the second half the R&#39;s came close to doubling their lead as Austin hit the post with a header from Isla&#39;s cross and a minute later Fer took aim once more but saw his effort deflected just over the bar.&lt;br /&gt;
  662. As the half wore on the R&#39;s began to sit deeper and deeper, allowing Swansea to pressurize them and saw Austin drop deeper and become more ineffective and Zamora became the target of many more long balls, it was Sunday happening all over again!&lt;br /&gt;
  663. The inevitable introduction of that man Bony came with twenty minutes to go and was soon brought into action. His free kick was superbly flighted over the R&#39;s wall, only to see Rob Green in fine form and claw the ball out to safety! Amazing save!&lt;br /&gt;
  664. This gave Swansea confidence to drive on but with five minutes to go they were reduced down to ten men. Karl Henry went in heavily on Routledge and the foul was rightly awarded but Routledge reacted by pushing Henry whilst he was on the floor and then looked to kick out at Henry as well! Henry was rightly booked for his challenge and just when it seemed Routledge had got away with the crime the linesman stepped in, had a word with Anthony Taylor and the red card was produced, Swans down to ten men, surely the points were a little safer now?&lt;br /&gt;
  665. Rangers&#39; looked to close the game out and had a golden opportunity when Toilett was found at the far post and the useless winger scuffed wide, he would&#39;ve been better off running into the corner!!&lt;br /&gt;
  666. As it was Swansea took the goal kick to pile on even more pressure and just over sixty seconds later leveled the game.&lt;br /&gt;
  667. Ki found Bony in space as the Ivorian turned and took aim in one movement to find the net and break Rangers&#39; hearts! An absolute kick in the teeth!!&lt;br /&gt;
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  670. &lt;br /&gt;
  671. On reflection I&#39;d say a point was a fair result on the amount of chances created but Rangers&#39; should&#39;ve been home and dry before the late Bony equalizer and only have themselves to blame. Swansea had their fair share of opportunities and had Bony of started then the scoreline may of been very different.&lt;br /&gt;
  672. With the transfer window opening on the 3rd January it will be interesting to see who comes into Loftus Road and more importantly who leaves. I think the first person who will be on the list after recent showings will be Toilett and we could also see Traore and Phillips also looking at uncertain futures with the club. There have been a few names mentioned with us so the next few weeks will be interesting!&lt;br /&gt;
  673. &lt;br /&gt;
  674. Our &lt;b&gt;Man of the Match&lt;/b&gt; saw several players gain votes with Lofty picking Fer, I chose Henry, Luke chose Isla but with votes from Jess, Sam, PK and Jenson our winner today was &lt;b&gt;Steven Caulker&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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  676. &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.qpr.co.uk/cms_images/player/steven-caulker-west-brom-64064-2160210_613x460.jpg&quot; height=&quot;239&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  677. &lt;br /&gt;
  678. &lt;b&gt;Lofty returns on Sunday as he takes over reporting duties for our home FA Cup tie against Sheffield United. With just Lofty, PK and Jenson attending it will be interesting to see who gets picked in the starting eleven and whether we can go past the third round or will there be another replay?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  680. &lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/feeds/1996825688688343099/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27147336&amp;postID=1996825688688343099&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/1996825688688343099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/1996825688688343099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-fer-result-in-end.html' title='A Fer Result in the end......'/><author><name>Lee</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03041665580397436516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27147336.post-7086079760946016512</id><published>2014-12-28T20:30:00.001+00:00</published><updated>2014-12-28T20:30:49.766+00:00</updated><title type='text'>A Waste of an Afternoon......</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;We returned to Loftus Road after the Christmas festivities to enjoy what looked like a tasty London Derby against Crystal Palace in a game that neither side wanted to lose. Could we recover from our Boxing Day disappointment at Arsenal?&lt;br /&gt;
  681. &lt;br /&gt;
  682. Just twenty four hours before the game Neil Warnock was given the axe so we could not welcome our former manager back to where he guided us back to the Premier League a few seasons ago.&lt;br /&gt;
  683. This came as a shock to ourselves and probably a few of the Palace fans as there were games, like this one, where he could of redeemed himself and gained confidence from the board and fans alike. It was Keith Millen who took caretaker charge yet again for the Eagles.&lt;br /&gt;
  684. The gang arrived quite early on at Loftus Road in what was a game that Jess wanted three points from more than any other team as she hates Palace as much as we hate Chelsea and Reading! Early jokes around Lofty, PK and Jenson buying Jess a half and half scarf as a late Christmas present went around when Jess, Sam and myself arrived in our usual meeting point. Zach was already in attendance and Luke arrived slightly later after he was at a kids party early this morning, it&#39;s nice to know he has friends close to his mental age.&lt;br /&gt;
  685. &lt;br /&gt;
  686. Several changes were made from the Boxing Day defeat as some of our &quot;better players&quot; returned to the starting line up in a more familiar 4-4-2 formation. The biggest shock was the inclusion of Junior Hoilett to the starting eleven after his shocking exhibition of crossing at the Emirates.&lt;br /&gt;
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  688. &lt;img alt=&quot;Embedded image permalink&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B58pmU5IcAEXGuV.jpg:large&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  689. &lt;br /&gt;
  690. This definitely was not a game for the football purist and in all honesty it&#39;s probably the worst game I have attended in a long long time!&lt;br /&gt;
  691. The first half had very few chances to note with Austin having a pot shot well held by Speroni and at the other end Puncheon hit the post with a curler and Zaha failed to make the most of the follow up.&lt;br /&gt;
  692. The highlight of the half was the minutes applause for former R&#39;s defender Clarke Carlisle on five minutes, we all wish him a speedy recovery!&lt;br /&gt;
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  694. The second half was much the same.&lt;br /&gt;
  695. Leroy Fer volleyed just wide and shortly after saw Speroni make a decent save.&lt;br /&gt;
  696. Caulker had one cleared off the line by McArthur from a Barton corner as Palace had a late claim for a penalty but Jess informs me that it was a shocking dive!&lt;br /&gt;
  697. &lt;br /&gt;
  698. In-between all that was long ball after long ball after long ball after long ball after long ball...... you get my drift!&lt;br /&gt;
  699. As mentioned before this has to be one of the worst games we have been involved in for a while. Palace were playing a long ball game to three pacey wingers who could&#39;ve forced a mistake out of our defenders, however whenever we played long ball it was always aimed at Zamora and he probably won the ball three or four times during the entirety of the game. It was clear that we needed to change things and get another ball player on the field so we could actually pass the ball around rather that hoofing and hoping! Austin received no service at all today and that&#39;s the reason he didn&#39;t threaten the Palace goal we we threatened very little overall!! There was no plan b, just hoof it and hope....&lt;br /&gt;
  700. As for Hoilett.... I&#39;ve given up on him! He continues to run down dead ends, doing stepovers and going inside and out rather than doing what he used to be good at, running at people and beating them with pace! The same goes for Phillips, how have we ruined two decent wingers and reduced them to being utter crap?? Barton&#39;s delivery was terrible pretty much all game and for me very few players come out of today with any credit at all.&lt;br /&gt;
  701. &lt;br /&gt;
  702. So for our &lt;b&gt;Man of the Match&lt;/b&gt;. PK gave his vote to Richard Dunne whilst Lofty voted for Karl Henry who was superb today in my eyes. However with four votes from Jess, Sam, Luke and myself was &lt;b&gt;Maurico Isla&lt;/b&gt;. Today we saw how good he could defend and kept a very tricky Bolasie very quiet all game! Let&#39;s hope he continues to put in performances like this!&lt;br /&gt;
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  705. &lt;br /&gt;
  706. &lt;b&gt;I will return on New Year&#39;s Day following our home game against Swansea. One thing can be sure, we won&#39;t be getting a sore neck looking up in the air after this game!!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  707. &lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
  708. &lt;b&gt;Enjoy the New Year celebrations and here&#39;s to a fantastic 2015!!!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  711. &lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/feeds/7086079760946016512/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27147336&amp;postID=7086079760946016512&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/7086079760946016512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/7086079760946016512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/2014/12/a-waste-of-afternoon.html' title='A Waste of an Afternoon......'/><author><name>Lee</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03041665580397436516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27147336.post-1911361093268223014</id><published>2014-12-27T00:14:00.001+00:00</published><updated>2014-12-27T00:14:51.065+00:00</updated><title type='text'>And Arsenal Make it Nine...</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
  712. &lt;strong&gt;Arsenal 2-1 QPR&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  713. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  714. &lt;strong&gt;QPR&#39;s search for their first away point of the season, sadly continued as Arsenal were the latest side to cash in a what has become a banker home win..&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  715. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  716. Firstly, I hope you all enjoyed a fantastic Christmas, as we approach a very busy festive football period and we were all hoping that Rangers could continue with the Christmas cheer..&lt;br /&gt;
  717. &lt;br /&gt;
  718. With it being such a busy period, the Rangers line up had very much the look of having the next two home games firmly in mind..&lt;br /&gt;
  719. &lt;br /&gt;
  720. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  721. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2CIcy0inC8BQt8SlpbxlKpvIV_8Y8C9YVx4QcXRmA0Ru410Mhq1XJB1hf3HCl0zYKC7vKikwTOlze0mkgKiUx6sYsMkb4xS7g6CNg7CnUg87qdhpS18y4rZLsms4DEg2T5zuE4A/s1600/10429271_886335591397331_6551457793581193846_n.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2CIcy0inC8BQt8SlpbxlKpvIV_8Y8C9YVx4QcXRmA0Ru410Mhq1XJB1hf3HCl0zYKC7vKikwTOlze0mkgKiUx6sYsMkb4xS7g6CNg7CnUg87qdhpS18y4rZLsms4DEg2T5zuE4A/s1600/10429271_886335591397331_6551457793581193846_n.jpg&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  722. &lt;br /&gt;
  723. &lt;br /&gt;
  724. So again, we find ourselves setting up different for an away fixture and it was very evident from the off that this was a straight back five and yet another lets hope to frustrate the opposition and nick a draw line up...&lt;br /&gt;
  725. &lt;br /&gt;
  726. And Rangers were extremely sloppy in the first half as Arsenal dominated proceedings and in the 9th minute, were given a great chance to start the ball rolling when Traore brought down Sanchez with a complete mess of a tackle - Sanchez himself stepped up but Rob Green&#39;s fine form continued as he guessed right and comfortably save the spot kick.. maybe this was to be our day after all.&lt;br /&gt;
  727. &lt;br /&gt;
  728. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  729. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVj00GL-r01K-q21K6-qaIe0wVahZ3_g4u26JB3UxCPX8ceOiC4-drkEHE3yAxTWMS03ClJqCvFvQ1kFSIkt237k3ddPfmhv6Gbhyphenhyphenq-FER7bptKGf_g3N-R5Obn7Qw3cgBRQDIPg/s1600/10857716_886617864702437_6579062389448868369_n.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVj00GL-r01K-q21K6-qaIe0wVahZ3_g4u26JB3UxCPX8ceOiC4-drkEHE3yAxTWMS03ClJqCvFvQ1kFSIkt237k3ddPfmhv6Gbhyphenhyphenq-FER7bptKGf_g3N-R5Obn7Qw3cgBRQDIPg/s1600/10857716_886617864702437_6579062389448868369_n.jpg&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  730. &lt;br /&gt;
  731. &lt;br /&gt;
  732. Rangers offered little and the resistance finally gave in on 37 minutes when Welbeck and Carzorla linked well to find Gibbs on the left, who crossed for the completely unmarked Sanchez to head home and make amends for his earlier miss from the spot.&lt;br /&gt;
  733. &lt;br /&gt;
  734. Onto the second half and Rangers got a surprise way back into the game, as Giroud chased a long ball, shadowed by Onuoha, who as the ball went safe, nudged Giroud slightly and the Frenchman&#39;s reaction was to get up and put his head straight into the face of the R&#39;s defender - who&#39;s reaction to fall to the floor was completely over the top, but there was no doubt it was a pathetic thing to do from the Arsenal striker and a deserved red card followed..&lt;br /&gt;
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  737. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFxoEPQKIgTChkRQtT2jKBhdVQwYmCIa7gkUHYh9pDwystaxgfN5OuF6WtBaUOr8zgnlUC6Uf0jyhxxKFKMpE1ySHbQPqDfxw3gCcWZ9bVy6WkiYpZw1zkcECWi0ua6_XFHNgR_g/s1600/_79944949_giroud_heabbutt_getty.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFxoEPQKIgTChkRQtT2jKBhdVQwYmCIa7gkUHYh9pDwystaxgfN5OuF6WtBaUOr8zgnlUC6Uf0jyhxxKFKMpE1ySHbQPqDfxw3gCcWZ9bVy6WkiYpZw1zkcECWi0ua6_XFHNgR_g/s1600/_79944949_giroud_heabbutt_getty.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  740. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmsTGDL7FtjmncIQfCYN53HMeCJ32iXg3mBpcw8G-IySnJVNaMRSGo8CSj5iX-9LZDJv2BPn7ddbvEP4Jbv3xzHRuuCncFbqGfndX7j2NIDfDpsFXjjl0p8iWIm6rs6_nDR2c0rA/s1600/10888979_886617868035770_1115092964622373553_n.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmsTGDL7FtjmncIQfCYN53HMeCJ32iXg3mBpcw8G-IySnJVNaMRSGo8CSj5iX-9LZDJv2BPn7ddbvEP4Jbv3xzHRuuCncFbqGfndX7j2NIDfDpsFXjjl0p8iWIm6rs6_nDR2c0rA/s1600/10888979_886617868035770_1115092964622373553_n.jpg&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  741. &lt;br /&gt;
  742. &lt;br /&gt;
  743. But before Rangers could take any sort of advantage, Arsenal all but made the game safe - some superb work from Sanchez drew out 3 defenders before finding Rosicky on the right who coolly finished with a neat side foot.&lt;br /&gt;
  744. &lt;br /&gt;
  745. As typical as it has been all season, with the game all but lost, Rangers started to play and were given a lifeline on 79 minutes when Hoilett was felled in the box by Debuchy. There was contact but there was no doubt it was a softish penalty of which Charlie Austin smashed home his 12th goal of the season..&lt;br /&gt;
  746. &lt;br /&gt;
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  748. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv1pVJXZ9Q-YHsXvxnp_w22DTN3mLvKjbE0MEq0uSjVR6pu7MEjmIpj7lErXZvLMiMML61IWSTk5UVNOX6oR9RFrPyo8hRk2G1It25J9ysvYfWhOPO_6oG0n6NCONTvw4idGc7ng/s1600/10888368_886617941369096_6142868549723102541_n.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv1pVJXZ9Q-YHsXvxnp_w22DTN3mLvKjbE0MEq0uSjVR6pu7MEjmIpj7lErXZvLMiMML61IWSTk5UVNOX6oR9RFrPyo8hRk2G1It25J9ysvYfWhOPO_6oG0n6NCONTvw4idGc7ng/s1600/10888368_886617941369096_6142868549723102541_n.jpg&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  749. &lt;br /&gt;
  750. Frustratingly, Rangers were now going for it and Hoilett was causing problems on the left side but his final ball was somewhat lacking. Kranjcar&#39;s corner was later met by Vargas but was scrambled away by the Arsenal defence. But if the first R&#39;s penalty was soft, there was no doubt we should have had a second when Fer crossed for Zamora who was taken out by Gibbs as the R&#39;s substitute was about to pull the trigger. A definite penalty waved away by referee Atkinson and the hopes of taking a point were taken firmly away as Arsenal held on..&lt;br /&gt;
  751. &lt;br /&gt;
  752. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Man of the Match&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  753. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  754. Just four votes received this evening with myself singling out Rob Green who&#39;s fine form continued in the R&#39;s goal. Niko Kranjcar was Jenson&#39;s choice but the Boxing Day winner, picked out by Lee and Luke was &lt;strong&gt;Steven Caulker.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  755. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  757. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUCXjutrAdG9kZPCKyWZuvObTLvCs4a0QZyu_7HmhyphenhyphenQCuedyRnreQivtlsXUpXt66eH7QqnOsJFOp3QzhE8R-ctdZI9x97LNN61GHCklh-Pb6bW0twHkggp3xcvkt1jcESR7x9oQ/s1600/10891563_886617924702431_3234256589623446422_n.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUCXjutrAdG9kZPCKyWZuvObTLvCs4a0QZyu_7HmhyphenhyphenQCuedyRnreQivtlsXUpXt66eH7QqnOsJFOp3QzhE8R-ctdZI9x97LNN61GHCklh-Pb6bW0twHkggp3xcvkt1jcESR7x9oQ/s1600/10891563_886617924702431_3234256589623446422_n.jpg&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  758. &lt;br /&gt;
  759. So, as already mentioned, the away woes continue for QPR. Yes there are positives and we could well have got something out of the game, but it was frustrating yet again that we suddenly come to life with 15 minutes to go when the game is all but lost. Maybe a change of mental attitude away from home is required rather than a change of system and personnel.&lt;br /&gt;
  760. &lt;br /&gt;
  761. We now have two, dare&amp;nbsp;I say, winnable home games ahead of us and Lee will return in a couple of days time as the R&#39;s take on Palace at Loftus Road..&lt;br /&gt;
  762. &lt;br /&gt;
  763. &lt;strong&gt;Keep the Faith and Come on you R&#39;sssssss!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  764. &lt;br /&gt;
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  770. &lt;br /&gt;
  771. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  772. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/feeds/1911361093268223014/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27147336&amp;postID=1911361093268223014&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/1911361093268223014'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/1911361093268223014'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/2014/12/and-arsenal-make-it-nine.html' title='And Arsenal Make it Nine...'/><author><name>LOFTY</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05311226130099573295</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='15' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/tonymac/loftyh.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2CIcy0inC8BQt8SlpbxlKpvIV_8Y8C9YVx4QcXRmA0Ru410Mhq1XJB1hf3HCl0zYKC7vKikwTOlze0mkgKiUx6sYsMkb4xS7g6CNg7CnUg87qdhpS18y4rZLsms4DEg2T5zuE4A/s72-c/10429271_886335591397331_6551457793581193846_n.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27147336.post-7699208159473632672</id><published>2014-12-20T22:15:00.001+00:00</published><updated>2014-12-20T22:15:10.807+00:00</updated><title type='text'>Hats Off to Charlie....</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;This afternoon the R&#39;s hosted a West Brom side that were fresh from their derby day victory against Aston Villa and looking to extend the gap between themselves and the bottom three. Could the R&#39;s take the boing out of the Baggies and get themselves a much needed win after Monday night&#39;s defeat at the hands of Everton.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  773. &lt;br /&gt;
  774. True to recent form myself and Jess arrived late once again and missed much of the build up to the game with the gang but we did bump into Jack on our way to the ground before happily joining up with Lofty, PK, Jenson and Luke for an unusually confident pre-match chinwag and exchange of Christmas cards before heading up to the Upper Loft.&lt;br /&gt;
  775. &lt;br /&gt;
  776. Four changes were made from the team that lost on Monday night. Isla(personal reasons), Mutch, Hoilett and Phillips were all benched as they were replaced by Caulker, Henry, Zamora and Austin.&lt;br /&gt;
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  778. &lt;img alt=&quot;Embedded image permalink&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5TcnScIIAEMSiE.jpg:large&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  779. &lt;br /&gt;
  780. The visitors got out of the traps extremely well, being very quick to close down the midfield and defence at every opportunity which in turn lead to the R&#39;s mis-placing many passes and were not able to get into any rhythm at all.&lt;br /&gt;
  781. The Baggies looked threatening down both wings as Varela and Sessegnon&#39;s pace led to Vargas and Fer having to drop deeper, meaning that as the R&#39;s trying to break on the counter there was only Austin and Zamora up there to try and hold the ball up and the support was not quick enough to ensure we could take advantage of a West Brom defence that has conceded the least amount of goals on the road out of all the teams in the league.&lt;br /&gt;
  782. After spurning two early chances through Gardener and Ideye, Albion took the lead with ten minutes on the clock.&lt;br /&gt;
  783. Pocognoli&#39;s corner found Lescott unmarked and the former England man made no mistake to head home his first goal since joining the club in the summer.&lt;br /&gt;
  784. Ten minutes later the visitors extended their lead. Varela and Sessegnon exchanged passes to release Varela through on goal before slotting underneath Green to double the difference. Green could and maybe should&#39;ve done better, however it was an excellent one-two that created the space for Varela to break free before scoring.&lt;br /&gt;
  785. The silence that was around the ground echoed how stunned we all were that we found ourselves two down after twenty minutes and looking totally out of sorts and really wondering how we were going to come back from this. The next goal was always going to be a key moment and potentially an indicator as to how the game was going to pan out.&lt;br /&gt;
  786. Five minutes later a lifeline was given to us. Barton&#39;s inswinging corner led to Fer and Morrison coming together, it was not clear what happened but it was enough for referee Pawson to point to the spot. In all honesty I did not see what it was for and West Brom fans were clearly incensed by it so it&#39;ll be one to view on Match of the Day!&lt;br /&gt;
  787. Austin stepped up and rifled past Foster, who dived the wrong way, relief!!!&lt;br /&gt;
  788. This gave the R&#39;s a lot more confidence, however the Baggies midfield three were outnumbering Barton and Henry and often left gaping holes either side of them, leaving us susceptible to further attacking threats and the pace of the front three.&lt;br /&gt;
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  791. &lt;br /&gt;
  792. Going into the break we were all quite happy, relieved yet still confident that we could get a result from this, which says something about our recent form at home. We just needed to settle ourselves down, get the passing game together and stop playing long to Zamora so often.&lt;br /&gt;
  793. &lt;br /&gt;
  794. I joined Jenson bang on the restart as Lofty and PK remained downstairs a few minutes more, leaving the pair of us to celebrate the early equalizer by ourselves.&lt;br /&gt;
  795. Barton&#39;s corner was met by the leaping salmon that was Richard Dunne who saw his header clawed out of the top corner, only for that man Austin to stroke home from a few yards out. Game on!!!&lt;br /&gt;
  796. Minutes later the West Brom defence was opened up once more as Austin played in Barton, who was through on goal before then being tripped when he was going to be one on one with Foster. How the penalty was not given I do not know!! Livid is the most polite word I can give!!! It will easily be one of the most stonewall penalties you will see this season!&lt;br /&gt;
  797. This opened the game up, with both teams looking threatening at either end as the two teams both looking like they could grab another, this one was going to go either way!&lt;br /&gt;
  798. Austin was denied a hat-trick on several occasions by Foster, however the top scoring Englishman would not be denied the match ball.&lt;br /&gt;
  799. It was yet another Barton corner that was fired in and Austin was on hand to thump home his header and deliver another three home points for the R&#39;s!&lt;br /&gt;
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  802. &lt;br /&gt;
  803. For once it was three set pieces that led to all the R&#39;s goals, which in recent years has been a rarity in W12 but Joey Barton and of course Charlie Austin played a huge part in snatching three points today. Barton did not enjoy his greatest game, in fact I thought he was terrible in the first half but his second half performance more than more up for it as he showed the battling qualities that helped to spur the rest of the team forward whilst also leading from the front as captain and being very vocal throughout the game.&lt;br /&gt;
  804. Special praise also has to go to Dunne and Caulker, who despite conceding two goals, were strong and resilient throughout in what was a testing battle against Brown Ideye and Berahino when he came on.&lt;br /&gt;
  805. But Charlie Austin, what more can you say about him?? A fantastic centre forward, he may not have a great deal of pace, however he always manages to find himself in those key goal scoring positions and has been the catalyst of our side now for a season and a half. The fact that he has been involved in over 60% of our goals this season shows how essential he is to the success of our side.&lt;br /&gt;
  806. &lt;br /&gt;
  807. Our &lt;b&gt;Man of the Match&lt;/b&gt; has been a simple choice, our match winner &lt;b&gt;Charlie Austin&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;
  808. &lt;br /&gt;
  809. &lt;img alt=&quot;Embedded image permalink&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5UXLnkCMAEKYks.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  810. &lt;br /&gt;
  811. &lt;b&gt;Lofty will return after our Boxing Day game against Arsenal where anything more than zero points will be a huge bonus!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  812. &lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
  813. &lt;b&gt;From myself, Lofty and the gang, we&#39;d like to wish you all and your families a very Merry Christmas!!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  814. &lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
  815. &lt;img height=&quot;173&quot; src=&quot;https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTBYhw5OX6mbsy4Vw5jrfhmxo1WWAum70fknHyGduUlyT7OmstN&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/feeds/7699208159473632672/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27147336&amp;postID=7699208159473632672&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/7699208159473632672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/7699208159473632672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/2014/12/hats-off-to-charlie.html' title='Hats Off to Charlie....'/><author><name>Lee</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03041665580397436516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27147336.post-1221594362769399218</id><published>2014-12-16T21:49:00.003+00:00</published><updated>2014-12-16T21:49:26.882+00:00</updated><title type='text'>Rangers Fail to Deflect Away Record...</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
  816. &lt;strong&gt;Everton 3-1 QPR&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  817. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  818. &lt;strong&gt;QPR&#39;s wretched away from continued, this time at Goodison Park where Everton ran out 3-1 winners, leaving the R&#39;s now the ONLY team in England without an away point..&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  819. &lt;br /&gt;
  820. With the SKY cameras choosing this one for a Monday night fixture, it was always going to be a tall order getting to this one, or indeed, wanting too, so close to Christmas and the expense that comes with it. So instead of a stream, it was a night in front of the TV. Well, for me, the laptop as the other half chose to watch the Bette Midler thing on ITV, so on a personal note, it was double the pain having to listen to that and watch the R&#39;s get beaten on the road once more.&lt;br /&gt;
  821. &lt;br /&gt;
  822. To be fair, this one wasn&#39;t as bad as the scoreline may suggest and Rangers were well in this game in the early stages - Matt Phillips went close from the edge of the area latching onto Baines&#39;s clearance.&lt;br /&gt;
  823. &lt;br /&gt;
  824. But with the home fans starting to get edgy, Everton went and took the lead when Ross Barkley picked up the ball in his own half, played a neat one two with Lukaku, before carrying on his run before lashing the ball into the top left corner. The ball did take a slight deflection off Isla but it only helped it on it&#39;s way and Green was never going to stop it - a great goal.&lt;br /&gt;
  825. &lt;br /&gt;
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  827. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAv1hoTx-mY8sSGuoPNajHTE_s9GM9g7jsihyphenhyphendJVufO6dvyuRG5JpcXXiwMDKT0mbA3gSou7l0d0TbjLoiibRKNt-Caq8QuRmIlLA56RsYKBaKf420MW4xW3sj0VubtT5Vh4saYw/s1600/_79749533_rossbarkleyreuters3.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAv1hoTx-mY8sSGuoPNajHTE_s9GM9g7jsihyphenhyphendJVufO6dvyuRG5JpcXXiwMDKT0mbA3gSou7l0d0TbjLoiibRKNt-Caq8QuRmIlLA56RsYKBaKf420MW4xW3sj0VubtT5Vh4saYw/s1600/_79749533_rossbarkleyreuters3.jpg&quot; height=&quot;179&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  828. &lt;br /&gt;
  829. &lt;br /&gt;
  830. It was 2-0 shortly before half time and when your lucks out, your luck is most definitely out - a free kick on the edge of the box from Mirallas, deflected off the jumping Vargas, wrong footing Rob Green and then into the net.&lt;br /&gt;
  831. &lt;br /&gt;
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  833. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZ6Fck78sOIbR7qcgzDRi68vHSbr-Z8TXTdSSRgTX4TsJ7iDJGwbWKSOdyJevkwu5y3Xd52yi7Y2s8IWuNA4sAy_D3HTBIaShEPWomV_13WegsmpIXyHd7LRE84e3QgTSUske3w/s1600/_79750677_kevinmirallasreuters.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZ6Fck78sOIbR7qcgzDRi68vHSbr-Z8TXTdSSRgTX4TsJ7iDJGwbWKSOdyJevkwu5y3Xd52yi7Y2s8IWuNA4sAy_D3HTBIaShEPWomV_13WegsmpIXyHd7LRE84e3QgTSUske3w/s1600/_79750677_kevinmirallasreuters.jpg&quot; height=&quot;133&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  834. &lt;br /&gt;
  835. &lt;br /&gt;
  836. It was hoped Rangers would make more of a fight of things in the second half but on 53 minutes, if it wasn&#39;t already, it was game over -&amp;nbsp; a poor clearance from Green ended up with Mirallas finding McGeady, who crossed for the unmarked Naismith to head home, despite the best efforts of Richard Dunne on the goal line.&lt;br /&gt;
  837. &lt;br /&gt;
  838. Rangers did then have a real go and there was a glimmer of hope on 80 minutes when Mutch saw his effort palmed out by Howard, only into the path of Bobby Zamora who tapped the ball home.&lt;br /&gt;
  839. &lt;br /&gt;
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  841. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZHXPXM6_AeA7jET46GLhUWaOX2adAoLpA11xCATKIwSTcdwV9caJAAHduBjjteC4Q6mgcy9VDGBpMtcxWKtihWGMVhjgKSp2-U285o3VhhyphenhyphengRRK8egGSgkuWpH5iqjjyRbEzl6g/s1600/_79750884_bobbyzamoraafp.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZHXPXM6_AeA7jET46GLhUWaOX2adAoLpA11xCATKIwSTcdwV9caJAAHduBjjteC4Q6mgcy9VDGBpMtcxWKtihWGMVhjgKSp2-U285o3VhhyphenhyphengRRK8egGSgkuWpH5iqjjyRbEzl6g/s1600/_79750884_bobbyzamoraafp.jpg&quot; height=&quot;133&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  842. &lt;br /&gt;
  843. &lt;br /&gt;
  844. But hope was all it turned out to be and it could have been worse late on when Etoo hit the post for the home side in stoppage time..&lt;br /&gt;
  845. &lt;h3 class=&quot;team-name&quot;&gt;
  846. Queens Park Rangers&lt;/h3&gt;
  847. &lt;ul class=&quot;player-list&quot;&gt;
  848. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO1243&quot;&gt;01 Green &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  849. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO48852&quot;&gt;14 Isla &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  850. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO1764&quot;&gt;22 Dunne &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  851. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO19053&quot;&gt;15 Onuoha &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  852. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO77875&quot;&gt;13 Yun Suk-young &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  853. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO50229&quot;&gt;07 Phillips &lt;/span&gt;(Zamora - 59&#39; ) &lt;/li&gt;
  854. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO49438&quot;&gt;17 Mutch &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;incident yellow-card&quot;&gt;Booked&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
  855. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO15276&quot;&gt;08 Barton &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  856. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO49277&quot;&gt;10 Fer &lt;/span&gt;(Kranjcar - 77&#39; ) &lt;/li&gt;
  857. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO49806&quot;&gt;23 Hoilett &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  858. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO105835&quot;&gt;24 Vargas &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  859. &lt;/ul&gt;
  860. &lt;h4 class=&quot;substitutes&quot;&gt;
  861. Substitutes&lt;/h4&gt;
  862. &lt;ul class=&quot;subs-list&quot;&gt;
  863. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO2034&quot;&gt;05 Ferdinand &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  864. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO1216&quot;&gt;06 Hill &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  865. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO1212&quot;&gt;11 Wright-Phillips &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  866. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO58376&quot;&gt;12 McCarthy &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  867. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO28097&quot;&gt;19 Kranjcar &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  868. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO10561&quot;&gt;20 Henry &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  869. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO4570&quot;&gt;25 Zamora &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  870. &lt;/ul&gt;
  871. &lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Man of the Match&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; - sadly only one vote came in and it was Lee, who highlighted Everton&#39;s Besic as his choice, and Yun for the R&#39;s. For me, we had a real go when Zamora came on and that is my choice, as he scored his first goal since &#39;that&#39; goal at Wembley. So using the Editors Choice, this weeks vote goes to &lt;strong&gt;Bobby Zamora.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  872. &lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  873. &lt;span&gt;As mentioned, this wasn&#39;t as bad as the scoreline suggested and the R&#39;s in spells played some decent football. But the longer this away record goes on, the worse it will get as the pressure will continue to mount..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  874. &lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  875. &lt;span&gt;We will be back at the weekend as Lee will review the vital &lt;strong&gt;HOME&lt;/strong&gt; game with WBA..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  876. &lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  877. &lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Keep the Faith and Come on you R&#39;sssssss!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/feeds/1221594362769399218/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27147336&amp;postID=1221594362769399218&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/1221594362769399218'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/1221594362769399218'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/2014/12/rangers-fail-to-deflect-away-record.html' title='Rangers Fail to Deflect Away Record...'/><author><name>LOFTY</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05311226130099573295</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='15' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/tonymac/loftyh.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAv1hoTx-mY8sSGuoPNajHTE_s9GM9g7jsihyphenhyphendJVufO6dvyuRG5JpcXXiwMDKT0mbA3gSou7l0d0TbjLoiibRKNt-Caq8QuRmIlLA56RsYKBaKf420MW4xW3sj0VubtT5Vh4saYw/s72-c/_79749533_rossbarkleyreuters3.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27147336.post-5945347719669841028</id><published>2014-12-06T21:40:00.000+00:00</published><updated>2014-12-06T21:40:11.750+00:00</updated><title type='text'>Charlie and Leroy Get the Job Dunne......</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;This afternoon saw another huge battle at the bottom as Burnley made the trip to Loftus Road in what would be an important game for both sides. Burnley themselves have been in good form as the R&#39;s are heavily relying on their home form to stage their fight for survival. Surely an intriguing game was ahead for us?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  878. &lt;br /&gt;
  879. The gang had two casualties today as Jenson attended his wife&#39;s birthday and PK missed out due to his car breaking down. Traffic held Jess and myself up and we arrived fifteen minutes before kick off, delighted after hearing Chelsea lose to Newcastle.&lt;br /&gt;
  880. &lt;br /&gt;
  881. Two changes were made to the side that lost at Swansea on Tuesday.&lt;br /&gt;
  882. Onuoha and Kranjcar dropped to the bench as they were replaced by Isla and Zamora.&lt;br /&gt;
  883. &lt;br /&gt;
  884. &lt;img alt=&quot;Embedded image permalink&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B4LkBTUCEAAgKz6.jpg:large&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  885. &lt;br /&gt;
  886. The first half was far from an entertaining encounter and very few points to note.&lt;br /&gt;
  887. Burnley had the better of the chances with Rob Green having to be in top form to prevent the visitors taking the lead. Green fumbled Marney&#39;s right wing cross as Isla got in the way of the R&#39;s number one and the ball fell to Arfield, who must&#39;ve thought he&#39;d won the lottery, had a gaping goal in front of him and looked to place the ball beyond the Rangers&#39; defence that were laying on the floor, amazingly Green made a great recovery and spread himself as wide as he could and deflected the shot out for a corner via his face. An incredible recovery and save!!&lt;br /&gt;
  888. Green was again called into action shortly after as George Boyd picked up the pieces on the edge of the box and unleashed a left footed swerver that started outside the far post and curled in towards the top corner..... it was destined to nestle in the top corner but that man Green somehow stretched his arm out to fingertip it onto the post and out for another corner! Green was on song again following an immense performance at Swansea mid week and it was going to take something special to beat him today!&lt;br /&gt;
  889. The R&#39;s finally started to get a foothold in the game after twenty five minutes and had one real notable chance in the first half.&lt;br /&gt;
  890. Vargas beat Ben Mee down the R&#39;s right and fired in on Tom Heaton&#39;s goal but saw the effort blocked before then being cleared to safety.&lt;br /&gt;
  891. &lt;br /&gt;
  892. At half time I cannot say we were enthused at all, this game wasn&#39;t for a football purist and had a sense that neither team wanted to lose the game. Burnley had the better of the chances and were unsettling the R&#39;s with there full on pressure play and didn&#39;t allow our midfield to settle or string passes together and this often led to us hitting a long ball to Zamora or firing their passes wayward.&lt;br /&gt;
  893. &lt;br /&gt;
  894. Burnley started the better of the teams in the second half but the R&#39;s grabbed the all important first goal six minutes into the half.&lt;br /&gt;
  895. Zamora released Austin down the R&#39;s left and the former Burnley man squared beautifully to Fer as the Dutchman grabbed his second goal at Loftus Road in two games when he side-footed home to raise the roof and release all the tension that had been building up around the ground.&lt;br /&gt;
  896. The goal should of deflated the visitors, however to their credit they used this as a springboard to put Rangers&#39; under the cosh in a very nervy ten minute spell for the home faithful.&lt;br /&gt;
  897. The intense pressure led to the R&#39;s making a change with Zamora coming off and Kranjcar coming on to play behind Austin a give an extra man in midfield and try to nullify Burnley&#39;s attacking threats.&lt;br /&gt;
  898. With fifteen minutes left the game was finally put to bed.&lt;br /&gt;
  899. Rangers&#39; strung together a good twenty plus passes before Isla and Vargas played a clever one-two with each other as Isla then pulled back a delightful cross to Austin who fired home to seal the points and it certainly looked like the R&#39;s number 9 enjoyed scoring it before giving the Burnley fans a little wave as he jogged back to the halfway line.&lt;br /&gt;
  900. The visiting fans were soon waving good bye to Austin as straight from the re-start Austin was giving a second yellow for what looked like a fair aerial challenge that Keane fell from like he had been shot. No sooner had the second yellow been dished out he jumped straight back up and made a miracle recovery! I may be wrong with what I said but that&#39;s how it looked to me.....&lt;br /&gt;
  901. Burnley applied their numerical advantage well, however they did not create too many clear cut chances to, if anything Rangers&#39; should&#39;ve extended their lead further when Fer slid in Yun Suk-Young one on one with the &#39;keeper back the left back&#39;s shot was well saved by Heaton.&lt;br /&gt;
  902. &lt;br /&gt;
  903. &lt;img alt=&quot;Embedded image permalink&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B4MY0yFIIAA33CD.jpg:large&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  904. &lt;br /&gt;
  905. This was a massive three point for the R&#39;s and sees us rise from the bottom of the table to fourth from bottom.&lt;br /&gt;
  906. It was a very hard earned victory and you have to credit Burnley for a very hard working performance and did not allow us to settle in any way during the game but it was the better finishing by us that ultimately won the game. Danny Ings looks like a player with huge potential but when you have the likes of Ashley Barnes, Lukas Jutkiewicz and Marvin Sordell as choices behind him, they are going to heavily rely on him to pull them through the season.&lt;br /&gt;
  907. Austin&#39;s red card overshadowed another good performance by him and in all honesty him missing the Everton game will provide him with a much needed rest ahead of the huge games we have coming up against West Brom and Palace.&lt;br /&gt;
  908. You also have to give a massive amount of credit to our defenders today as we were put under a huge amount of pressure but all of the back five put in fantastic performances and this was our first clean sheet since we beat Villa at the end of October.&lt;br /&gt;
  909. &lt;br /&gt;
  910. Onto our &lt;b&gt;Man of the Match&lt;/b&gt;. Sam gave her vote to Fer for another great performance in front of the home crowd. PK went for Green after the incredible saves he made in the first half kept us in with a chance of winning the game. The remainder of the votes from Jess, Lofty, Luke, Jenson, Lorna and myself go to a very worthy winner in &lt;b&gt;Richard Dunne&lt;/b&gt;. He was simply superb today and did not put a foot wrong at all!&lt;br /&gt;
  911. &lt;br /&gt;
  912. &lt;img alt=&quot;Embedded image permalink&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B4Md68DIUAAriTj.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  913. &lt;br /&gt;
  914. With the Everton game being on Monday next week we can all enjoy a stress free weekend and look forward to the difficult trip to Goodison Park.&lt;br /&gt;
  915. &lt;br /&gt;
  916. &lt;b&gt;Until then Keep The Faith!!!&lt;/b&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/feeds/5945347719669841028/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27147336&amp;postID=5945347719669841028&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/5945347719669841028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/5945347719669841028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/2014/12/charlie-and-leroy-get-job-dunne.html' title='Charlie and Leroy Get the Job Dunne......'/><author><name>Lee</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03041665580397436516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27147336.post-5930151717674026492</id><published>2014-12-02T22:25:00.002+00:00</published><updated>2014-12-02T22:25:25.668+00:00</updated><title type='text'>Green Takes Liberties in Swansea..</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
  917. &lt;strong&gt;Swansea 2-0 QPR&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  918. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  919. &lt;strong&gt;QPR&#39;s dismal away form sadly continued this evening, with two late goals sealing the win for Swansea, despite heroics from Rob Green in the R&#39;s goal..&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  920. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  921. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  922. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR1B_EnNw7-ohwesefWxtxETaIyHzkiyiOflllEaX32tbZ4vlzws9KsKWSjq0BC6SuedjaKDDtxH_YgT0_BgP-KPRbcFo6rtDrpyhPvEZ9npGr3SM1L_4vRBjzxgX0d0fEs0nC2Q/s1600/B34T7s7CMAA6V7E.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR1B_EnNw7-ohwesefWxtxETaIyHzkiyiOflllEaX32tbZ4vlzws9KsKWSjq0BC6SuedjaKDDtxH_YgT0_BgP-KPRbcFo6rtDrpyhPvEZ9npGr3SM1L_4vRBjzxgX0d0fEs0nC2Q/s1600/B34T7s7CMAA6V7E.jpg&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  923. &lt;br /&gt;
  924. &lt;br /&gt;
  925. No LH representation in Wales tonight unfortunately due to various commitments from us all and being a bit too close to Christmas to justify the expense. Jenson made a late decision not to attend as Swansea announced tickets were off sale, with Jenson hoping to pay on the door.&lt;br /&gt;
  926. &lt;br /&gt;
  927. So, for many of us, it was a good old stream, sat in the warm. Personally, I was running late getting home and was enduring the torture of Lee, Jenson and Luke on our Whassap group, chatting about the game which was very difficult, as I was sat in my car, I was struggling to keep up with it all.&lt;br /&gt;
  928. &lt;br /&gt;
  929. The general feedback was that the R&#39;s were holding their own, although threatening little, but what was obvious was the game Rob Green was having in the Rangers goal and one save in particular, which I haven&#39;t seen yet, had the boys drooling!&lt;br /&gt;
  930. &lt;br /&gt;
  931. Happily I was indoors and settled for the second half which sadly , wasn&#39;t much to write home about from a Rangers point of view. Rangers were hanging on somewhat and offered little as an attacking threat, only forcing a couple of corners towards the last 20 minutes with Green still producing heroics at the other end.&lt;br /&gt;
  932. &lt;br /&gt;
  933. With twelve minutes left and just as we all hoped we may hold on for a valuable, precious point, Swansea finally managed to beat Rob Green - as Rangers pushed up for an offside, the ball was played to Ki and with Dunne playing him slightly on, he fired home with a powerful effort from a tight angle.&lt;br /&gt;
  934. &lt;br /&gt;
  935. It was game over five minutes later, when Leroy Fer lost possession on the left and decided he would just stand there rather than chase back, the ball found it&#39;s way to former Ranger, Routledge who finished well from outside the box.&lt;br /&gt;
  936. &lt;br /&gt;
  937. The Rangers heads were certainly down now and only the post prevented Bony from making it three..&lt;br /&gt;
  938. &lt;br /&gt;
  939. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  940. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH3u12SJKik4fVhqUJaLGbjJyOjHENxk2Ff2sBA35whg58TaTtaZK-y3Ai6c2NuWv5mydFZ6FTw154SOJwiYhL4tXhpmf9EI4rOVSD8jUaRyw1ftVreVuFKRy4P6s0RKvuAIUItw/s1600/B34hbP-CUAAOk1p.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH3u12SJKik4fVhqUJaLGbjJyOjHENxk2Ff2sBA35whg58TaTtaZK-y3Ai6c2NuWv5mydFZ6FTw154SOJwiYhL4tXhpmf9EI4rOVSD8jUaRyw1ftVreVuFKRy4P6s0RKvuAIUItw/s1600/B34hbP-CUAAOk1p.jpg&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  941. &lt;br /&gt;
  942. &lt;br /&gt;
  943. &lt;h3 class=&quot;team-name&quot;&gt;
  944. Queens Park Rangers&lt;/h3&gt;
  945. &lt;ul class=&quot;player-list&quot;&gt;
  946. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO1243&quot;&gt;01 Green &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  947. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO19053&quot;&gt;15 Onuoha &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  948. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO1764&quot;&gt;22 Dunne &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  949. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO68815&quot;&gt;04 Caulker &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  950. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO77875&quot;&gt;13 Yun Suk-young &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  951. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO10561&quot;&gt;20 Henry &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  952. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO15276&quot;&gt;08 Barton &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;incident yellow-card&quot;&gt;Booked&lt;/span&gt; (Hoilett - 80&#39; ) &lt;/li&gt;
  953. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO105835&quot;&gt;24 Vargas &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  954. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO28097&quot;&gt;19 Kranjcar &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  955. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO49277&quot;&gt;10 Fer &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;incident yellow-card&quot;&gt;Booked&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
  956. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO78356&quot;&gt;09 Austin &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  957. &lt;/ul&gt;
  958. &lt;h4 class=&quot;substitutes&quot;&gt;
  959. Substitutes&lt;/h4&gt;
  960. &lt;ul class=&quot;subs-list&quot;&gt;
  961. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO2034&quot;&gt;05 Ferdinand &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  962. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO50229&quot;&gt;07 Phillips &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  963. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO58376&quot;&gt;12 McCarthy &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  964. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO48852&quot;&gt;14 Isla &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  965. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO49438&quot;&gt;17 Mutch &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  966. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO49806&quot;&gt;23 Hoilett &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  967. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO4570&quot;&gt;25 Zamora &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  968. &lt;/ul&gt;
  969. &lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Man of the Match&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; - never a more easy a vote - &lt;strong&gt;Rob Green&lt;/strong&gt; - a truly outstanding performance!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  970. &lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  971. &lt;span&gt;So, that&#39;s 7 away games and 7 defeats for Rangers this season and the away form remains a concern. The performance of Green was a massive positive to take from tonight and a further positive is, that we are at home on Saturday...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  972. &lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  973. &lt;span&gt;Lee will return to review what will hopefully be another thrilling home win over Burnley...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  974. &lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  975. &lt;span&gt;Until the, &lt;strong&gt;Keep the Faith&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Come on you R&#39;sssss!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  976. &lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  977. &lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  978. &lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/feeds/5930151717674026492/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27147336&amp;postID=5930151717674026492&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/5930151717674026492'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/5930151717674026492'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/2014/12/green-takes-liberties-in-swansea.html' title='Green Takes Liberties in Swansea..'/><author><name>LOFTY</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05311226130099573295</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='15' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/tonymac/loftyh.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR1B_EnNw7-ohwesefWxtxETaIyHzkiyiOflllEaX32tbZ4vlzws9KsKWSjq0BC6SuedjaKDDtxH_YgT0_BgP-KPRbcFo6rtDrpyhPvEZ9npGr3SM1L_4vRBjzxgX0d0fEs0nC2Q/s72-c/B34T7s7CMAA6V7E.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27147336.post-4400511963750867351</id><published>2014-11-29T23:16:00.001+00:00</published><updated>2014-11-29T23:16:13.923+00:00</updated><title type='text'>Fer-middable Austin Out Foxes Leicester.....</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Leicester traveled down to West London today in a battle of the two promoted sides and also battle of two of the bottom three in the Premier League. Leicester have been out of sorts recently whilst Rangers&#39; needed to ensure that they avoided defeat and the risk of slowly being cut away at the bottom of the table. The ingredients for a game which either side could not afford to lose, a six pointer maybe?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  979. &lt;br /&gt;
  980. Due to difficulty parking in the area Jess and myself did not arrive at the ground until fifteen minutes before kick off, meaning we had to quickly rush in, meet Lofty, PK and Jenson and then take our seats. Sam, Luke and Lorna were already in their seats by the time we arrived.&lt;br /&gt;
  981. &lt;br /&gt;
  982. Three changes were made from the defeat at Newcastle. Dunne missed out through suspension, Zamora dropped out of the squad with a back injury whilst Sandro will be out of action until January with a knee injury. They were replaced by Isla, Vargas and Krancjar respectively.&lt;br /&gt;
  983. &lt;br /&gt;
  984. &lt;img alt=&quot;Embedded image permalink&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B3nTOUhCYAAj0WF.jpg:large&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  985. &lt;br /&gt;
  986. Before kick off we paid our respects to Malcolm Oakley who sadly passed away this week. Malcolm was well known around the club and our condolences go out to his family. A superb minutes applause was taken by both sets of fans.&lt;br /&gt;
  987. &amp;nbsp;&lt;img alt=&quot;Embedded image permalink&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B3nhDwwCUAA5fAX.jpg:large&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  988. &lt;br /&gt;
  989. At the beginning of the game we could all be guilty of thinking that taking three points would be a formality if we put in a battling performance like we have done in recent home fixtures, especially against a team that have failed to score in their last five games....&lt;br /&gt;
  990. Within four minutes that script was well and truly torn apart!&lt;br /&gt;
  991. Ulloa&#39;s blocked shot fell to the feet of Esteban Cambiasso, who side footed inside Green&#39;s right post in a well taken goal with precision that stunned the Loftus Road crowd.&lt;br /&gt;
  992. The atmosphere really quietened in the ground following the goal and Leicester used to this to their advantage and played in their counter attacking style which caused plenty of problems to the R&#39;s back line. Vardy&#39;s hustling and bustling just behind Ulloa ensured that he was applied pressure and was forcing errors in the middle third of the field and did not give a moments peace to anyone.&lt;br /&gt;
  993. It took Rangers&#39; a good twenty minutes to settle into the game and &amp;nbsp;the encounter turned into a good old fashioned Championship game flowing end to end and being a very entertaining afternoon.&lt;br /&gt;
  994. Leicester failed to make the most of several good chances and were punished ten minutes before the interval when who else but Steven Caulker found himself on the left wing before swinging in a perfect low cross which was met by Wes Morgan as he done his best Richard Dunne impression and poked the ball into his own net to level the game.&lt;br /&gt;
  995. Straight from kick off Leicester broke away and if it wasn&#39;t for a fantastic save from Green then the visitors could of easily restored their lead.&lt;br /&gt;
  996. With half time looming there was time for the third goal of the game.&lt;br /&gt;
  997. Barton&#39;s right wing cross was too high for Vargas, however Austin was on hand to power a header which was saved by Schmeichel but the ball fell kindly to Fer, who volleyed into the ground and through the hands of the &#39;keeper as he bagged his first goal for the R&#39;s.&lt;br /&gt;
  998. &lt;br /&gt;
  999. &lt;img alt=&quot;Embedded image permalink&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B3nv4jaCAAAlESu.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1000. &lt;br /&gt;
  1001. Half time was a welcome relief from an intense game and a lot more enjoyable following Fer&#39;s goal. I thought wearing my retro Holland shirt had brought us some luck, however it was soon revealed why he had returned to form, Lofty had in fact taken him out of his fantasy team and lifted the curse.&lt;br /&gt;
  1002. &lt;br /&gt;
  1003. Leicester started the second half much the better side and created two good chances in the first five minutes of the half. Firstly Mahrez saw an effort beaten away by Green before Vardy glanced a header onto the top of the bar.&lt;br /&gt;
  1004. Rangers&#39; just needed to slow the tempo of the game down and take the sting out of Leicester&#39;s attack but the visitors kept snapping back and we have not seen our defence come up against this constant battle and it was really going to be a test for the remainder of the game.&lt;br /&gt;
  1005. On the hour mark the R&#39;s finally breached the back line as Austin was clear to send an eighteen yard volley towards goal, only to see Schmeichel more than equal to it and turn it around the post for a corner.&lt;br /&gt;
  1006. Unfortunately the R&#39;s could not continue the momentum from this, instead it was the Foxes that came back stronger and with 68 minutes on the clock they were level.&lt;br /&gt;
  1007. Rangers&#39; failed to clear a Leicester corner properly as Schlupp was on hand to send his twenty yard volley through the crowded penalty area and into the bottom corner. A well taken goal, however it could have been prevented on several occasions.&lt;br /&gt;
  1008. The game continued to swing from end to end, however there was to be a fifth goal and it proved to be the winner seventeen minutes from time.&lt;br /&gt;
  1009. Leicester themselves failed to deal with a corner and it was Onuoha who saw his header blocked before Austin followed up to head home and seal a much needed three points.&lt;br /&gt;
  1010. &lt;br /&gt;
  1011. &lt;img alt=&quot;Embedded image permalink&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B3n3hxICAAAeBDM.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1012. &lt;br /&gt;
  1013. In all fairness this game could&#39;ve ended 8-8 and Leicester had plenty of chances to punish us, however they just lacked that finishing prowess in the final third. This was probably the most pressure our defence has been under for a very long time.&lt;br /&gt;
  1014. It wasn&#39;t our greatest performance, however it was just good to see us grind out a result and get another three points on the board.&lt;br /&gt;
  1015. &lt;br /&gt;
  1016. On to our &lt;b&gt;Man of the Match&lt;/b&gt;. I went for Karl Henry&#39;s battling and impressive defensive performance. Vargas&#39; industrious performance drew a vote from Lofty. All remaining votes from Jess, Sam, Luke, PK, Jenson and Lorna all went to &lt;b&gt;Leroy Fer&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
  1017. &lt;br /&gt;
  1018. &lt;img alt=&quot;Embedded image permalink&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B3nv4ttCQAAeAg4.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1019. &lt;br /&gt;
  1020. We return in midweek as Lofty reviews our trip to Swansea.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/feeds/4400511963750867351/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27147336&amp;postID=4400511963750867351&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/4400511963750867351'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/4400511963750867351'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/2014/11/fer-middable-austin-out-foxes-leicester.html' title='Fer-middable Austin Out Foxes Leicester.....'/><author><name>Lee</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03041665580397436516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27147336.post-3662997678683536087</id><published>2014-11-23T11:11:00.000+00:00</published><updated>2014-11-23T11:11:06.572+00:00</updated><title type='text'>Late Sissoko Strike Sinks Rangers..</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
  1021. &lt;strong&gt;Newcastle 1-0 QPR&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1022. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1023. &lt;strong&gt;A late Moussa Sissoko strike saw Newcastle&#39;s remarkable form continue and sadly send Rangers back to the bottom of the Premier League at St James Park yesterday..&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1024. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1025. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  1026. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrxPfd8JP3ghm-sVfuPQv6GBxlbAj-dzFB7_T-771gRymTNO_M1DQGoivJrlc4GNsPCwRVt1AO4C8B5EDZIqXJGrTnPpw1LUYdOMWIi-DmJ_dqSBT0Cj6ZArszey1zfrGL-VKHuA/s1600/10455745_866321393398751_7988967585212872010_n.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrxPfd8JP3ghm-sVfuPQv6GBxlbAj-dzFB7_T-771gRymTNO_M1DQGoivJrlc4GNsPCwRVt1AO4C8B5EDZIqXJGrTnPpw1LUYdOMWIi-DmJ_dqSBT0Cj6ZArszey1zfrGL-VKHuA/s1600/10455745_866321393398751_7988967585212872010_n.jpg&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1027. &lt;br /&gt;
  1028. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1029. It was only Jenson that represented LH up in the Toon yesterday as I was laid low with illness late Thursday evening - &amp;nbsp;and I decided I was not fit to travel on Friday lunchtime, giving Jenson ample time to find a replacement. But with this trip being a Corporate one, there wasn&#39;t a problem with that and Jenson and Co flew to the North East at around 9.45am. Other commitments saw Lee, Jess and PK also miss out and Sam and Luke had the little matter of their lovely twins 3rd Birthday - Happy Birthday Noah and Louie!!!&lt;br /&gt;
  1030. &lt;br /&gt;
  1031. With messages and photos filtering through from Jenson, I settled down at about ten to three to find a stream, which wasn&#39;t as easy as I hoped and the one I found was truly dreadful, continually freezing and making it almost unwatchable. So I didn&#39;t see a great deal of the first half, which by all accounts was pretty even. Luckily I spent the half time break searching for a different one and I was able to watch the second half.&lt;br /&gt;
  1032. &lt;br /&gt;
  1033. Both sides started the second half well and Charlie Austin tested Krul following&amp;nbsp;Barton&#39;s chipped pass. Zamora then sent a header just over following a cross from Karl Henry. Sandro&#39;s injury problems looked to be continuing as he was replace by Kranjcar on the hour mark - and the Rangers sub should have made an almost instant impact, twisting and turning in the box before firing straight at Krul from a tight angle with Austin and Zamora waiting in the wings being the&amp;nbsp;better option.&lt;br /&gt;
  1034. &lt;br /&gt;
  1035. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  1036. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTZ5W_ycf9mYYFYrHsUmUX92aZQbg8hR8TrQDidXPbjyjx_aPYd2Qt59zteaKyK5PzcgoAdueTBZ47xcIQZWYHbPjduwA9RiAHb2THeIpqMDK3SMVR2O0yC9wZ7fDX1fb9B_AwGw/s1600/10425132_866321443398746_5785863100097315265_n.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTZ5W_ycf9mYYFYrHsUmUX92aZQbg8hR8TrQDidXPbjyjx_aPYd2Qt59zteaKyK5PzcgoAdueTBZ47xcIQZWYHbPjduwA9RiAHb2THeIpqMDK3SMVR2O0yC9wZ7fDX1fb9B_AwGw/s1600/10425132_866321443398746_5785863100097315265_n.jpg&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1037. &lt;br /&gt;
  1038. &lt;br /&gt;
  1039. Cisse forced Green into action again but the breakthrough finally came with 12 minutes to go - Sissoko broke at pass and after exchanging passes with Ameobi, fired into the net giving Green no chance.&lt;br /&gt;
  1040. &lt;br /&gt;
  1041. Rangers responded by bringing on Hoilett and with minutes to go, he lashed a shot harmslessly wide. In stoppage time, Cisse almost made it too but there was no pace on his effort past the advancing Green and Joey Barton cleared to safety. Despite plenty of the ball in the late stages, Rangers were unable to force the equaliser and Newcastle&#39;s 5th win on the bounce was confirmed...&lt;br /&gt;
  1042. &lt;h3 class=&quot;team-name&quot;&gt;
  1043. Queens Park Rangers&lt;/h3&gt;
  1044. &lt;ul class=&quot;player-list&quot;&gt;
  1045. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO1243&quot;&gt;01 Green &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1046. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO19053&quot;&gt;15 Onuoha &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;incident yellow-card&quot;&gt;Booked&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
  1047. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO1764&quot;&gt;22 Dunne &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;incident yellow-card&quot;&gt;Booked&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
  1048. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO68815&quot;&gt;04 Caulker &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1049. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO77875&quot;&gt;13 Yun Suk-young &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1050. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO15276&quot;&gt;08 Barton &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1051. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO52876&quot;&gt;30 Sandro &lt;/span&gt;(Kranjcar - 61&#39; ) &lt;/li&gt;
  1052. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO10561&quot;&gt;20 Henry &lt;/span&gt;(Hoilett - 82&#39; ) &lt;/li&gt;
  1053. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO49277&quot;&gt;10 Fer &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1054. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO4570&quot;&gt;25 Zamora &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;incident yellow-card&quot;&gt;Booked&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
  1055. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO78356&quot;&gt;09 Austin &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1056. &lt;/ul&gt;
  1057. &lt;h4 class=&quot;substitutes&quot;&gt;
  1058. Substitutes&lt;/h4&gt;
  1059. &lt;ul class=&quot;subs-list&quot;&gt;
  1060. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO20488&quot;&gt;03 Traore &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1061. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO50229&quot;&gt;07 Phillips &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1062. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO58376&quot;&gt;12 McCarthy &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1063. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO48852&quot;&gt;14 Isla &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1064. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO49438&quot;&gt;17 Mutch &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1065. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO28097&quot;&gt;19 Kranjcar &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1066. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO49806&quot;&gt;23 Hoilett &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1067. &lt;/ul&gt;
  1068. &lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Man of the Match&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1069. &lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1070. &lt;span&gt;There were no votes from Sam and Luke, understandably busy on their Special day, but Jenson was the first through with Karl Henry. Jess voted for a decent comeback performance from Joey Barton. But this weeks winner and following a change of mind vote this morning from Jenson claiming the drink had influenced his original vote, he joined myself and Lee choosing &lt;strong&gt;Rob Green.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1071. &lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1072. &lt;span&gt;This was perhaps, disappointing in light of the R&#39;s recent showings, but despite Newcastle&amp;nbsp;being&amp;nbsp;very much a team bang in form , it was a very even game. Again the after match reading will highlight our dreadful away form, but make no mistake, Rangers were well worthy of a point here..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1073. &lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1074. &lt;span&gt;We shall return next week as Lee will review the crucial clash with Leicester on Saturday..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1075. &lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1076. &lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Keep the Faith and Come on you R&#39;ssssssssssssss!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/feeds/3662997678683536087/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27147336&amp;postID=3662997678683536087&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/3662997678683536087'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/3662997678683536087'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/2014/11/late-sissoko-strike-sinks-rangers.html' title='Late Sissoko Strike Sinks Rangers..'/><author><name>LOFTY</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05311226130099573295</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='15' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/tonymac/loftyh.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrxPfd8JP3ghm-sVfuPQv6GBxlbAj-dzFB7_T-771gRymTNO_M1DQGoivJrlc4GNsPCwRVt1AO4C8B5EDZIqXJGrTnPpw1LUYdOMWIi-DmJ_dqSBT0Cj6ZArszey1zfrGL-VKHuA/s72-c/10455745_866321393398751_7988967585212872010_n.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27147336.post-8042015291882951458</id><published>2014-11-09T11:12:00.001+00:00</published><updated>2014-11-09T11:12:45.852+00:00</updated><title type='text'>Dean Display Leaves R&#39;s Feeling Blue....</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
  1077. &lt;b&gt;Last night a football feast was served at Loftus Road as QPR played host to the Champions of England and out of sorts Man City. Could the R&#39;s build on last weeks spirited performance at Stamford Bridge and give another one of the countries &#39;top teams&#39; a good run for their money?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1078. &lt;br /&gt;
  1079. The gang arrived at an extremely wet Loftus Road in plenty of time, with most of us opting to stay in the warmth of our cars until the 3pm kick offs had finished before making our way into the ground and running for shelter, whilst Jess had to make do with the concourse of the West Paddock for as long as possible before being sat in the rain for the entirety of the game. The gang were already huddled under cover in the Lower Loft when I arrived with Lofty, Sam, Luke, Jenson, Lorna and Zach reliving an adventurous weekend that had just passed for Zach after a fancy dress party saw him dressed up as Zippy before later in the evening being photographed with his friend dressed in a Bungle costume taking him from the rear, something Zach wanted to keep quiet yet felt he could trust showing us the photo of the event. It&#39;s safe to say that he didn&#39;t walk up the stairs very comfortably and was still feeling the after effects of it all......&lt;br /&gt;
  1080. &lt;br /&gt;
  1081. Just one change was made to the side that was unfortunate to lose at Chelsea last week with Zamora taking Hoilett&#39;s place.&lt;br /&gt;
  1082. &lt;br /&gt;
  1083. &lt;img alt=&quot;Embedded image permalink&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B17sLqlCUAAld1_.jpg:large&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1084. &lt;br /&gt;
  1085. Those in attendance held a minutes silence in tribute to those that unfortunately lost their lives 100 years ago in World War One, giving their lives to ensure we could have a better tomorrow.&lt;br /&gt;
  1086. &lt;br /&gt;
  1087. &lt;img alt=&quot;Embedded image permalink&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1_MBoZCYAAvCDi.jpg:large&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1088. &lt;br /&gt;
  1089. Rangers&#39; started the game with all guns blazing and full of confidence after last weekend and had the ball in the back of the net in the opening ten minutes. Vargas&#39; pinpoint cross was met by Charlie Austin as he placed his header past Joe Hart to send Loftus Road into raptures.......... only to see the goal chalked off (and rightly so) for offside.&lt;br /&gt;
  1090. From the resulting free kick Hart fluffed his kick as it fell to the feet of Austin and he drilled home a 25 yard shot, again the place erupted!!!!! The goal was disallowed once again to the dismay of the R&#39;s players and fans alike! Jenson was all over social media after the goal and we were told that Hart had kicked the ball twice in his clearance and was the reason behind the goal being ruled out. Cheated is the polite way of describing how we felt and were more than ready for more controversy as yet another Premier League Official was doing his best to protect one of England&#39;s big four, just as we witnessed against Chelsea last week!&lt;br /&gt;
  1091. Five minutes later and that man Austin forced Hart into a fantastic save after seeing his close range effort pushed around the post when it seemed a certainty that he would finally put the R&#39;s one up, he wasn&#39;t to be denied for much longer though!&lt;br /&gt;
  1092. With 20 on the clock the R&#39;s scored their third goal of the evening and this time Mike Dean could not disallow it!&lt;br /&gt;
  1093. Isla&#39;s cross from the right wing found Austin in space inside the penalty area and Charlie controlled the ball before placing his shot in the bottom left corner, leaving Hart with no chance! Austin ran to the corner to do the funky chicken as he scored his first hat trick on home soil, it&#39;s a shame the history books will never show that (especially as I bet on it at 150/1!).&lt;br /&gt;
  1094. &lt;br /&gt;
  1095. &lt;img alt=&quot;Embedded image permalink&quot; height=&quot;179&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B18E0zQIcAE5Y_T.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1096. &lt;br /&gt;
  1097. City slowly gained more composure as the game wore on as their patient passing was mainly ineffective, however when Toure curled one inches wide, nearly knocking out a young supporter in the process, you had that feeling a big chance was just around the corner.&lt;br /&gt;
  1098. That chance came just after the half hour when a simple ball over the top found Aguero running past the R&#39;s defence before then slotting past Green with City&#39;s first clear cut chance of the game. The goal had a suspicion of handball about it, which was confirmed in Green&#39;s protests after the goal and then on the replay we could clearly see Aguero had not only handballed but was also in an offside position!! How many times will these officials screw us over?? The mad thing is that Redknapp would get fined for speaking out against them yet they never come out and apologise or acknowledge their mistakes, instead they get continue to get protected when they cost teams valuable points and potentially managers their jobs. More should be done to get these refs to discuss these decisions whilst also making the so called third officials that do sod all apart from flag for the occasional offside and duck out of making any of the big decisions that often lead to goals being scored and conceded.&lt;br /&gt;
  1099. Just before the break Hart was once again on song as he denied Austin his second goal of the game, surely the R&#39;s number nine was impressing Roy Hodgson who was in attendance?&lt;br /&gt;
  1100. &lt;br /&gt;
  1101. &lt;img alt=&quot;Embedded image permalink&quot; height=&quot;179&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B18E0_0IgAAfgxk.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1102. &lt;br /&gt;
  1103. We went into the second half feeling very aggrieved to not be leading after seeing the R&#39;s score three times and Aguero&#39;s handball/offside goal level things up. What was even more frustrating was the fact that of the five fouls conceded by the R&#39;s, four were deemed as bookable offenses, however similar challenges from the visitors were apparently not worthy of a caution! Another reason why Mike Dean was labelled as &#39;inept&#39; by Gary Neville during commentary and that man always talks sense!!&lt;br /&gt;
  1104. &lt;br /&gt;
  1105. The second half started with Barton taking the place of Sandro after the Brazilian had been struggling with his hamstring for the final ten minutes of the first half. A blow for us as he has been immense with Henry in the heart of the midfield and was keeping Yaya Toure very quiet all game, it was now up to Barton to match this work ethic to keep us on track against his former club.&lt;br /&gt;
  1106. City started the brighter of the teams in the opening exchanges of the second half but ten minutes in the R&#39;s had the ball in the back of the net again..... and yes you guessed it, it was disallowed again as Vargas has strayed marginally offside before tapping home.&lt;br /&gt;
  1107. City continued to probe, however the R&#39;s came close once again after Dunne&#39;s left wing cross found Vargas on the edge of the area before the Chilean volleyed towards goal and then Caulker diverted it via his thigh just wide of the post.&lt;br /&gt;
  1108. With fifteen minutes remaining the R&#39;s took the lead once again. Vargas and Austin combined down the right before Austin&#39;s teasing cross was met by the head of Zamora (or Demichelis&#39; shoulder after seeing the replay) and we were looking like we were going to reap the rewards of an amazing performance.&lt;br /&gt;
  1109. &lt;br /&gt;
  1110. &lt;img alt=&quot;Embedded image permalink&quot; height=&quot;179&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B18Q99pIAAAmoVA.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1111. &lt;br /&gt;
  1112. Minutes after Zamora&#39;s goal it was Aguero who found himself clean through on goal only to see his shot stopped by Dunne two yards short of the goal line.&lt;br /&gt;
  1113. That man Aguero wasn&#39;t to be denied another moment of glory though after Yaya Toure&#39;s long ball from just inside the City half floated over Dunne&#39;s head as Aguero collected, rounded Rob Green and then placed home past the three R&#39;s defenders who got back but could not deny the Argentinian his second goal of the evening.&lt;br /&gt;
  1114. &lt;br /&gt;
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  1116. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2ogd8r4VyLUsh406yvb4mFg6hlct0bAE-_xhfZeGXkW0ZuILNjFtrMeimVG1NvI4js59Ons6cBjQKd0dDQUMLt7nlbSZ6-aJufy9T5BHBXu_ecq7Do0eSzNIGN5SsF11vQ_U/s1600/Aguero.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2ogd8r4VyLUsh406yvb4mFg6hlct0bAE-_xhfZeGXkW0ZuILNjFtrMeimVG1NvI4js59Ons6cBjQKd0dDQUMLt7nlbSZ6-aJufy9T5BHBXu_ecq7Do0eSzNIGN5SsF11vQ_U/s1600/Aguero.jpg&quot; height=&quot;181&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1119. &lt;br /&gt;
  1120. &lt;br /&gt;
  1121. &lt;br /&gt;
  1122. &lt;br /&gt;
  1123. &lt;br /&gt;
  1124. &lt;br /&gt;
  1125. &lt;br /&gt;
  1126. &lt;br /&gt;
  1127. &lt;br /&gt;
  1128. &lt;br /&gt;
  1129. If we had been offered a point before the game we would all of happily taken it, however after seeing that performance last night you cannot help but feel gutted. It was another fantastic performance by a great bunch of lads and yet again we gave Man City the game of their lives at Loftus Road.&lt;br /&gt;
  1130. To a man you cannot fault any performance out there and if we continue playing in this way then you can only see the points tally rise as we now have an &#39;easier&#39; run of games now we have the Liverpool, Chelsea and City games, which were three of the last four played.&lt;br /&gt;
  1131. &lt;br /&gt;
  1132. The &lt;b&gt;Man of the Match&lt;/b&gt; saw a near clean sweep after just Lorna voted for Vargas but the remaining votes from Jess, Lofty, Sam, Luke, PK, Jenson and myself went to &lt;b&gt;Charlie Austin&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
  1133. &lt;br /&gt;
  1134. &lt;img alt=&quot;Embedded image permalink&quot; height=&quot;179&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B18E0v7IcAARfU_.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1135. &lt;br /&gt;
  1136. The International break is now upon us but Lofty will return with what will be an action packed report following the trip to Newcastle that he and Jenson will be taking.&lt;br /&gt;
  1137. &lt;br /&gt;
  1138. &lt;b&gt;Keep the Faith!!!&lt;/b&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/feeds/8042015291882951458/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27147336&amp;postID=8042015291882951458&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/8042015291882951458'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/8042015291882951458'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/2014/11/dean-display-leaves-rs-feeling-blue.html' title='Dean Display Leaves R&#39;s Feeling Blue....'/><author><name>Lee</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03041665580397436516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2ogd8r4VyLUsh406yvb4mFg6hlct0bAE-_xhfZeGXkW0ZuILNjFtrMeimVG1NvI4js59Ons6cBjQKd0dDQUMLt7nlbSZ6-aJufy9T5BHBXu_ecq7Do0eSzNIGN5SsF11vQ_U/s72-c/Aguero.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27147336.post-997790484811758211</id><published>2014-11-02T11:49:00.001+00:00</published><updated>2014-11-02T11:59:18.501+00:00</updated><title type='text'>Hazard makes sure it&#39;s Bridge too Far for Rangers...</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
  1139. &lt;strong&gt;Chelsea 2-1 QPR&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1140. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1141. &lt;strong&gt;Rangers narrowly lost out to neighbours Chelsea after a performance full of heart, passion and commitment at Stamford Bridge yesterday..&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1142. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  1144. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWoP2IG4uYjtcM4r_pOOlsn2WpHZaJHeJx3bwOniy_gEAGWyE1HgulEvFqU3poyXzFiX9rL3EnKsHrEmnTC7Io2mXxAFZcZQkHgdExFcg74xDPAxxCWU1giana7wJSTysP4Vq0fA/s1600/10665097_854261597938064_2615739056999175049_n.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWoP2IG4uYjtcM4r_pOOlsn2WpHZaJHeJx3bwOniy_gEAGWyE1HgulEvFqU3poyXzFiX9rL3EnKsHrEmnTC7Io2mXxAFZcZQkHgdExFcg74xDPAxxCWU1giana7wJSTysP4Vq0fA/s1600/10665097_854261597938064_2615739056999175049_n.jpg&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1145. &lt;br /&gt;
  1146. &lt;br /&gt;
  1147. This was a tough decision by many of us, but there was no LH representation at the Bridge as with booking fees etc, almost £60 for a game of football was far too much to lay out, especially to them too!! &amp;nbsp;But with streams aplenty, no one would actually miss the game with the exception of Sam, who took the opportunity to visit the impressive poppy display at the Tower of London in honour of the First World War Centenary.&lt;br /&gt;
  1148. &lt;br /&gt;
  1149. As kick off approached , the team news filtered through with just one change from the team that beat&amp;nbsp;Villa on Monday night.. Junior Hoilett replacing Bobby Zamora, with Richard Dunne taking over the Captaincy.&lt;br /&gt;
  1150. &lt;br /&gt;
  1151. Rangers went into this game full of confidence after the last two home performances, but after some of the away showings earlier in the season, it would be safe to say that most R&#39;s fans would be dreading this fixture and probably as expected, it was all Chelsea who forced a succession of corners in the opening exchanges. Oscar dragged an effort just wide and Ivanovic should have done better firing wide after a late run evaded the R&#39;s defence.&lt;br /&gt;
  1152. &lt;br /&gt;
  1153. But Rangers were growing in confidence as the half wore on and good work from Hoilett saw Austin head just over. It was clear that some quick counter attacking was showing that the R&#39;s were starting to believe.&lt;br /&gt;
  1154. &lt;br /&gt;
  1155. On 32 minutes, the hosts took the lead - some neat work from Costa and Fabregas drew in five R&#39;s players, before the ball was fed to Oscar, in space on the right who with the outside of his boot, curled his shot into the corner for a fine goal that even now, the commentators and media are still filling their boots over..&lt;br /&gt;
  1156. &lt;br /&gt;
  1157. Onto the second half and it was almost cringe worthy that how the majority of the football media were waiting for the onslaught. It was nearly two nil on 55 minutes when Willian crossed from the right and Hazard was just short of connecting. But things drastically changed just after the hour mark when Vargas crossed hard from the right which Courtois only palmed out to Leroy Fer at the edge of the box, who&#39;s scuffed shot was cleverly backed heeled into the net by the in form Charlie Austin, who ran to join wild celebrations in the away end. How we would have all loved to have been involved in these celebrations!&lt;br /&gt;
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  1161. &lt;br /&gt;
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  1163. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiieq8P04Yq3tsuO9OQMY7yDG5q4887MUV5yNOv5i1VWEBCXV44xYANZXUuJw21U5P_e_RJrhrLYjur9ilM-4fbJqBCbPPHdKf6SPgHfr4eSPIeyPpekzzpREcRZkm8QX9UgnPemQ/s1600/10636066_854234974607393_6189468387191737100_n.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiieq8P04Yq3tsuO9OQMY7yDG5q4887MUV5yNOv5i1VWEBCXV44xYANZXUuJw21U5P_e_RJrhrLYjur9ilM-4fbJqBCbPPHdKf6SPgHfr4eSPIeyPpekzzpREcRZkm8QX9UgnPemQ/s1600/10636066_854234974607393_6189468387191737100_n.jpg&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1164. &lt;br /&gt;
  1165. &lt;br /&gt;
  1166. Rangers were now smelling blood and just 6 minutes later, nearly found themselves ahead when Sandro&#39;s effort was deflected agonisingly wide.&lt;br /&gt;
  1167. &lt;br /&gt;
  1168. An Oscar free kick was saved superbly by Green before Rangers again, broke at pace and Austin fired well wide following a great move. At this point the game could well have gone either way. But when your down the bottom, as we all saw against Liverpool, the luck certainly avoids you and Chelsea went back in front - Hazard and Vargas went shoulder to shoulder on the edge of the box and in typically Hazard fashion, he went down like a cheap tart and the referee pointed to the spot. Hazard sent Green the wrong way and Rangers had it all to do again.&lt;br /&gt;
  1169. &lt;br /&gt;
  1170. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  1171. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfI2LgDY9AvrAmNYFbB3CbtioSXAYbtkWXUQ44_G2UwXDBU8ZK6ghnE_Ihju02B0TlnUJ-myxGxiGyBLtL9G-nptUWrjT5c395_KpB-6pJNKUOdACqlC1cQaY5YkY6pnOEavluXw/s1600/10405486_854261621271395_2669634452843107120_n.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfI2LgDY9AvrAmNYFbB3CbtioSXAYbtkWXUQ44_G2UwXDBU8ZK6ghnE_Ihju02B0TlnUJ-myxGxiGyBLtL9G-nptUWrjT5c395_KpB-6pJNKUOdACqlC1cQaY5YkY6pnOEavluXw/s1600/10405486_854261621271395_2669634452843107120_n.jpg&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1172. &lt;br /&gt;
  1173. &lt;br /&gt;
  1174. Rob Green was at his best yet again with fine saves from Schurrle and Terry but the equaliser at the other end just didn&#39;t come despite Rangers continuing to keep battling away...&lt;br /&gt;
  1175. &lt;h3 class=&quot;team-name&quot;&gt;
  1176. Queens Park Rangers&lt;/h3&gt;
  1177. &lt;ul class=&quot;player-list&quot;&gt;
  1178. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO1243&quot;&gt;01 Green &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1179. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO48852&quot;&gt;14 Isla &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1180. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO1764&quot;&gt;22 Dunne &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1181. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO68815&quot;&gt;04 Caulker &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1182. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO77875&quot;&gt;13 Yun Suk-young &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1183. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO105835&quot;&gt;24 Vargas &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1184. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO10561&quot;&gt;20 Henry &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1185. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO52876&quot;&gt;30 Sandro &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1186. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO49806&quot;&gt;23 Hoilett &lt;/span&gt;(Zamora - 60&#39; ) &lt;/li&gt;
  1187. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO49277&quot;&gt;10 Fer &lt;/span&gt;(Traore - 84&#39; ) &lt;/li&gt;
  1188. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO78356&quot;&gt;09 Austin &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1189. &lt;/ul&gt;
  1190. &lt;h4 class=&quot;substitutes&quot;&gt;
  1191. Substitutes&lt;/h4&gt;
  1192. &lt;ul class=&quot;subs-list&quot;&gt;
  1193. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO20488&quot;&gt;03 Traore &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1194. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO1216&quot;&gt;06 Hill &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1195. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO50229&quot;&gt;07 Phillips &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1196. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO1212&quot;&gt;11 Wright-Phillips &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1197. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO28097&quot;&gt;19 Kranjcar &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1198. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO10589&quot;&gt;21 Murphy &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1199. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO4570&quot;&gt;25 Zamora &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1200. &lt;/ul&gt;
  1201. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Man of the Match&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
  1202. &lt;br /&gt;
  1203. Luke picked out Charlie Austin who is in fine form with 3 in the last 2, but myself, Lee, Jess and Jenson, all agreed on yet another outstanding performance and indeed, a true Captain&#39;s performance from &lt;strong&gt;Richard Dunne&lt;/strong&gt; who kept Diego Costa firmly in his pocket all afternoon.&lt;br /&gt;
  1204. &lt;br /&gt;
  1205. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  1206. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOXbip0DkpW2K6C366LJ9Qqo9T4-WcxJA6RES7xrB-Km9BfptzpNarCOzWPG7oP5-VUBCYVzgO3485oRHzK_3qeOjO6gIVNut4tBIY4WMYyYYJ7r4OsPkhMIXBuEDAzZhkSfP9ow/s1600/10659221_854202151277342_2408865263188398029_n.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOXbip0DkpW2K6C366LJ9Qqo9T4-WcxJA6RES7xrB-Km9BfptzpNarCOzWPG7oP5-VUBCYVzgO3485oRHzK_3qeOjO6gIVNut4tBIY4WMYyYYJ7r4OsPkhMIXBuEDAzZhkSfP9ow/s1600/10659221_854202151277342_2408865263188398029_n.jpg&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1207. &lt;br /&gt;
  1208. Following an R&#39;s defeat, the social networks can be dreadful reading for QPR fans, but it was refreshing to read nothing but praise on an R&#39;s performance that was full of heart, passion and commitment. Seeing the team play with that sort of pride is all that we want from our team and as noted, their were little complaints. Long may it continue..&lt;br /&gt;
  1209. &lt;br /&gt;
  1210. Frustration maybe of the manner in which the game was won by Chelsea, but Hazard certainly has history in these matters and it comes with little surprise.&lt;br /&gt;
  1211. &lt;br /&gt;
  1212. It gets no easier for the R&#39;s as we host Champions Man City next Saturday evening and Lee will return to hopefully report on another great performance.&lt;br /&gt;
  1213. &lt;br /&gt;
  1214. &lt;strong&gt;Keep the Faith and Come on you R&#39;sssssssssssss!!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1215. &lt;br /&gt;
  1216. &lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/feeds/997790484811758211/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27147336&amp;postID=997790484811758211&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/997790484811758211'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/997790484811758211'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/2014/11/hazard-makes-sure-its-bridge-too-far.html' title='Hazard makes sure it&#39;s Bridge too Far for Rangers...'/><author><name>LOFTY</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05311226130099573295</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='15' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/tonymac/loftyh.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWoP2IG4uYjtcM4r_pOOlsn2WpHZaJHeJx3bwOniy_gEAGWyE1HgulEvFqU3poyXzFiX9rL3EnKsHrEmnTC7Io2mXxAFZcZQkHgdExFcg74xDPAxxCWU1giana7wJSTysP4Vq0fA/s72-c/10665097_854261597938064_2615739056999175049_n.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27147336.post-1306771898816919595</id><published>2014-10-28T09:54:00.000+00:00</published><updated>2014-10-28T09:54:48.962+00:00</updated><title type='text'>Austin Two Good For Villa......</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
  1217. &lt;b&gt;Last night&#39;s Monday Night Football saw the R&#39;s make another TV appearance as two of the Premier League struggling sides came head to head in what could have almost been labelled as one of those &#39;must win&#39; games early in the season. Aston Villa came to Loftus Road on the back of a four game losing streak as the R&#39;s looked to bounce back from the last minute heartbreak against Liverpool last Sunday. A tense and nervy affair lay ahead of us....&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1218. &lt;br /&gt;
  1219. With the evening game meaning that many of us were travelling from work to get to Loftus Road, its was Jess, Sam and Luke that arrived first from their trouble free journeys before Lofty then arrived after having to cross Central London from Dartford. I managed to battle a hefty workload before conquering the M25 and M4 and getting to meet the group for a quick dinner from the fish and chip shop by the ground and a good old fashioned catch up on the wall. Michael graced us with his company for a short while before we all got ourselves in the ground ahead of kick off. Lorna was already in there waiting for us and it wasn&#39;t until five minutes before proceedings kicked off that Jenson finally made it after battling through the rush hour from Guildford and completed our line up of the evening.&lt;br /&gt;
  1220. &lt;br /&gt;
  1221. Two changes were made from last Sunday&#39;s defeat against Liverpool as Alex McCarthy and Nedum Onuoha missed out through injury and they were replaced by R&#39;s number one Rob Green and Edu Vargas after his brace against Liverpool.&lt;br /&gt;
  1222. &lt;img alt=&quot;Embedded image permalink&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0-biM2CcAAEvjZ.jpg:large&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1223. &lt;br /&gt;
  1224. Villa started the game as they always do, fast, quick to close down the midfield and rushing them into sloppy passes before trying to hit on the counter attack. Villa did not allow the R&#39;s to settle into much of a rhythm at all and meant we had to revert to playing long to Zamora in hope that he could hold the ball up and get our midfield on the ball and influence the game a lot more. However the visitors organised themselves in such a way that if we did play long to Bobby that they would have Carlos Sanchez and Ron Vlaar doubling up on Zamora and limiting the influence that he was having on the game. It was a very interesting battle that was beginning to unfold in front of us.&lt;br /&gt;
  1225. It was Villa who had the first effort on target when Westwood fired straight at Green early on.&lt;br /&gt;
  1226. Rangers&#39; were not getting to grips with Villa&#39;s intensity in the middle of the park and continued to stray with their passing, however what was a vast improvement was how quickly our midfield pairing of Sandro and Henry were themselves closing down and limiting the attacking threat that was posed by the pacy front three of Agbonlahor, Weimann and Benteke.&lt;br /&gt;
  1227. Twenty minutes in we had our first goal of the game.&lt;br /&gt;
  1228. Dunne played a long ball to Zamora, who had lost Sanchez, chested the ball down into the path of Austin and last season&#39;s top scorer sweetly struck the ball with the outside of his foot and saw the ball fly into the bottom corner past Brad Guzan&#39;s out-stretched right arm. The Villa &#39;keeper could&#39;ve done better it his starting position was better, however it was a cracking hit from twenty five yards by Austin!&lt;br /&gt;
  1229. The goal injected confidence in the team and drove them on to battle even harder to keep the advantage.&lt;br /&gt;
  1230. Villa did continue to press, however their lack of efforts on goal meant that the threat was limited during the half and meant the R&#39;s went into the interval with the advantage.&lt;br /&gt;
  1231. &lt;br /&gt;
  1232. &lt;img alt=&quot;Embedded image permalink&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0-vM9iCQAETAqF.jpg:large&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1233. &lt;br /&gt;
  1234. We enjoyed the break as it was only the second time this season we have gone into an interval with the lead, ironically it was the R&#39;s home win against Sunderland at the end of August that this happened. Guess who scored that goal? You&#39;re right, it was that man Charlie Austin! Was history about to repeat itself?&lt;br /&gt;
  1235. &lt;br /&gt;
  1236. Well if the truth be told it was the visitors who dominated possession in the opening twenty minutes of the second half yet failed to create any telling chances that troubled Rob Green&#39;s goal. Only Ciaran Clark&#39;s tame volley that bounced wide was worth any note.&lt;br /&gt;
  1237. With a change needed Redknapp decided to yank off Zamora (Pete&#39;s words not mine!) and replace him with Hoilett in an attempt to inject some pace to the team whilst also shoring up the midfield by putting Fer back in a more familiar centre midfield role.&lt;br /&gt;
  1238. Almost instantly Hoilett made an impact as he run through several Villa defenders before taking aim and curled one towards the far post only to see it hit the outside of the post and going to safety.&lt;br /&gt;
  1239. After being camped in their own half and being over-run in midfield it was a simple mis-placed pass from the impressive Sanchez that was intercepted by Karl Henry as he then fed Edu Vargas which allowed him to run into acres of space down the R&#39;s right before reaching the eighteen box and spotting Austin&#39;s run to the front post and putting in an inch perfect cross for the R&#39;s number nine, who managed to beat Vlaar and expertly slot home from eight yards!! If Austin gets that service throughout this year then he can easily hit fifteen or more goals this season as that is his bread and butter.&lt;br /&gt;
  1240. Rangers&#39; should have made it three when Hoilett&#39;s delightful ball over the top found the impressive Vargas but the Chilean was denied by Guzan when his flick was blocked by the American stopper.&lt;br /&gt;
  1241. Villa had a chance to grab a consolation when Cleverley&#39;s effort was parried by Green into the path of Clark, who looked certain to score from six yards out, however Sandro&#39;s fantastic tackle partially blocked the follow up and Green was on hand to make the final save.&lt;br /&gt;
  1242. &lt;br /&gt;
  1243. &lt;img alt=&quot;Embedded image permalink&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0--FKHIcAEqxnN.jpg:large&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1244. &lt;br /&gt;
  1245. Overall it was great to see the R&#39;s pick up a much needed three points, however had Villa been better in the attacking third then it may of been a different story. They certainly looked to be well out of sorts, however despite their lack of form and inability to score a strong and loud Villa following came to Loftus Road to pack out the away end, which on a Monday night TV game was quite impressive, or maybe I&#39;m easily pleased?&lt;br /&gt;
  1246. &lt;br /&gt;
  1247. There were many great performances out there tonight with Dunne taking complete care of Benteke all night, I think he&#39;s still in Dunne&#39;s back pocket. Yun was fantastic all night and did not put a foot wrong. He knew when to venture forward and put in countless interceptions throughout the evening. Austin is an obvious choice, the match winner and he works extremely hard, he got his rewards for this last night! Vargas is another one you cannot ignore. He has a great understanding with Isla and the pair work very well together down the right hand side. Vargas also has that instinct in the final third and was unlucky to not get the goal his performance deserved.&lt;br /&gt;
  1248. &lt;br /&gt;
  1249. Saying all that, it&#39;s &lt;b&gt;Man of the Match&lt;/b&gt; time.&lt;br /&gt;
  1250. Jenson&#39;s vote went to Green as Lofty picked out Dunne&#39;s superb showing. Jess went for Austin, I was impressed with Yun all evening. However with votes from Sam, Luke and Lorna our winner last night was &lt;b&gt;Edu Vargas&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
  1251. &lt;br /&gt;
  1252. &lt;br /&gt;
  1253. &amp;nbsp;&lt;img alt=&quot;Embedded image permalink&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0_Cd-cCcAAZG99.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1254. &lt;br /&gt;
  1255. &lt;b&gt;Lofty will return on Saturday as the R&#39;s travel down the road to South-West London and Stamford Bridge to take on those scumbags who I need not mention!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1256. &lt;b&gt;Let&#39;s hope we can put in another great performance and hopefully some lady luck will be on our side!&lt;/b&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/feeds/1306771898816919595/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27147336&amp;postID=1306771898816919595&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/1306771898816919595'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/1306771898816919595'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/2014/10/austin-two-good-for-villa.html' title='Austin Two Good For Villa......'/><author><name>Lee</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03041665580397436516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27147336.post-6475886800699349565</id><published>2014-10-19T19:13:00.000+00:00</published><updated>2014-10-19T19:13:00.419+00:00</updated><title type='text'>Caulker of a Performance Un-Dunne by Lucky Liverpool....</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;We were the subject of more Sky camera attention as Liverpool made the trip from the North West to Loftus Road in the early Super Sunday kick off.&lt;br /&gt;
  1257. &lt;br /&gt;
  1258. Jess, Sam and myself left early in order to get some lunch in before meeting Lofty and PK in the usual place outside the ground for a pre-match catch up after the two week break. Jenson chose to not come to the game today after winning tickets to see Al Murray in Bath tonight, no-one could could blame him for not wanting to attend.&lt;br /&gt;
  1259. We were all dreading the game as any team out of sorts, like Liverpool, always relish playing against us as we&#39;ve often been an easy target. A terrible performance against West Ham before the International break has left many of the fans dreading what could potentially happen, however what was going to be more important from my perspective was the performance regardless of the result, if a decent performance was on show today then we could all start to believe more in the team and the manager going forward as the passion, belief and determination from last years &#39;Band of Brothers&#39; has not been present in recent weeks.&lt;br /&gt;
  1260. &lt;br /&gt;
  1261. When the team has came out at 12.30 there were a few surprises initially until we found out the reasons why they were made.&lt;br /&gt;
  1262. Alex McCarthy came in for Rob Green who was suffering from flu/tonsillitis. Rio Ferdinand missed out after nursing a groin injury/wrist injury from his numerous book signings this week. We also saw Karl Henry, Bobby Zamora and Yun come in as the R&#39;s looked to freshen things up after a slow start to the season.&lt;br /&gt;
  1263. &lt;br /&gt;
  1264. &amp;nbsp;&lt;img alt=&quot;Embedded image permalink&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0TnyKUCQAIO0mI.jpg:large&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1265. &lt;br /&gt;
  1266. What was evident from the kick off that we were not playing the 3-5-2 in the image above, instead Onuoha in at right back as Isla played more advanced on the right wing and attempting to pin Enrique back and stop him charging down the left wing as he likes to do. Fer played on the left of the midfield four.&lt;br /&gt;
  1267. Within two minutes the R&#39;s created the first half chance as Zamora nodded the ball back to Austin before the R&#39;s number 9 blasted well over.&lt;br /&gt;
  1268. A Liverpool of old start the game very quickly, however they allowed us to maintain possession very easily and put very little pressure on the midfield and instead opted to rely on the pace of the counter attack with Sterling, Lallana and Ballotelli and this helped the R&#39;s settle into their stride and win the battle in the middle of the pitch.&lt;br /&gt;
  1269. What shocked us even more was that from the first minute we saw Redknapp on the touchline barking out orders throughout the half.&lt;br /&gt;
  1270. Rangers&#39; had a huge chance to open the scoring on the ten minute mark after Austin closed down Johnson before getting a lucky ricochet off Skrtel to put him one on one with Mignolet and his finish was parried back to Austin and his follow up was put in the side netting after being off balance.&lt;br /&gt;
  1271. The confidence was clearly growing as the R&#39;s continued to look like the only team likely to scoreand they nearly did when another glorious chance went begging.&lt;br /&gt;
  1272. Isla done well to keep the ball in play on the halfway line before releasing Zamora down the right hand side who drove into the penalty area before pulling the ball back to Fer, who from 8 yards out and the whole of the left of the goal to place the ball, fired the ball onto the top of the crossbar and over! A glaring miss!!&lt;br /&gt;
  1273. Five minutes later that man Zamora exquisitely turned on the edge of the box before crossing to Fer, who beat Mignolet to the ball only to see his header hit the bar once again and Austin&#39;s follow up was blocked by Johnson. How were we not at least a goal or two up I never know!!&lt;br /&gt;
  1274. Just before the break Gerrard had a small breakaway as Caulker insisted on backing off the Liverpool captain despite not having the ball in any sort of control before sidefooting the ball just wide of McCarthy&#39;s far post.&lt;br /&gt;
  1275. Liverpool had one shot on target throughout the first half and McCarthy could&#39;ve popped to McDonald&#39;s during the opening 45 minutes and no-one would&#39;ve noticed! However we had only hit the target once but hit the bar twice!&lt;br /&gt;
  1276. &lt;br /&gt;
  1277. A fantastic first half performance from the R&#39;s, the passion and determination that has been missing had come back and gave the home crowd a massive lift! It was a relief to see that effort and heart back on the pitch once again, however would we be made to pay for missing the chances we had. It was also good to see Caulker and Dunne looking like an organised unit and Dunne having Ballotelli well and truly in his back pocket.&lt;br /&gt;
  1278. &lt;br /&gt;
  1279. Unfortunately Onuoha had to come off during the half time interval with what looked like a groin/hamstring injury. Matt Phillips replaced him as Isla slotting back into the familiar right back position.&lt;br /&gt;
  1280. Rangers&#39; lost some of the intensity of the first half during the opening exchanges of the second half as the opening fifteen minutes were more of a stalemate, however with Gerrard dropping to a more familiar deeper role in the Liverpool midfield they did begin to get more of a foothold on the game and got more possession whilst looking more of a threat in the attacking third despite having to carry Ballotelli throughout.&lt;br /&gt;
  1281. On the hour mark Sandro made his customary exit through injury as he was replaced by Armand Traore.&lt;br /&gt;
  1282. Shortly after the change Liverpool broke away through Sterling before Lallana forced McCarthy to make a fantastic save before Ballotelli picked up the rebound with an open goal in front of him...... only to blast the ball over the bar! Let off!!&lt;br /&gt;
  1283. Minutes later Liverpool took the lead.&lt;br /&gt;
  1284. Sterling won a very cheap free kick after falling over after little contact by Traore. Liverpool were smart enough to take the free kick quickly as the R&#39;s defence fell asleep and Johnson&#39;s quick run saw him receive the pass from Sterling before John then squared it only for Dunne to turn it into his own net! This was the only way Liverpool looked like scoring in the game and just about sums our luck up!&lt;br /&gt;
  1285. On 77 minutes Bobby Zamora made way for Vargas after a brilliant performance leading the line and being a true leader as captain throughout the game.&lt;br /&gt;
  1286. Within six minutes Vargas made his impact.&lt;br /&gt;
  1287. Isla&#39;s free kick was cleared to Vargas who crossed for Austin, who headed the ball back across goal for Vargas who continued his run and slotted home from close range to get his first goal since joining on loan from Napoli.&lt;br /&gt;
  1288. Loftus Road lifted and the belief was there once again as the players again took it up a notch as they looked for the winner.&lt;br /&gt;
  1289. Rangers&#39; were inches from getting that second goal after Austin and Vargas combined before Austin&#39;s cross was headed across goal by Caulker towards Vargas and if Skrtel had not got his toe on it then the Chilean would&#39;ve headed home from close range.&lt;br /&gt;
  1290. From the resulting corner Liverpool broke away with Sterling, Henry could and should&#39;ve fouled Sterling to break the play up, however with him already being on a yellow card he opted to allowed Sterling to run by before passing to Gerrard and then Coutinho, who took aim from just inside the penalty area and the shot took a deflection off Caulker, which ultimately beat McCarthy to make it 2-1 to the visitors.&lt;br /&gt;
  1291. Despite the set back come in the 90th minute no-one stopped believing and Rangers&#39; almost immediately won a corner on the left side.&lt;br /&gt;
  1292. Fer&#39;s centre was met at the near post by Vargas and his header somehow found it&#39;s way in at the near post! What a finish to the game!!!&lt;br /&gt;
  1293. &lt;br /&gt;
  1294. &lt;img alt=&quot;Embedded image permalink&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0UogXuCcAAr_BY.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1295. &lt;br /&gt;
  1296. Straight from the kick off Liverpool hit the attack and Ballotelli tried to cleverly back flick the ball over McCarthy but saw his effort go just wide.&lt;br /&gt;
  1297. The R&#39;s then won a free kick that was easily cleared by Liverpool as they broke away through Coutinho and then Sterling and as Sterling tried to square to Ballotelli, Caulker caught his feet in a tangle and saw the ball fly into the back of the net...... how&#39;s your luck??!&lt;br /&gt;
  1298. &lt;br /&gt;
  1299. &lt;img alt=&quot;Embedded image permalink&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0UeNbJCMAAWwFg.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1300. &lt;br /&gt;
  1301. A great game for the neutral to watch, however the ending is an absolute sickener! Two own goals and a deflected goal, Liverpool must feel like they&#39;ve won the lottery this evening, a complete mugging!&lt;br /&gt;
  1302. This was easily the R&#39;s best performance of the season yet could not take the first half chance created and instead were left ruing what utter bad luck we have seen today.&lt;br /&gt;
  1303. There were some brilliant performances out there today with Isla having his best game by far in the first half on the right wing and Phillips just could not produce anything like that committed performance in the second half as we lost the edge on that right hand side. The midfield pair of Sandro and Henry won the midfield battle for 60 minutes and were the driving force behind a hard working performance. Austin and Zamora were immense against Lovren and Skrtel and even when Zamora departed little Edu Vargas continued that hard work and picked up his two goals in brilliant fashion.&lt;br /&gt;
  1304. &lt;br /&gt;
  1305. Onto our &lt;b&gt;Man of the Match&lt;/b&gt;. It has been quite an easy one for us today despite so many good performances out there today. Luke picked out Isla as the rest of the gang voted for our inspirational captain &lt;b&gt;Bobby Zamora&lt;/b&gt;. He was fantastic today and lead from the front extremely well whilst also being a clear leader on the pitch, talking to the players throughout and motivating them, who&#39;d of thought we would seen that 12 months ago?&lt;br /&gt;
  1306. &lt;br /&gt;
  1307. &lt;img alt=&quot;Embedded image permalink&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0Tyxa-CYAIXVIg.jpg:large&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1308. &lt;br /&gt;
  1309. &lt;b&gt;Next Monday we host Aston Villa in front of the Sky cameras once again! I will return with the report on Tuesday.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1310. &lt;b&gt;Here&#39;s to hoping we see a similar performance but a better result next time out!!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1311. &lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
  1312. &lt;b&gt;Keep the Faith!&lt;/b&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/feeds/6475886800699349565/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27147336&amp;postID=6475886800699349565&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/6475886800699349565'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/6475886800699349565'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/2014/10/caulker-of-performance-un-dunne-by.html' title='Caulker of a Performance Un-Dunne by Lucky Liverpool....'/><author><name>Lee</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03041665580397436516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27147336.post-4900146686798591322</id><published>2014-10-05T17:33:00.003+00:00</published><updated>2014-10-05T17:33:56.785+00:00</updated><title type='text'>Sakho-Sh!te......</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Today the R&#39;s &#39;enjoyed&#39; their second London derby of the season as they took to the short trip across to East London as we visit Upton Park to take on Sam Allardyce&#39;s West Ham.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1313. &lt;br /&gt;
  1314. There was an early start for many of the R&#39;s faithful as they walked the 14 miles from Loftus Road to Upton Park in a support of the Tiger Cubs, a fantastic project that the QPR in the Community Trust support extremely well. A great showing and well done to all those involved in taking part for this fantastic cause.&lt;br /&gt;
  1315. &lt;br /&gt;
  1316. &lt;img alt=&quot;Embedded image permalink&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BzMSpKYCEAAdawA.jpg:large&quot; width=&quot;223&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1317. &lt;br /&gt;
  1318. We had no-one in East London representing Lofty Heights this afternoon as Jenson was still sunning himself in Cyprus and the remainder of us unwilling to pay the £43 for a Sunday 4:15 kick off with a crap view, especially with the away performances we&#39;ve seen this season!&lt;br /&gt;
  1319. &lt;br /&gt;
  1320. Redknapp made three changes to the side that narrowly lost at Southampton last week with Onuoha, Henry and Hoilett coming in for Isla, Phillips and Vargas.&lt;br /&gt;
  1321. &lt;br /&gt;
  1322. &lt;img alt=&quot;Embedded image permalink&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BzMUpafIAAEnkfS.jpg:large&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1323. &lt;br /&gt;
  1324. Within four minutes the play for a 0-0 tactic was thrown out the window as the hosts opened the scoring from the first corner of the game.&lt;br /&gt;
  1325. Valencia seemingly handballed the cross, whilst he was being tugged by Austin, as the ball made it&#39;s way through to Sahko at the back post who was pressuring Onuoha before the Chief inadvertently bundled the ball past a static Green in the R&#39;s goal. Only Green appealed for the infringement as the rest of the team dropped their heads with a further 86 minutes of spineless effort lay in front of us.&lt;br /&gt;
  1326. Austin had the only shot on target mid way through the half as he done superbly well to turn Tomkins before shooting straight at Adrian.&lt;br /&gt;
  1327. &lt;br /&gt;
  1328. West Ham comfortably went into half time a goal up with the R&#39;s looking clueless as to what the game plan actually was once we were a goal down, one can only assume that it was to keep the score down because that&#39;s exactly how we played.&lt;br /&gt;
  1329. &lt;br /&gt;
  1330. Zamora came on for Hoilett as the second half resumed, leaving us with only Traore who can show any pace going forward as the rest casually jogged around earning their &#39;hard earned&#39; weekly salary.&lt;br /&gt;
  1331. Zamora did make an impact in the opening ten minutes of the half, crossing for Austin who had beaten the two centre backs to the cross, only to see last seasons top scorer side foot it wide.&lt;br /&gt;
  1332. The spineless display continued as the R&#39;s lacked any ambition, any passion and any enthusiasm in all areas of the pitch, totally draining those who made the effort to attend of everything they had before sending us on our merry way.&lt;br /&gt;
  1333. West Ham did add to their tally with Sahko heading home from a yard after Tomkins mopped up a West Ham free kick, beating Ferdinand to the ball before finding Sahko totally unmarked at the far post as Caulker just stopped and watched him just nod into the empty net.&lt;br /&gt;
  1334. &lt;br /&gt;
  1335. &lt;img alt=&quot;Embedded image permalink&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BzMr0PvCEAAXmkT.jpg:large&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1336. &lt;br /&gt;
  1337. The rest of the game was dull as West Ham cruised to a deserved victory and left us firmly at the bottom of the Premier League, the same position as Mark Hughes put us in during our last term in the Premier League and the same desire that was on show...... all too similar for us Rangers&#39; fans.&lt;br /&gt;
  1338. &lt;br /&gt;
  1339. The performance was dire and I can only pick out Traore for putting a half decent effort in today. It also says a lot when our makeshift right back has the most amount of shots for the team and actually looked the most threatening player during the final 20 minutes of the second half.&lt;br /&gt;
  1340. These away performances are all too similar at present, there&#39;s no ambition to take a game to a team that would struggle with the amount of pace our attacking players possess, yet we seem all too content to just sit back and allow teams to attack our fragile midfield and defence, we need to score at least two if we are going to win a game at the moment as we always look like conceding.&lt;br /&gt;
  1341. I think we are approaching that time when we have to question those that are in charge and whether the current management team is the right one to take us forward as the players clearly are not fighting for the manager right now and do not have a clear understanding as to what is expected of them for the 90+ minutes.&lt;br /&gt;
  1342. Redknapp out?? It might be the right time for it as we do not look like we could beat a sack of sh!te right now.&lt;br /&gt;
  1343. &lt;br /&gt;
  1344. None of those players deserve the Man of the Match award today, instead those that completed the 14 mile walk from Loftus Road to West Ham deserve all the plaudits! It&#39;s a shame they were rewarded with such a spineless showing from Redknapp&#39;s men today.&lt;br /&gt;
  1345. &lt;br /&gt;
  1346. &lt;img alt=&quot;Embedded image permalink&quot; height=&quot;213&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BzKY4-fCEAE0ml2.jpg:large&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1347. &lt;br /&gt;
  1348. &lt;b&gt;I will return after the International break as we have the un-enviable task of sitting through the visit of Liverpool, we all know what happened last time!!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1349. &lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
  1350. &lt;b&gt;Until then enjoy the two weeks off and having a weekend where we cannot be defeated!&lt;/b&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/feeds/4900146686798591322/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27147336&amp;postID=4900146686798591322&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/4900146686798591322'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27147336/posts/default/4900146686798591322'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lofty-heights06.blogspot.com/2014/10/sakho-shte.html' title='Sakho-Sh!te......'/><author><name>Lee</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03041665580397436516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27147336.post-7121620106984573796</id><published>2014-09-28T10:36:00.000+00:00</published><updated>2014-09-28T11:00:31.267+00:00</updated><title type='text'>One &#39;Pelle&#39; of a Winner..</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
  1351. &lt;strong&gt;Southampton 2-1 QPR&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1352. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1353. &lt;strong&gt;QPR&#39;s away day woes continued, however it was a much improved performance against a very much inform Southampton at St Marys this afternoon..&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1354. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  1356. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyu5jTm3IcOX1nqhNtZyQ_w7m-1GhlL2eJEcFbgrqcsTuXK2_8iWSXZ-OvNIlGGdlhNX9oNRQkdhAcHrWGDIBbJvCt8sy9cpFcZ5rzws5Fh46PpO3heEfHxW9vK_qjV9Cd5VoPcQ/s1600/10653497_835124363185121_7435355917599576276_n.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyu5jTm3IcOX1nqhNtZyQ_w7m-1GhlL2eJEcFbgrqcsTuXK2_8iWSXZ-OvNIlGGdlhNX9oNRQkdhAcHrWGDIBbJvCt8sy9cpFcZ5rzws5Fh46PpO3heEfHxW9vK_qjV9Cd5VoPcQ/s1600/10653497_835124363185121_7435355917599576276_n.jpg&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1357. &lt;br /&gt;
  1358. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1359. The trip to Southampton is certainly one of the easier ones of the season and just Jenson was missing today, still holidaying in sunny Cyprus. I was the first on the road and picked up PK, Sam and Luke in Burnham and had a trouble free journey to Winchester Services to meet up with Lee and Jess - and after arriving back in the Country in the early hours from their own holiday in Cyprus, arrived looking extremely well refreshed and extremely tanned, making the rest of us look like we had all been ill...&lt;br /&gt;
  1360. &lt;br /&gt;
  1361. After a spot on lunch, the ease of the journey continued until we hit Southampton itself and along with PK&#39;s navigational skills, crawled towards the ground through the heavy traffic&amp;nbsp;and arrived at around 2.15pm. We then joined the massive 3000 plus R&#39;s contingent in the Stadium and it was safe to say, we were all a bit concerned with how Rangers would set up for the game, following the previous disastrous away encounters.&lt;br /&gt;
  1362. &lt;br /&gt;
  1363. As we climbed Mount Everest to get to our seats, much entertainment was provided by a female supporter sitting just in front of us with her husband, who was extremely vocal and expressive in her support for the team.. in honesty, it was sometimes annoying, but mainly entertaining, but you just couldn&#39;t knock the passion of her support.. good on you Girl!!! &lt;br /&gt;
  1364. &lt;br /&gt;
  1365. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  1366. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAcRr6ZiMSwQo8zhaO6UFQC3EzLbzWwO7-9YGe5hAg0IfnPP9mn6Yl7YHERwuf7jhGbOAVcUVKbvoNlh1N9wSIuR8AMljjy0NjghXyZ21OXxfUFvnmzQxUmGQn1EG6_KPSEpg0Ng/s1600/IMG-20140927-WA000.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAcRr6ZiMSwQo8zhaO6UFQC3EzLbzWwO7-9YGe5hAg0IfnPP9mn6Yl7YHERwuf7jhGbOAVcUVKbvoNlh1N9wSIuR8AMljjy0NjghXyZ21OXxfUFvnmzQxUmGQn1EG6_KPSEpg0Ng/s1600/IMG-20140927-WA000.jpg&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1367. &lt;br /&gt;
  1368. Onto the game and it was no surprise that it was the Saints making all the early running, creating 3 good chances in the opening 5 minutes, included a deflected effort that struck the Rangers upright.&lt;br /&gt;
  1369. &lt;br /&gt;
  1370. After losing Sandro to a head injury, Southampton continued to pile the pressure on but were finding Rob Green in fine form in the R&#39;s goal. It wasn&#39;t until the 36th minute for the R;s first effort on goal, but Phillips&amp;nbsp;sadly shot high and wide. But Rangers confidence was growing after surviving the Saints onslaught and some good work from Vargas, found Austin who dinked an effort just wide just before the break. &lt;br /&gt;
  1371. &lt;br /&gt;
  1372. It&#39;s safe to say that we were all much more encouraged by the fact that at half time, the game was far from over as we had a drink on the concourse.&lt;br /&gt;
  1373. &lt;br /&gt;
  1374. Onto the 2nd half and on 54 minutes, Southampton took the lead - Tadic&#39;s wayward cross from the right evaded everyone, but Mane kept chasing. he then completely wrong footed Isla and Phillips with a cheeky back heel for the oncoming Bertrand who found the net from a tight angle. I am sure the excellent Rob Green would feel he could have done better.&lt;br /&gt;
  1375. &lt;br /&gt;
  1376. It was almost 2 minutes later when Tadic was denied by Green from close range but by now, Redknapp had made a change bringing on Hoilett for the again, ineffective, Phillips.. and it was Hoilett who was instrumental in bringing the R&#39;s level on 66 minutes - dribbling across the box before finding Vargas on the right, who found Charlie Austin with his back to goal - the R&#39;s number 9 took one touch, swivelled 180 degress before firing home!! A superb goal which saw over 3000 R&#39;s fans go beserk and give the Saints fans to the left of us, plenty of stick!! Sam and Jess took the chance also to celebrate with the young lady in front of us!&lt;br /&gt;
  1377. &lt;br /&gt;
  1378. &lt;br /&gt;
  1379. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  1380. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUk0F4QGfLusZcIphbc7GRfThOK6ekjZlXr6exHjzTQW7fUIWho51GHCRB6xO2LoMAbwRuExrDyz6-MKOQ6Czt-nNKAZoqhwz2BsoQhHr-N1bc84RKO7YcjYxgE4VgFO9h9pp_g/s1600/10447848_835124356518455_2125216050922398884_n.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUk0F4QGfLusZcIphbc7GRfThOK6ekjZlXr6exHjzTQW7fUIWho51GHCRB6xO2LoMAbwRuExrDyz6-MKOQ6Czt-nNKAZoqhwz2BsoQhHr-N1bc84RKO7YcjYxgE4VgFO9h9pp_g/s1600/10447848_835124356518455_2125216050922398884_n.jpg&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1381. &lt;br /&gt;
  1382. &lt;br /&gt;
  1383. But just two minutes later, they were giving it straight back - and what a goal it was too! Pelle controlled a knock down and then sent an acrobatic volley past Rob Green for the Saints to regain the lead.&lt;br /&gt;
  1384. &lt;br /&gt;
  1385. The game was now going to from end to end with Rangers looking so much more threatening coming forward with Junior Hoilett on the pitch. Davis and Long went close for the home side with Austin and Fer having chances at the other end, before Niko Kranjcar&#39;s 30 yard free kick smacked the Southampton cross bar.&lt;br /&gt;
  1386. &lt;h3 class=&quot;team-name&quot;&gt;
  1387. Queens Park Rangers&lt;/h3&gt;
  1388. &lt;ul class=&quot;player-list&quot;&gt;
  1389. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO1243&quot;&gt;01 Green &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1390. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO20488&quot;&gt;03 Traore &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1391. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO68815&quot;&gt;04 Caulker &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1392. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO2034&quot;&gt;05 Ferdinand &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1393. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO48852&quot;&gt;14 Isla &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1394. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO50229&quot;&gt;07 Phillips &lt;/span&gt;(Hoilett - 58&#39; ) &lt;/li&gt;
  1395. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO52876&quot;&gt;30 Sandro &lt;/span&gt;(Henry - 11&#39; &lt;span class=&quot;incident yellow-card&quot;&gt;Booked&lt;/span&gt; ) &lt;/li&gt;
  1396. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO49277&quot;&gt;10 Fer &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1397. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO105835&quot;&gt;24 Vargas &lt;/span&gt;(Zamora - 77&#39; ) &lt;/li&gt;
  1398. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO78356&quot;&gt;09 Austin &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1399. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO28097&quot;&gt;19 Kranjcar &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1400. &lt;/ul&gt;
  1401. &lt;h4 class=&quot;substitutes&quot;&gt;
  1402. Substitutes&lt;/h4&gt;
  1403. &lt;ul class=&quot;subs-list&quot;&gt;
  1404. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO1216&quot;&gt;06 Hill &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1405. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO58376&quot;&gt;12 McCarthy &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1406. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO19053&quot;&gt;15 Onuoha &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1407. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO10561&quot;&gt;20 Henry &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1408. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO1764&quot;&gt;22 Dunne &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1409. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO49806&quot;&gt;23 Hoilett &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1410. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;player-id-PO4570&quot;&gt;25 Zamora &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1411. &lt;/ul&gt;
  1412. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Man of the Match&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1413. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1414. The gang were certainly divided on this one but we do have an outright winner - myself singled out Armand Traore, with Sam and Luke picking out Leroy Fer. But with 3 votes from Lee, Jess and PK, for the second week running and with a bit of luck, would have been on the scoresheet again, todays winner is &lt;strong&gt;Niko Kranjcar.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1415. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1416. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Away Day Pie Rating&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1417. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1418. With being full up from lunch earlier, Lee took one for the team with this one and chose a Chicken Balti from the Pukka range - the feedback was that with Pukka you can&#39;t really go wrong but there were no thrills added, giving the &lt;strong&gt;Southampton Pies a rating of 7/10.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1419. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1420. Well, despite defeat, I think many were encouraged with the R&#39;s performance, especially in the second half and after his showing, I think Hoilett has to be considered for a start next time out in place of Matt Phillips. Also, I singled out Isla for some criticism last week, but Lee pointed out yesterday something that I also went on to look at very closely. A lot of the criticism has also been pointed at Rio Ferdinand, but on several occasions yesterday, Steven Caulker was caught out going forward, leaving Isla to come back on cover him in central defence and the more we watched it, the more it was becoming a concern. I wouldn&#39;t be at all surprised if Nedum Onouha returns next week and it may well cause uproar of the place he may well take... we shall have to see..&lt;br /&gt;
  1421. &lt;br /&gt;
  1422. We shall return next week to review another tough away trip, this time across London to West Ham..&lt;br /&gt;
  1423. &lt;br /&gt;
  1424. &lt;strong&gt;Keep the Faith and Come on you R&#39;ssssssssss!!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1425. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1426. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1427. &lt;ul class=&quot;subs-list&quot;&gt;
  1428. &lt;/ul&gt;
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