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QPR Kevin H
17 Dec 2007, 12:07 PM
Well our forum certainly needs some love after a quiet weekend - so here's a recap of the action from our goalless draw on Saturday...

QPR 0 - Woverhampton Wanderers 0
Loftus Road
Attendance: 13,482

QPR: Camp, Barker, Stewart, Blackstock (Sinclair 83), Buzsaky, Ainsworth, Rowlands, Malcolm, Rehman, Nygaard, Leigertwood.

Subs: Cole, Moore, Walton, Balanta.

Wolverhampton Wanderers: Hennessey, D Ward, Collins, Olofinjana, Henry, Bothroyd (Keogh 88), ard, Elliott, Gibson, Foley, Gray.

Subs: Ikeme, Edwards, Jarvis, Eastwood

Referee: Mr F Graham

Full report on the Official Site (http://www.qpr.premiumtv.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10373,00.html)

From the papers...

Sunday Mirror (http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/sport/football/2007/12/16/football-wolves-drought-goes-on-98487-20255628/)
WOLVES DROUGHT GOES ON

It was a story of missed chances for the visitors as Mick McCarthy watched his side complete five away league games without scoring.

But the home side will be happy with their point after another workmanlike performance as they fight for their Championship lives...

Sunday Times (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/incomingFeeds/article3056595.ece)
Until the 32nd minute, when left-back Michael Gray was needlessly pushed into the advertising boards by Gareth Ainsworth, nothing interesting happened whatsoever. Then, exuberant Rangers winger Martin Rowlands had two long-range attempts pushed wide by goal-keeper Wayne Hennessey, while Dexter Blackstock contrived to fire wide from six yards out. One example of how embarrassingly woeful Wolves were in attack came on 69 minutes when Elliott, receiving a wonderfully teasing cross from Darron Gibson, somehow sent his effort off target.

Luigi De Canio, who felt that his side should have had a second-half penalty when it appeared that Kevin Foley had pulled back Marc Nygaard, backed the appointment of Fabio Capello as the new England manager. Speaking through an interpreter, the only Italian manager in the Football League said: “He’s a great professional and will be able to make the national team succeed again.”

The result coupled with other finals leaves us at the bottom of the table again... but certainly not adrift.

Pos. - Club - Played - Goal Diff. - Points
15 Crystal Palace 22 0 28
16 Cardiff 22 -2 26
17 Sheff Wed 21 -4 24
18 Blackpool 22 -6 23
19 Scunthorpe 22 -7 23
20 Leicester 22 -2 22
21 Norwich 22 -11 22
22 Colchester 22 -5 21
23 Preston 22 -6 21
24 QPR 22 -12 21

Atouk
17 Dec 2007, 01:12 PM
Wow -- that's tight. Depending on results, one win could see us jump from 24th to 18th!

My wife and I were in New Orleans this weekend (several nice meals plus wins for UNO basketball and Saints football) so we didn't get to listen to this one.

QPR Kevin H
17 Dec 2007, 01:43 PM
Wow -- that's tight. Depending on results, one win could see us jump from 24th to 18th!

My wife and I were in New Orleans this weekend (several nice meals plus wins for UNO basketball and Saints football) so we didn't get to listen to this one.
Sounds like a good weekend in the Big Easy!

By the way, do you follow the Hornets at all? My fellow Xavier alum David West is playing some great ball down there for them. I know they're not the biggest deal in NO, but they've got a good team.

Atouk
17 Dec 2007, 01:51 PM
Since I've been a Wizards fan for awhile, I don't follow them too closely. Several of my UNO friends follow them closely (one friend has a full season ticket) and they were heading out to the Hornets/Suns game after the UNO men's & women's doubleheader on Saturday.

Yep, they look pretty good this year. Good for them. Hopefully the crowds will pick up for them after Saints season ends (that said, I hope the Saints season doesn't end when the regular season does!).

QPR Kevin H
17 Dec 2007, 02:11 PM
Yep, they look pretty good this year. Good for them. Hopefully the crowds will pick up for them after Saints season ends (that said, I hope the Saints season doesn't end when the regular season does!).
You mean that you hope that the Giants choke so that the Redskins AND Saints get the wildcards, right? ;)

Atouk
17 Dec 2007, 02:22 PM
Are the Giants not locked in yet at 9-5? I guess we could end up with a big tie with several teams at 9-7 if they lose the last two. The only good thing about our poor performance against the AFC this year (1-3) is that it gives us a better NFC record than most in the event of a multiple-team tiebreaker.

ross from st paul
17 Dec 2007, 03:44 PM
You mean that you hope that the Giants choke so that the Redskins AND Saints get the wildcards, right? ;)

Are the Giants not locked in yet at 9-5? I guess we could end up with a big tie with several teams at 9-7 if they lose the last two. The only good thing about our poor performance against the AFC this year (1-3) is that it gives us a better NFC record than most in the event of a multiple-team tiebreaker.

Listen, you couple-a wiseacres! Get back to talking about Rangers. This is a RANGERS forum!

(These thoughts brought to for no other reason than that I'm a QPR fan.



None at all...)

http://savings4families.com/images/ebay/visorVikings.jpg

;) :p


EDIT: Oh, for goodness' sake! I've tried posting an img about a half-dozen times, and all the post ever returns is a url link. So, click it to get my meaning!

Atouk
17 Dec 2007, 03:57 PM
Listen, you couple-a wiseacres! Get back to talking about Rangers. This is a RANGERS forum!

(These thoughts brought to for no other reason than that I'm a QPR fan.



None at all...)

http://savings4families.com/images/ebay/visorVikings.jpg

;) :p


EDIT: Oh, for goodness' sake! I've tried posting an img about a half-dozen times, and all the post ever returns is a url link. So, click it to get my meaning!Yeah, for some reason they won't let us include images here, although you can almost everywhere else on Big Soccer.

Go Bears! ;)

QPR Kevin H
17 Dec 2007, 04:29 PM
Quite the NFL feud here on the R's board!

ross from st paul
18 Dec 2007, 08:59 AM
Quite the NFL feud here on the R's board!

:)
Nah. R's come before the NFL, as far as I'm concerned (though I do cheer on the Vikes every week...even though Adrian Peterson cost me my fantasy season last night! :p ).