R's fans unhappy with the bizarre firing of Sousa will likely make their voices heard at HQ in today's bank holiday fixture. Heuguson returns to the lineup against the Owls. QPR: Cerny, Stewart, Mahon, Routledge, Gorkss, Ramage, Connolly, Cook, López, Helguson, Taarabt. Subs: Delaney, Leigertwood, Vine, Miller, Ephraim. Sheffield Wednesday: Grant, Spurr, Hinds, Tudgay, Potter, Esajas, Varney, Wood, O'Connor, Clarke, Buxton. Subs: McAllister, Jeffers, Beevers, Johnson, Sodje.
I bet it's pretty ugly at Loftus Road right now. On top of the strange goings on this week, we've given up an own goal and a penalty and trail 0-2. Mahon 35’ (o.g.) (yahoo.co.uk: "Gavin Mahon with an OG to compound a horrible week for QPR, a glancing header at the near post from a corner was enough to beat his own keeper"). Tudgay 53’ (pen.) (yahoo.co.uk: "Marcus Tudgay with the penalty to put the game beyond a deflated looking QPR").
In his second start of the season, Vine scores! 62nd minute. Yahoo!/Eurosport: "Rowan Vine gives QPR hope at Loftus Road. Vine follows up Wayne Routledge's saved effort to roll home from close range."
Elsewhere, Norwich is leading Watford, 1-0, and Forest is in a 0-0 game at Sheff United. If those results stay the same, Norwich would move out of the relegation zone and Forest would drop back into it.
Wow! 3-2 win for the R's. Nice comeback. Any reports on any anti-Flavio chanting today? We're still in 10th, but now even on points with 9th place Bristol City, who has a 5-goal superior goal difference.
Forest drew with Sheff U, while Norwich won 2-0 against Watford. Forest, Norwich, and Barnsley are all on 46 points. Forest sits in the relegation zone due to inferior goal difference. Barnsley has a game in hand on the other two. Southampton trails those three teams by two points after beating Palace today. Charlton is all-but-down (12 points behind safety with 4 to go) after a draw today. They'd have to win them all and have 2 of the 3 above them lose them all, plus their goal difference is worse than Forest, Norwich, and Barnsley, so they'd have to win all four and make up plenty of goals against any two that loses all their games (5 goals on Forest, 9 goals on Barnsley, or 15 goals on Norwich). Wolves won at Derby, so are pretty close to locking up a spot in the Premier League. They're 7 points ahead of 3rd with 3 games to go. Birmingham and Sheff United both drew today, so Birmingham retains a one-point edge over the Blades for the final auto-promotin spot. Swansea won and Burnley lost (to Cardiff), so the gap between 6th & 7th has closed to 4 points.
I was at the match. The crowd was pretty quiet, until the end. I think it was a combo of an Australian cricket match that day and the fact that the game was on Easter Monday No anti-Flavio chants. The Wednesday fans were in good voice until midway through the second half, then the home supporters came alive.