Double substitution for the R's. Jimmy Smith and Steve Lomas on. Marc Bircham and Stefan Bailey off. Almost exactly the same moves as last week. Kanyuka for Rose (injured) early, then double center midfield subs with a lead in the second half. Only difference is Smith instead of Ward.
Blackstock breaks into the box nicely and forces Southampton to concede a corner. Stewart heads just wide on the corner.
Oooh, Blackstock just shot over the bar from about five yards out after a nice ball in from Jimmy Smith. Sounds like he should have scored. Southampton makes their last sub -- Andrew Surman on for Bradley Wright-Phillips.
The commentators were just discussing that the QPR fans have been "sensational" this afternoon. Particularly throughout the second half (or, really, since the first goal), you've been able to hear them singing on quite a few occasions.
Glad they've been given their money's worth. Not quite as much as they're getting at Ninian Park though. Cardiff now up 4-nil. Premier League Disaster Management officials might start preparing for the worst - Cardiff in the top flight.
Cook to Blackstock to Cook. Mario Licka fouls Cook and receives a yellow for it. There was one covering defender, so no red. FIVE minutes of injury time. Come on... that's too much.
Referee has come up with 4 added minuted at Chelsea too. How do you have that much in halves with no goals?!
Championship match of the day so far - 10 man West Brom go 3-nil up vs Leeds. Have now conceeded 2, game on in the last couple minutes.
Six subs, so that's maybe 3 minutes? Cook was down for about 30 seconds or so, but did Prav even come on the pitch? No other injuries of note. No goals. Five seems too much. About one minute left.... COME ON UUUUURRRRRRRR'S!
Late Championship goals... Hull 1 (Michael Turner 90) Crystal Palace 1 West Brom 4 (Diomansy Kamara 90) Leeds 2
What a fabulous result! I had a feeling that we'd play well today, but after we conceded I thought it was all over. I think that takes the Hoops to the lofty heights of 15th!
I've got a bottle of Fuller's 1845 Bottle Conditioned Ale in the fridge that'll serve quite nicely for a celebratory toast to the R's on their first road win of the season! Come on you Supaaaaaaah....
HOOOOOOPSSSSAAAAAAHHHHHH!!! Delicious! I'm off to Pittsburgh (oddly enough). I'll have a dozen or so Iron Cities to celebrate.
Have a good time in Pittsburgh. In the recap, the commentator said there were "about 3,000" QPR fans. Overall attendance today at St. Mary's was 25,185.
Also... Barnsley 1 Luton 2 (Ahmet Brkovic 90) ...and, fairly late... Coventry 0 Plymouth 1 (Cherno Samba 82) Birmingham 1 Leicester 1 (Elvis Hammond 86)
Norwich and Burnley play tomorrow, so we could drop one spot if Norwich wins or draws, but after today's games, we're up to 16th -- 3 points and GD above the relegation zone, 4 points and GD behind a play-off spot. The Coca-Cola Football League Championship Table Pos Team P GD PTS 1 Cardiff 10 14 23 2 Birmingham 10 3 18 ------ 3 Preston 10 3 17 4 Crystal Palace 10 2 17 5 Southampton 10 4 16 6 West Brom 10 4 16 ------ 7 Plymouth 10 3 16 8 Wolverhampton 10 -2 16 9 Derby 10 2 15 10 Luton 10 0 15 11 Burnley 9 3 14 12 Ipswich 10 1 14 13 Colchester 10 0 14 14 Sunderland 10 0 13 15 Coventry 10 0 13 16 QPR 10 -2 12 17 Norwich 9 0 11 18 Barnsley 10 -6 11 19 Leicester 10 -3 10 20 Leeds 10 -6 10 21 Stoke 10 -2 9 ------ 22 Southend 10 -8 9 23 Hull 10 -6 8 24 Sheff Wed 10 -4 7 With a FIFA international matchday next Saturday, we don't play again until October 14th, at home against Norwich, followed quickly by a home game against Derby on the 17th.
Awesome, sounds like we're finally getting some lively young strikers into the mix (what's happened to Baidoo, on that note?), now let's find the next Shittu.
Norwich lost 1-4 at home to Burnley and then sacked their manager, so the R's remain in 16th place as we head to the break. Norwich is our next opponent, so here's hoping they don't get a "new manager bounce" at our expense. The Coca-Cola Football League Championship Table Pos Team P GD PTS 1 Cardiff 10 14 23 2 Birmingham 10 3 18 ------ 3 Burnley 10 6 17 4 Preston 10 3 17 5 Crystal Palace 10 2 17 6 Southampton 10 4 16 ------ 7 West Brom 10 4 16 8 Plymouth 10 3 16 9 Wolverhampton 10 -2 16 10 Derby 10 2 15 11 Luton 10 0 15 12 Ipswich 10 1 14 13 Colchester 10 0 14 14 Sunderland 10 0 13 15 Coventry 10 0 13 16 QPR 10 -2 12 17 Norwich 10 -3 11 18 Barnsley 10 -6 11 19 Leicester 10 -3 10 20 Leeds 10 -6 10 21 Stoke 10 -2 9 ------ 22 Southend 10 -8 9 23 Hull 10 -6 8 24 Sheff Wed 10 -4 7
He was an unused sub against Hull, so Gregory did have him in the squad for that one. Jimmy Smith and Kevin Gallen took the places of Nick Ward and Shabazz Baidoo on the bench for this one.