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QPR v Southampton

Well, the gang and I have deliberated, cogitated and digested the possible outcomes of tomorrows game and we can see nothing other than a Rangers win;

PK - 3-1 to Rangers and Rowlands to score first

Corp - 2-1 to Rangers and Rowlands to score first

DJ - 3-0 to Rangers and Blackstock to score first

Lofty - 2-0 to Rangers and Sahar to score first

As always, these selections can be either doubles or individual bets, Happy Punting!!

Welcome Leigertwood

QPR have confirmed the signing of Mikele Leigertwood from Sheffield United. The 24 year old has signed a 3 year deal with the R's and can play in either defence or midfield but it is highly likely that John Gregory has brought him in to bolster the R's midfield following the injury to summer signing, Simon Walton.



The fee is in the region of £900,000, however the club haven't mentioned this, or how the transfer has been funded, in their press release today. This serves as unofficial confirmation that the takeover has gone through.

Welcome and Good Luck Mikele!!

A Wonderful Gesture

John Gregory and the entire QPR Squad have requested that this Saturday, every QPR player involved in the game against Southampton will wear a shirt with 'Ray Jones' name on the back in tribute to the young striker who sadly died on Saturday. In addition the 31 shirt which Ray wore last season is to be retired by the club.



Everyone at QPR must be congratulated on both a wonderful and fitting gesture!

Rest in Peace Ray

RAY JONES 1988-2007

Ray Jones 1988 - 2007

'those we have held close to our hearts, will be there forever.' - Lofty

Rest In Peace

Is This It???

QPR's board of directors have resigned ahead of an expected takeover by a group that includes Renault Formula One team boss Flavio Briatore.



Gianni Paladini will stay on as chairman, but Kevin Steele, Nick De Marco and James Ferrary have all resigned.

Fingers crossed, it looks like it's all GO GO GO!!!

Worrying...

QPR 0-2 Cardiff

Apologies for this report being much later than the norm, but after the game, the gang descended on the Brook House for the excellent 'Dog Chewed The Handle' gig, and what a great gig it was too! I did attempt to write the report this morning, but after watching the goals on the Championship, and having a slightly sore head, I decided that I would leave reliving the misery until this evening.



It just goes to show that a week in football can be an incredibly long time. This time last week, it was all positive and there was clear disappointment that we only got a point at Bristol after playing them off the park. So what happens, a week goes by and we are out of the Carling Cup, the Briatore takeover was off and we are facing administration again and yesterday, we were totally outplayed by Cardiff in what was not only disappointing, but also a very worrying defeat.

Well, on arrival at the ground, the talk amongst the gang and indeeed plenty others, was of the Flavio Braitore takeover and that it is now a done deal. The Formula One influence brought an interesting comment from Corp about how Rangers will be carrying out substitutions from now on. But seriously, I really hope that the latest news is true because us QPR fans certainly deserve some good news! No more so than after this latest performance.

Slack defending gifted Cardiff both their goals from Maclean and Parry, but it was no more than they deserved. Rangers had good spells at the start of each half and you never know, if Stefan Moore's shot would have gone in instead of hitting the post, it may have been a different story. But that was about it, and some terrible finishing from Cardiff meant that Rangers started the second half still in the match and you can certainly see why they have brought in Fowler and more recently, Hasselbaink.

QPR: Camp, Stewart, Mancienne, Bolder, Nardiello (Nygaard 63), Blackstock, Rowlands, Moore (Ward 63), Curtis, Ephraim, Rehman. Subs: Cole, Bignot, Cullip.

Lofty's Man of the Match - well this is a definite first for Lofty Heights but in truth, I can't honestly pick an R's player worthy of the award when one of the visitors had such a great match - former R's winger, Trevor Sinclair.

To sum up, if Rangers would have got anything from the match, it would have been a travesty. Cardiff were well organised and played as a team and Rangers performance was one of individuals. As mentioned with the pre season games expecially, the team is lacking width and that final ball into the final third. We need to go to Burnley now to kick start this season and hopefully we will be able to - on the back of a successful takeover during the week.

But, this is QPR we are talking about, does anything go smoothly or normal with this Football Club?

Lofty Bet No 3...

QPR v Cardiff

Well, if you have followed our selections so far, you would have huge dents in your wallet's/purses. I can only apologise and repeat what PK texted me earlier about our optimism..

if Rangers followed the way we bet, we would win the league by Christmas and Blackstock would have the golden boot!

Despite Tuesday's debacle, we have all remained surprisingly positive and all back the R's to turn things around. A bit simpler also because we all have gone for the same scoreline -

QPR to win 2-1

All but one of us have the same first scorer too, Dexter Blackstock. Corp/Al has however, selected Adam Bolder.

As always, these can be individual bets or doubles, HAPPY PUNTING!!

The law of averages means that we will get one right one day! ;-)