QPR profit from Clark’s comedy error – Report
Thursday, 2nd Feb 2017 18:37 by Clive Whittingham
A last minute own goal from Newcastle’s Ciaran Clark got QPR a 2-2 draw at St James’ Park on Wednesday night – some small form of redemption following the 6-0 at Loftus Road in September.
On a night when QPR stood toe to toe with a team that had previously wiped the floor with them, and won a richly deserved point, perhaps the greatest oddity of all was just what on earth that nonsense on Saturday was all about.
The pathetic display and desperately poor result against Burton Albion at Loftus Road at the weekend had punctured optimism and derailed progress made through January by Ian Holloway’s new look Rangers side. It didn’t exactly bode well for the longest away trip of the season, up to Tyneside on Wednesday evening to face second-placed title favourites Newcastle United who had won 6-0 when the teams last met just over four months ago in West London.
A theme of that chastening experience was the time, space and freedom awarded to the Magpies’ creative and yet combustible central midfielder Jonjo Shelvey, who was allowed to pretty much do as he pleased and calmly led his side through a flawless display which ended in QPR’s record home defeat in the league. When the former Swansea and Liverpool man was again afforded acres of real estate on the edge of the QPR box to lash in a loose defensive header and open the scoring after just 42 seconds in this return fixture, you’d have forgiven the travelling Rangers faithful for fearing the worst.
And yet despite the difference in resources between the clubs, despite the obvious gulf in class between the teams, despite what had happened in Shepherd’s Bush when they last met, despite the early Shelvey goal and despite QPR’s shambolic efforts against Burton on Saturday… Ian Holloway’s team bounced back up off the canvass, were much the better of the two sides for the next 59 minutes at least and richly deserved the point they won from a 2-2 draw.
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Thursday, 2nd Feb 2017 18:37 by Clive Whittingham
A last minute own goal from Newcastle’s Ciaran Clark got QPR a 2-2 draw at St James’ Park on Wednesday night – some small form of redemption following the 6-0 at Loftus Road in September.
On a night when QPR stood toe to toe with a team that had previously wiped the floor with them, and won a richly deserved point, perhaps the greatest oddity of all was just what on earth that nonsense on Saturday was all about.
The pathetic display and desperately poor result against Burton Albion at Loftus Road at the weekend had punctured optimism and derailed progress made through January by Ian Holloway’s new look Rangers side. It didn’t exactly bode well for the longest away trip of the season, up to Tyneside on Wednesday evening to face second-placed title favourites Newcastle United who had won 6-0 when the teams last met just over four months ago in West London.
A theme of that chastening experience was the time, space and freedom awarded to the Magpies’ creative and yet combustible central midfielder Jonjo Shelvey, who was allowed to pretty much do as he pleased and calmly led his side through a flawless display which ended in QPR’s record home defeat in the league. When the former Swansea and Liverpool man was again afforded acres of real estate on the edge of the QPR box to lash in a loose defensive header and open the scoring after just 42 seconds in this return fixture, you’d have forgiven the travelling Rangers faithful for fearing the worst.
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And yet despite the difference in resources between the clubs, despite the obvious gulf in class between the teams, despite what had happened in Shepherd’s Bush when they last met, despite the early Shelvey goal and despite QPR’s shambolic efforts against Burton on Saturday… Ian Holloway’s team bounced back up off the canvass, were much the better of the two sides for the next 59 minutes at least and richly deserved the point they won from a 2-2 draw.
- See more at: http://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/footba...’s-comedy-error-–-report#sthash.d91FufQg.dpuf
