Colin's reaction should be fun, never particularly gracious in defeat. It'll definitely be the refs fault.
Hope he dropped off all those replies he promised to the messages of goodwill he got when he got the boot.
Reminds me of this day (Nov 27, 2010) in our promotion year, when Matthew Connolly was playing for us, and Uncle Neil was our manager. QPR 2 - 1 Cardiff please log in to view this image please log in to view this image Adel Taarabt's ninth goal of the season saw off second-place Cardiff City and sent unbeaten Championship leaders Queens Park Rangers five points clear. Cardiff had taken a 13th-minute lead when Jay Bothroyd pounced on Kaspars Gorkss' slip to let in Craig Bellamy for his third of the season. Gorkss made amends five minutes later though when he headed home Tommy Smith's floating cross. Taarabt grabbed the winner from close range after a great individual run. QPR are now unbeaten in 19 games, one short of their all-time club record which dates back to 1972, and remain the only side not to have lost in the Football League. But more importantly for boss Neil Warnock's side is that they are looking a formidable force in the Championship in the race for the Premier League and put some daylight between their closest rivals. Despite starting brightly, it was Cardiff who created the early openings first with Chris Burke's mazy run which sent goalkeeper Paddy Kenny sprawling. Then Bellamy ran at the home defence before finding Chris Burke on the right, and the winger cut back to Peter Whittingham who curled his effort fractionally over from the edge of the box. Rangers had a penalty appeal turned down when Taarabt's cross looked to have hit Darcy Blake's arm, and moments later Cardiff were ahead. Gorkss slipped unopposed in the middle of his own half and Bothroyd nipped in to free Bellamy into the box to blast the ball past Kenny. Cardiff's lead was to last just five minutes though as they failed to clear their lines and Smith floated in a left-footed cross from the right which Gorkss glanced home from 12 yards. It was the visitors who went on to enjoy more of the possession and some delightful build-up play almost found Bothroyd six yards out. Bluebirds top scorer Bothroyd then went close to creating a goal of his own with a powerful run only to be denied at Kenny's feet. Rangers had chances themselves with Argentine midfielder Alejandro Faurlin forcing Tom Heaton to push away his low 25-yard shot. Heaton then pulled off the save of the game in a tighter second half when he was at full stretch to parry Jamie Mackie's strike which was heading towards the top corner. But the on-loan Manchester United keeper could to little to stop Taarabt as Cardiff failed to deal with the resulting corner and the Moroccan beat Lee Naylor and smashed the ball home from close range. Cardiff pressed for a point and should have had a penalty in the last five minutes when Bothroyd was brought down by Matthew Connolly, only to see referee Kevin Friend wave away appeals. QPR 01 Kenny 03 Hill yellow card 13 Gorkss 15 Walker 16 Connolly 04 Derry 11 Faurlin 12 Mackie (Agyemang 90) 07 Taarabt (Clarke 87 yellow card) 20 Hulse 21 Smith (Hall 90+1) Substitutes 24 Cerny, 02 Orr, 05 Hall, 25 Ephraim, 08 Clarke, 09 Helguson, 19 Agyemang Cardiff 22 Heaton 02 McNaughton 03 Naylor 05 Hudson 23 Blake 07 Whittingham yellow card 11 Burke (Chopra 80) 20 Olofinjana 21 Drinkwater (Koumas 57 yellow card) 09 Bothroyd 39 Bellamy yellow card Substitutes 01 Marshall, 06 Gyepes, 10 McPhail, 19 Koumas, 27 Matthews, 08 Chopra, 17 Keogh http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_1/9220874.stm
Absolutely FANTASTIC win. Thrilled for Ollie, the lads and, of course, us too. Inspired sub to bring Yeni on and Smith playing his part really well. Very very happy to beat those horrible, belligerent and arrogant fans!!
Wider gaps now developing from 6th place Sheff Wed on 61 pts, to 7th place Fulham on 56 pts to Preston & Norwich on 52 pts, with us hopefully soon in the mix enjoying mid table mediocrity.
Now hopefully we can do a similar number over Barnsley, under the lights on Tuesday - then we can take a deep breath of relief on 46 pts with relegation fears behind us, and enjoy the rest of the season, allowing Ollie some possible squad experimentation to get us all ready for the next campaign.
Well done lads and a great come back! It must have been great to welcome "Colin" back to LR, but I am not dissapointed he left empty handed. COYR's!!!!
Good win after a poor first half & had no width, good move with the yeni goal, I'd give smith that goal, thought mackie was non existence & would have taken him off earlier, gave there scorer far too much space to head it in, but positive in 2nd half after a dodgy first 10mins of half.
Glad we got the job done in the end, but who was marking, jumping with Bamba to defend his goal, our lot are all just watching him do his thing. please log in to view this image Sol Bamba's late first-half header was his second goal since joining Cardiff in October Substitute Yeni Ngbakoto made one goal and scored another as QPR came from behind to beat Cardiff City and ruin Bluebirds manager Neil Warnock's return to Loftus Road. Sol Bamba's header just before the interval put the Welsh side ahead. But Rangers levelled when Ngbakoto smashed the ball in after a fine team move and final pass from Jamie Mackie. Matt Smith headed the winner from Ngbakoto's corner - the striker's third goal in four since joining in January. QPR's third win in four took them nine points clear of the relegation zone, and just three behind Cardiff, but their prospects of building positively on their recent good form looked bleak at the break despite having the better of the first-half openings. Conor Washington struck the post with the home side's best chance, but the visitors led through Bamba's header from an inviting Craig Noone corner. Kenneth Zohore almost made it 2-0 when his shot had to be cleared off the line by Joel Lynch. But French winger Ngbakoto changed the game, slotting home the equaliser and then teeing up Smith's header to ensure QPR could mark the 50th anniversary of their League Cup win as a Division Three side with a victory. http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39086310
It's nice knowing that when we go behind now it isn't necessarily all over. Not had that for a while.
Couldn't make it today (work). Over the moon with the result. I think Baaaadiff are the first team we have done the double on this season. Ollie is getting it right, but can anyone tell me why pavel didn't start?
