Rangers chief says side wonât replicate Blackburn showing Rangersâ visit to the Reebok Stadium will be their first away match since they produced one of their worst 45 minutes of the season in a 3-2 defeat at Ewood Park last month. The Rs fell apart to allow Rovers storm into a 3-0 half-time lead, but Hughes is confident they have learned the lessons of that result as they face another key match near the foot of the table. âWeâre further down the line and we have done a lot more work,â Hughes told London24.com. âThe group now understands what is acceptable and what weâre trying to achieve in every game. âThere are fundamentals which I repeat on a daily basis. We have been building on the training field, and I see what we are trying to achieve starting to come through. âNow we need to show that we can produce it in the games that count. Last week I was really encouraged by what I saw from my team, so weâll build on that and weâll be better again.â Hughes was encouraged by QPRâs improved performance in the 1-1 draw at home to Everton last week, and believes a similar display against Owen Coyleâs side will be enough to get a result. However, despite just two points separating Rangers in 16th from bottom club Wigan Athletic, Hughes insists victory is not absolutely vital against Wanderers. âI donât think weâre at the point of saying itâs a must-win game or a six-pointer,â said Hughes. âWeâre trying to take a positive result out of all the games that we have left. If we do that, that will maintain our position. If we acquire the points weâre capable weâll keep above the teams below us. âWith the ability we have in the squad I feel weâll create chances and hopefully take some. Itâs never an easy place to go, irrespective of where they are in the league. âTheyâre a difficult side to overcome on their own patch. Weâll have to perform really well, and if we produce what we produced against Everton I will be happy, I think that will be good enough.â The Rs boss also expects this relegation battle to go down to the wire â but is confident his charges can pull clear before they visit Hughesâs former side Manchester City on the last day of the season. âIt usually does [go down to the last day], he said. âHopefully we wonât be involved in that because we have quite a difficult game on the last day of the season! Hopefully weâll be safe by then.â
Hughes targets unbeaten run Rs boss keen to take something from every game to beat the drop Last Updated: March 9, 2012 3:22pm Mark Hughes: The QPR boss is keen to pick up points in every remainding Premier League game Sky Bet Sky Bet are offering all new customers a £10 Completely Free Bet Claim your free bet now QPR boss Mark Hughes is aiming to go unbeaten for the remainder of the Premier League season to avoid relegation. The Rs are level on points with Blackburn and Wolves and are only above the relegation zone due to goal difference. Saturday's fixture at the Reebok Stadium against Bolton is likely to have a significant impact on their survival chances. They are still to go to the Etihad Stadium, Old Trafford and Stamford Bridge before the end of the campaign and need to improve on recent form that has yielded just one Premier League win in 15 games. Their run-in appears to be considerably more difficult than their relegation rivals, with Bolton, Sunderland and Swansea being the only teams in the bottom half of the table still to play QPR. Live on Sky Sports vs Bolton v QPR March 10, 2012 12:30pm Remote Record Hughes admits he understands the task facing his side but is determined to create a winning habit. Important He said: "It is vitally important that we take something out of every game we play now. "They are the home team and they will want to put on a performance for their fans and make sure their home form is strong and solid. "We will have a say in that and will try and affect what they want to do in terms of their approach to the game and what they are comfortable in doing. "We will try to limit their ability to how we want to play and with the ability I have in the squad, both creatively and the goal threat we have, I felt we will make chances and hopefully we will take some. "It is never an easy place to go and everybody can see that, irrespective of where they are in the league at the moment. "They are still a very difficult side to overcome on their patch so we will have to perform really well and if we build on what we produced against Everton I will be very happy because I think that will be good enough."
I like his comment about "keeping above the teams below us".... That's fine with me, as long as there are at least 3 of them.. Anyway, keeping above the teams below us is certainly going to be more of a challenge than keeping below the teams above us. Or something..
