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QPR won 2 0 before a record home crowd of 16,000 plus, and move up to 33 points: 6 away from the bottom 3 and 11 points away from the 6th playoff spot with 18 games left. League Table

QPR OFFICIAL SITE - DE CANIO COMMENTS: STARTING TO GEL
Luigi De Canio was 'moderately satisfied' following the R's 2-0 victory against Barnsley.
Goals from home debutants Patrick Agyemang and Rowan Vine set the seal on an encouraging attacking display from the hosts at a packed Loftus Road, but De Canio wants more.
"The new players are really starting to gel," he told www.qpr.co.uk.
"But I am only moderately satisfied with the display, because I know there is still so much more to come from this group.  read more »

- QPR play Burnley tonight. Burnley's away record this season is 7 wins. 4 draws. 4 defeats. Two months ago, QPR's "shock victory" at Burnley enabled QPR to get off the bottom of the table. Before that Burnley match the table had seen QPR very last: Scunthorpe 21-23 Leicester 20-22 Norwich 21-21 Colchester 21-20 Preston 21-18 QPR 20-17 QPR's Team vs Burnley back in December QPR: Camp, Rehman, Stewart, Malcolm, Barker, Ainsworth (Moore 90), Bolder, Leigertwood (Walton 88), Sinclair (Blackstock 75), Nygaard, Vine. Subs Not Used: Cole, Balanta. Burnley: Kiraly, Alexander, Carlisle (Gudjonsson 48), Unsworth, Harley, Elliott, Mahon (James O'Connor 63), McCann, Lafferty, Blake (Jones 63), Gray. Subs Not Used: Jensen, Akinbiyi.  read more »

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PROFESSIONAL DISPLAY
Posted on: Sat 02 Feb 2008

Performance Manager Joe Dunbar was full of praise for the players after witnessing them comfortably overcome high-flying Bristol City 3-0.

Dunbar took charge of First Team affairs after Luigi De Canio was forced to return to Italy following a family bereavement, and he told www.qpr.co.uk: "It has been a difficult day, and when something like this happens it shows you that there is more to life than football.
"Luigi has returned to Italy, and our thoughts are with him and his family, first and foremost.
"The team was already picked, he told me who he wanted to start and how he wanted them to play.  read more »

I feel compelled to point out that if it hadn't been for John Arne Riise's own-goal in the first leg, Liverpool would have gone through on away goals after this result. But on the other hand, I do realize that if it hadn't been for that goal, Chelsea would have reacted more strongly after Liverpool scored here, and it would have been a totally different game. Liverpool-Chelsea matches tend to be brain-meltingly dull, but this one was the exception. The first 90 minutes were nothing out of the ordinary, but extra time more than made up for it. Chelsea started out better, although it was Liverpool with the first real chance on goal, Steven Gerrard sliding the ball through to Fernando Torres, who took an extra touch that gave Petr Cech time to come out and smother the shot.  read more »

- SPORTING LIFE - PULIS KEEPS EYE ON PROMOTION By Timothy Abraham, PA Sport Stoke 6/4, Q.P.R. 6/4, Draw 11/5 Stoke manager Tony Pulis has admitted he will not let personal accolades distract his focus ahead of the Potters' Coca-Cola Championship clash with QPR. Pulis was handed the Manager of the Month award for February after he steered his side to five wins out of their last six games. The Potters suffered a 2-0 defeat to Preston during the week and Pulis is keen for his side to get their bid to win promotion to the Barclays Premier League back on track at Loftus Road. "QPR is a massive game for us on Sunday and everyone is concentrating on that," Pulis told the club's official website. "The players are well motivated at the moment.  read more »

Barclay's English Premier League leaders Arsenal may lose their top spot to Manchester United today when the Red Devils host Newcastle United at Old Trafford. The Gunners went into the weekend two points ahead of their nearest rivals, but dropped two unlikely points at home against lowly Birmingham.

The Blues were outplayed throughout most of the 90 minutes, and Arsenal looked sure to win after taking an early lead thanks to an Emmanuel Adebayor penalty kick. However, Garry O'Connor struck back at the beginning of the second half to tie up the game. Despite constant pressure from the Gunners, Birmingham managed to hold on to take a valuable point back to St. Andrew's.

Lineups:  read more »

I with my Arsenal played the following matches in December of the first season:

8 games during the one month. This is famous English December when stamina of all teams is checked. This is the time when team without strong second squad players can sunk in the table. Anyway, my Arsenal overcame this hard period with honor gaining brilliant away victories against Chelsea and Manchester United.  read more »

- Barnsley - QPR: FIVE TO WATCH FIVE QPR players to keep an eye on at Loftus Road tomorrow. LEE CAMP Goalkeeper Lee Camp signed from Derby County for a fee of 300,000 in July 2007. After two successful loan spells with the R's, Camp, 22, finally made his switch to W12 permanent by putting pen to paper on a three-year deal. Camp had already enjoyed two successful loan spells in W12, albeit for very different reasons, prior to his summer transfer. He first joined QPR for the final two months of the 2003/4 campaign and made 12 appearances between the sticks to help the Club win promotion to the Championship. During the 2006/07 campaign, John Gregory brought Camp back to West London to play an integral role in the final three months of the season.  read more »

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QPR travelled to Southampton today and won 3-2. QPR are now 6 points away from a playoff spot (and 8 away from a relegation spot! Southampton went ahead in the first minute. Rowlands equalized and Agyemang scored with a goal in each half to make it 3-1. Southampton scored a second, a couple of minutes from time. Showing the new strength of the bench, Buzsaky came on for Lee, Blackstock for Agyemang and Leigertwood for Ephraim. This was Southampton's seventh home defeat of the season.
Teams:QPR Camp, Mancienne, Rehman, Connolly, Delaney, Rowlands, Mahon, Lee, Ephraim, Vine, Agyemang. Subs: Blackstock, Leigertwood, Stewart, Buzsaky, Pickens.
Saints: Davis, Thomas, Powell, Davies, Wright, Hammill, Euell, Safri, Surman, John, Wright-Phillips. Subs: Saganowski, Idiakez, Viafara, Lallana, Bialkowski.  read more »