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Sunday, February 22, 2015

Late Heartbreak as the Points Go For a Barton..


Hull 2-1 QPR

Ten man QPR suffered late heartbreak as an 89th minute goal from Dame N'Doye secured all three points at the KC Stadium...



On the back of the 2-0 win at Sunderland, as you are all aware, Chris Ramsey was appointed the role of Head Coach until the end of the season and some very positive vibes have been coming out of the club since which has been very refreshing.  With a free weekend last week, Rangers had 2 weeks to prepare for what was a huge game for both clubs and a huge R's following had made the long journey to the KC Stadium.

There was plenty of talk before the game with Isla missing out, who would fill in at right back with Nedum also out injured and it was very much a surprise to see son of Paul, young Darnell Furlong making his debut. With Doughty on the bench and indeed making his debut at Sunderland, it is finally great to see some youngsters coming through and getting their chance. I think it is very safe to say that this would not happen under the previous regime...



Onto the game and it was the home side that made the breakthrough after a good opening. A Huddlestone free kick was I have to say, poorly cleared by Caulker into the path of the unmarked Jelavic who volleyed into the corner giving Green no chance.

Rangers response was positive and it was Furlong who went close with a looping header from the edge of the area as the ball was looped in by Joey Barton. It was Furlong again that was involved in what was probably the moment the game changed. The young right back went in hard but fully committed on Jelavic which resulted in a bit of a melee. As Captain, Joey Barton was trying to get his point over to the referee and help protect the young debuatant, whilst the Hull players were also trying to get into his face. Barton then reacted by first shoving away Alex Bruce. Tom Huddlestone then joined in by shoving Karl Henry into Barton, who reacted by slapping the Hull midfielder right in the vital area - not malicious at all, but nevertheless right in front of the referee who had no choice but to show Barton the red card. Complete stupidity from Barton it has to be said..




Despite the setback, Rangers stayed positive and on 39 minutes, got their reward when yet again, the revitalised Matt Phillips sent in a beauty of a cross from the right which was met by Charlie Austin who headed home his 14th of the season. He followed up with a cheeky celebration simulating the so called knee injury that failed a medical at Hull a year and a half or so ago...




Rangers fought brilliantly in the second half and a precious point was looking likely. But Hull certainly upped the tempo in the dying minutes and Rob Green pulled off a fantastic almost point blank save from N'Doye in the 89th minute. Sadly, the ball wasn't cleared and worked to the left side to Brady, who whipped a vicious ball in for N'Doye who got in front of Caulker to head home.

Rangers rallied in stoppage time and substitute Zarate fired well over when perhaps a cross into a packed penalty area was the better option and Hull held on for a very important win and a heart breaking defeat for the R's.

Queens Park Rangers

  • 01 Green
  • 38 Furlong Booked
  • 05 Ferdinand
  • 04 Caulker
  • 13 Yun Suk-young
  • 07 Phillips Booked
  • 20 Henry
  • 08 Barton Dismissed
  • 19 Kranjcar (Traore - 78' )
  • 09 Austin (Zárate - 75' Booked )
  • 25 Zamora Booked (Doughty - 64' )

Substitutes

  • 03 Traore
  • 06 Hill
  • 11 Wright-Phillips
  • 12 McCarthy
  • 24 Vargas
  • 29 Zárate
  • 36 Doughty
Heart breaking it was but the performance was extremely positive as was the debut of Darnell Furlong. We all know Joey Barton was stupid for his actions so won't dwell on that for too long and who knows what could have been achieved yesterday with 11 men on the park. The sending off also means he will miss the next 3 games and it remains to be seen just how costly this could be, or not be...

We have another free Saturday next weekend but will return on 4th March as Lee will bring you the review of our clash with Arsenal..

Until the Keep the Faith and Come on you R'sssss!!

1 Comments:

  • At 12:26 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    To clarify firstly I'm a Hull City supporter. However I thought QPR played better with 10 men than with 11. Barton was stupid as he admits so pointless going over that. I was impressed with Austin who we sadly failed to buy. You have a good player there and with the right service he should get and keep you out trouble. Zamora was good at being troublesome but on another day could have been booked in the first 10 minutes and then been useless in his role. I also thought Henry played well. Not so sure about your centre backs though. I've always had a soft spot for you ever since seeing rodney marsh coordinate a 3-1 thrashing of us in 1965. What a player.Best of luck for the future.

     

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