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After seeing a news article yesterday on the amount of debt that QPR currently have and how much a year they are spending on wages, I decided to take it upon myself to sort out the mess and drag QPR from crippling debts and make them a strong, well off financially team.
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Tony Fernandes: I have gathered press and players alike today to unveil our new first team manager. After much debate in the boardroom over the summer, we thought it would be best to ask Harry Redknapp to step down and bring in a new face, some fresh ideas and thoughts for this club. I present to you, MCFC1880.

MCFC1880: Thank you Tony, now I know you may never have heard of me before, but I feel it was time that I stepped into football management, as a former Sunday league player and coach I have grown up with football always in my life, I am honoured to have this opportunity.

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To start the challenge at the club I have been given ?400k to spend and we are currently ?19,649 over the ?1m wage budget; my task is to not bring in many players, if any at all but to offload some and mainly reduce the massive QPR wage bill however, with the type of Premier League wages these players are on in the Championship, I think it's going to be easier said than done.

This is the main formation I will hope to use this season, as long as it proves successful with the team (sorry it's small, still getting used to posting on forums after ages) :

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I shall be back with an update once I am able to with the transfer dealings amd friendlies once I have got that far and preparing for the season ahead.
Thanks for looking in and I hope you enjoy the story.
 
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Pre-Season:

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The transfers that have been done so far have found former Manchester City and Celtic striker Georgios Samaras join the club on loan for 6 months.

In terms of goings out, Hogan Ephraim has left to join Huddersfield on a free transfer while Angelo Balanta, Max Ehmer and Sam Magri all left on loan; even though they aren't shown on the list Benoit Assou-Ekotto and Modibo Maiga's loans were cancelled as I felt there were others are the club that were just as good, if not better therefore getting rid of their loan wages. QPR now find themselves ?67,000 under the wage budget.

Friendlies:
I cancelled some of the original friendlies, such as Norwich away and put us up against some opponents that I felt could be abit of a tougher task for us:
QPR 2-0 QPR Under 21s
Austin 41, 56

Derriaghy 0-8 QPR
Austin pen 13, 15, 33, pen 51, Carroll 32, Hughes 64, Jenas 65, Hill 87

Enfield 0-2 QPR
Barton 6, Hill 37

QPR 2-1 Anderlecht
Carroll 36, Benayoun 83; Stevens 62

QPR 2-1 Lazio
Austin 46, Samaras 51; Konko 37

Murcia 1-5 QPR
Eddy 71; Doyle pen 21, 45+1, O'Neil 40, Hughes 62, 64
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So far, I am very impressed with the team and the way they seem to have adapted to my tactics, winning all of our friendlies, conceding just 3 goals and scoring 21 goals, I am feeling positive heading into the Championship season; our first game - a home match against Blackburn Rovers.
 
August:

Before the Blackburn game rolled around, I sat down with QPR skipper Clint Hill and the rest of the team to discuss what exactly they felt we should be going for this season, I personally declared that it should be around promotion territory as I felt our squad was good enough for that.

Clint Hill: We've had far too many changes to staff and squad, too many players coming in and then going out again, I for one am tired of it and I believe that with this squad now we have a team more than capable of hitting the promotion target!

First Team Squad for the Season:
Keepers: Robert Green, Brian Murphy
Defenders: Nedum Onuoha, Danny Simpson, Luke Young, Clint Hill, Aaron Hughes, Richard Dunne, Yoon Seok-Young, Armand Traore
Midfielders: Alejandro Faurlin, Karl Henry, Jermaine Jenas, Gary O'Neil, Yossi Benayoun, Joey Barton, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Niko Kranjcar, Thomas Carroll, Matt Phillips, Junior Hoilett
Strikers: Georgios Samaras, Kevin Doyle, Andy Johnson, Will Keane, Charlie Austin

There were quite a few injuries going into the first game of the season against Blackburn - Hill, Dunne, Kranjcar, Phillips and Keane all missing.


QPR vs Blackburn Rovers

Starting XI:

Green, Simpson, Onuoha, Hughes, Traore, O'Neil, Faurlin, Wright-Phillips, Carroll, Samaras, Austin
Final Score:

QPR 1-1 Blackburn
Samaras 25; Rhodes 51

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Capital One Cup 1st Round:

QPR vs Torquay

Starting XI:
Green, Simpson, Onuoha, Hughes, Seok-Young, O'Neil, Barton, Benayoun, Jenas, Samaras, Austin
Final Score:
QPR 3-0 Torquay
Austin 31, Benayoun 37, Hughes 74


QPR vs Brighton

Starting XI:
Green, Young, Hughes, Hill, Seok-Young, Barton, Faurlin, Benayoun, Jenas, Samaras, Austin
Final Score:
QPR 1-1 Brighton
Benayoun 23; Ulloa 51


Wigan vs QPR

Starting XI:
Green, Henry, Onuoha, Hughes, Seok-Young, O'Neil, Faurlin, Hoilett, Benayoun, Samaras, Austin
Final Score:
Wigan 1-3 QPR
Doherty 44; Faurlin 10, Hoilett 35, Johnson 85


QPR vs Watford

Starting XI:
Green, Young, Onuoha, Hughes, Seok-Young, Barton, Faurlin, Wright-Phillips, Benayoun, Samaras, Austin
Final Score:
QPR 4-2 Watford
Wright-Phillips 19, 60, 81, Samaras 70; Ranegie 73, Onuoha (og) 77

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Capital One Cup 2nd Round:

QPR vs Doncaster

Starting XI:
Green, Hughes, Onuoha, Hill, Seok-Young, Barton, Henry, Benayoun, Jenas, Samaras, Johnson
Final Score:
QPR 1-0 Doncaster
Samaras 67

Yeovil vs QPR

Starting XI:
Green, Young, Onuoha, Hughes, Traore, Faurlin, Barton, Wright-Phillips, Benayoun, Samaras, Austin
Final Score:
Yeovil 0-2 QPR
Hughes 33, Wright-Phillips 68

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Overall it was a very pleasing month, undefeated in 7 games and both competitions we are in so far, my main concern so far is the performances of Robert Green in goal, he has made a few mistakes so far this season including a low cross from the wings going underneath him and into the goal against Wigan.

This month:
7 Games
15 Goals scored
5 Goals conceded
Championship Table Position: 2nd
 
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I'm gonna follow this. Just 2 tips: that yellow colour is illegible and it would be better if you put screens intead of desciptions of matches. Good luck!
 
hera said:
I'm gonna follow this. Just 2 tips: that yellow colour is illegible and it would be better if you put screens intead of desciptions of matches. Good luck!
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Thanks for the advice, I'll sort that yellow out and look at put screens on. Just like I put on the welcome boards, it's been about 3 years-ish since I was last posting on any sort of forum so I'm just doing it the way I used to. I'm sure I'll get into the swing of things soon enough
 
September:
Lacklustre performances
Severe Injury
Chops and Changes
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We kick off September with the international break, a few of our squad were out with their teams including the returning Richard Dunne, who had been injured since before my arrival at the doors of Loftus Road. We have had the almost perfect start to the season and in some terms it was a little unnerving as I began to wonder if our goal-shy strikers and blunder keeper, Robert Green could stand the test of the fixtures that lay ahead of us.

Sky Bet Championship:

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Bournemouth 1-0 QPR

Our first game back after the international break and I was looking forward to this one, an away trip to Bournemouth however, they had other plans than a stroll at the seaside. Aaron Hughes, who has been nothing short of sensational from the start of the season endured a day to forget when he put the ball through this own net as Robert Green stood on and watched a simple back-pass go into the net.

This game signalled that enough was enough for me, without prior warning Green was dropped for the following match, and it was a tough call going into a big game against Leeds United. Shortly before this match former Leeds and QPR manager Neil Warnock tried to stick the knife into MCFC1880 declaring that this was nothing short of a 'must win match-up' if he wanted to keep his job.

Sky Bet Championship:

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QPR 1-0 Leeds

It was the man that was not just goal shy but shot shy that fired us to the win after just 16 minutes, Charlie Austin hasn't had the best of starts to his short QPR career but this seemed a turning point; that was until pulling short with an injury and tearing his calf muscle which rules him out for upto the next 4/5 months of action. This match was also the league debut of Brian Murphy in goal who has just entered his 3rd season with QPR.

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QPR 0-2 Ipswich

In what should have been a routine win for a strong QPR side, it was goals for Paul Anderson and Cole Skuse that saw Mick McCarthy's gritty Ipswich side walk away with all 3 points, a very disappointing performance.

Capital One Cup 3rd Round:

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Charlton 5-2 QPR

QPR manager, MCFC1880 had some very strong words for both his players and the press at the end of this match.
'It was disgraceful, I can tell you all day long how well Charlton played because they did, well done to them but we were awful. There isn't one player I could say truly impressed me and Robert Green, I brought him back in today for the cup match to see if he could make up for his recent troubles and it showed today that I was right to drop him in the first place. We now have a big game against Derby away at the weekend and I can promise you that there will be changes.'

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Derby 2-0 QPR

QPR finish off the month in disappointing fashion, there were 7 shots for QPR and only 1 of them was on target, this cannot continue...
 
MCFC's had enough?

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Rumours have swirled around Loftus Road today as QPR manager, MCFC1880 has called together a press conference in what many are considering might be his last at Queens Park Rangers. After going unbeaten for his first 7 games in charge of QPR, they have found themselves fall into a slump of losing 4 of their previous 5 games. We now go live to Loftus Road for the news...

MCFC1880: Thank you all for coming.
News Reporter: Why is it that you've called us here today exactly MCFC? Are the rumours true that you've had enough here?
MCFC1880: Haha! Not quite, I'm here for the long haul, or as long as Tony (Fernandes) can put up with me!... No, no, I've brought you all here today for 2 reasons. After some very disappointing displays as of late I have decided that I've seen enough, or in this case not enough of 3 certain players when they've played and therefore transfer listed the following:


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Robert Green, Armand Traore and Andy Johnson have all found out they are on their way out of Loftus Road.

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News Reporter: So there we have....
MCFC1880: Not quite yet, I have some more news. Maybe not in time for him to start, but certainly worth a place on the bench in the upcoming game against Barnsley I have made a signing, winger Albert Riera.
News Reporter: But MCFC, don't you consider it slightly odd that your squad is practically turning into a former Manchester City squad? With you having the likes of Riera, Onuoha, Dunne, Barton, Samaras and Wright-Phillips.
MCFC1880: I assure you and the fans of this great club that I'm not turning them into City 2.0, only 2 of them were signed by myself and I was given a list of all the free agents as I felt the need to freshen the squad and Albert was the player that stuck out for me.

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Albert Riera finds himself the latest recruit to come through the doors of Loftus Road.​
 
October:
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Improved Performances, Improved Results
Pressure on MCFC
New Signing Announcement to join in January
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Barnsley 2-3 QPR

An inspired performance from Shawn Wright-Phillips gave us all 3 points while Kevin Doyle finally got a QPR striker on the score sheet for a change after we very nearly gave this result away; Brian Murphy found himself in goal again after dropping Robert Green and Albert Riera started the game to compete in his QPR debut.

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QPR 1-0 Charlton

A result and clean sheet against a very tough Charlton team that knocked us out of the Capital One Cup last month. Robert Green came back into the team due to Brian Murphy picking up a knock during the week in training so he was only fit enough to make the bench for this game. Hoilett with a fantastic finish to win this game.


During the international break I spent my time looking for a possible new goalkeeper that was younger than the two I currently have, after searching I scouted a player called Ismael Falcon from Spainish side, Hercules. Valued at ?2.1m, I looked into his current contract with his club and found that he had a minimum release fee of ?425,000. He came to the QPR training ground to sign a deal that would quadruple his current wages from ?2.4k to around ?10k a week.

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Ismael Falcon will join QPR in January
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Burnley 1-1 QPR

A late Stevie May goal stopped us from getting all 3 points as the players looked fresh and wanting to play after the international break. A Joey Barton penalty opening the scoring.

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Blackpool 1-1 QPR

A second game in a row where we opened the scoring away but was pegged back.
Going into November and there were calls of support from QPR legend Les Ferdinand backing MCFC to improve the performances while Peter Crouch also spoke out in questioning if MCFC was the right person to take QPR forward despite them sitting 6th in the Championship table.
 
November:
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Mixed bag of Results
Players wanting out
New vice captain announced

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There were only 4 fixtures to contend with this month due to the international break, but that doesn't mean that it would be a quieter month for a club like QPR. Many of their stars are beginning to get restless as manager MCFC1880 looks to really enforce his changes and some players complaining that they weren't being played enough. The main players behind this latest revolt towards the manager were Jermaine Jenas, Richard Dunne and Alejandro Faurlin. Dunne and Faurlin had complaint at the lack of football they were getting at the club while Jenas was not impressed with the direction MCFC1880 was taking QPR.



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Both players have found themselves frozen out and told they can leave QPR as MCFC continues his attempt to reduce the wage bill.
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After a public announcement by Dunne about his unhappiness at the club, MCFC has stripped him from being vice captain of QPR and handed the position to footballing 'bad boy' Joey Barton.

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QPR 2-0 Bolton

Joey Barton and Richard Dunne got on the score sheet today as MCFC gave Dunne his first start of the season due to recent poor performances from Onuoha.

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QPR 2-3 Huddersfield

In a game that Huddersfield took the lead each time they scored after 2 equalisers from Samaras, they deserved the spoils and got it with a late Duane Holmes winner.

Sky Bet Championship:

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Middlesbrough 2-1 QPR

A poor performance by the team, not even another Shawn Wright-Phillips goal could lighten my mood as I watched a determined Middlesbrough team show us how to play.

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Birmingham 0-0 QPR

The only positive that can be gained from this match was it was another clean sheet and it kept us in touch with the play-off hopefuls.

Overall, we got 2 clean sheets this month and Barton stepped up into his vice captain role with some decent performances. Next month is December where we start with a tough game at home to Nottingham Forest. Also next month, the latest, updated league table positions.

Thanks for reading so far! I hope you are enjoying.
 
December:
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Cracks truly beginning to show
Early transfer dealing
Contract extensions
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QPR 1-0 Nottingham Forest

A Joey Barton freekick in the 76 minute settled what was a very tight affair between the two clubs at Loftus Road today.

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QPR 3-1 Doncaster

A scoreline that looked more comfortable than the match felt, Bobby Zamora played a good game and got a goal towards the end to top it off.

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Leicester 3-1 QPR

A poor display that saw us go 3-0 down and have it finished off with Albert Riera getting a second yellow card and being sent off. Poor game after 2 previous, very good wins.

As Christmas was approaching I was very busy trying to find new clubs for 3 of my players that I was after getting rid of due to poor performances and public displays against me and while all their contracts also expired in the summer I was trying to cash in before it was too late:


Alejandro Faurlin was offered out to clubs and it was Dinamo Moscow that snapped him up for ?1.1m, Richard Dunne is moving to a fellow Championship club, Birmingham City for ?29.5k and Jermaine Jenas will be leaving for Elland Road and Leeds United for ?220k.

Sky Bet Championship:

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QPR 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday

Our 3 home win of the month in a game that really, we could have scored more than the one goal, but 1 was enough thanks to Bobby Zamora's 54 minute effort.

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Millwall 3-2 QPR

I actually felt abit robbed in this game, I felt that we created many chances and we just couldn't put them away, we could have very easily got a point from this.

So, after the games this month it felt us sitting 8th in the Championship table, 1 point outside the play-off places. At the half way mark I do say that we could be doing alot better but at the same time, I'm quite content at the moment but one or two signings are needed as many players have simply not performed for us this year.

Shawn Wright-Phillips and Clint Hill have both signed new deals for the club, SWP's being the more important as he has taken a ?20k a week wage drop.
 
January:
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New Boys on the Block
FA Cup Progress
Finally some proper team cohesion?
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At the start of the month we saw the transfer go through of Jenas to Leeds, Dunne to Birmingham and Falcon joining us from Hercules; deals that had already been completed during December but it was good to finally have Falcon at the club.

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Blackburn 0-2 QPR

We started month off with a very good 2-0 victory over the team that were topping the table Blackburn, goals from Hughes and Samaras made the difference on the day and Falcon keeping a clean sheet on his debut was an added bonus.

FA Cup 3rd Round:

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Colchester 2-3 QPR

It was quite the turn around at The Weston Homes Community Stadium as we came from 2-0 down to win the tie 3-2 thanks mostly to the performance and hat-trick of our on-loan striker Samaras, including an 88th and 91st minute winner.

Sky Bet Championship:

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Reading 3-1 QPR

After some great performances lately we were defeated we ease at the Madejski, however the one positive from the game being the return of Charlie Austin after 5 months of injury.

After this performance I was called into see the board as Tony Fernandes felt that I was not meeting the targets that had been set for me despite being 5 points off top spot and QPR sitting in 8th place, that shows just how tight the league is; I managed to persuade the board that I am the right man for the job and have been given a month to change their mind or else I'm out the door.

Georgios Samaras' loan was coming to an end however I have managed to extend his loan for a further 4 months. Two new signings also came through the Loftus Road doors as Anthony Stokes and Graeme Shinnie signed permanent deals, Stokes signing for ?675k from Celtic and Shinnie for ?900k from Inverness. Faurlin's deal was also completed as he moved to Dinamo Moscow for ?1.1m.


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QPR 4-2 Wigan

A good game for us, plenty of goals and better still an Anthony Stokes debut goal to help seal the game.

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Brighton 3-1 QPR

It seems that we like to lose away this season but it was a Brighton team that sat 1 point and 2 places above us; looking at the rates from Danny Simpson, he has had 2 very poor away games, here and Reading.

Sky Bet Championship:

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QPR 1-0 Yeovil

Shawn Wright-Phillips has been, without a doubt one of our greatest players this season and once again he has won us another 3 points and an improved performance from Danny Simpson.

FA Cup 4th Round:

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QPR 1-0 Norwich

A fantastic result! Norwich were dominant but I expected no less, they had 11 shots to our 5 and had 63% possession but it was Samaras that took his chance when he got it and upset the Canaries and sent us through to the fifth round where we will face Brighton away.

Sky Bet Championship:

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Watford 1-3 QPR

This is the game where I felt we were really coming into our own, Stokes with 2 goals and Wright-Phillips with a late goal of his own. After this result it's starting to look positive.
 
February:


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Some Luck
FA Cup Exit
Points Dropped

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Leeds 1-1 QPR

This was a good result against Leeds however we were lucky after Varney scored very late on however it was ruled out for offside, however big news followed this game that pushed us up into the play-off places...


Going into February, as the season really begins to take shape there was some shocking news come out of Ewood Park, the home of Blackburn Rovers FC, where the board had an unfortunate announcement to make. 'Due to a lack of funds put in by the Venky owners we must now admit to everyone that Blackburn Rovers has been put into administration and will now have to face a 10 point deduction effective immediately.'
Blackburn's untimely news meant that after their hard work this season that found them sat on 50 points in 4th place, just 2 points behind 1st, 2nd and 3rd spot who all were on 52 points, Blackburn now find themselves in 12th place on 40 points thus pushing Queens Park Rangers into the play-off places, 6th place.

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QPR 2-3 Bournemouth

A very poor result in a match that could have gone either way, Bournemouth sat 20th in the league before this game, Grabban and Rantie tore our defence to bits.

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QPR 2-1 Derby

A very pleasing result against on of our promotion rivals in a match that we were expected to lose, Samaras getting on the score sheet again and our captain, Clint Hill bagging the winner.

FA Cup 5th Round:

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Brighton 1-0 QPR

We played better in this match than the last time we visited Brighton however it was a late Gordon Greer goal that booked the Seagulls place in the FA Cup 6th Round.

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QPR 1-1 Barnsley

A match that had 3 points written all over it against bottom club Barnsley, however as I've found out all too often this season, there are no easy games in the Championship.

The up to date League Table with Millwall being the surprising League leaders at this stage:

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March:

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New Signing
Catching Up to the Top
Matt Phillips on fire

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Before our first game of the month away to Ipswich I had some pressing concerns to take care of, I feel as if we have been leaking goals far too often in recent weeks and decided to look at the free agents seeing as the transfer window is closed and we cannot get anyone else in on loan this season, Jean Alain Boumsong has signed for QPR on a contract that will take him upto the end of this season; he has been signed as back-up but if the goals continue to go in against us, he will be brought into the team.


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In other news:


In a match that ended up going all the way to penalties, Liverpool beat Manchester City at Wembley to lift the Capital One Cup, they won despite having Jordan Henderson sent off very shortly into the 2nd half of extra time.

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Ipswich 0-3 QPR

A Matt Phillips inspired QPR team beat Ipswich very convincingly as Phillips bagged a hat-trick to help QPR keep track of the promotion pack.

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Charlton 2-4 QPR

A game we very nearly threw away as Charlton came from 3-0 down to make it 3-2 with plenty of time still to be played, but it was a Hughes header from a Joey Barton corner that settled the game as Phillips made it 4 goals in 2 games for himself.

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QPR 1-0 Burnley

Charlie Austin came off the bench to score what proved to be the winner against his former side. Burnley were in control for the majority of the match with Ings missing a host of chances for the away team.

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QPR 1-1 Blackpool

Former West Brom manager, Steve Clarke did not help with the task of going into this game as he declared his interest of taking over the QPR reigns should Tony Fernandes decide against renewing my contract at the end of the season. Matt Phillips scored against his former club before Halliday ran onto a poor Danny Simpson back pass to slot past the out-rushing Falcon to make it 1-1 and continue MCFC's struggle of finishing off lower positioned teams.
Unfortunately, due to the injury that Niko Kranjcar picked up against Blackpool, receiving a broken foot due to a Barry Ferguson tackle, he has been ruled out for upto 5 months and therefore we have terminated his loan. Kranjcar has been a stand-out performer over the last couple of months and it's a shame that he can't help us finish out the season.

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Bolton 1-1 QPR

A second draw in a row but still unbeaten this month as Danny Simpson has another forgettable game, I need to look at getting a new right-back for the team soon.

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Huddersfield 1-3 QPR

A great result as Matt Phillips has really hit form this month and at just the right time heading into the final fixtures of the season, once again Anthony Stokes has got onto the score sheet as we move up to 3rd in the league, 4 points behind 1st placed Nottingham Forest with 8 games remaining. However Onuoha has been ruled out for the next 3 weeks with injury.

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QPR 2-1 Middlesbrough

Another goal for both Phillips and Stokes fired us into 2nd place as Huddersfield beat Reading for us to move up, we are now 2 points behind Forest who dropped points after they drew 0-0 with Doncaster. Our next game, Nottingham Forest away.
 
April:
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Top of the Table Clashes
Missed Opportunities
Title Challenge
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After months of speculations about MCFC's future as manager of QPR they find themselves perched in 2nd on level points with 3rd placed Reading with clashes coming up against table topping Nottingham Forest and Reading coming up in April.

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Nottingham Forest 1-1 QPR

We started off the month against 1st placed Nottingham, they played well but so did we. The draw was the fairest result on the day as we looked to not lose and so did they.

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Doncaster 0-3 QPR

A good result away to Doncaster as Stokes added two goals to his tally for QPR of 11 goals in 18 appearances.

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QPR 0-1 Birmingham

This really was one of those sort of games, we had plenty of chances but once Birmingham took the lead they sat back and just countered any chance they could, this could prove a big result in the shape of where the title goes.

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QPR 0-0 Leicester

Another game that could prove big, we get only 1 point of the last possible 6 and need a result against Reading in the next game to stand any chance of atleast automatic promotion.

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QPR 1-0 Reading

And we get it!! Matt Phillips continued his fine run in recent months to bag the first half winner and fired us into 2nd place, 2 points above Reading in 3rd and 2 points behind Nottingham Forest in 1st.

Also a mention for Ian Holloway, he had managed to see Millwall into 6th place in the Championship table just to be sacked two games short of a possible play-off place by the new board who are looking at bringing in their own manager. Also, going into the final game of the month against Sheffield Wednesday away, Reading lost against Leicester City and if we win, we are guaranteed a promotion spot to return to the Premier League at the first time of asking.

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Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 QPR

However Sheffield Wednesday did themselves, Forest and Reading all favours as they won 1-0, I told the team of the importance of this fixture but clearly they didn't listen as I felt I was watching a one team highlight reel, a well deserved win for a team fighting relegation.
 
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May:
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We Are Going Up!
Surprise Relegation
Troubled Times ahead for QPR and MCFC?
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Going into the final game of the season at home to Millwall, Mick McCarthy was announced as Millwall manager. QPR needed a win to guarentee themselves the 2nd placed automatic promotion but Millwall needed to win or hope that Leicester and Middlesbrough drop points in order to get a play-off position.


However the biggest news going into the Millwall match was the announcement by the QPR board that there is a 'very real chance' of going into administration. With rumours of ?107m debts in the Loftus Road club, things are looking concerning for the club, while the board has also yet to announce if they will be offering MCFC1880 a new contract before his expires in the summer, is there a chance he'll be looking for a new job in the summer?

Sky Bet Championship:

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QPR 3-2 Millwall

We have done it! And in a real battle of a match, Millwall picked up many yellow cards and even had a man sent off towards the end as they looked to disrupt the flow of the game. Stokes scored after just 30 seconds, Samaras got a goal to sign off his loan deal with the club while Danny Simpson provided what proved to be the winner and all was forgiven by his manager, who has been really critical of Simpson in recent months, as they embraced with the entire team with Simpson's cross flew into the net.
And McCarthy's first game in charge turned to disappointment as not only they lost, but they also lost out on the play-offs.

The Championship League Table:

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Leeds United were the most surprising of the 3 teams that went down on the final game of the season.

Two days after the end of the season and QPR's promotion, Tony Fernandes has told the club and the board that he is looking to step aside at QPR and allow someone else to take control over the penniless club but still no news on any possible contract for MCFC.

Meanwhile in the Premier League, QPR will not face Crystal Palace, Aston Villa or Cardiff as they have all been relegated from the Premier League while Manchester City were crowned Premier League champions but Chelsea beat them to win the FA Cup at Wembley and Brighton will join QPR and Nottingham Forest in the Premier League as they beat Reading at Wembley to get promoted to the Premier League.

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MCFC1880 finally offered a new deal!

MCFC1880 today put pen to paper to stay as QPR manager until 2016 with QPR winger, Matt Phillips especially expressing his delight with MCFC signing the deal; while QPR's director, Amit Bhatia has started talks with Tony Fernandes to take control of the club.
 
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QPR announce losses!!

Today it was announced by the QPR board that they have made a loss of ?36.5 million in the last year as they head into the Premier League. The wages were the main source of the losses as they totalled ?43.5m as MCFC looks to sell some players during the summer and also release alot of players that will be out of contract in the summer.

Next Up: Summer In/Outs and everything else
 
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