QPR V IPSWICH TOWN 2-1 FT

We have been doing very well at home. In recent years our home record has not been good enough so hopefully we can keep it going. Ipswich are never an easy team to beat though and they are full of confidence after a good start.

Millwall gave them a good run out.
Crystal palace beat them in cup.
Fulham turned them over.
that was last 3 games.
We have reason to be optimistic of a home win.

Well I managed a pathetic 2/5 for The Chief's quiz. Now sitting in a corner with a dunces hat on!

Team selection is (as is often the case with Ollie) unexpected:
Smithies; Onuoha/Baptiste/Bidwell/Robinson; Luongo/Scowen/Freeman; Wszolek/Washington/Mackie

Did injuries force the changes at the back or is the plan for Robinson to surge forward? Is Luongo Ok after his international duties (if so that will be a first)? It makes sense to select Wszolek with this defence as he will track the ball back to support, but can Washington hold up the ball and/or work well with Mackie & Wszolek?

Paid my fiver and beer chilled, so raring to find out - COYRs!

Yes it is Baptiste who is moving forward normally, to leave Onuoha/Robinson/Bidwell as the back 3 usually (although Onuoha did a cracking surge forward and should have been allowed to shoot on his 200th)!
Anyway 42m and Wszolek's cross to Mackie allows a difficult shot to score!!! 1-0 

Same score at half-time and, on balance, a deserved goal ahead. Ipswich will change tactics I feel and go for it in the second half... QPR are, despite the changes, looking a well-balanced side.

A great effort just after the break by Luke Freeman results in his first goal (I think) for QPR, and we should have gone on to win 3-0 but instead QPR misses a great effort from Celina makes it 2-1 at the end. Delighted to have my predicted 2-2 draw wrong!

Great to see Freeman get a well deserved goal today. Overall we were the better team and despite all his travelling during the week Luongo performed brilliantly.

I have to say I came away from today's game absolutely buzzing!

Other than a nervy last few minutes we were excellent.

Scowen, Freeman and Mas just dominated the midfield.  I have to say that Mas was IMMENSE!  His performance was up there with some of the best I have seen at LR over the years. I think I have finally see the FULL potential in this lad (that clearly someone much wiser than me saw when he was at Swindon).  He has toughened up, added a bit more pace and just thrived today.

Robinson also had one of his best games for us to date.

But beyond individual performances, it was just great to see the team playing with purpose, fighting for every loose ball, snapping into tackles and doing it all attractively.

Add in the bonus of seeing so many QPR greats at half-time and I have to say one of my best trips to LR in quite some time.

C'mon U R's

We've also got some very good young players on the bench now,
I think this maybe the start of things to come
We've made a decent start and players like scowen who I think is a great find,along with freeman add some bite to our midfield
We play some watchable footie now