30. Marc Nygaard

Marc Nygaard signed for QPR from Italian side Brescia for an undisclosed fee in July 2005 after impressing during a short trial.

Nygaard is a forward who was highly rated and wanted by Arsenal before injuries stalled his career and a disappointing spell in Italy has seen him written off by many. He is looking to resurrect his career in England though and will be good cover for Paul Furlong in the Rangers attack.

Nygaard has six caps for Denmark mostly as a substitute and will be hoping to break back into the Denmark team over the next few months.

After some unimpressive displays in pre season little was expected of the Big Dane who had an injury record that made Matthew Rose look like Mr ever present.

His debut as a sub against Ipswich was promising but Nygaard seemed unable to play more than once a week and with the heavy schedule last season that wasn't idea.

Nygaard picked up niggly injury after niggly injury and another brief appearance at Southampton offered little hope of what was to come.

At Leicester I remember seeing Nygaard run on to make his first team debut and was pretty shocked as he'd done little to warrant a starting place but he quickly impressed and scored his first goal with a towering header to put us on the way to our first away win of the season.

Nygaard's impressive performance was quickly followed up by another one at Millwall where he found the target again but injury again caught up with him and forced him to miss the defeat against Palace.

Nygaard had similarities with his predecessor Crouch. For a big man he was decent on the floor and was able to hold the ball up and pick out a pass, Nygaard was very strong in the air as you'd expect and if the delivery was good there really is no way to stop him.

His goals per game ration remains one of the best at the club but his goal against Norwich was his last for a while as injury ruled him out for two months.

He returned against Cardiff and it was no surprise to see him back on the score sheet getting the only goal in a 1-0 win. He continued his frustrating injury record though missing a few more games before returning to the side jus before Ian Holloway's departure.

Nygaard enjoyed an injury free month, which was rare for the big striker, and he showed his best scoring twice in a month in key wins over Millwall and Sheffield United.

As the season came to an end Nygaard continued to score goals although his performances were disappointing. One minute he would look unplayable and the next he's look completely useless.

This season Nygaard has done little to impress the new manager with some poor performances up front but he remains the main back up striker that we have and looks set to play a big part in the last few months of the season.