Paul Peschisolido made his debut for us as he started his months loan. Pesch started the game in a little and large forward line and helped Rangers cause problems early on. With his movement and non stop running we were creating opening s and langley and Peacock were linking well with the forward.

An early corner saw Carlisle head over whilst Tim Breacker was getting down the right well and whipping in crosses. The first ten minutes were the QPR we all know is waiting to come out as we passed the ball and looked a good side.

The opening goal was no surprise and came after good work by Peacock saw his cross flicked don by Crouch and Peschisolido's shot was blocked but he reacted quickly and fired the rebound past the keeper. Cue Pigbag music and the moaners calling him a Fulham wuss to suddenly chant Peschisolido's name as our new hero.

Portsmouth were never out of the game though and battled back well with Steve Claridge going close. Bradbury's knock down was fired over by the player-manager who should have scored. We continued to play well going forward as Peacock had a shot charged down after some excellent link-up play between Tim Breacker and Karl Connolly.

We then had a good shout for a penalty as goalkeeper Russell Hoult dropped a cross and pulled down Crouch but the ref waved away the protests. Both sides had more chances as the half progresses, Peschisolido delivered a god cross which Crouch couldn't reach whilst Ceri Hughes saw his free kick go just over.

Portsmouth ended the half strongly but we should have gone in two goals up when Peschisolido took a tumble in the box, the ball fell to an unmarked Breacker who fired into the side netting from eight yards. Just after half time another blatant penalty appeal was turned away. Lee Bradbury clearly handled in the box but the ref ignored the cries for a penalty and Pompey broke away and scored.

Hughes ran at Breacker after a good move but Breacker allowed Hughes to get a cross in as he backed off and Bradbury gave Harper no chance as he scored from ten yards. Thankfully we did not let our heads drop and came out fighting. Langley was superb in midfield behind all our best moves whilst Breacker was playing well and Rose was bringing the ball out of defence and linking with the midfield as we looked on top.

Crouch had a few half chances to win the game before being stamped on by Darren Moore an offence the ref did nothing about.

The referee totally lost the plot after this booking players from both sides and missing some obvious decisions. One foul on Claridge was met with a yellow card for Rose after he initially tried to book Carlisle for the offence. With one player being white and the other black it showed that he had no idea what he was doing. Karl Connolly then ran through and was brought down by the keeper. He was going away from goal so a yellow card was probably fair.

Holt had a big part to play in the remaining minutes as he saved well from Carlisles header and when he did flap at a cross Broomes header was cleared off the line by Miglioransi. One piece of skill which should be mentioned came from Richard Langley. In his own half the crowd called for him to clear it but he stood on the ball turned to take three players out of the game ran forward and produced a pass wide. His range of passing and skills were a joy to watch again today and there is still so much more to come from this exciting talent.

Pompey had chances to win it but in the end a draw was about right. Both sides will feel they did enough to win but from a QPR view it was much better and more of the same in the coming weeks will see us pull away from the bottom.

Man of the Match: Matthew Rose

13. Lee Harper : Didn't have much to do, made a couple of saves, his distribution let him down a few times and he needs come of his line sometimes but overall he is much improved. 6/10

2. Tim Breacker : Not my favorite player but he worked very hard today and Jermaine can learn a thing or two from Tim's performance today. Tim got in a cross almost every time he was within 20 yards of goal and with Crouch up front that can be pretty effective. Defensively he is still poor though. 7/10

19. Christer Warren : Put in some decent crosses and some poor ones, needs to push forward more and leave Langley to take the corners. 6/10

12. Matthew Rose : Back to his best, passed the ball well and defended well and had his best game of the season. 8/10

18. Clarke Carlisle : Excellent again, a great prospect and again looked devastated at the final whistle despite the improvement. A real Winner who deserved a goal. 7/10

36. Marlon Broomes : Looks a very good player, good on t he ball and a solid defender lets hope we can agree a permanent deal. 7/10

21. Richard Langley : He's had a few quiet games lately but was on form today and seemed happier as we reverted to a more passing style. 7/10

8. Gavin Peacock : Has lost a few yards of pace and it showed again today. He worked hard and showed some good awareness at times but his days as a goalscoring midfielder look to be at an end but he still has a vital role to play in the team. 6/10

10. Karl Connolly : Did well in midfield, showed some nice touches and got forward well. He is starting to settle in well and provides a goal threat from midfield. 7/10

26. Peter Crouch : Struggled against Moore who marked him very well but did his best and that's all you can ask of him. Perhaps he should have been taken off to give a fresh pair of legs a run up front . 6/10

37. Paul Peschisolido : A breath of fresh air up front. His was determined, enthusiastic and a real threat all afternoon. Brought back memories of Johnny Spencer and deserved his goal. 7/10

27. Stuart Wardley : Came on for 90 seconds and got slagged off by the majority of the crowd sitting around me.