Saturday January 13th
Q.P.R. 2 West Brom 0
   
C.Plummer  
S.Koejoe  

Goals from Sammy Koejoe and Chris Plummer help Rangers to our first win of the new year against High flying West Brom. West Brom looked very dangerous up front with Hughes and Roberts having excellent games up until about 20 minutes. It was then that Roberts elbowed Bara in the face and got booked. He should have gone off especially after his pushing match with Carlisle. Roberts then lost the plot and spent most of the game kicking Carlisle and looking less dangerous.

We had a few chances. A great ball over by Perry ? (Could be wrong but it was from the right) and Crouch volley was brilliantly saved and Peacocks follow up was met with an even better save. Crouch then did very well to bring the ball down and beat his man but shot wide and it all looked promising.

The goal came after Richard Sneekes only mistake of the match. He tried to play out of his penalty area but Crouch closed him down and Plummer scored his first goal for the club. It was goal Plummer deserved for a very good performance. West Brom looked good going forward. A good run by Hughes was met by a good save by Ludo before Ludo produced an excellent save from Clement (who was booed which was a bit out of order after all his dad did for the club)

Second half was crucial to our season. The first ten minutes we looked nervous but West Brom didn't create to much. We needed a change up front in my opinion and I would have taken off Crouch who was having a poor second half and brought Ngonge on. We kept going though even after West Brom put three up front and got a brilliant winner.

Koejoe brought the ball under control and spun away from what looked like three defenders and hit an unstoppable shot into the bottom corner. A brilliant goal and very deserved as Koejoe has been getting no credit for his hard work in recent weeks. He has held the ball up very well for us and if he can start scoring regularly we could have some player on our hands.

After that it was all over. Roberts should have been sent off for an assault on Carlisle and Langley took the piss in injury time with some brilliant skill to make Roberts look stupid again. Great result and something to build on.

Man of The Match: Chris Plummer

Player Ratings

Ludo : Did well held onto every cross and made some good saves at vital times.

Darlo : did better but didn't get many crosses in and how he was named MOTM is beyond me.

Perry : Did very well on the right, his best display of the season so far.

Carlisle : Wound up Roberts and had a very good game at the back. Distribution was poor but nobody's perfect.

Bara : Looked good in the back three and organised those around him well.

Plummer : Excellent game in defence and a deserved goal

Langley : Not at his best, played deep due to Peacock and Connolly playing and was given a tough time by Sneekes. He'll have to get used to teams recognising him as the danger man which West Brom did today.

Connolly : Did well again, got forward and never stopped working.

Peacock : Did his best in midfield, has lost some pace but his presence was vital for us and he seemed to help keep heads up in the second half.

Crouch : Decent first half but poor in the second,his first touch was awful at times.

Koejoe : Excellent, deserved the goal and his all round game was excellent

Subs

Morrow : Sad to see him booed but he is still useless

Kiwomya : Not on for long and at least gave us a different song to sing.