If you know you history and you’ve been a QPR supporters for a few years then you’ll know that every big away win is followed by a rubbish home performance.

Just go back through history, a 3-1 win at Anfield was followed up by a rubbish 1-1 draw with relegated Derby.A 4-1 win at Old Trafford was followed days later by a cup exit at struggling Southampton.

That’s just two examples but there are so many more but surely after the win at Stoke we wouldn’t mess it up at home to Bournemouth. We faced Bournemouth only a few weeks ago before Christmas and that day we won 2-1 and could have won by more. They haven’t won for ten games so this looked to be a comfortable home win for QPR.

Football though is not as simple as that and on the way to the game I was more nervous than I was before the Stoke game as a win here would take u right in with a chance of automatic promotion.

Ian Holloway made just one change to the team that won on Saturday, Andy Thomson replaced Richard Pacquette as we continued with the 4-4-2 which has worked well in recent weeks.

The first 20 minutes or so were as non eventful as any game in the last few years. Neither side created any clear cut chances although Bournemouth were the better side passing the ball around well and not giving our midfield space to work in. The final ball was poor by the visitors though and for all their early possession they didn’t really look like scoring.

We continued to hoof the ball forward and create very little, Andy Thomson was pulling the defenders wide to create space but no QPR player took advantage of this and we gave the ball away far to cheaply. Danny Murphy showed some good skill at times and always wanted the ball but the midfield were not involved enough and any promising move soon broke down.

Our first chance of the game came from a free kick after a foul on the left wing. Gavin Peacock and Murphy stood over it and it was Peacock who swung the ball in for Steve Palmer to rise above the defence and head into the back of the net.

It was poor defending by the visitors but at last we had taken the lead and the players and fans could now relax and enjoy another home win. Well that’s what should have happened, the hope was that this goal would wake the team up and we’d kill them off with a second goal.

That second goal never looked like coming during the rest of the half and it was Bournemouth who looked the more likely to score. They had worked out that high balls to the back post would cause problems with Murphy being beaten in the air by Feeney on more than one occasion but they weren’t providing many decent crosses to trouble us.

Half time and usual comments were coming out such as “it’s a sign of a good team when you play poor and win”. True of course but you felt we’d have to play better to get anything from the game. By the time I’d sat down for the second half we had thrown the lead away. They finally delivered a good cross in and Feeney again challenged Murphy and rose well to head into the corner of the net.

It was a poor goal to give away and we should have learnt our lesson from the first half. Shittu or Palmer should have been onto the big striker but we let Murphy mark him instead and for all the young defenders qualities he is not blessed with much height and he won’t win these battles in the air.

Still even at 1-1 we should have still gone on to step up a gear and win the game but we went for the long ball to often and with Thomson and Doudou up front that just doesn’t work. When we did pass the ball we looked a decent side but we still didn’t create much and the goalkeeper had nothing to do.

Changes were then made, Karl Connolly came on for Danny Murphy. This switch saw Bignot move to left back, Doudou to the wing and Connolly went up front. We looked decent for a few minutes but the spar Connolly provided on Saturday didn’t show up again as Bournemouth defended deep and didn’t allow us the space to create any chances. We looked like a team looking for inspiration and the crowd were becoming very frustrated.

Enter Richard Langley to a standing ovation. His first appeance at Loftus Road for almost a year and he replaced Doudou and played on the right wing again which seemed a strange move. Langley struggled to get involved out wide but when he did he showed he hasn’t lost any of his ability with some good passes and one excellent run where he left three players for dead and spread the play to start an attack.

With time running out we began to show a lot more urgency especially after Bournemouth almost won it. A corner on the right was swung in and Rangers marking was terrible as we left the big man at the back post unmarked and he headed wide when he really should have scored.

They also had a good show curl just wide as the crowd began to find out voice and get behind the team. Andy Thomson then had a half chance as he was put through but the defender did well to push him wide and we got a corner out of it. The defender then played dead and wasted a few more minutes and that pattern continued for the rest of the game.

At last we began to create chances and Leroy broke down the left and was hacked down with a late tackle from behind and the referee produced a red card for the unfortunate defender. From the free kick we almost got a winner as the ball ell to Richard Langley and he sliced his shot wide.

Gavin peacock then had a good chance after a good run he curled a brilliant shot just inches over. If only we’d played like this half an hour before we might have won the game. Langley had out last chance as he tried a stunning overhead kick from twelve yards out but his attempt was a bit over ambitious and went over. After lots more time wasting Bournemouth had hung on for a point that they fully deserved.

A few boos rang round the ground and it had been a very frustrating night. The pattern of doing well against the good sides and rubbish again the strugglers continues this season and it’s a pattern that has to stop if we are to get promoted this season.

Man of the Match: Danny Murphy

Players Ratings:

30. Fraser Digby: Had nothing to do really, not much chance with the goal and his kicking wasn’t as bad as normal. 7/10

17. Terrell Forbes: Not his best game as he was caught out a few times defensively. He made us for his few errors with plenty of good work but going forward his crossing needs to improve. 6/10

23. Danny Murphy: At least he tried to pass the ball unlike some of the other defenders. I thought he was unlucky to be taken off and he continues to improve every time I see him. 7/10

4. Steve Palmer: Did well for his goal and defended reasonably well. Again he is prone to a hoof forward when a pass would be more helpful to the team. 6/10

31. Danny Shittu: Dominate in the air again but on the floor his distribution was not as good as it usually is. 6/10

11. Marcus Bignot: A very quiet game for Marcus. He spent to much time in the middle of the pitch when he should have got wide to offer his team mates an outlet. 6/10

14. Leroy Griffiths: Runs his heart out as usual but didn’t have a particularly good game. 6/10

8. Gavin Peacock: Was unlucky not to score with a cracking shot at the end but overall he wasn’t involved enough in the game. 6/10

12. Matthew Rose: Broke up attacks well but then gave the ball away cheaply to spoil his good work. I couldn’t understand why he wasn’t taken off and Langley brought on in central midfield. 6/10

27. Andy Thomson: Good movement as ever but it’s all in vain if no one gives him the ball. 7/10

29. Doudou: You get the feeling we should hold up a sign saying Pass like in Forest Gump. Doudou does some very skillful things gut always wants to take on an extra man. He’s great to watch but frustrating to see Thomson in space and Doudou giving the ball away. 6/10

Subs:

9. Richard Langley: Good to see him back but he is waste don’t he wing. When he came into the middle he looked a threat every time he got the ball. 7/10

10. Karl Connolly: Back to normal for Karl as he was pretty quiet and not really involved. 6/10