Ian Holloway was forced into some more changes for this game with Fraser Digby and Matthew Rose out through injury and the subs bench was one of the youngest I can remember.

Rhys Evans made his debut in goal whilst Aziz Ben Askar made his first start since January in defence. His return saw Palmer move into midfield and Langley back on the wing as Mark Perry was dropped to the bench. Terrell Forbes went to right back with Bignot back on the left whilst Richard Pacquette replaced Doudou up front.

Doudou, Wes Daly and Dennis Oli were among the substitutes as we were down to the bare bones of our squad for this tough game. We started well though and looked in no danger of conceding and were better going forward.

Evans looked nervous at first and came rushing out of his box to clear to balls into the crowd but he soon settled down and he will be pleased with his debut.

Going forward Leroy was looking dangerous passing the ball well and his movement off the ball was giving the midfield an option on the left rather than seeing the left winger just stand and wait for the ball as we did earlier in the season. One through ball with the outside of his boot to Pacquette was excellent but the young forward failed to take advantage of the pass.

Wigan looked a shadow of the team that has done well in recent weeks and we should have gained the lead on several occasions. A poor kick out by Filan saw the ball land at Pacquettes feet with an open goal to aim for but he mis controlled the ball and it flew back to the grateful goalkeeper.

A number of corners almost saw us take the lead, Alex Bonnot had a good shot well saved and Gallen went close with a volley. Gallen was playing well up front working very hard. He should have given us the lead through after a good ball through by Leroy, he ran towards goal unmarked but hit his shot to low and the keeper managed to save it. We were playing well though and Danny Shittu went close with a header, which he should have scored from.

Some boos greeted the half time whistle but that was stupidly harsh on the team who were so dominant that Wigan had failed to have a single effort on our goal and they had not even won a corner.

For once the problem wasn’t the system we were playing or people being off form but the fact that we didn’t have enough quality to help Gallen up front and looking at the bench we didn’t appear to have much to change things.

The second half started the same as the first with a couple of corners and pressure but we didn’t look as dangerous as we had in the first half. The crowd began to call for Doudou but quite what he was going to do to change things was beyond me. He eventually came on to replace Pacquette and almost shoved my groans down my throat with a brilliant volley, which was well saved.

I like Doudou and think he is a very good player but at the moment he is nowhere near as good as he should be and the fans seem to expect too much from him.

With twenty minutes to got the odds of 80/1 given for a 0-0 draw looked good but I found it hard to believe we wouldn’t eventually score after all the possession we had. Sadly we weren’t the first to score and Wigan took an undeserved lead.

A free kick on the half way line was swung in and the big defender De Vos rose well to head past Evans but the marking was very poor. The boos started around the ground and the Q Block began to sing "Where’s our Rangers gone" which was met with a lot of abuse aimed at them from myself and many others.

We had witnessed the team work so hard and play well but fall a goal behind to Wigans first attempt on goal in 70 minutes. Quite how you can slag the team off for that is a mystery to me but that’s what Loftus Road is like at the moment.

The players confidence appeared to go completely and Dennis Oli was brought on for his debut with Leroy going off to a few more boos. Langley then began to make a few mistakes mis controlling the ball and was told by our wonderful support that he should rush off to Spurs or words to that affect anyway.

Just as the game looked up for us and I was becoming increasingly fed up of our supporters the game turned. Another corner saw the ball fall to Bonnot and his shot was heading for the back of the net when a brilliant block on the line saw it fly wide.

Four minutes of injury time were shown and the chances of us scoring looked slim at best until Kevin Gallen popped up. Gallen had worked so hard all night and after a pass by Langley he looked up from the corner of the box and curled a brilliant shot into the back of the net to send the Rangers fans into jubilant celebrations. In all honesty it took me hours to calm down, as the excitement was unbelievable

We almost grabbed a winner as well, OK I say almost but a ball in from Bignot when he was in a good position was wasted but it seemed more exciting at the time. Amazingly despite a much improved performance and a last gasp cracker of a goal some people still saw fit to boo the team off and to those people I can’t for the life of me understand why you go to football.

So another point gained and as I said on the site yesterday that wouldn’t be the end of the world. We are now five points behind sixth place and six behind fifth place so the season is still alive and lets hope the confidence gained from that late draw will give us a boost and help us in another bid game on Saturday.

Man of the Match: Kevin Gallen

Players Ratings

33. Rhys Evans: A good debut, got some stick for his kicking but against a strong wind any keeper would have struggled. 7/10

17. Terrell Forbes: A very good performance. He defended really well and tried to get forward and help Langley. His crossing lets him down at times but he is improving that aspect of his game. 8/10

11. Marcus Bignot: Defended well when he had to but was never put under much pressure. Linked well with Leroy in the first half but didn’t get much of the ball after the break. 7/10

28. Aziz Ben Askar: Good to see him back and he looked good, defending well and shows great composure on the ball. 7/10

31. Danny Shittu: Not his best game as he tended to hoof the ball a bit too often and should have scored with a header. 6/10

4. Steve Palmer: Never looks as good in midfield but was no worse than Peacock and Rose have been in recent weeks. I didn’t like seeing him tell Askar to hoof it rather than pass the ball as we looked a poorer side when we started doing this. 6/10

26. Alex Bonnot: Very impressed with Alex who is clearly playing for a new contract. He was very unlucky not to score and seems to be in his best form of the season now. 7/10

9. Richard Langley: Faded in the second half but one sublime pass to Pacquette was worth the price of the pre match hot dog. Good to see him last another 90 minutes and he was involved in that crucial goal. 6/10

14. Leroy Griffiths: Leroy was excellent in the first half, good skills, worked his bollocks off and put in some great crosses. It was only in the second half when he stopped giving him the ball that we faded from the game but all in all he was the best player on the pitch for the first 45 minutes. 8/10

18. Kevin Gallen: Every time we got the ball in midfield Gallen was providing an option and wanted the ball. It didn't matter what wing we had the ball on, Gallen was there wanting the ball to feet and making things happen. His goal was superb and thoroughly deserved. 8/10

22. Richard Pacquette: He needs to improve his first touch but showed some nice skills and good movement. I think he’ll eventually be a good player. 6/10

Subs:

29. Doudou: Didn’t really do much apart from that volley when he first came on. 6/10

35. Dennis Oli: Good to see another youngster get a chance. He worked hard but wasn’t given much service. 6/10