In
all my years of supporting QPR
I've seen some pathetic displays
and some humiliating results and
tonight must be among one of the
worst QPR performance of all time.It
may have only been the LDV but
QPR fans won't be fooled by this
result as we were outplayed and
slaughtered by a non-league team.
How the mighty have fallen.
So
despite Ian Holloway's plea to
the players to take this seriously
and the chance to restore some
confidence on the road we simply
played without the heart needed
to win these types of games and
went home with another first round
cup defeat. Holloway kept his
promise to take the game seriously
by making just two changes to
the side that lost on Saturday.
Terrell
Forbes missed out with injury
so Mark Perry came in and Stuart
Wardley started up front in place
of Leroy Griffiths. Despite having
an experienced team we were outplayed
during the first half and didn't
even manage a single shot on target.
The usually dependable Chris Day,
Steve Palmer and Ben-Askar were
abysmal and we looked all over
the place at the back.
Yeovil
midfielder Lee Johnson twice came
close to putting them ahead. In
the second minute he had a shot
saved at point-blank range by
Chris Day and midway through the
half he rounded Day but Matthew
Rose did well to clear the ball
off the line.
Karl
Connolly should have put us ahead
when the Yeovil keeper ran into
one of his own defenders and with
an open goal Connolly tried to
place it and ended up lobbing
it high and wide of the goal.
Defender Chris Giles then put
Yeovil in front after Johnson
crossed from the right and Giles
poked the ball past Day after
some sloppy defending by Askar.It
should have been two just minutes
later but Connolly cleared it
off the line after a header was
flying into the net from a corner.
At half time it was goalless and
listening to the commentary on
the official QPR web site it was
depressing to say the least as
the 200 or so fans who made the
trip sounded like they would have
been better off staying at home.
To
be honest I turned the commentary
off after half time as I could
see them getting a few more and
decided instead to watch a Bottom
video and play Champ Man. Within
ten minutes Stafford Rangers knocked
me out of the FA Cup and I just
knew that back in the real world
things probably hadn't got much
better.
After
my virtual humiliation I decided
it was time to go back to the
commentary and Range3rs had a
bit of pressure. Bignot and Perry
both had good chances before Connolly
then went close again as it looked
as if we'd get a goal back.
Holloway
then made some changes as he sent
on Doudou and Hamid Barr in place
of Alex Bonnot and Rose. Doudou
made an immediate impact as usual
starting off a move which saw
Thomson head over before Connolly
found himself in space from six
yards out and somehow managed
to miss it when it seemed easier
to score.
Time
was running out for Rangers and
we got caught on the break when
Kim Grant cut inside and fired
a shot past Chris Day to send
the home fans into delirious celebrations.
Rangers then lost their discipline
and Askar completed a bad night
but getting sent off for a professional
foul and a third goal soon followed
on in injury time to complete
the humiliation for Rangers.
Congratulations
to Yeovil who thoroughly deserved
the win but every QPR player needs
to take a good look at themselves
tonight and some serious questions
of themselves.
QPR
fans will demand a huge improvement
on Saturday when we face Northampton
but tonight we are out of another
cup at the first hurdle and again
we have failed to put up any sort
of fight against team we should
be beating.