Rangers made several changes after Tuesday's defeat. Simon Royce was back in goal for the last game of his loan spell. Danny Shittu came back into defence with Steve Palmer moving into midfield. Calum Wilock, Kevin Gallen and Brett Angell started up front. It was a 4-3-3 but switched to a 4-4-2 as the game wore on with Bircham going on the right and Wilock on the left.

We started brightly and in the first half I thought we played very well, best we've looked since Gallen got injured.

Gallen was superb as was Langley and we dominated most of the half. We just couldn't score.The Cardiff keeper made a couple of excellent saves but Angel and Gallen both had great chances to score but couldn't open the scoring.

Some early corners saw Wilock have a header well saved and Gallen had a half chance to score but shot wide. We were playing some decent stuff and one excellent move involving Wilock, Angell and then Langley saw the Rangers midfielder hit a cracking shot which was pushed just wide.

Gallen had another chance when in space he volleyed straight at the keeper when he should have done better and a high ball in by Tommy Williams saw Clarke Carlisle head against the side netting.

At the back Shittu and Carlisle were doing well against the brilliant Earnshaw. Judging by his performance tonight he'll be the man to get Cardiff promoted. He is so quick and skilful and he always looked like the man to make a big difference. Shittu was doing well against him though and both central defenders were working very hard and we looked pretty solid.

The downside of the first half though. Well I thought Williams was dire, giving the ball away and his crossing was once again poor. The game completely passed Palmer by but thankfully Bircham and Langley were playing well so they covered up for him.

Wilock was getting stick from the Rangers fans but far play to him he had a decent game. Not brilliant but not as bad as some were suggesting during the game.

At half time the round the pole started with the qpr.org message board against the QPR mailing list. Being someone who spends most of the day reading and contributing to both I was interested to see who won. It finished in a draw with no one scoring if you're interested. This was the first time have watched a round the pole since Tracy Stent from QPR 1st had a go a few years ago, That day a team in yellow thrashed us 6-0 but whilst watching this I had no idea I was set to witness our biggest defeat since that day.

We started the second half quickly with Gallen winning the ball and setting up Angell for a half chance before Palmer fired a shot wide. It was a good start and we continued to look the better side. We were beginning to run out of ideas now and with the team a straight forward 4-4-2 now Cardiff began to take control.

They took the lead after Royce flapped at a corner and Earnshaw was on hand to touch over the line. The referee didn't know if it was a goal but the linesmen 40 yards away gave it. No idea if it was over the line but no point in complaining as those sort of decisions go for you if your are lucky and at the moment we are not a lucky team. Cardiff to be fair stepped up a gear after the goal and totally blew us away.

Earnshaw was sensational and scored a cracking second goal. He left Shittu for dead and cut inside to hit a stunning shot into the top corner. After that heads went down and the confidence dipped to what it was on Tuesday.

Holloway made two changes, which brought a disgusting reaction from the fans. Furlong came on for Angell and was booed straight away. Gallen turned to the Rangers fans in disgust and urged them to sing up and seemed to be shouting shut up as most of the P Block was at the Rangers fans who had decided they didn't want Furlong. Say what you like about him, and I'm not a fan, but he is wearing a QPR shirt and we have to get behind him. So what if he used to play for Chelsea, so did Ray Wilkins, Gavin Peacock, Clive Wilson and many others and we loved them.

Furlong to his credit did ok when he came on but one great chance fell to him and as he volleyed over the abuse he got was horrendous. Now it was a great chance and he should have scored but Gallen and Langley never got anything like that stick for missing good chances in the first half. I felt one of the ones Gallen missed was a sitter at 0-0 which hit straight at the keeper.

Oli also came on and did well at times on the left in place of Wilock who should go back to Fulham for his own good. He is wasted here being abused by Rangers fans every week. He deserves better and the stick he got when he went off was embarrassing. A lot of trouble between the Q and P blocks tonight. Hats off to John McCooke whose voice I recognised shouting fuck off you racists bastards as the no surrender bollocks started. The R block totally turned on Furlong hurling non-stop abuse at him before booing the team just a few minutes after singing sing your hearts out for the lads. The third and fourth goals soon followed.

A Bloke in front of me stood up to sing as the third one went in so in the words of Arsene Wenger " I didn't see it". My girlfriend tells me that Forbes did a poor header back to Royce and Earnshaw nipped in to score. The fourth a disgraceful back pass by Williams, who was awful tonight, he didn't look just gave it back to Campbell whose shot was well saved by Royce but he tapped the rebound in. They had more chances to score with a free kick going just over as Rangers couldn't wait to get off the pitch.

Those of us left in the stadium clapped them of the pitch as they gave everything but something is seriously wrong at the moment. So a 4-0 home defeat and I imagine more calls for Ollie's head. I still don't think it will do any good if he goes. A change of manager and all the uncertainty that brings is the last thing we need. Knowing the morons we have on our board though they'll try and take the pressure off themselves before the upcoming agm.

Things have to change though. Holloway has to take some of the blame for picking Palmer in midfield again, it doesn't work and is a waste of a player. Same with Williams he has been rubbish lately. But the performance was 200 times better than Tuesday and anything we've seen for a few weeks yet still not good enough.

The players seemed to be fighting for the manager and gave it everything but confidence is very low and the second goal killed us. If we'd played like that in any of the recent league games then tonight wouldn't matter so much and we wouldn't be in such a mess. But that's gone now, we have 2 weeks off to sort things out on the training ground and get the players heads right. We don't play another top six team now until March (unless Brentford win today) so lets roll our sleeves up and get this season back on track. I just hope and pray Ollie is given the chance to turn this all around.

Man of the Match: Kevin Gallen

Players Ratings

15. Simon Royce: Could have done better with the first goal but no chance with the others. Sad that this is his last game, he has been brilliant for Rangers and I wish him all the best in the future. 7/10

2. Terrell Forbes: Like most players good for an hour then fell apart. His form has dipping alarmingly in the last month. 6/10

33. Tommy Williams: A shadow of the player he can be. Spent most of the game arguing with officials and giving the ball away. Very poor. 5/10

5. Clarke Carlisle: Gave everything like the rest of the team and he had a decent game. He can play better but the number of games he is playing seems to be catching up with him after such a long spell out injured. This two week break will do him the world of good. 6/10

6. Danny Shittu: A much-improved performance by Danny he was strong and did well against Earnshaw. Sadly he was up against a quality player who will end up in the premiership. 7/10

4. Steve Palmer: Wasted in midfield. The game just passed him by as he was left ball matching as men charged past him into the box, he got in the way of other defenders and didn't win a single header in midfield despite being six foot tall. 4/10

9. Richard Langely: A very good performance for an hour as he ran the midfield passing the ball well and creating chances for Rangers. When he plays like this he is one of the best in the division but as we went a goal down like so many others his game fell apart. 7/10

8. Marc Bircham. Ran his heart out but no idea why he was on the right wing. Put in a couple of very good crosses in the first half, which we were unlucky not to score from. 7/10

34. Calum Wilock: Unlucky with one header in the first half and his pace caused a few problems which won us corners. He played to wide though in the second half and didn't get involved enough. 6/10

31. Brett Angell: Decent performance by Brett, he held the ball up and linked well with Gallen. Was unlucky not to score. 7/10

10. Kevin Gallen: Came deep and ran the game in the first half. His passing was superb and he worked his arse off. We've really missed him in the last month or so. 8/10

Subs:

29. Paul Furlong: Did ok as he begins to get his match fitness back. The fans who booed him should be ashamed. 6/10

20. Dennis Oli: Looked very skilful when he came on. 7/10