The following is a summary of the game posted by David Price on the QPR mailing list

Its the only way to do it. Family away for the weekend so Saturday spent with mates and Youngs Secial in front of the cricket. Sunday at Rangers. The 10.00 train was a bit uncivilised and the Bush Ranger eerily quiet, but I did enjoy the footy.

Took pot luck on tickets and found myself right behind the goal, in MU, fantastic view for someone who's used to peering round the radio antenna at the front of PU. So obviously four out of five goals were scored at the other end.

Rs started with a 3-5-2. Carlisle, Palmer and Shittu were the centre backs. Danny Murphy and Terrell the wing backs. The midfield was Bircham, Langers and Rose and Gallen and Connolly were up front. The three centre backs worked. Palmer took the big bloke, Doherty?, DS had Iversen and CC bossed it.

Palmer also seemed to be trying to look after Murph, who was having trouble working out where he should be and had a pretty testing time with Stephen Carr's breaks down the wing. The midfield was very crowded and Langers never really got the time to do his stuff. Bircham was busy (do you know I think he looks up before he gets the ball) and Rose is learning.

They gave as good as they got, in particular releasing Murph down the left nicely and playing nice triangles with the two up front, usually Gallen. KC wasn't really in it for the first half hour. Our first to be subbed was Gallen, who I thought had played well, on about the half hour, with Thommo coming on.

Not long after we took the lead. It was a classic Thommo goal. Somebody won a high loose ball on the edge of the area and headed it across. Langers did very well to somehow nudge it back across goal and there was Thommo to put it away from close range. With their tails up, Rs pushed forward and forced a series of corners, one of which was met by CC's firm header, a goal all the way.

By this time Bircham was signalling to the bench that he wanted off, which was worrying, and Ollie started to ring the changes. First DS was pulled off and we went 442. I can't remember who replaced DS, but I think it was Marcus Bean. Not long after that DS came back on, this time for Bircham I think, and Palmer moved into midfield. We played out the half looking very comfortable.

In the second Spurs came back into it. The basic Spurs tactic was an old one, which I remember from 1982. Basically, the pretty boy midfielder ambles to the left, before thumping it towards the opposite corner for Etherington or Carr to run onto. Just to complete the similarity, we had a midget playing at left back. The tactic did work, and caused a goal. This time the bloke playing Tony Galvin was Etherington and the turned defender was Palmer.

Spurs were helped by a bit of after-you-Claude stuff between Palmer and Digby, both of whom stopped having apparently decided the other was in charge, so Eth erington had time to pick his spot and score.

But just when you'd have thought the game would peter out into a draw, Rangers went and scored again, and this one was a peach. The ball was played out to Thommo close to the centre circle, he took it right and laid it into the path of Terrell, who took it on at pace, rounded his man and went for the bye-line. Just when you thought he might be overhauled he found an extra yard and hit a low hard cross which was met near post, with two defenders in attendance, by Rose.

After that both sides calmed down a bit - it must have been bloody hot. Rangers introduced Wes Daley and Doudou came on for Langers, incidentally attempting a world record for stepovers whilst running at a defence before prodding it to nobody in the middle. With about six minutes left, Fitzgerald came on for Connolly, but didn't get the chance to shine. Spurs picked up a consolation in the 89th min, but Rangers remained comfortable.

All in all I was impressed with the three centre backs, and with the way Rs switched to 442 without too much hassle. Of the youngsters, I liked Bean alot, very impressive moving forward and not afraid to put his foot in, and Daly looked strong as well. The only blemishes for me were Digby and KC. Digby did his best to even things up by flapping at crosses, although he also pulled off one great save in the second half.

KC worked hard, but it just wasn't there. He won the odd header when the ball was hit long, but only to glance it on. His control under pressure wasn't as good as Gallen's and when he had the ball at his feet he didn't have the pace to avoid having it taken off him.

Went home beaming. The only blight being the sudden lack of Spurs fans in the village when I got off the train.