After a two week break QPR were back in action with a tough looking trip to Millwall. The reputation of Millwall's fans put some fans off this game but almost 3,000 did make the trip to South London, which was a decent turn out.

After a few beers near London Bridge we made our way to the new den but after getting on the wrong train we ended up walking from New Cross to the ground rather than the short walk from South Bermondsey.

We arrived just in time for kick off and took our seats in the noisy upper tier but it became clear most of the chants were about an organised fight not happening rather than the football. There was plenty to cheer about on the pitch though as an unchanged QPR team started the game looking confident.

Georges Santos wont he ball in midfield and went off on a run forward. His through ball found Paul Furlong who held off the challenge from Ward but his shot was well saved by the keeper to deny Rangers a dream start to the game.

Rangers were playing the better football as Millwall struggled to get going in front of their own fans and looked a shadow of the side that had been so impressive at Loftus Road earlier in the season.

Chances were few and far between but Rangers were looking pretty comfortable with Davies and Shittu heading clear every cross and long ball that Millwall had to offer. The home side did get a chance though as Rangers fell asleep. A cross into the box found Livermore in space but Gallen reacted quickly to win the ball back and coolly clear the danger. Gallen has been growing into his midfield role in recent weeks and was once again a key player for Rangers.

Out wide on the right it was a bit of a battle between Muscat and Ainsworth with both players flying into challenges. Muscat was lucky to get away without a booking after one two footed lunge on the winger. Barry Hayles also escaped a yellow card despite elbowing Davies in the face right in front of the linesmen.

It was clear from early on that the ref was bottling the big decisions but to be fair to him he was getting a lot of things right. A yellow card was shown to Santos during the first half after a late challenge on the halfway line.

Rangers finished the half looking the stronger side with Cook looking dangerous on the left but even though we got into some good positions we never really delivered a quality final ball and 0-0 was a fair score line as the half time whistle went.

The team came out early for the second half looking very determined and we started the final 45 minutes looking for a third straight win.

We started the half well attacking towards the end where all the QPR fans were sitting. Furlong started the second half as he started the first by almost scoring. He controlled a ball with his chest and fire in a shot, which was deflected by Ward over the bar for a corner.

Kevin Gallen came over to take it and whipped in a good cross, which was half cleared before being put back in for Shittu. The big defender had time and smashed a volley towards the top corner only for the Hammersmith horse to block the effort with his head and he can’t have known much about it all.

Ahh yes the Hammersmith Horse Danny Dichio was playing against rangers for the first time since he left to live the dream when he walked out on QPR for a free transfer move to Sampdoria. Dichio was showing during this game just why the Italian club let him go within a few months, as he looked completely useless against the combination of Davies and Shittu.

One ex Rangers player who was impressing though was Darren Ward, the big defender had an excellent game at the heart of Millwall’s defence and if he became available I’d love to see us try and bring him back to QPR next season.

Millwall went on a rare attack and almost got in front when Alan Dunne got into space but shot well wide when he had time to do much better.

Rangers began to get on top as the team kept possession well and began to use Cook on the left who was causing problems. Furlong was also getting more involved and he again went close to opening the scoring. A ball over the top saw him control it and shoot quickly towards the top corner. Marshall was beaten but the powerful shot hit the side netting with some fans already celebrating.

Holloway then made two changes to add some more spark to the Rangers attack. Rowlands and Tony Thorpe replaced Ainsworth and the disappointing Cureton.

Thorpe almost scored with his first touch. Millwall hesitated at the back and Thorpe got in behind them to try and lift the ball over Marshall but the keeper did well to get himself in the way and denied Thorpe a first goal for twelve months.

Thorpe’s movement was excellent and a big improvement on Cureton who looked nothing like the man who impressed against Coventry twice this season. Thorpe went close again after good work by Cook he was inches away from getting on the end of a low cross from the left.

Millwall began to get back in the game after manager Dennis Wise went off but they didn’t really create any chances and a header by Ward was the closest they got to breaking the deadlock.

Rangers then created the best chance of the game and should have gone ahead. Rowlands did well on the right using a few tricks to get away from his man and whipped a quality low cross in. Furlong got on the end of it and shot wide when he only needed to hit the target to score. Furlong looked gutted by the miss and it now looked like it would finish 0-0.

Rangers kept going though and had one last chance to win it. Gallen found Cook who went off on a good run. He ran straight to the heart of the Millwall defence and played a one two with Thorpe before he got into the box before Phillips slid in taking both his legs away for a penalty. Expect the referee’s bottle went and he played on. Cook got up and had to go and pick up his shin pad and boot, which had been kicked off by that tackle. I don’t think you’ll see amore blatant penalty all season.

Tony Thorpe was then taken off with a slight hamstring strain with Matthew Rose coming on to replace him. The game soon ended with a point for both sides. Rangers just about deserved all three but to be fair Millwall should have beaten us at Loftus Road earlier in the season so I suppose this evens it out.

This was another good performance by Rangers on the road. We passed the ball well and looked very solid at the back. Santos and Gallen both had good games in midfield whilst Cook was a threat out wide especially in the second half. Tony Thorpe also looked impressive and it’s a shame he went off injured and will miss the Preston game.

At the back Rangers looked very solid with Shittu and Davies very impressive but Edghill wasn’t at his best and I’d like to see Bignot back in the side next weekend.