So after a two-week break it was back to the world of QPR yesterday as we made the long trip down to Plymouth on a freezing cold morning.

After leaving the house at around twenty past seven in the morning we arrived in Plymouth just before one o'clock in time to see the exciting game between Arsenal and Wigan before the police decided we were having too much fun and closed the pub to walk us to the ground.

Luckily they let me and Carly go and we were able to get to the ground pretty quickly for a pre match beer and hear the team news. It sounded pretty positive as the teams were read out.

Gareth Ainsworth replaced Dean Sturridge with the rest of the side the same as the one who were unlucky to lose to Reading two weeks ago. It was also good to see Martin Rowlands on the bench after his long lay off and youngster Shabazz Baidoo also featured among the subs.

A decent Rangers following were in good voice as the teams came out and kicked off with Rangers defending the goal in front of the QPR fans. Rangers actually started quite brightly which was to make what followed even more frustrating.

A corner from Langley caused problems as Shittu went close and Cook got away from his full back in an early burst that showed plenty of promise but the final ball was poor.

We were knocking the ball about well and looked a decent side. Plymouth were what we expected from a Tony Pullis side. Big and strong in the tackle, hard to play against and giving 100%. Sadly some of our players didn't look prepared and Plymouths first real attacked ended in the opening goal.

Shittu won a header after a long ball forward but Doherty and Langley stood watching as Norris pounced and ran through the Rangers defence.

It was embarrassing defending and Royce had to come out to save at Norris feet. Royce looked to get a hand on the ball but Norris went over the keeper and the referee had little choice but to give a penalty.

I thought Norris had left his studs in Royce's chest, which saw the keeper rolling around in agony, but from the referees angle he had to give the penalty. It looked like Royce would be sent off but the referee just dished out the yellow card I guess because Norris was going away from goal. Royce picked himself up and got ready to face the penalty. Wootoon struck the penalty well right down the middle and although Royce got a hand to it the shot was too powerful to keep out.

Rangers now had to rally and unfortunately didn't. The midfield pair just couldn't win the ball back and when Langley did get on the ball he rarely had an option and gave the ball away. Georges Santos joined Royce in the book after arguing with the linesmen as Rangers began to look a shambles. We almost got level though through Kevin Gallen.

Langley took a corner on the left playing it short to Cook then collecting the return pass and crossing for Gallen to flick a header past the keeper but it was cleared off the line. We began to get on top as Santos was put clean through but was waved offside much to the defender/midfielder/strikers/part time full backs frustration.

Rangers tried the same short corner on the right with Lee Cook delivering the cross but Cook's performance was summed up as he was beaten to a short pass by Langley and a good chance was wasted.

Plymouth were nothing special but were making Rangers look second best during the best spell of the game. Nick Chadwick went close to a second goal when he was put clear with the Rangers defence standing and looking clueless and it was again left for Royce to come out and deny Chadwick with a good save.

Royce needed to be at his best again from a Buskary free kick. We must have known about him after his stunning goal against us last month but we put a 2 man wall up against him and he curled it over the wall leaving Royce to make a brilliant save to keep us in the game. We weren't in the game for long though as more poor defending from a corner and defender Doumbe hooked the ball past Royce for 2-0. Royce had no chance and was left asking what was going on with the teams defending.

Rangers were getting frustrated and the yellow cards were flowing. Dyer was booked for a nothing challenge with the six foot Plymouth player rolling around after a shoulder barge. Lee Cook followed him into the book for sprinting 40 yards (the quickest he moved all afternoon) to try and have a fight after Evatt was kicked off the ball. In truth the bloke who left Evatt in a heap should have been the one getting the talking to and a red card but the ref just gave both the Plymouth player and Cook a yellow and off we went. Kevin Gallen was also booked for a poor tackle on a Plymouth defender.

At half time the team weren't booed off but that was probably because most people had walked out long before the break to get into the warm away from the tripe on offer.

The second half didn't get much better. Tom Doherty limped off after about 5 minutes as Martin Rowlands replaced him and he was soon booked for a late challenge, which was only really worth a free kick not a booking, but this ref seemed to love a yellow card. From the free kick Nick Chadwick was given plenty of time and space to head past Royce from Buzaky's free kick and the game was now all over.

Ian Holloway made two more changes taking off Langley and Santos who had both been dire. Marcus Bean and Shabazz Baidoo came on with the later making quite an impact.

Baidoo had been on a minute when Evatt headed a Lee cook corner across goal and Baidoo hooked the ball in with his first touch to make it 3-1 and perhaps put us back in the game. We were suddenly alive and pushing forward with Baidoo causing problems and the two wide players suddenly looking interested. It didn't last long though and after Baidoo was booked for some handbags with a Plymouth player we played out the rest of the game as ineptly as we'd played the first hour.

Gallen and Ainsworth had late chances to make the score more respectable but in the end we got what we deserved and good hiding and by the time the final whistle went most fans had already left to make the long journey home. The only real entertainment of the last half an hour was a fat bloke in the Plymouth end ripping is shirt off and throwing it on the pitch to show us how proud he was of his gut. Lovely stuff but he soon realised how cold it was and asked a steward for his shirt back.

So another away hiding to go along with the ones dished out at Wolves, Watford, Coventry and Northampton this season. This was a poor performance by Rangers.

The team Holloway picked wasn't that bad to be honest. Langley in central midfield, Ainsworth out wide. OK Santos up front wasn't ideal but not the reason we lost the game. We didn't start giving the target man balls to his head until we took Santos off and then wondered why Baidoo and Gallen couldn't out jump six-foot defenders.

Langley got his chance in the middle and failed spectacularly. He was dreadful as was Doherty. He did get a few minutes alongside Rowlands in central midfield but I doubt we'll see him again in the first team for a while.

The fastest Cook moved all game was to run over and try to have a fight and get himself booked and I might as well have been up front instead of Gallen. At the back Shittu was all over the place making Micky Evans look like Thierry Henry. The referee was hopeless as well, he must have booked everyone in a blue and white shirt.

The only bright spots were Baidoo who at least looked interested and got his name on the scoresheet. Royce made two brilliant saves to keep the score down. Bean didn't do much wrong either and good to see Rowlands back and playing in central midfield.

We had a good 3 minute spell when we scored but the other 87 minutes were horrible. A bloody long way to go to watch the team play like that and we ended up home at around 11pm deciding that it might be sensible to save our money and give Stoke a miss in a few weeks.

A lot of talk about Holloway needing to go on the way home. We've got a run of games coming up where we should pick up points really and I think if we don't and we continue to play as badly as yesterday and as we did at Watford then I think Gianni will get rid of him. Sad as I really want Holloway to finish the job he's started but that was rubbish yesterday.

Man of the Match: Shabazz Baidoo
Players Ratings: Royce 7, Bignot 5, Dyer 5, Evatt 5, Shittu 5, Langley 5 (Bean 7), Doherty 5 (Rowlands 6), Cook 5, Ainsworth 5, Santos 5, (Baidoo 7) Gallen 5