After suffering back-to-back defeats John Gregory made a few chances for the visit of Leicester City to Loftus Road as some of the walking wounded returned to the first team.

Simon Royce made his first start since we last played Leicester in January and it was good to see him back after such a long time out injured.

Pat Kanyuka returned to make his first start at Loftus Road as Zesh Rehmann moved to right back. Injuries to Ray Jones and Marc Bircham saw further changes as Lomas was given the captains armband and moved into midfield and Marc Nygaard returned to partner Dexter Blackstock up front.

Rangers needed a good start after conceding early goals in the last four games and it was almost a perfect start after just two minutes.

Lee Cook weaved his magic on the left and delivered a cross to Blackstock and the in form striker met the cross on the volley and smashed it just over the bar.

It was so close the tannoy bloke thought it was a goal and played pig bag much to everyone's confusion as goal flashed up on the scoreboard. Any late comers walking down South Africa Road at that point must have thought we were 1-0 up and by the time they got to their seats we were a goal behind.

Rangers conceded a needless free kick on the right and our woeful defending continued to gift the visitors a goal. Danny Tiatto whipped an excellent ball into the box, which we didn't deal with, Stewart lost his man and Kisnorbo had a free header from a few yards out to head past Royce.

The Rangers keeper could have done better and claimed the ball but after so long out it was no surprise that Royce was a little rusty early on.

So once again we had to chase the game and it was an all to familiar story for much of the first half as we pushed forward leaving gaps in behind us that Leicester really should have made more of.

Going forward all of our attacks were coming from Lee Cook. Cookie is on top form at the moment and is unrecognisable from the winger who last year spent most of the games slipping and falling on his arse. Now every time he gets the ball a buzz goes around the stadium and something happens.

He is the best dribbler we've had since Trevor Sinclair left and when he runs with the ball at his feet you can see the panic in opposition defences. Cook created all of our chances in the first half.

A curling free kick on the right was headed wide by Stewart whilst another ball into the box caused a goalmouth scramble with the ball falling to Blackstock who put his chance over the bar. Cook then curled a free kick over the wall which was blocked but the ball fell to Stewart who looked a certainty to score but his effort was brilliantly turned round the post by the keeper.

Blackstock had two more chances to draw us level but was denied by the keeper. It wasn't all one-way traffic though as the visitors cut us apart with ease. The back four were looking a shambles and a return to zonal marking at corners was again causing problems. At every set piece we had four players stood on the edge of the six yard box whilst all the Leicester players stood unmarked at the edge of the box. We were very fortunate that the delivery from the set pieces were not particularly good as they were lining up to score every time.

At Kanyuka had looked a little out of sorts and it was son clear why as he signalled to the bench that his hamstring had gone again. Ian Hume got away from big Pat and went close as Royce pulled off a good save. Kanyuka was taken off as Michael Mancienne came on with Rehmann moving to the middle.

The groans around the stadium said it all and the nightmare combination of Rehmann and Stewart was back and not really looking much better as Leicester got behind the back four on several occasions but couldn't finish off some good approach play and kill the game off.

As the half petered out some fans in the Q block registered their anger at the Loft for not joining in the singing. Around four fans in the Q Block were hurling plenty of abuse at the fans who were not joining in the songs about interbred northerners (whatever that means) and songs about hating Chelsea.

I really don't understand what those in the Q Block were trying to achieve by screaming abuse at other QPR fans. With much of the crowd now taken up by kids with free season tickets it's no wonder that the atmosphere has been affected but I've always thought that the atmosphere only ever gets going when we are attacking the Loft end and as usual the second half saw an increase in the noise levels from the QPR fans.

At half time things looked bleak for Rangers as it was looking like one of those days where nothing would go in for us and we always looked like conceding another one at the back.

Gregory made no changes at half time but it seemed only a matter of time before Nygaard was replaced. The Big Dane does offer a goal threat but for much of the game he was anonymous and the calls for Gallen to come on started early in the second half.

As Rangers kicked off and attacked the Loft end it was Cook again causing problems. He dribbled past three players before being hacked down by Tiatto.

Rowlands fired the free kick over the bar but there was a bit more purpose about Rangers and Rowlands was coming to life as he lobbed the keeper from right on the touchline but no Rangers player could get on the end of it as it was cleared off the line.

John Gregory was urging the team on from the sidelines and he was almost celebrating as Mancienne ran forward from right back and used his strength and pace to get past three challenges before seeing his shot well saved by the keeper.

Rowlands went close again as the ball was half cleared to him and he smashed in a shot from the edge of the box which beat the keeper but came back off the post. It was so close and Leicester now were happy to have everyone behind the ball and hang on.

The hopeless Nygaard was eventually replaced on 57 minutes with Gallen coming on but the club captain made little difference and looked a million miles from the player we know he can be, that was still an improvement on Nygaard though.

Rangers got the goal we deserved thanks to some crazy defending. Blackstocks shot was going into the bottom corner before it appeared to be headed off the line from where I was sitting.

A penalty was given though and after seeing it on TV this morning it was a clear handball on the line and McAuley was sent off. Red cards seem to always happen in this ficture, this was the fifth red card in the last six games between the two sides.

Martin Rowlands grabbed the ball and after a delay of a minute or so he was able to take his spot kick. Rowlands ran up, stopped did a shimmy which sent the keeper the wrong way and he rolled the ball into the bottom corner. A very good penalty and a goal Rowlands performance had deserved.

It was now a great chance for us to take control and kill the game off but we appeared to sit back a little rather than go for the jugular.

Blackstock had a great chance to win the game as Cook again produced a wonderful cross and Blackstock's point blank header from six yards out was straight at the keeper who did well to hold onto it. An inch either side of the keeper and we'd have won the game.

Gareth Ainsworth then came on for Rowlands but like Gallen he made no real impact and looked nowhere near match fit.

With Leicester putting everyone behind the ball they were proving difficult to break down but with our defence we still managed to give them a chance to win the game.

Rehmann tried to be clever with a clearance and take a touch rather than welly it clear and he was made to pay as Hume said thanks very much and nicked the ball off him, Royce blocked his shot but the rebound fell to Matt Fryatt who had a simple tap in but somehow managed to pass it back to Royce. An unbelievable let off for Rangers and yet more evidence of the work that needs to be done on the defensive side of our game.

With four minutes of injury time signalled we threw a last attack at the visitors but with so many men behind the ball we found it hard to create space and ended up just passing along the half way line and that last chance to win the game was gone and we had to settle for a point.

This was a disappointing result with a mixed performance. Going forwards again we looked bright and capable of scoring but it looked like being one of those days until we got the penalty. At the back though we really are a shambles and although Stewarts performance improved as the game wore on we always looked like conceding a second goal and only an incredible miss by Fryatt prevented a third defeat in a row.

I thought Mancienne looked a decent player and Cook again was a different class. Blackstock had a decent game up front and I thought Stewart got better as the game wore on also good to see Royce back. Hopefully the loan of Jimmy Smith can be extended as he continues to look a decent player. When Waddock was in charge I couldn't see where the next win was coming from but Gregory seems to have installed a bit more belief in the side and we at least have a chance to stay up now.

On the downside Nygaard is just rubbish and I give up on Rehmann. Gallen and Ainsworth also looked nowhere near fit when they came on. Gallen is becoming a bit of a worry now as he's come on in the last few games and done very little. He was still an improvement on Nygaard though. I guess he just needs games after a long layoff but if he doesn't improve soon I think he might be off next summer.

We really should have won the game but we're not really giving ourselves much of a chance by having chase every game due to giving away early goals. I'm getting fed up of saying the defence has to improve but if it doesn't then the upcoming trips to West Brom, Cardiff and Luton could be very embarrassing. It's West Brom next for Rangers which won't be easy but hopefully they'll take us lightly and we'll cause an upset.

Man of the Match: Lee Cook

Players Ratings: Royce 7, Rehmann 5, Bignot 7, Kanyuka 6 (Mancienne 7), Stewart 6, Rowlands 7 (Ainsworth 5), Lomas 7, Smith 6, Cook 8, Blackstock 7, Nygaard 5 (Gallen 5)