Team Line Up
		1. Lee Camp
28. Zesh Rehmann		6. Michael Mancienne	4. Danny Cullip		2. Marcus Bignot
29. Nick Ward		23. Stefan Bailey	7. Adam Bolder (c)		14. Martin Rowlands
		18. Stefan Moore	9. Dexter Blackstock
Subs
Kieron St Amie on for Stefan Moore
John Curits on for Zesh Rehmann
Damion Stewart on for Marcus Bignot
Subs Not Used
Jake Cole
Sampsa Timoska

Quite why I expected any thing other that a dismal performance and early cup exit is beyond me. It seems to happen every year and every time I go along thinking this year will be different. It doesn't seem to matter who the manager is or who the players are put QPR up against a lower league side in the Carling Cup and 99 times out of 100 we'll get beat. This year it was Leyton orient traveling to Loftus Road looking to cause an upset although the only real upset would have been us winning.

With only the South Africa Road, Paddock and School End stands open the atmosphere was non-existent among the home fans and the game felt like a pre season or a reserve game at times. Still with a crowd of 5,000 the club failed to cope with huge queues outside the stadium as stewards tried to work out which of the 14,000 empty seats they could put people in. Once people did get inside the ground they found that the bar ran out of beer and there was no hot food left by half time. Good job it wasn't busy really otherwise it would have been chaotic.

For the game we were sat right on the halfway line above the director's box in seats designed for hobbits, I thought the leg room was bad in the upper loft but this was unbelievable. I had a look to see if anyone with bags full of money was in the directors box but only saw Dexter Blackstock, Tom Watt and Gianni Paladini who didn't look happy all night which became a bit clearer when I saw the news of the takeover falling through this morning.

As for the football John Gregory made a few changes to the side that drew at Bristol City on Saturday. Danny Cullip replaced Damion Stewart in the heart of defence whilst Marcus Bignot also returned n place of John Curtis. Nick Ward made his first start on the right wing whilst the forward line of Stefan Moore and Marc Nygaard didn't fill many people with confidence. Rangers had no strikers on the bench, which we were later told was due to injuries.

The game started as the rain poured down and neither side looked impressive during the early stages. Rangers had plenty of the ball but didn't create any opportunities over than long range shots. Nick Ward worked some space for himself before shooting straight at the keeper before Rowlands tested the keeper with a decent effort.

At the other end we looked a little wobbly at the back with the normally reliable Cullip and Bignot looking a long way short of match fitness. Adam Boyd tested Lee Camp with a low shot but the QPR number one did well to get down and parry it away. The game was dire to watch and as the rain lashed down the QPR players looked like they'd rather be somewhere else.

Orient weren't really taking advantage but had enough chances to have the game won before half time. Boyd was the guilty man getting into space in the box and firing wide of the post but the chances kept coming mostly from distance as they fired on shots at Camp but most of them were off target.

Rangers best move came when midway through the half when we put a few passes together and nick Ward came in field to get past his man and fire in a shot but it lacked power and the Orient keeper made a comfortable save. When Ward came infield he looked a decent player and he played a lovely defence splitting pass for Moore to run onto but he was a little slow to react and allowed the keeper to come out and get to the ball. A nice ball into the box by Rowlands almost opened the scoring but Nygaard's header went wide of the post.

At half time it was a relief to have a break from that dross and I hoped that it would improve but sadly it didn't.

Rangers had an early chance to take the lead right after half time when Ward shot over the bar after Bailey had done well to create the chance. That was a rare moment of hope though and Orient soon took the lead much to the delight of their noisy fans. It came when Rangers failed to deal with a long ball forward, the offside trap failed and Boyd tried to control the ball but it flew off his knee and the ball slipped in behind the back four with Rehmann looking a bit lost, Demetriou ran onto it and placed a shot past Camp into the bottom corner for 1-0.

Some QPR fans began to boo the team and more joined in when the performance got worse. Orient were very unlucky not to kill the game off when Corden breezed past Rehmann and crossed for Gray to aim a header on target but Camp made a magnificent save to deny them a second goal. That second goal did come though a few minutes later when we conceded a soft penalty. Cullip appeared to be fouled in the move but clearly pulled Gray down after the initial foul and it was a penalty. Cullip complained and was booked, it was a decision that could have gone either way to be honest and it was hard to feel too aggrieved at the decision, as Orient thoroughly deserved a second goal. Adam Boyd stepped up to take the spot kick and sent Camp the wrong way to virtually end our participation in the Carling Cup for another year.

Gregory then made a change giving a first team debut to Kireon St Aimie in place of the woeful Stefan Moore and we switched Nick Ward to center forward. St Aimie looked lively when he came on full of running on the right and we soon got back in the game. The goal came when Ward was put through but a last ditch challenge saw the ball roll across the face of the goal for Rowlands to slide in and get a goal his performance deserved.

This should have been the cue for a real push to get back in the game but it never really came. We won a few corners and free kicks but didn't really look like scoring from any of them. Damion Stewart and John Curtis made late cameo appearances as we went three at the back to push more players forward. The equalizer never came though and in the end the Orient players were celebrating with their fans as the QPR players were booed off to chants of What a load of rubbish.

This was a dire performance from Rangers with only Rowlands and Mancienne looking anything like their normal selves. At the back Cullip and Bignot both looked a long way short of match fitness whilst Camp was a little unsettled in goal. He did make one great save but at corners he was flapping more than I've ever seen him before. Rangers lacked any real width and creativity in midfield with the Bolder/Bailey partnership not really working in home games. Nygaard and Moore were pretty poor up front but to be fair to them we created nothing for either of them during the game.

John Gregory will be angry with the way his side played and will want a huge improvement at the weekend. I think most fans will be able to laugh off this result, as a typical QPR in the cup kind of night but the lack of creativity in the side will be something that should worry John Gregory.

Man of the Match: Martin Rowlands

Players Ratings: Camp 6, Rehmann 6 (Stewart 6), Bignot 6 (Curtis 6), Cullip 5, Mancienne 7, Rowlands 7, Bailey 6, Bolder 6, Ward 6, Nygaard 6, Moore 6 (St Amie 7)