Rangers were given a boost going into the game against Coventry with the news of two signings. A game doesn't seem to go by without someone making a debut these days and this time it was Scott Sinclair, a long time target of Rangers and most clubs in the division who agreed a one month loan on Monday. Sinclair replaced Ephraim who had been recalled to West Ham. The other signing was the extension of Rowan Vine's loan, which will see him stay at QPR until January with a £2million transfer to West London on the agenda.

Sinclair was the only change to the side that won so well on Saturday but this was a much tougher test against Iain Dowie's Coventry who have been much improved this season.

The game started slowly to say the least with both sides playing quite cautiously showing a little too much respect for each other. Coventry set their stall out early with a nasty looking tackle on Scott Sinclair, although they weren't a dirty side they were very physical and made sure we didn't get much time on the ball, pretty similar to how we've played the last few years really but with a bit more quality in the final third.

Coventry looked the more dangerous of the two sides and were winning the midfield battle to keep the ball in our half. They were a very big side and it looked like men against boys at set pieces with the likes of Adebola towering over Cranie and co.

Chances were few and far between though with the linesmen's flag putting an end to most moves. Rangers showed signs of how De Canio wants his team to play with some very exciting quick passing movements, which almost resulted in goals. Buzsacky and Vine combined with one touch passes to put Sinclair through but the linesmen's flag denied Sinclair and to be fair he put the chance wide anyway.

Nygaard was holding the ball up well and playing the target man role well with Rowlands, Sinclair, Vine and Buzsacky all bursting forward to support him.

Our first real sight of goal came when Sinclair got the ball on the left and beat two players with a nice piece of skill before seeing his deflected shot fly just wide of the post. Sinclair looked an exciting player when he got on the ball but credit to Coventry who quickly put two men on the youngster to nullify his threat.

The story of the night though came in the last twenty minutes of the half when Rangers lost three key players to injury. First up was Martin Cranie who came across to win a good strong tackle in his own box, eh got up and limped away and looked in some pain. As he limped off it didn't look good but not as bad as it turned out with him suffering a broken leg which ends his loan spell at the club. That's a real shame as he has been superb for us in the last few weeks and really tightened the defence up. His return to Portsmouth is a big blow to us but fingers crossed Cranie can get himself fit again soon and get back playing as he is a fabulous talent and there is no reason why he won't be able to make a name for himself in the Premiership.

Sampsa Timoska replaced Cranie and slotted in as a central defender a position where he played most of his games back in Finland.

The change caused a few worries at the back with the movement of the front two but the only time they really tested Lee Camp was when Rowlands came back to defend as he won the ball off Adebola he turned it goal wards forcing Camp into a decent save.

At the other end Sinclair had another effort saved by the keeper as the game began to come to life but another injury then caused a further set back. This time it was Leigertwood who got a boot to the face and ended up with a broken nose. Leigertwood was replaced by Bolder and although the club captain had a decent game it was apparent how much we missed Leigertwood with the drive forward from the midfield missing when he went off.

Marc Nygaard was next to go pulling a hamstring and although he tried to run it off he looked in agony when Daniel Nardiello eventually replaced him. So De Canio was forced into three changes before half time, not exactly the ideal situation and with the game disrupted by all the stoppages there was no real flow to the action.

Coventry continued to have the better of things dominating in midfield but when half time came they hadn't really threatened our goal too often.

During the break De Canio made some tactical changes, which brought about a big improvement after the break. De Canio switched to a 4-2-3-1 formation with Rowlands and Bolder sitting in front of the back four, Buzsacky pushed further forward with Vine and Sinclair out wide. The formation was similar to the one Chelsea played under Mourinhio with Buzsacky in the Lampard role but Nardiello struggled with the Drogba role as he is not at his best with his back to goal. There was also a change at the back with Mancienne going into the middle and Timoska to right back.

The change worked with Rangers beginning to get a grip on things in midfield and the surge forward of the Coventry midfield was finally halted.

Rangers began to push forward and took the lead five minutes into the second half. It was a goal out of nothing as a long ball forward was cleared as far as Buzsacky and the Hungarian took a touch and then smashed an unstoppable left footed effort past the keeper into the top corner. A brilliant goal from the Rangers number ten and he is already looking like a bargain.

The Rangers fans were in fine voice now with De Canio's name being chanted and the little Italian responded with a double thumbs up and an excited wave to the Q Block which was great to see and also very amusing.

De Canio showed he was not afraid to change things during the game as he moved players about in a bid to stop the opposition with Mancienne/Timoska regularly swapping positions as well as Vine and Sinclair. Not all of his tactical changes worked but it was good to see a manager try and make changes to try and affect a game and I'm sure once the players get used to the new manager they'll be able to adapt to change far easier during games and it will probably improve them as players.

Coventry's main threat being Adebola who hit the side netting after a strong run on the right before he switched to the other wing and beat Barker to the ball before smashing a shot high into the upper school end.

Ranger's lead was a slender one and we were being pushed back with an equaliser looking on the cards before it eventually came after an hour. It came from a ball down the middle which Mifsud got the ball and despite looking offside he ran towards goal, Camp came rushing out but the Maltese International took the ball round Camp and with the aid of a deflection off Timoska the ball looped into the back of the net. It was disappointing but probably a fair reflection of the game.

Coventry had looked a good side, well organised and lively in attack and at times Rangers struggled to hang on with everyone behind the ball. The management on the side were urging the team to push up but the players looked happy enough to try and hold on for the point. Bolder was working hard but not offering enough protection to the back four whilst the ball was just not sticking up front as Nardiello struggled to get in the game meaning we were constantly on the back foot.

Rangers were not afraid to get stuck in with Rowlands diving into some strong and tasty challenges in midfield and chances were back to being few and far between.

Rangers looked to have settled for a point and during the last ten minutes we began to get more of the ball and played in Coventry's half. Buzsacky tried his luck from a free kick on the right but could only manage to hit the wall (which was nowhere near ten yards back) before a Rowlands free kick was just inches too high for the onrushing Damion Stewart.

One late chance came from a Buzsacky corner to the near post which Stewart flicked goal wards but his effort was just wide and only needed the slightest touch to divert the ball into the back of the net.

Mifsud then had a shot well saved by Camp as the game went into injury time with Rangers probably happy to take the point. It wasn't to be though and with less than a minute remaining of stoppage time Coventry grabbed the winner. A ball into the box found Kyle who climbed over Timoska and headed past Camp to win the game for Coventry. There is probably no better feeling than winning away from home in the last minute so the Coventry celebrations were pretty much understandable. Similarly there is no worse feeling than losing in the last minute and as the final whistle went soon after the QPR fans and players were devastated by the late loss.

In the end the result was probably about right. Coventry had been the better side for most of the game and looked a very settled and impressive unit who should continue to do well this season. A defeat to Iain Dowie's team is certainly no disgrace.

The game was probably lost with the injuries in the first half, to lose the spine of your team is not easy to recover from and with no like for like replacements available we struggled to play at our best but still came within 30 seconds of getting a decent point.

Although many fans seem to be back in depression mode I thought there were a lot of positive to take from the game. The back four struggled when Cranie went off but still managed to work well together with Stewart having a strong game and Timoska did ok at both right back and central defence.

In Midfield I was again impressed by Buzsacky, who took his goal really well and out wide Scott Sinclair looks a player of real potential but we need to try and get him in the game more as we hardly gave him the ball in the second half. Rowlands also did well fighting for everything in midfield and was very disciplined in doing a job for the team rather than looking to get forward all of the time.

Upfront we were less impressive with Vine having a quiet game and although Nardiello struggled with the lone forward role in the second half I don't think he was anywhere near as bad as some fans on message boards have made out today.

As for the manager I was quite impressed wit him again. Coventry were running the midfield in the first half so he switched it at half time to get Rowlands in the middle and we got on top and scored. When we had the ball we played with Buzsacky pushed forward plus Vine, Nardiello and Sinclair, the problem was we didn't use the ball very well when we had it.

Coventry were a good side but De Canio's changes of tactics, which was more a 4-2-3-1 than plain 5 in midfield, got us back in the game and for the last ten minutes we were in control and looked the more likely to win the game. It was a fine line last night, if Stewarts chance from Buzsacky's corner in the last few minutes goes in we win the game and I'd imagine many would be praising the manager but Stewart missed and they took their chance in the last minute.

The only thing I thought De Canio got wrong was playing Vine wide, I'd have had him in the middle and Nardiello out wide but he's only been with the players a week so I am sure given time he'll work out the best way to use his players.

Rangers now face a tough trip to Crystal Palace on Saturday who are due a win and will be desperate to get it against us. If we can go there and play at our best we can get a result but no doubt we are going to miss Cranie and it will be interesting to see what changes De Canio makes to the side.

Man of the Match: Damion Stewart

QPR: Camp 7, Mancienne 7, Stewart 8, Cranie 7 (Timoska 7), Barker 7, Buzsacky 7 Rowlands 7, Leigterwood 7 (Bolder 6), Sinclair 6, Vine 5, Nygaard 8 (Nardiello 5)