Rangers made it five games without a win with a disappointing 2-1 defeat at struggling Barnsley.

Sousa made a surprise change to the way the team lines up switching from the successful 4-5-1 back to the 4-4-2 which many fans have been crying out for.

Personally I feel away from home the 4-5-1 works quite well and it's easy to forget that playing with two up front saw us fail to score away for three months earlier in the season. The change was made though and perhaps the biggest surprise was the players asked to do that job.

Lee Cook was dropped from the 16 with Matteo Alberti starting whilst Dexter Blackstock started his first game since the draw with Coventry last month in place of boo boys favourite Gavin Mahon. The Rangers skipper has come in for a fair bit of stick recently but his protecting of the back four was certainly missed in this game and proved to be Rangers first away defeat in the league since early December.

Rangers played a more open attacking system which can be good going forward but left us wide open at the back and gave Barnsley several good early chances. Misfud was causing problems with his pace and it was no surprise when Barnsley took the lead though a deep cross to the far post which found Bogdaonvic who beat Delaney to the ball and headed past Cerny for the opening goal.

Rangers fought back and produced a good equaliser when Alberti drive down the left and put in an excellent cross for Delaney to head past the keeper at the near post.

The QPR fans sang in celebration of the 4-4-2 system we were playing and were soon moaning that no protection was being given to the back four as well fell behind. A mistake by Stewart saw him head the ball away with Cerny coming to claim it and De Silva fired home through a body of players.

Rangers continued with the 4-4-2 but found rather than it meaning more goals we were easier to play against and Barnsley had the better of the second half playing through us as we struggled to keep the ball and create chances.

Gorkss had Rangers best chance of an equaliser when he headed wide from a Lopez free kick but in the end it was a typical QPR up north performance as we came up short.

This is still a learning curve for Sousa but I hope if this performance does anything it is to prove we can't play 4-4-2 away from home, it seems crazy that after finding a successful formula away from home we go back to the failed one.

It will be interesting to see what Sousa does in the coming weeks with two home games to come and finding the right balance in midfield and attack remains a big problem for us.