Team Line Up
		24. Radek Cerny
15. Peter Ramage		3. Damion Stewart	13. Kaspar Gorkss		2. Damien Delaney
Daniel Parejo
		6. Mikele Leigterwood	4. Gavin Mahon
20. Emmanuel Ledesma		14. Martin Rowlands (c)			17. Lee Cook
Akos Buzsaky
		9. Dexter Blackstock
Patrick Agyemang
Substitutes

It's been an odd week to be a QPR fan. Two excellent wins have been over shadowed by the match day price increases which have shocked and stunned many and left a feeling very down about life as a QPR supporter and that feeling is unlikely to go away for some time.

Anyway on with the football and I have to admit I wasn't too confidence when we arrived at the Ricoh Arena yesterday. The team news was that Kaspar Gorkss was in for the suspended Matthew Connolly whilst Parejo and Buzsaky had to make do with a place on the bench.

As ever at the Ricoh arena the stadium was over half full and the home support seemed pretty down about the team's chances. QPR had around 2,000 in the away end and we were in pretty good voice to start with as we defended the goal in front of the away end.

We didn't start too well with Coventry getting in our aces with an aggressive style. Ledesma was being singled out and subject of some hard but fair early tackles which the Argentinean wasn't too pleased about but something he'll have to get used to in the coming months.
Damien Delaney had our first shot in anger after good work by Cook set him up but his effort was high over the bar.

Coventry looked dangerous going forward with a front three that was causing problems whilst Jay Tabb looked useful out wide. Clinton Morrison was drifting out to the right and getting at Delaney to put crosses into the box and McKenzie went close to opening the scoring as the ball was scrambled away by Kaspar Gorkss.

The home side were closing us down and right in our faces and certainly looked the more dangerous winning a corner which Ward headed just wide of the post. It was a poor sluggish start by Rangers and we paid the price with more slack defending to concede a penalty.

Eastwood easily skipped past Mahon and played it into Tabb who beat Leigterwood but still had plenty to do with Cook and Stewart close by to snuff out the danger but Leigterwood stuck a leg out and took Tabb out for what looked a clear penalty to me. The players seemed to argue the decision but it looked a correct one to me.

Clinton Morrison ran up to get the ball but handed it over to Elliot Ward instead. The big defender stepped up and smashed it hard and straight, Cerny guessed right and got a hand to it and just as we got ready to celebrate a great save the power in the shot saw the ball spin back over the line. Clinton Morrison celebrated by running to the QPR fans to give us some stick, I'm so glad we didn't sign him, perhaps he thought it was the Coventry end but to give him a hint for next time the Coventry end is the one with all the empty seats.

Rangers were struggling to get a grip on the game in midfield and the passing game was shot to pieces with the wide players unable to get into the game. Blackstock was looking isolated and rarely touched the ball in the first half an hour as Coventry continued to create chances with Tabb and McKenzie getting the better of our full backs but Rangers were thankful that Stewart and Gorkss were having decent games clearing any crosses away from danger.

Someone then seemed to flick a switch and Rangers came back into the game. Rowlands got more into the game and worked two decent openings out wide to get the ball over which Blackstock was a little unlucky not to get on the end of. Lee Cook had a decent chance to level the scores as he latched onto a loose ball but his shot was wild and went out for a throw in.

In fairness to Cook his head could have gone down after this but he seemed determined to make up for it and went on to have a very good second half.

Rangers best chance came right before half time as Leigterwood played a ball over the top to Ledesma who was onside as he burst clean through. A goal seemed certain but his shot was weak and straight at the keeper, I thought he should have tried to take it round him but seemed caught in two minds. It was typical of his performance to be honest, after some dazzling displays in the hoops this season Ledesma was having an off day and will need to learn from these kinds of games where he won't see as much of the ball.

At half time then we may have been a goal behind but I fancied us to come back strong in the second half and that's exactly what happened with possibly our best half of football this season.

Rangers got hold of the ball after the break and passed it to death with movement off the ball and Coventry were reduced to parking every player in their own half and trying to hang on.

Blackstock missed a glorious chance just after the break when Ramage got down the right and whipped in a dangerous cross and from six yards out Blackstock got his foot on the ball but under pressure from Elliot lifted it over the bar. It was a great chance and a player in his form really should have scored.

The chances kept coming as Rangers dominated the game and Damion Stewart headed just wide from a Cook corner. Stewart then blasted over from close range with a chance that we needed someone else to have to be honest.

Cook was getting more in the game and dribbling past players to get crosses in. He put in one perfect cross to the far post but Blackstock was the only man in the box much to Cook and the fans frustration.

Dowie then made a change with Buzsaky coming on for Ledesma and slotted in on the right. Personally I'd have moved him just off the striker and put Rowlands wide but Rowlands was running the game in midfield so I can understand the manager's decision.

Buzsaky looked good on the ball but struggled to hurt Coventry as he was getting the ball in areas where he was not really a threat.
Dowie made another change with Daniel Parejo replacing the injured Ramage which saw Leigterwood go to right back. Parejo was involved straight away wanting the ball and passing with a real style showing great technique. It was like a keep ball session and Parejo fired a shot wide from the edge of the box with his first touch of the ball.

He let himself down from set pieces though with three free kicks on the left all hitting the first man with poor deliveries and the frustration was getting to the fans but the belief was if we could get one we'd get more.

Lee Cook was getting the better of his full back and shot just wide of the post before another ball in from Cook was put over by Blackstock.
It was now so one sided it was embarrassing and a brilliant corner from Parejo beat the first man and missed Stewart's thigh by a whisker to fall into a grateful keepers hands and rather than get on with the game he decided to throw himself on the floor to try and get Stewart sent off. Quite what he was trying to get him sent off for is anyone's guess but the referee didn't fall for it and really should have booked the cheating git.

Dowie made a last throw of the dice bringing on Agyemang for Blackstock to most people's anger as Coventry had given up on attacking so leaving Mahon on seemed pointless to me.

Rangers continued to dominate though but as time went on you could sense we just didn't have a goal in us and we worked the ball out wide but couldn't get enough bodies in the box. Parejo had one late curling effort which had the keeper beaten but was just wide of the post.
The final whistle then went and the players were rightly clapped off the pitch for a good performance and all that was missing was a goal.

I thought at half time should have moved Rowlands wide, put Buzsaky in the middle and replaced Mahon with Agyemang. Saying that though we were pretty unlucky not to get a least a point and I thought we played far better in the second half than we did against Southampton.

We dominated the possession, got in some great positions out wide but just couldn't get the final touch. Coventry were hanging on for the 1-0 for an hour. This was a game we should have won but I wasn't too downhearted afterwards. It's rare to see us dominate an away game like that.

Cook looked like his old self in the second half running at players with the ball and getting good delivery in the box, Rowlands was
excellent and Parejo was pretty good as well. It was like watching Arsenal, loads of good football but just couldn't score.

Rangers now travel to Aston Villa where we are unlikely to get as much of the ball and will need to make the most of any chances we get to avoid another defeat.

Man of the Match: Martin Rowlands

Players Ratings: Cerny 7, Ramage 6, Stewart 7 (Parejo 6), Gorkss 7, Delaney 6, Mahon 6, Leigterwood 6, Ledesma 5 (Buzsaky 6), Rowlands 7, Cook 7, Blackstock 6 (Agyemang 6)