Team Line Up
		1. Lee Camp
16. Matthew Connolly		13. Kaspars Gorkks	3. Damien Stewart		2. Damien Delaney
		4. Gavin Mahon (c)
		25. Hogan Ephraim
7. Wayne Routledge		18. Liam Miller	6. Mikele Leigterwood		17. Lee Cook
					22. Samuel Di Carmine
		27. Heider Helguson
		9. Dexter Blackstock
Substitutes

This hasn't been the easiest match report to write since I started this website. I sat down to write it on Sunday only for a water pipe to burst in my bathroom and I spent the afternoon emptying buckets of hot water into the bath to avoid a flood before the plumber turned up.

Monday was snow day and with the heating packing up the thought of sitting in a cold room writing a match report was off putting. The rest of the week has been taken up with hospital appointments until we finally get to Wednesday night and finally some free time to update the site. On the downside my boiler has just packed up again so this will be short.

Anyway enough of my moans back to the football. Back to back away wins meant confidence was high at QPR going into Saturday's game with talk of the playoffs rather than the usual moans and groans about it not being good enough etc.

Sousa kept an unchanged side for this one with Lee Camp making his first home appearance of the season and possibly his last if rumours are to be believed. Camp got a great reception from the QPR fans and looked pleased to have a chance to play football again.

This was a good test for Rangers against a side who should get promoted this season and a chance to see how close we are to having a side who can challenge at the top end of the division. The answer was pretty close as in a tight game Rangers more than matched the visitors.
Sousa's five man midfield worked hard as a unit when defending but when we got possession some of the football was very good to watch.

Liam Miller impressed on the ball looking for sensible passing but had plenty of purpose about him whilst Mahon was doing a very good job holding in front of the back four.

Rangers main threat was coming from out wide mostly through Routledge although Cook looked bright early on. Chances were few and far between all game as both sides really cancelled each other out but in the first half Rangers had the better of it and looked the more likely to break the deadlock.

Leigterwood and Routledge had efforts wide of the post whilst Lee Cook curled a free kick straight at the keeper from distance.

Rangers best chance of the half and the game came when Cook played the ball back to Delaney and he picked out a lovely cross to the far post where Helguson was waiting unmarked but he fluffed his header wide when it seemed easier to score. Helguson had his head in his hands and must wonder how he hadn't added to his five goals already this season.

Reading looked dangerous around the box but Gorkss and Stewart were dealing very well with Doyle and Lita and the only real chance came to Cisse on the edge of the box and his deflected shot was heading into the bottom corner before Camp got the slightest of finger tips to it to guide the ball just wide. An excellent save by Camp but it was the only save he was called upon before half time.

The second half saw more of the same really as both sides worked hard with little end product in the final third. It was an intriguing game to watch and a real tactical battle. I thought Rangers coped very well with all reading had to offer and we created some good openings in the second half as Helguson poked wide from a Cook cross and the Icelandic striker turned and shot from the edge of the box but it flew just wide.

The Rangers fans seemed frustrated with Sousa as cries for Blackstock to form a two man attack got louder but Sousa stuck to his guns opting to keep control of midfield which was probably the right thing to do.

Reading began to gain control of the game late on and looked more like scoring as Doyle's header was cleared off the line. Lee Camp made his one mistake of the game dropping a long ball into the box at the feet of Hunt but Mahon as on hand knock it out for a corner.

In the end a 0-0 draw was probably a fair result and we had plenty to be positive about. Reading are the county's top scorers but twice this season the QPR defence has kept a clean sheet against them. The back four were excellent with Delaney much improved and Gorkss again having a very good game. Miller looked impressive in midfield whilst Helguson did a very good job as the lone striker.

Rangers postponed game against Swansea means we sit three points off the playoffs with a game in hand so a good position to be in as the run in begins.

Man of the Match: Kaspars Gorkss

Players Ratings: Camp 7, Connolly 7, Delaney 7, Gorkks 8, Stewart 7, Routledge 7, Miller 7, Mahon 7 (Ephraim 6), Leigterwood 7, Cook 6 (Di Carmine 6), Helguson 7 (Blackstock 6)