Coca Cola Championship
Tuesday October 21st  
   
Swansea City 0
Queens Park Rangers 0
   
   
   
   
   
Team Line Up
   
         
24. Radek Cerny
15. Peter Ramage
3. Damion Stewart
5. Fitz Hall
2. Damien Delaney
16. Matthew Connolly
         
           
6. Mikele Leigterwood
4. Gavin Mahon
14. Martin Rowlands (c)
   
7. Daniel Parejo
         
10. Akos Buzsaky
     
17. Lee Cook
     
20. Emmanuel Ledesma
         
9. Dexter Blackstock
 
       
Substitutes  

On paper a good result for QPR but in reality it was a poor performance from Rangers.

Swansea dominated from start to finish in a game they should have won comfortable. Iain Dowie switched back to 4-5-1 with Mahon replacing Balanta.

Swansea started the better side but created little in the way of chances. The big talking point came on 25 minutes when Rowlands raced onto a Leigterwood pass and slid in on the keeper knocking him out cold. The keeper was carried off with a suspected broken cheekbone and with no substitute keeper defender Alan Tate went in goal. Rowlands was booked but this should have been a great opportunity to test the team without a goalkeeper and go on to win the game.

Rangers being Rangers we didn;t manage a single shot on target in the entire game as Swansea could have played rush keeper and still not lost.

Swansea continued to dominate but Rangers defended well and chances were few and far between in what turned out to be a dreadful match. Rangers inability to even muster a shot has already got some fans calling for Iain Dowie to go but you have to point the finger at players in this situation who really should be producing better.

Ledesma and Parejo came on to add flair to the midfield but nothing changed and a free kick punched clear by Tate was the only time Rangers got near the opposition goal.

Rangers also got five bookings including a fifth for the season for Delaney who will now miss the Reading game leaving us without a left back.

So not a great night for Rangers, as I said at the start on paper it's a good result but questions need to be asked as to why we couldn't even muster a shot on target.