Another away day misery for QPR but an encouraging performance in some areas. Rangers started well, defending superbly and restricting Birmingham to long range efforts. Stuart Wardley missed a great chance to put Rangers one up but put his shot high and wide.

Rangers almost scored after a bizarre incident with a free kick. Peacocks kick went high into the stand before he was booked for time wasting and ordered to take it again. The booking seemed fair but the re take baffling. Baraclough had a go the next time and forced Poole into a good save.

A series of corners followed and Rangers looked dangerous. Birmingham came back well and had a goal disallowed for offside and almost scored with a great volley from Ndlovu but Karl Ready did brilliantly to head the ball wide.(I don't think he knew much about it to be honest) From the corner Birmingham were given a penalty for a foul on Furlong. From my seat it looked outside the box and tv evidence proves this. Furlong scored from the spot which seem to lift the home team into a much better second half from their point of view.

They started the second half brightly and began to run at Rangers but the QPR defence and Matthew Rose in particular stopped everything thrown at them. Another amazing penalty decision was given after Rangers appeared to weathering the storm and getting back in the game. Furlong scored again and it was game over.

Ludo Miklosko seemed to pick up a shoulder injury and was replaced by Lee Harper. Harper made one outstanding save from Furlong and looked much better than he did for the reserves in mid week. Rangers created little in the second half, Scully and Gallen came on but Scullys inability to cross a ball and Steiners reluctance to jump meant that we weren't gonna score.

One final incident saw Gary Rowett try and get Kiwomya sent off. Kiwomya swung an elbow but clearly missed and Rowett went down as if the sniper had got him. Disgraceful from the experienced defender. Noone was booked but Kiwomya could have been sent off.

Man of the Match: Matthew Rose

Player by Player

1. Ludo Miklosko : Better than last week, made a few saves and lets hope his injury isn't bad. 6/10

22. Jermaine Darlington : Much better defensively from Jermaine. He kept Lazardis quiet and put some great crosses into the box during the first half. 7/10

3 Ian Baraclough: Good at the back but again poor going forward. 6/10

5.Karl Ready : Very good performance in my opinion. He was strong and brave but did lose the ball too much. 6/10

6. Danny Maddix : Again defensively he was good but he gave the ball away too much. 6/10

12. Matt Rose : Outstanding! He was here, there every bloody where. Superb 9/10

27. Stuart Wardley : I like Wardley, he gives 110% every game. His passing was again poor but he never gave up and is very promising 6/10

8. Gavin Peacock : Poor game from Gavin, he worked hard as he always does but his creative contribution was not what it should have been 5/10

21. Richard Langley: He can play much better than this. He gave the ball away too much and his head seemed to go down after the second goal. 5/10

9. Rob Steiner: Rubbish, was he playing, but he did have no service 3/10

11. Chris Kiwomya : Rubbish, was he playing, but he did have no service 3/10

10. Kevin Gallen. He had a go and had to track back a lot but he was never gonna score. 6/10

20. Tony Scully : At least he ran at people today but his crossing was poor. 5/10