Gerry Francis surprised many today by changing to a 4-4-2 system which has been asked for by many fans on the Internet. Matthew Rose returned to partner Darren Ward with McGovern and Baraclough as full backs. Gavin Peacock came in for Paul Murray on the left whilst Tony Scully replaced Bruce and Steve Slade made his first start since last May.

All these changes seem to have made an impact as Rangers started like a house on fire. Attacking the loft, Rangers won a few corners where Kiwomya and Wardley both went close. Rangers needed a good first half with a strong wind in their favour but began to lose out looking uneasy in defence as the players seemed to struggle with the four at the back.

This new system caused all sorts of trouble with no left winger and Forest began to realise this quickly and created lots of space down the right side whilst Nigel Quashie was getting to much time and space in midfield. After just 8 minutes a slip by Matthew Rose sent Freedman racing towards goal, but his right-footed shot was excellently pushed away.

Forest were on top and took the lead after twelve minutes when Lee Harper came to collect Bart-Williams' free-kick but was beaten by Quashie's backward header. Quashie seemed to enjoy the goal on his first visit back to Loftus Road since his transfer in 1998.

Two minutes later Quashie's defence-splitting pass gave his ex-QPR youth team-mate Dougie Freedman a great chance to follow him in scoring against his old club, but the Forest striker's tame effort was easily collected by Harper. Harper continued his good form and kept Rangers in the game with a great save from Rogers.

Rangers did create some chances as Forests defence looked very shaky at times. Gavin Peacock fired wide and then threaded a ball through to Wardley whose run was intercepted well by Mark Crossley.

Forest finished the half stronger than Rangers and Chris Bart Williams should have made the game safe. Bart-Williams produced a sharp turn on the by-line to beat Wardley and brilliantly took the ball past Harper only to step on the ball on the edge of the six-yard box with the goal at his mercy.

The second half saw Rangers start where they left of with Nigel Quasie dominating midfield. Lee Harper again produced a good save, this time from Andy Gray pushing his shot past the post. Richard Langley had been Rangers most creative player again and saw the danger of Quashie. Langley spent the rest of his time on the pitch closing down the former Rangers man as Rangers looked very disorganised al over the field.

Brian McGovern then appeared to pull a hamstring and was replaced by Karl Ready who appeared to install some organisation into the defence. Still QPR struggled to get any sort of move going as Forest looked to be heading to a comfortable win. Francis then gambled and replaced the completely ineffective Tony Scully and the unlucky Richard Langley with Koejoe and Paul Bruce. L

ittle changed as Rangers produced very little in the way of chances before Karl Ready's flick found Chris Kiwomya and he managed to steer the ball past Crossley for the equaliser. Rangers then stepped up the pace and could have won the game. Paul Bruce produced two good crosses, the second was flapped at by Crossley but the ball appeared to just hit Slade and roll straight back to Crossley.

Rangers ended up with one point, which was just about deserved and should hopefully end all talk of playing a 4-4-2 system, which as showed today, really doesn't suit our players.

Man Of The Match: Lee Harper

13.Lee Harper : Kept us in the game with some good saves, could have done better with the goal but claimed his crosses well in a strong wind. 7/10

35. Brian McGovern : Went off injured, he did ok at right back but did look a little shaky at times. 6/10

3 Ian Baraclough: Another poor dislpay, looks better in the middle of defence and his lack of pace caught him out a few times. 6/10

32. Darren Ward : Probably his worst game but stil did OK. Strugged at times with the wind but recovered well from every mistake. 6/10

12. Matt Rose : Started badly and looked all over the place, did better second half and good to see him back. 6/10

27. Stuart Wardley : Not a good performace, I would have taken him off rather than Langley, possibly needs to be dropped for a few games to take the pressure off him. 5/10

21. Richard Langley : Again played well but was slagged off by several tossers, i expect he'll recieve the same treatment as Quashie in a few years which is very sad. 7/10

8. Gavin Peacock : Unlucky with a volley in the first half but didn't play as wel as he can. 6/10

20. Tony Scully : A waste of space. 4/10

18. Steve Slade : worked hard but had no service at all so hard to judge him. 6/10

11. Chris Kiwomya : Same as Slade, had very few chances created for him, worked hard and got a nice goal. 6/10

5. Karl Ready : Did Ok when he came on but stil managed to give away a needless free kick. 6/10

31. Sammy Koejoe : Not really involved on the right wing. 6/10

30. Paul Bruce : Two excellent crosses when he came on. 6/10