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As Storm Brian began to batter us, we took refuge in the Harvester for our Doombar deliberations.
Most of us had been on cloud nine since our first league win against Sheffield Wednesday last week and we couldn’t wait to follow it up with another win and embark on a decent run of results at last to begin the fightback to stay in the Championship.
At the Bolton Wanderers Supporters Association on Thursday night, Karl Henry and Sammy Ameobi talked about the spirit within the squad and the determination and confidence to get off the bottom and rise up this league.
We got a further boost as Phil Parkinson was able to name an unchanged team for the first time this season.
As the game started, QPR proved they were not going to be pushovers and dominated the opening 20 minutes.
But against the run of play and with something as rare as hens’ teeth, captain Darren Pratley put us in front with a header.
This seemed to knock QPR’s confidence and we were the better team for the rest of the first half.
As the storm really kicked in, the conditions and the football rapidly deteriorated in the second half to levels not seen since the infamous water polo match against Zenit St Petersburg in November 2005.
Even spectators had no hiding place as the wind was blowing rain to the back of the stands.
It wasn’t fit to take a dog out, never mind try to play football. However, QPR, to their credit, coped with the conditions much better than we did and nobody could deny them their equaliser.
They were the better synchronised swimming team. To be honest, we did well to come away with a point in the end.
It’s difficult to glean anything from this match, so we must dry out and continue the battle at Fulham next week.
Each match is assuming more significance as it is imperative we make up the gap between us and the rest.
Our injury list is shortening but we have still to get Will Buckley, Stephen Darby, Dorian Devite, Jem Karacan and Derik Osede back into the fray.
There is news about some potential investment in the club and talk of bringing players in during January. I am detecting positive vibes that things might just be about to get better.
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Most of us had been on cloud nine since our first league win against Sheffield Wednesday last week and we couldn’t wait to follow it up with another win and embark on a decent run of results at last to begin the fightback to stay in the Championship.
At the Bolton Wanderers Supporters Association on Thursday night, Karl Henry and Sammy Ameobi talked about the spirit within the squad and the determination and confidence to get off the bottom and rise up this league.
We got a further boost as Phil Parkinson was able to name an unchanged team for the first time this season.
As the game started, QPR proved they were not going to be pushovers and dominated the opening 20 minutes.
But against the run of play and with something as rare as hens’ teeth, captain Darren Pratley put us in front with a header.
This seemed to knock QPR’s confidence and we were the better team for the rest of the first half.
As the storm really kicked in, the conditions and the football rapidly deteriorated in the second half to levels not seen since the infamous water polo match against Zenit St Petersburg in November 2005.
Even spectators had no hiding place as the wind was blowing rain to the back of the stands.
It wasn’t fit to take a dog out, never mind try to play football. However, QPR, to their credit, coped with the conditions much better than we did and nobody could deny them their equaliser.
They were the better synchronised swimming team. To be honest, we did well to come away with a point in the end.
It’s difficult to glean anything from this match, so we must dry out and continue the battle at Fulham next week.
Each match is assuming more significance as it is imperative we make up the gap between us and the rest.
Our injury list is shortening but we have still to get Will Buckley, Stephen Darby, Dorian Devite, Jem Karacan and Derik Osede back into the fray.
There is news about some potential investment in the club and talk of bringing players in during January. I am detecting positive vibes that things might just be about to get better.
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