Post by Macmoish on Mar 20, 2011 7:00:57 GMT
German and Simpson for QPR in Mick Harford's one win in charge (One win, one draw, six losses) - And a slightly different QPR team than a year later!
QPR: Ikeme, Ramage (Taarabt 77), Stewart, Buzsaky, Gorkss, Connolly (Borrowdale 85), Cook, Faurlin, Hill, Simpson, German (Vine 90).
Subs: Cerny, Quashie, Balanta, Oastler.
BBC QPR 2 - 1 Doncaster
Feb 20, 2001
Goals from Antonio German and Jay Simpson ended a sequence of five successive defeats for QPR as Doncaster were put to the sword.
QPR teenager German claimed his first professional goal on 24 minutes when he fired in a rebound after Neil Sullivan had saved Simpson's close-range effort.
James Hayter equalised after the break when he turned in Billy Sharp's cross.
But Qpr bagged their first win of the year late on when Simpson chested down Akos Buzsaky's chip to slot home.
The result gives QPR a winning start to the post-Flavio Briatore era following the Italian's resignation as chairman last night.
Rangers suffered a brief spell of uncertainty before and after Hayter's equaliser, although that might have been different had Sullivan not kept out a close-range Kaspars Gorkss' header just before the break.
But Brian Stock and Sharp both failed to make the most of decent chances for Rovers, and the former was particularly culpable when he put a John Oster cut-back over from close in.
QPR also missed chances, not least when German sent a free header over from Lee Cook's corner.
QPR manager Mick Harford:
"It was hard work but I thought overall we performed very well.
"I thought [German] was the best player on the pitch.
"He's technically very good and if he continues to improve he's got a good future."
Doncaster manager Sean O'Driscoll:
"We were awful, we never got going.
"Our two centre-halves played like it was only their second game together - which it was.
"But you have to give some credit to QPR, and the young boy [German] was excellent."
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QPR: Ikeme, Ramage (Taarabt 77), Stewart, Buzsaky, Gorkss, Connolly (Borrowdale 85), Cook, Faurlin, Hill, Simpson, German (Vine 90).
Subs: Cerny, Quashie, Balanta, Oastler.
BBC QPR 2 - 1 Doncaster
Feb 20, 2001
Goals from Antonio German and Jay Simpson ended a sequence of five successive defeats for QPR as Doncaster were put to the sword.
QPR teenager German claimed his first professional goal on 24 minutes when he fired in a rebound after Neil Sullivan had saved Simpson's close-range effort.
James Hayter equalised after the break when he turned in Billy Sharp's cross.
But Qpr bagged their first win of the year late on when Simpson chested down Akos Buzsaky's chip to slot home.
The result gives QPR a winning start to the post-Flavio Briatore era following the Italian's resignation as chairman last night.
Rangers suffered a brief spell of uncertainty before and after Hayter's equaliser, although that might have been different had Sullivan not kept out a close-range Kaspars Gorkss' header just before the break.
But Brian Stock and Sharp both failed to make the most of decent chances for Rovers, and the former was particularly culpable when he put a John Oster cut-back over from close in.
QPR also missed chances, not least when German sent a free header over from Lee Cook's corner.
QPR manager Mick Harford:
"It was hard work but I thought overall we performed very well.
"I thought [German] was the best player on the pitch.
"He's technically very good and if he continues to improve he's got a good future."
Doncaster manager Sean O'Driscoll:
"We were awful, we never got going.
"Our two centre-halves played like it was only their second game together - which it was.
"But you have to give some credit to QPR, and the young boy [German] was excellent."
11,178
news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_1/8522107.stm