Post by QPR Report on Nov 19, 2008 8:07:17 GMT
Bump/Edit - 18 Years Ago: November 18, 2001:
"Gutless" QPR's FA Cup Humiliation (Swansea 4 QPR 0)
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QPR were knocked out of the FA Cup First Round game (shown on TV!) and Holloway blasted the team as "gutless. We were out-battled and out-fought. Not many of my players were worth their wages. Perhaps some of them have been at the club too long and if they don't want to play for the club they can leave>"
Of the 16 QPR players: ALL GONE Digby, Forbes, Warren, Palmer, Plummer, Perry, Connolly, Bignot, Bonnot, Griffiths, Dodou. Subs: Bruce, Wardley, Bull, Paquette, Burgess.
BBC - Sunday, 18 November, 2001, Swansea 4-0
Division Three side Swansea progressed to the second round of the FA Cup after a comprehensive victory over second division QPR.
The home side took the lead from a counter-attack in the sixth minute.
Nick Cusack got clear on the left and crossed, Mamady Sidibe took the ball round goalkeeper Fraser Digby.
And instead of shooting, he selflessly laid it off to John Williams who converted an easy chance.
Six minutes before the break, the Welsh side extended their advantage when Williams turned provider for Cusack to score.
QPR kept themselves in the match when Karl Connolly cleared Jason Smith's header off the line.
In the second half, Swansea were content to sit back and try to hit Rangers on the break as Ian Holloway's side chased the game without any real conviction.
Their plan worked to great effect as 10 minutes from time Sidibe ran on to a hopeful punt upfield, nipped in front of Digby and gleefully walked the ball home.
Substitute Steve Watkin, who helped Wrexham to one of the FA Cup's biggest shocks when they beat Arsenal in 1992, completed the rout with a close-range strike to round off a famous victory.
Swansea: Freestone, Terry Evans, Bound, Smith, Steve Evans,
Hollo Blasts His 'gutless' Players
Swansea 4 QPR 0 (Nov 18)
Rs fans trudging home after the long journey to Wales, having seen their side go out in the FA Cup First Round for the first time since 1966, will have agreed with every word of boss Ian Holloway's post-match analysis.
"They were gutless. We were out-battled and out-fought. Not many of my players were worth their wages. Perhaps some of them have been at the club too long and if they don't want to play for the club they can leave," he raged.
"Gutless" QPR's FA Cup Humiliation (Swansea 4 QPR 0)
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QPR were knocked out of the FA Cup First Round game (shown on TV!) and Holloway blasted the team as "gutless. We were out-battled and out-fought. Not many of my players were worth their wages. Perhaps some of them have been at the club too long and if they don't want to play for the club they can leave>"
Of the 16 QPR players: ALL GONE Digby, Forbes, Warren, Palmer, Plummer, Perry, Connolly, Bignot, Bonnot, Griffiths, Dodou. Subs: Bruce, Wardley, Bull, Paquette, Burgess.
BBC - Sunday, 18 November, 2001, Swansea 4-0
Division Three side Swansea progressed to the second round of the FA Cup after a comprehensive victory over second division QPR.
The home side took the lead from a counter-attack in the sixth minute.
Nick Cusack got clear on the left and crossed, Mamady Sidibe took the ball round goalkeeper Fraser Digby.
And instead of shooting, he selflessly laid it off to John Williams who converted an easy chance.
Six minutes before the break, the Welsh side extended their advantage when Williams turned provider for Cusack to score.
QPR kept themselves in the match when Karl Connolly cleared Jason Smith's header off the line.
In the second half, Swansea were content to sit back and try to hit Rangers on the break as Ian Holloway's side chased the game without any real conviction.
Their plan worked to great effect as 10 minutes from time Sidibe ran on to a hopeful punt upfield, nipped in front of Digby and gleefully walked the ball home.
Substitute Steve Watkin, who helped Wrexham to one of the FA Cup's biggest shocks when they beat Arsenal in 1992, completed the rout with a close-range strike to round off a famous victory.
Swansea: Freestone, Terry Evans, Bound, Smith, Steve Evans,
Hollo Blasts His 'gutless' Players
Swansea 4 QPR 0 (Nov 18)
Rs fans trudging home after the long journey to Wales, having seen their side go out in the FA Cup First Round for the first time since 1966, will have agreed with every word of boss Ian Holloway's post-match analysis.
"They were gutless. We were out-battled and out-fought. Not many of my players were worth their wages. Perhaps some of them have been at the club too long and if they don't want to play for the club they can leave," he raged.
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