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[Steve Russell]

Good assertive start, the players were certainly up for it.

20 mins in & Kenneth Paal hit the crossbar.
But the visitors took the lead against the run of play & not only that
Steve Cook went down with what looked like a serious ankle injury?

Eventually a stretcher was brought on, which could have been used but he still
needed to be carefully helped off. Obviously hope that it isn't as bad at
it looked!

Phil Parkes was interviewed at ht, good to see him back at HQ again.

Into the 2nd half & well done to Paul Smyth when he cut the ball back
to a well-placed Rayan Kolli to pull the trigger.

We were up on our feet to celebrate Sam Field giving us the lead but
somehow he put the ball wide of the target from close range.

Despite the pressure, it looked as if if we were never going to secure the winner.
Paul Smyth's shot bounced off the top of the bar & the keeper made an amazing
double-save.

Then, Liam Lindsay was sent off & Loftus Rd erupted in the 89th minute when
Ilias Chair's cross was met by a diving Jimmy Dunne

Great celebrations followed & we are now up to 14th.

Well done Paul Smyth, Kieran Morgan was superb etc etc etc

Attendance: 15,323

[Tommy Cunningham]

Another great result and fitting that Jimmy Dunne was the match winner for us, a big well done to the young
man who has had a very tough time recently.

An amazing turnaround with this group of players since November, massive credit must go to Marti Cifuentes and
his staff as well. As well as winning enough points to get us clear of the relegation zone, there have been some
very good performances along the way.

What is encouraging is the good young players we now have at QPR, hopefully we can recruit one or two players
in the transfer window preferably a striker to help us finish the second half of the season strong.

We have a couple of tough away fixtures next at Swansea and Norwich, hopefully Marti Cifuentes can set the team
up to get some points on the road.

[steveqpr881]

We had 3 good chances in the first 5 mins - if any of them had gone in, it would have
been a much different game.

They scored very much against the run of play; didn't look like a foul on Cook from where I was,
I assume he went down badly & twisted his ankle; when he was helped off, he certainly kept his left foot
off the ground.
Thought PNE were a very dirty side, numerous fouls committed & some stuff that was pure GBH,
so it's always satisfying when we beat a team like that.
2 great goals from the Rs, job done & a great match.

Other highlights for me were seeing Parksy at h-t & the huge Stan banner in the Loft.

[Kerrins]

We were far the better team from the off and deserved to win. Simple as that.

Really pleased for Rayan Kolli. Glad he has now been given a first team run. He certainly has not let us down