QPR 2 Coventry 1 - Part 1

By CovSid67
January 27 2011

The paupers of Coventry City suffered defeat at the hands of mega-rich QPR last Sunday, and at least one completely garbage match report was spawned - though you'll have to find it yourself, as I won't be sharing the link.

Far to many Coventry City players were missing for this fixture (On the pitch, but 'missing'), and, had they decided to join in, this would have been QPR's fifth match without a win. The form of champions, obviously.

For all QPR's possession during said fixture, complete with totally embarrassing 'tongue right down the back of the trousers' commentary from at least one live TV 'expert', it was actually Coventry City that managed to put the ball in the general area of the goal during the first half. In fact, had Freddie Eastwood not fluffed a decent chance (And Marlon King not picked the keeper out on two occasions), this report could be commenting on six visits in a row to Loftus Road without defeat.

During the first half, the world's greatest player, Taarabt, did manage to spoon one attempted shot on goal out for a Coventry City throw-in, while '50p Head' Heidar Helguson somehow managed, from a couple of yards out, to head a quality cross so hard into the ground that his effort actually went over the bar - Helguson also had a couple of shameful dives ignored. Premiership class, obviously.

The only goal during the first fourty-five minutes was scored by Marlon King (Who suffered more highly unoriginal abuse - change your first name to 'Boooo', Marlon, as this will confuse the idiots, who, with a bit of luck, will shut the **** up), with QPR's equaliser scored so late into time added on - despite a half no more injury strewn than any other fixture where a maximum of two minutes is added - that it would be wrong to class it as the 'first half'. Pre-second half would be more apt.

The afore-mentioned 'TV expert' probably needed a change of underwear following the supposed 'wonder striker', though the reailty was 'the world's greatest player' was gifted the goal thanks to garbage defending from Keogh and McSheffrey (Who had swapped flanks with Baker, else the goal could probably have been avoided), and Westwood seemingly sitting on the floor as the ball sailed over his head.

Westwood was forced to make two quality stops (One in each half), while his right-hand post also denied QPR in the second half, but he was no more over-worked than he has been in most fixtures this season. Like a lot of sides, for all their possession, QPR did not create enough clear-cut chance (Which is about as close to being Arsenal as they are ever likely to get).

Jutkiewicz and McSheffrey, both had excellent chances to score for Coventry City in the second half (Despite us being penned back inside our own six yard box for the entire match, including pre-match warm-up), but fluffed their chances. Again.

Aside from missed chances, the outcome of this fixture could also have been changed had the referee 'grown a pair', and booked Derry on more than the one occasion he actually bothered too (I am not the only Coventry City supporter to spot the similarity between Derry's two-footed challenge, and the tackles that saw both Gunnarsson and King sent off previously).

The winning goal was, admittedly, a touch of Premiership class, with Routledge superbly taking down Taarabt's pass, and firing past Westwood in the Coventry goal. Maybe if Routledge had shown such ability at Aston Villa and Newcastle (Not to mention Tottenham and Fulham!), he might still be in said division?

TEAM: Westwood, Keogh, O'Halloran, Cranie, Wood, Baker, Doyle (Clingan 66), Gunnarsson, McSheffrey (Platt 78), King, Eastwood (Jutkiewicz 46). SNU: Ireland, Cameron, Bell, Clarke.

QPR 2 Coventry 1 - Part 1

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Date: 27/01/2011 20:52

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