The opposition are going to let us pass it around all day if it's pretty football but constantly going backwards. We are missing a Dagnell or Le Fondre who can 'buzz' around and disturb the defence. Can't rely on Jonah bursting forward all the time. They showed today that sometimes direct and quick is the way to go. Why are we playing wingers who then play in the middle and players who can hold it up out on the wing?

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Derry was excellent as was Faurlin, Taarabt back on form, but I have to mention Fitz Hall who I thought was outstanding today - the clearance when he was running back and stretched a leg out saved us a goal in my opinion.

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I thought all the team played well, for me taarabt was the standout, top class. Totally agree about fitz halls clearance..top draw. Thought our fans were a bit quite but then i was sitting in x block and had palace fans in my earhole throughout the game. Their support was full on but let themselves down by throwing bottles onto pitch..mugs. Good to see the teams around us drop points. C'mon u Rrrs

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Have to say I thought Derry was excellent. Quietly efficient but always in the right place and taking the right option. He even quelled the Palace bottle lobbers.

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I was really proud to be a QPR supporter on Saturday the fans gave the team almost continuous support and it was as good as I have ever heard with the possible exception of the best games of the pre-all-seater times when we could get a lot more people in the ground. After the well discussed problems I hope Ali Faurlin appreciated the particular support he got from every corner of the ground.

I agree Shaun Derry was superb I would also say Faurlin, Kenny, Taarabt, Helguson and Orr all had very good games.

As far as I could see we were, for once, better than the scoreline suggested and if Fitz Hall had been more decisive and hoofed the ball into touch, when he had the chance, for their goal we would have kept another clean sheet. Hall looked as if he was frightened of injury if he went into a tackle that made him look as if he was playing with a yellow and second warning from the ref. If Derry had been where Hall was he would have have gone in, taken the ball and hoofed it away and Dery's judgement calls in each situation is what makes him such a good player. We could easily have scored 4 in this game and I wish we had as it would have helped my nerves at the end.

I think it was very inconsistent of Mr Atkinson to book Taarabt for kicking the ball away after the whistle, when CP did worse without a card. I actually think Taarabt's intent was to deliberately bounce it off the hoarding to the point where the kick needed to be taken, which he did ,so I can't really see it wasted any time.

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Somerset, I don’t always agree with your views but on this one, I’m almost on the same page as you are.
I agree that Hall looked passive on Palace’s goal (and seeing it again on tv confirms that). He could and should have done better.
Derry is 1 booking away from a 2 games suspension (which would be a huge blow for us) but that doesn’t stop him doing cleverly his job.
The atmosphere was absolutely fantastic indeed! I sit in block B, near to the opposite fans and everybody went bonkers especially when they started throwing bottles.
And yes, Hall stretched leg was great to see but 18000+ people (included everybody on the pitch) were probably amazed it turned out so well... Proof is that he tried a similar save a few minutes later and it was an awful one, resulting into an evitable corner (where everybody hoped it wouldn’t pan out to be another Bristol City goal, just a few minutes from the final whistle).
He is always stretching his body to the edge (to which his body obviously doesn’t react too well as he is out for 2 weeks every 3 games) and that denotes of his relative inability of properly reading the game and placing himself to a position where he wouldn’t have to on the edge almost every time.
As for Taarbs card, yes CP did the same and got away with it with a quiet word from an otherwise impeccable referee but Taarbs was unlucky to do it too later on. And I could bet my house that he knew what he was doing as there was just enough time between the whistle and the moment he hit the ball. It’s not for him or any Rangers player anyway to bring the ball to the point where it should be taken but Palace’s players responsibility. He did try to hit it on target. Classic example of time-wasting. Thus yellow card. And he didn’t complain about it either.

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I thought we dominated from the time we scored our first through to the end. Their only effort on goal was the equaliser. I'm surprised the possession stats only show 55/45 to us and the only disappointment was that, instead of putting the game to bed, we were trying to showboat. At 2-1 that smacks of an unjustified arrogance.
Both Derry and Faurlin were superb with the former shading my MOM vote.
And with Swansea, Cardiff, Forest and Leeds all slipping, it's difficult to see how we can avoid one of the 2 automatic places (subject to the FA charges, of course).

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Yeah I give it to Derry. Epitomised when 30 secs from end of game he smashed the ball into the paddocks to break up Palace's last attempt to get something from the game.

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I want to sit next to somerset and french hoops, its a party next to them and everyone's invited!

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3 points was the highlight, Good goal x Dawson, Abysmal attendance !!!!!!!!

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