Its going to be a toughie!!

Actually, tough is an understatement. Hellish is how I think it will be for the travelling supporters. All that way down Sarf, potentially to be the end of a right old hammering. Tomorrows game really will be an indicator of just how far we have come since Sammy Mcilroy took over from Carlton Palmer. To face a team of QPR's stature (in this league) will be a test of our skill, character and all round football ability.

However, some might say that our current league place of 18 is a bad reflection of our current form. In fact we are the form. Teams in the relegation dog fight like us aspire to putting a run together as we have. In fact, its nothing short of miraculous. 5 weeks ago we were dead and buried, 2nd to the bottom and almost in fear of lowly Wycombe catching us. We had just been on the receiving end of a disappointing 2-1 defeat to Colchester. 8 games, 5 wins and 3 draws later we are now 18th, the form team in the league and have an excellent chance of staving off the dreaded drop. Most say that 3 or 4 points will do it. In our last game, against Oldham, we showed flair skill and excellent attacking ability. One moment of lax defending cost us 2 points.

On the other hand, QPR aren't doing to bad for themselves either!! They're second in the league, and obviously have an excellent chance of automatic promotion. Their results over the last 4 games aren't that impressive; 1 win (against the 2nd worst team [form wise] in the division), 2 draws and 1 loss. While we are on statistics, here's a mind boggler for you; they haven't lost one game at home in the league all season. And with the finishing line so close, I'm sure they will want to uphold that record. However, as the old saying goes, records are there to be broken!

I believe that they are having a few problems defensively at the moment, they let in three goals against Barnsley (as did we earlier in the season) and are without defenders Clarke Carlisle and Steve Palmer. In the County camp, Beckett is still not fit enough for a return and the BBC claims that Andy Welsh has suffered a knock in training and will not be playing. It is presumed someone poked him. Robertson should play a part again after coming on successfully against Chesterfield and Oldham over Easter.

Key Men: The strike force of Gallen and Furlong, who have scored 16 and 15 goals respectively. The outcome of tomorrows match could depend on how these two play. Lambert is our most influential player at the moment, if he plays well we could be looking at a good result. Similarly, if Daly plays the way he did against Oldham and Chesterfield he is sure to score.

Prediction: QPR 2 County 2 - With all of the Key Men outlined above to score. A point will be an excellent result.