QPR Go Down at The Very End - Reports and Comments

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Burgess returning from injury getting the winner for Blackpool in injury time. QPR remain two off the bottom.

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Luigi De Canio was unable to hide his frustration following QPR's last-gasp defeat at Blackpool.
The R's First Team Coach saw his side concede a 90th minute Ben Burgess strike, and he told www.qpr.co.uk: "I was disappointed with the performance of the players this afternoon.
"Blackpool prevented us from playing the way we would have liked.
"They were very aggressive, and the conditions here were less than ideal. The swirling wind in some aspects stopped us from doing what we do best."
De Canio has seen his team be the victim of late goals three times already during his reign in W12 - previously against Coventry and Crystal Palace - and he admitted:
"It is disappointing to concede in the last minute yet again but we must regroup, get our heads up and be ready for our match against Crystal Palace on Tuesday night."
Rangers keeper Lee Camp was in inspired form, but he couldn't prevent the Tangerines from grabbing maximum points.
"Lee didn't deserve to be on the losing side today," added De Canio, "but we must all move on from this defeat."QPR

BBC- Blackpool boss Simon Grayson:
"I told the players we would always get one more chance and we did that in the end through Ben.
Time stood still when Ben had his chance and like the QPR 'keeper we were just waiting for it to fly past the post.
"We could have sewn the game up but we had to work at it and the players showed real grit and determination."
QPR manager Luigi de Canio:
"It wasn't quite the performance we expected from the team, I thought and hoped the team would be better than they did.
"However, we weren't able to play and that is down to Blackpool's performance. They were always really aggressive and they stopped us from playing the game we wanted.
"The conditions were also a big factor as we like to play passing football and the conditions favoured Blackpool's aggressive approach." BBC

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The win took Blackpool three points clear of QPR and Grayson said: "We took the game to them and we created plenty of chances but the longer the game goes on and the more things don't quite happen for you, you just think it isn't going to be your day.
"I told the players we would always get one more chance and we did that in the end through Ben.
"Time stood still when Ben had his chance and like the QPR 'keeper we were just waiting for it to fly past the post.
"We could have sewn the game up but we had to work at it and the players showed real grit and determination."
Burgess had already missed one gilt-edged opportunity in the final quarter of the game while Camp did well to keep out an effort from Andy Morrell as the hosts laid siege to the Rangers goal.
QPR manager Luigi de Canio
"However, we weren't able to play and that is down to Blackpool's performance. They were always really aggressive and they stopped us from playing the game we wanted.
"The conditions were also a big factor as we like to play passing football and the conditions favoured Blackpool's aggressive approach.
"It was a very important game and it wasn't a game we could afford to lose but we have to pick ourselves up for the next match." Sporting Life

BLACKPOOL GAZETTE - Blackpool in thrilling last gasp victory
THE Seasiders claimed three hard-earned points as Ben Burgess headed a stoppage time winner in the crucial clash with QPR.
It had been a dull affair in the first 45 minutes.
Ben Burgess twice came close but QPR were the better side and their 4-3-3 formation caused the Seasiders problems.
Rowan Vine almost scored with just 43 seconds on the clock, sliding a left-footed shot narrowly wide.
But in the second half the Londoners barely mounted an attack of note as Pool dominated proceedings.
Despite losing both Keith Southern and Bartosz Slusarski through injury, and having to play in horrible blustery conditions, Pool ran the show from the 45th to the last second.
Pool had half a dozen great chances to score but didn't hit the target until the 91st minute when Burgess powerfully headed in from close range.
The three points are massive for Pool who were in danger of dropping into serious relegation trouble had they failed to claim the three points.
In the end it was a fully deserved victory and the scenes of celebration at the end showed how important the win was. Blackpool Gazette

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A late header from Ben Burgess in the first minute of added time was enough to give Pool the three points at a cold and blustery Bloomfield Road.
Burgess, named as a starter following a month out with injury marked his return to scoring form for the reserves midweek before getting a vital one today.
With three minutes signalled to play in the game, Stephen Crainey crossed the ball from the left where it managed a deflection from the head of a QPR player before falling kindly to BURGESS to nod the ball into the top right hand corner (90+1)
Up until then the game had been quite a slow affair although Pool really did lift the tempo in the final twenty minutes as QPR failed to even test keeper Paul Rachubka for all of the second half.
The first real chance of the game came within the first two minutes when Rowan Vine shot was tipped wide of the post for QPR. Chubs was again in action when he was forced to tip the resulting corner from Akos Buzsaky away from goal.
It was Shaun Barker, reverting back to right-back for the game who then had Pool's first chance but his header looped across goal and wide.
The Seasiders were then dealt a blow when Keith Southern was forced to come off with an ankle knock after twelve minutes after a heavy challenge from Bob Malcolm.
The next chance in the match again fell to Barker as he challenged the keeper with a header once more.
Pool looked to be upping the tempo when Wes Hoolahan whipped a delightful ball in onto the foot of Ben Burgess only for keeper Lee Camp to keep the ball what looked odds on for a goal out of the net after 22 minutes.
Both Ben Burgess and Bartosz Slusarski then had efforts fly over the bar before QPR had a chance of their own from a dubious decision.
The referee had done nothing in the game to appease The Tangerine crowd and that became even worse when he awarded a free-kick inside the Pool area for a passback that appeared to be a deflection from a Scott Sinclair effort. The ball was squared across to Akos Buzsaky who drilled the ball straight into the charging Pool wall.
The game had become a very stop star affair with the referee blowing the whistle on a number of occasions that didn't allow any sort of flow to the game.
It meant that at at half-time it was BLACKPOOL 0 QPR 0.
The second half started slightly brighter yet still efforts were few and far between. Simon Grayson opted to change things early wit Andy Morrell coming on for Bart Slusarski after nine minutes of the second stanza. Six minutes later Gary Taylor-Fletcher joined him on the field after replacing Andy Welsh.
The Seasiders did start to play more fluidly with Gary Taylor-Fletcher playing further forward and at one point he put the ball over but Ben Burgess could only head into the side netting.
Claus Jorgensen then hit an effort over the bar before Andy Morrell went clear down the left and produced a cross come shot that just evaded Taylor-Fletcher with the goal gaping.
Ben Burgess then had another effort that was parried forward by the keeper as The Seasiders began to dominate play but with no end reward.
With two minutes remaining Burgess burst into the box again, played the ball back but it was deflected out for a corner. After that corner had come to nothing it was Stephen Crainey who picked up the ball and after a deflection in mid air Ben Burgess (90+1) headed home to send the Pool fans into raptures.
The Seasiders are now next in action on Monday night when they travel to Scunthorpe in front of the live Sky Sports cameras. Blackpool

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Ben Burgess' 91st minute goal clinched it for Blackpool, on a disappointing afternoon for the R's.
The Seasiders' front-man headed past the otherwise outstanding Lee Camp in the first minute of stoppage time, to send Rangers back to the Capital with nothing to show for their efforts.
The R's, to their credit, worked tirelessly, but the swirling wind made it almost impossible for the visitors to play the expansive football the Rangers faithful have become accustomed to in recent weeks.
Michael Mancienne (hamstring), Sampsa Timoska (ill) and Dexter Blackstock (suspended) all missed out, while there was no place in the 16 for number two keeper Jake Cole (ill).
Akos Buzsaky shook off a dead leg to start, while Bob Malcolm, Adam Bolder and Ben Sahar returned to the starting XI.
Rookie goalkeeper Chris Goodchild was named amongst the R's substitutes and so to was Stefan Moore, after Danny Nardiello picked up a knock in the warm-up.
Former R's defender Ian Evatt was named on the Seasiders bench, after a ten-week injury absence.
Rangers were almost ahead inside the opening 43 seconds.
Martin Rowlands, linking up well from right back, played a neat pass into Rowan Vine, who saw his right footed effort deflected inches wide.
Buzsaky's resultant corner forced Seasiders keeper Paul Rachubka to tip the ball over his crossbar, as the R's came out the blocks at an electrifying rate.
Despite their impressive start, it was Lee Camp who earned an ovation from travelling faithful midway through the half.
Burgess seemed destined to break the deadlock when he was gifted time and space to execute a volley from the edge of the six-yard box, but Camp stood up well, tipping the ball to safety.
Burgess was the liveliest player on the park, peeling away from his marker before letting fly from distance five minutes later.
Camp seemed confident enough that he had the shot covered though, raising his right arm as a token gesture as the ball flew a yard or so over his crossbar.
The only other chance of note during a disappointing half saw Vine sting the palms of Rachubka from distance.
Sensing the three points were theirs for the taking, Rangers brought on man-mountain Marc Nygaard in place of Sahar at the break.
On possibly the coldest afternoon of the season so far, a dozen or so of the 1,000-plus travelling Rangers fans marked the arrival of the Great Dane by baring their chests and doing the conga up and down the aisles of the East Stand.
Crazy? Stupid? Call it what you will - but committed probably best about summed it up.
With the clock ticking towards the hour and conditions worsening by the minute, both sides continued to struggle to pose any attacking threat of note.
Buzsaky fired high and wide from an acute angle, before Seasiders' substitute Andy Morrell failed to get his shot away after being teed up by Claus Jorgensen.
The same player squandered a golden chance to give Blackpool the lead 16 minutes from time, firing straight at Camp after Rangers were guilty of switching off from a quickly taken free-kick.
Blackpool, to their credit, improved as the half wore on, but their inability to create ultimately proved to be their downfall.
Morrell and Burgess each made poor decisions in vital areas, while at the other end, the R's were restricted to counter-attacks at best.
Canp enhanced his ever-growing reputation with a smart, point-blank save from Burgess, but there was nothing the R's number one could do to prevent Blackpool clinching it at the death.
Gifted the freedom of the 18-yard box, the gangly striker headed past an exposed Camp, in the first minute of added time.
Blackpool: Rachubka, Crainey, Southern (Fox 12), Jackson, Hoolahan, Jorgensen, Gorkss, Welsh (Taylor-Fletcher 60), Barker, Burgess, Slusarski (Morrell 54).
Subs: Evatt, Parker.
Scorers: Burgess 90
QPR: Camp, Barker, Stewart, Bolder, Buzsaky (Moore 77), Rowlands, Malcolm, Vine (Ainsworth 69), Sahar (Nygaard 46), Leigertwood, Sinclair.
Subs: Bailey, Goodchild.
Bookings: Buzsaky 76, Rowlands 80 Attendance: 8, 527 (1, 063) QPR

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Akos Buzsaky has shaken off a dead leg and starts at a bitterly cold Bloomfield Road.
On the downside, Michael Mancienne misses out with a hamstring strain and there is no place in the 16 for Sampsa Timoska, who is ruled out due to illness.
In the absence of the suspended Dexter Blackstock, Chelsea loanee Ben Sahar partners Rowan Vine in attack.
Under-18 goalkeeper Chris Goodchild is named on the R's bench, in the absence of Jake Cole, who did not travel due to illness.
QPR: Camp, Barker, Stewart, Bolder, Buzsaky, Rowlands, Malcolm, Vine, Sahar, Leigertwood, Sinclair. Subs: Nardiello, Ainsworth, Bailey, Nygaard, Goodchild.
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