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PLYMOUTH 1 QPR 1 - MANAGERIAL COMMENTS

QPR Official Site - MAGILTON: IT FEELS LIKE A DEFEAT
- Jim Magilton failed to hide his frustrations, after a late Kaspars Gorkss own goal handed Plymouth an unlikely - and equally undeserved - share of the spoils at Home Park.
- Speaking exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, the R's gaffer told the waiting media: "It feels like we've lost the game.
- "We'd dealt with everything that they'd thrown at us for 90 minutes - which to be fair wasn't much at all - but one costly second proved to be our undoing.
- "I'm disappointed, because I expect far more from the players and they know that. I expect, with the experience we've got in the team, to see it out comfortably."
- Magilton added: "We need to show more belief.
- "This group of players are incredibly talented but I'm not sure they know just how good they can be.
- "The back four, with the exception of the last minute goal, were excellent. Fitz Hall was absolutely outstanding.
- "Radek had very little to do - coming out to catch a few crosses. So it's incredibly disappointing that we're only talking about a draw, when we deserved so much more."
QPR


SPORTING LIFE - MANAGERIAL COMMENTS - STURROCK HAILS PILGRIMS' PROGRESS
- Plymouth manager Paul Sturrock praised his side's resolve as the Pilgrims rescued a point in stoppage time to claim a 1-1 draw with QPR.
- QPR took a 43rd-minute lead through Iceland striker Heidar Helguson who
swept in to head home from close range at the far post as on-loan Tottenham forward Adel Taarabt's strike was deflected across the face of Romain Larrieu's goal.
- Larrieu kept Plymouth in the game with a string of superb stops, notably denying Rangers sub Rowan Vine as he raced through one on one in the 87th minute.
- Larrieu also tipped over a scorching first-half Akos Buzsaky free kick from 30 yards and somehow got a hand to turn Wayne Routledge's 30th-minute first-time strike aside as under-pressure Plymouth failed to clear their lines successfully from a Buzsaky corner.
- The French keeper also denied Taarabt in the 33rd minute after the Moroccan exchanged passes with former Argyle midfielder Buzsaky before letting fly from six yards.
- Sturrock admitted: "I am going to take the positives from the game and doff my cap on deserving a point this time.
- "I was really pleased with how we played in the second half after going 1-0 down in the first.
- "It's the sort of game we might have lost 2-0 last season.
- "This season I have seen a new resolve in us, we kept going until the final minute and that never-say-die attitude earned us a merited point."
- Sturrock was also pleased with debutant Cillian Sheridan, the new loan signing from Celtic, introduced as a half-time substitute.
- The Argyle boss said: "Cillian did well, I thought he looked to get in there and get around the goal. He did well seeing he has only been with us a couple of days."
[JIM MAGILTON]- Hoops boss Jim Magilton said: "We are disappointed with the final moment, their goal, especially after we had dealt with their set pieces all afternoon.
- "I thought (central defender) Fitz Hall, all of the back four and goalkeeper (Radek Cerny) were outstanding for us. But you have got to play until the final whistle and credit to Plymouth they kept coming at us and coming at us.
- "The save Larrieu made from Wayne Routledge in the first half was wonderful and the one from Rowan near the end there was a turning point.
- "We set out very attack minded today, we dominated possession, we had some wonderful opportunities to win the game.
- "I think if Rowan had put the ball in the back of the net that might have been it but it was a great save.
- "But we didn't lose the game and we know that Plymouth is a difficult place to come and Paul (Sturrock) threw everything at us and probably feels as if he got his just reward." Sporting Life


Plymouth Official Site - GRIN AND TONIC
- ARGYLE manager Paul Sturrock believes the Pilgrims got what they deserved out of the game with Queens Park Rangers.
- A late injury-time own goal by Kaspar Gorkss meant Argyle salvaged a point from a game they looked destined to lose. Howver, Luggy refused to accept he used up a was a 'Get of Jail Free' card.
- He said: "Over the piece, we were chasing the game and left ourselves a wee bit open, but I felt our efforts merited something out of the game - we kept going right up until the final whistle.
- "We played a very good team with some very good players and a very strong bench. It was always going to be a difficult game.
- "[QPR] are a quality team. They have spent a lot of money on their squad and are expected to be there or thereabouts.
= "I wouldn't have said we were totally out of sorts with them. We had parts of the game as well.
- "I think it will be a tonic for everybody involved with the football club that we've walked away with something out of the game.
- "When you look at some of the half-chances we had in the second half and some of the ones [QPR] had, at the end of the day I'm going to toss my cap on the draw being a fair result."
- The Argyle boss opted to change things around as early as half-time. After 4-2-3-1 produced a one-goal deficit and a lacklustre performance, new loan signing Cillian Sheridan was introduced to front line in place of Steve MacLean, with the Greens switching to a system more resembling 4-3-3.
- "The system change definitely was a benefit." said Luggy. "Sheridan came on and showed a willingness. He's big, he's got a good touch and wants to shoot at goal. He has all the ingredients that we need at this minute.
- "I also thought Jim Paterson had a very solid performance today. The substitutions at the end were in no way critical of their performances.
- "With Steve (MacLean), I wanted something different. That was the be-all and end-all of that substitution. If I was changing the system, I needed someone different." Plymouth


The Times - Kaspars Gorkss own-goal hands Plymouth a lifeline
- An injury-time own goal from Kaspars Gorkss handed Plymouth a point and denied QPR a first Coca-Cola Championship victory of the season.
- Heidar Helguson's first-half header looked like being enough to give QPR boss Jim Magilton the first three-point haul of his reign but a late period of pressure from the hosts was capped when Gorkss put through his own net.
- Argyle have been tipped to struggle this season while QPR will once again be expected to transform Flavio Briatore's cash into a genuine promotion bid.
- But the hosts made the livelier start with Jamie Mackie firing over the top of Radek Cerny's crossbar in the third minute. Rory Fallon had the ball in the net with a header moments later, but he was well offside when he met the cross, and James Paterson had a volley deflected wide.
- Magilton, who insists he can succeed where others have failed under Briatore, was clearly irritated by his side's lacklustre beginning and was barking instructions from the touchline with 10 minutes gone.
- Their first shot on target came from ex-Argyle favourite Akos Buzsaky, whose free-kick was tipped behind by Argyle goalkeeper Romain Larrieu.
- Peter Ramage and Gorkss put headers over and Wayne Routledge and Buzsaky failed to test Larrieu with long-range efforts as the visitors gradually found their feet.
- Larrieu was called into action on the half-hour, pulling off a fine reflex save to keep out Routledge's awkward, bouncing shot.
- Three minutes later Tottenham loanee Adel Taarabt drew another save from Frenchman Larrieu with a shot from inside the penalty area.
- But Rangers finally went ahead three minutes before the break after being awarded a dubious free-kick against Fallon.
- Taarabt drilled the dead ball across goal and Helguson was given too much space to plant a simple header past Larrieu for his first goal of the season.
- Plymouth were again on top after the break, and substitute Cillian Sheridan came agonisingly close to levelling with a rasping drive that flew inches wide.
- Then Fallon missed a golden chance to equalise with a header in front of goal, which he inexplicably put wide.
- Argyle heads appeared to drop as the second half wore on, and QPR could have doubled their advantage but Routledge pulled his 12-yard volley wide.
- Larrieu then saved from Rowan Vine before the hosts launched their late charge.
- Gavin Mahon had already cleared one corner off the goal-line when, two minutes into stoppage time, Gary Sawyer's cross was unfortunately bundled into his own net by Gorkss. The Times


QPR OFFICIAL SITE: Plymouth 1 QPR 1
- Rangers suffered more late heartbreak at Home Park, as Jamie Mackie's 94th minute equaliser cancelled out Heidar Helguson's first half header.
- The Icelandic striker - at the ground where he opened his Rangers account back in December- was the first to react to Adel Taarabt's deflected strike, nipping in between the Pilgrims back four and Roman Larrieu before burying an unstoppable header into the back of the net.
- But all the R's hard work was undone in the fourth of five added minutes, when Jamie Mackie poached home for an unlikely leveller.
- It was heartbreaking for the R's, who dominated for long spells in deepest Devon.
- Magilton made five changes to the side that thrashed Exeter City in the Carling Cup just a few days earlier.
- The R's gaffer recalled Peter Ramage, Gavin Mahon, Fitz Hall, Helguson and Taarabt to the starting XI, whilst goalkeeper Tom Heaton - who arrived on loan from Manchester United just hours before kick-off - took his place amongst the Rangers substitutes.
- Most notably perhaps, Akos Buzsaky lined up against his former Club, in a wide left role.
- Argyle were handed a pre-match boost with giant defender Krisztian Timar passing a fitness test, but new signing Cillian Sheridan had to make do with a place on the bench.
- The assistant referees' were the busiest people in the opening exchanges.
- Mr Flynn was on hand to flag Rory Fallon offside after his header found the back of the net, whilst Mr Bennett raised his flag to thwart Helguson as he bore down on goal following an audacious dummy from Taarabt.
- It was Rangers who went closest in the opening exchanges, however, when Ramage's stooping header flew a yard over the bar in the tenth minute.
- Moments later, Buzsaky - back at the Club whom he served so well before moving to Rangers - stung the palms of Larrieu with a 25-yard free-kick, as the R's began to force the initiative.
- Midway through the half, Routledge - buoyed by his midweek treble - let fly with an audacious 35-yard half-volley, that had Larrieu pacing across his goal, as the ball flew a yard or so wide.
- Another Buzsaky free-kick brought gasps of despair from the home faithful in the 25th minute, but this time the ball dipped inches over the crossbar.
- Rangers were beginning to find their groove, with Routledge and Taarabt inevitably at the heart of their positive performance.
- Indeed, it was the former who tested Larrieu on the half hour, as his 20-yard dipping effort was expertly tipped wide by the giant French stopper.

Taarabt and Buzsaky combined seconds later, playing a neat one-two that ended with the Moroccan international being denied by the sprawling Larrieu.

Rangers were really on top and their reward for a fine fist half display arrived two minutes before the break.

Taarabt's power and strength on the left flank proved too much for David McNamee and when his deflected effort bounced into the path of Helguson, the Icelandic front-man buried a textbook downward header beyond the outstretched dive of Larrieu.

It was no less than Magilton's men deserved, at the end of a half which they largely dominated from the first whistle to the last.

Sensing his side required more of an attacking threat, Paul Sturrock replaced Steve MacLean with Celtic loanee Sheridan at half-time.

The substitution resulted in a change in shape too for the hosts, with the Pilgrims switching to a 4-3-3 formation.

Magilton made a positional change of his own, with Taarabt and Buzsaky trading places, with the latter now being employed in the deep-lying front role he made his own during his Home Park days.

Taarabt's first act in his new wide role was to send a quite stunning curling effort into the side netting, when all and sundry in the Mayflower Stand thought the ball had nestled into the top corner.

It would have been a sensational strike from the Spurs loanee, but - to their credit - Argyle responded well.

Sheridan - who looked lively on his first appearance for Sturrock's side - sent a glancing header on target, but Buzsaky was in the right place, at the right time, to clear the ball off the line.

The same player was at it again on the hour, firing narrowly wide with a fierce left footed drive that arced away at the final moment.

Magilton made his first change soon after, with Patrick Agyemang replacing goalscorer Helguson.

The hosts had vocal appeals for a spot-kick waved away midway through the second period.

Fallon rose to meet McNamee's right foot cross, but when his backpost header was deflected wide, referee Mr East - who, to be fair to him, was perfectly positioned - declined the opportunity to point to the spot, despite raucous appeals from the Argyle players.

Buzsaky - who has been missing in recent weeks with a high complaint - made way for Hogan Ephraim with 17 minutes to play, as Magilton looked towards his diminutive attacker to make a difference.

Four minutes later it was the turn of Taarabt to take a breather, with Rowan Vine replacing the mercurial Moroccan, who himself had only returned from international duty 48 hours ago.

Vine's impact was instant, linking up efficiently with Ephraim, only to be denied a route on goal by a last-ditch Timar challenge.

The shaven-haired striker set up Routledge 10 minutes from time, but his sliced effort from the edge of the box flew well wide.

At the other end, it was the outstanding Hall who was on hand to pull off not one, but two expert tackles, as the hosts threatened to set up a Grandstand finish.

Play soon switched to the other end, and Vine was only denied by a full length save by the inspired Larrieu, as Rangers broke at pace from deep inside their own half.

But it was Plymouth who staged an unlikely late comeback in the fourth of five added minutes, as a long throw in to the box caused mayhem in the Rangers penalty area and Mackie claimed an undeserved leveller.

Plymouth Argyle: Larrieu, Paterson (Duguid 86), Fletcher, Timar, Mackie, MacLean (Sheridan 46), Fallon, McNamee, Sawyer, Seip, Judge (Noone 82).
Subs: Arnason, Summerfield, Johnson, Letheren.
Scorers: Mackie (93)
Bookings: Fletcher
QPR: Cerny, Ramage, Mahon, Hall, Leigertwood, Routledge, Helguson (Agyemang 60), Buzsaky (Ephraim 73), Gorkss, Borrowdale, Taarabt (Vine 77).
Subs: Stewart, Pellicori, Connolly, Heaton.
Referee: Mr R East
Attendance: 11, 558 (998 away) QPR Official Site


PLYMOUTH HERALD - Plymouth Argyle 1 QPR 1
-AN injury-time own goal from Kaspars Gorkss handed Plymouth a point and denied QPR a first Coca-Cola Championship victory of the season.
Heidar Helguson’s first-half header looked like being enough to give Rangers boss Jim Magilton the first three-point haul of his reign, but a late period of pressure from the hosts was capped when Gorkss put through his own net.
Argyle have been tipped to struggle this season while Rangers will once again be expected to transform Flavio Briatore’s cash into a genuine promotion bid.
But the hosts made the livelier start with Jamie Mackie firing over the top of Radek
Cerny’s crossbar in the third minute.
Rory Fallon had the ball in the net with a header moments later but he was well offside when he met the cross, before James Paterson had a volley deflected wide.
Magilton, who insists he can succeed where many others have failed under Briatore, was clearly irritated by his side’s lacklustre beginning and was barking instructions from the touchline with 10 minutes gone.
Their first shot on target came from ex-Argyle favourite Akos Buzsaky, whose free-kick was tipped behind by Romain Larrieu.
Peter Ramage and Gorkss put headers over and Wayne Routledge and Buzsaky failed to test Larrieu with long-range efforts as Rangers gradually found their feet.
Larrieu was called into action on the half-hour, pulling off a fine reflex save to keep out Routledge’s awkward, bouncing shot.
Three minutes later Tottenham loanee Adel Taarabt drew another save from the Frenchman with a shot from inside the penalty area.
But Rangers finally went ahead three minutes before the break after being awarded a dubious free-kick against Fallon.
Taarabt drilled the dead ball across goal and Helguson was given too much space to plant a simple header past Larrieu for his first goal of the season.
Plymouth were again on top after the break, and substitute Cillian Sheridan came agonisingly close to levelling with a rasping drive which flew inches wide.
Then Fallon missed a golden chance to equalise with a header from in front of goal which he inexplicably put wide.
Argyle heads appeared to drop as the second half wore on, and Rangers could have doubled their advantage but Routledge pulled his 12-yard volley wide.
Larrieu then saved from Rowan Vine before the hosts launched their late charge.
Gavin Mahon had already cleared one corner off the goal-line when, two minutes into stoppage time, Gary Sawyer’s cross was unfortunately bundled into his own net by Gorkss.
Plymouth Herald


PLYMOUTH OFFICIAL SITE - Plymouth 1 QPR 1
- In football, you can discuss players, managers, signing and formations all you like. Sometimes, you need a little bit of luck.
- Argyle certainly got that against a dogged QPR side who took a deserved lead through Heidar Helguson just before half time and kept it until deep into injury time, when Argyle scrambled home a desperate equaliser.
- Both these teams opened their seasons with 1-1 draws and repeated the dose today, but you would think that the visiting manager will be the more frustrated of the two with not picking up all three points.
- Rangers were clearly the better side during the opening half, and deservedly went in front when Helguson reacted well to a deflected shot to nod in past a helpless Romain Larrieu.
- Argyle bucked their ideas up in the second period, and although Larrieu was responsible for keeping them in it, the home side had the bulk of the pressure. It took a long time to break down a stubborn Hoops resistance, though.
- When the goal did come, it may have been off of Rory Fallon, Jamie Mackie or a host of panicked R's defenders. What mattered was it came at all, and it preserved Argyle's unbeaten run to the season. It may seem a flimsy claim, but it is nonetheless true.
- Argyle's starting line-up contained just one change from the previous week's creditable draw at Crystal Palace, with Republic of Ireland U-21 international Alan Judge replacing midweek goalscorer Luke Summerfield, who dropped to substitute.

Joining him on the bench (a bench situated about twenty yards nearer the Barn Park end than in previous years) was one of Judge's international cohorts and new arrival Cillian Sheridan.
- The most notable name on the visitors' teamsheet was Hungarian International Akos Buzsaky, erstwhile of PL2 but now plying his trade in Shephards Bush.
- The R's drew 1-1 against the new outfit of former Pilgrim and Ranger Ian Holloway last Saturday, and made just two changes for their trip to Home Park. Angelo Balanta and injured talisman Martin Rowlands made way for Buzsaky and Michele Leigertwood, both of whom played ninety minutes in midweek in a visit to Exeter. We won't mention the score but it resembled a TV Cop show set in Hawaii.
- The Pilgrims appeared to be going with their new 4-2-3-1 formation, and it was Jamie Mackie, starting the game wide on the left of this setup, who had the first shy at goal. After Fallon nodded a high cross against a Rangers defender, the former Exeter man shot tamely over.
- Shortly after this, Argyle had the ball in the net, after Fallon looped a header wide of R's keeper Radek Cerny, but he was rightly flagged offside.
- The early pressure continued. Fallon nodded on into space behind the Rangers backline, but the diminutive Judge was unable to meet the high bounce off of the Home Park surface.

The first real QPR threat came after ten minutes. The second of two successive corners ended with Peter Ramage finding the Devonport End as opposed to the goal or its environs.

First fears of Buzsaky returning to haunt his old club surfaced around the quarter hour. A Carl Fletcher challenge which would have hailed twenty years ago but nowadays gets punished meant the Hungarian had a chance to try his hand a curling free kick which had Romain Larrieu scrambling to his right.

After a Wayne Routledge sighter which may have looked close in the Mayflower but wild to the Lyndhurst, Argyle forced a corner which Radek Cerny, decidedly edgily, punched away. QPR was inching back into the game.

Another Buzsaky dead ball effort went harmlessly over on twenty five minutes, but shortly after it was a corner kick from which Argyle got a scared. The centre was cleared only as far as Routledge, scorer of a hat-trick in midweek, hit a twenty-yarder low and hard. Fortunately Larrieu was up to the task getting down well to prevent the former Tottenham and Palace man opening the scoring.

Argyle for their opening promise, were firmly on the back foot. Le Keeper had to be alert once more soon after. After Argyle indecision in the middle of the park, summer signing Abel Taarabt created his own opening, played a wall pass with Buzsaky, and attempted, unsuccessfully, to chip the onrushing Larrieu.

Shortly before half time, though, even Romain could do nothing as QPR took a lead they indisputably deserved.

Rangers took a quick free-kick - given for a dubious handball against Rory Fallon - and neatly worked the ball down the left. Taarabt engineered space to hit a curling effort which deflected away from Larrieu and the goal - but into the path of Heider Helguson, who reacted sharply to nod home. It was a body blow to the Greens and their Army, but it was hard to begrudge Jim Magilton's side their lead.

Half time came and Luggy clearly sensed Argyle's lack of first half momentum, choosing to replace Steve MacLean with Cillian Sheridan. The change facilitated a change of formation, with the new man - no stranger to playing in green and white and plotting the downfall of those in white and blue - lining up to the left of Rory Fallon in a 4-3-3 arrangement. Jamie Mackie switched to occupy the position on Rory's right hand.

The switch showed an initial change of spirit as well as shape. Sheridan had a snapshot blocked, a corner ended with a dubious foul given for a Mackie jump at Cerny, although evidence pointed to Cerny simply flapping, and a Judge free-kick went harmlessly over.

Cerny once more looked ill-at-ease as a harmless ball over the top suddenly saw the Czech stopper a yard outside his area and Fallon bearing down. He improvised with a header which cannoned off Kaspar Gorkss, and the ball eventually being shepherded to safety.

It was Rangers, though, that came a whisker from doubling their winning margin. Routledge cut inside and found Taarabt, who spun to crash a first-time shot which looked to most in the ground like it had found the top corner. Fortunately for Argyle fans who covered their eyes in fear, when they removed them the ball had dropped down on the outside of the goal. Supporters in the away end could be seen intensely inspecting the net for football-sized gaps.

Argyle responded brightly, forcing three quick corners, delivered well by Judge and then Paterson, all of which found the six yard box, but were manoeuvred to safety in a variety of ways, not all of them comfortably.

Sheridan was next to get in on the action. On first glance the Celtic loanee, as Luggy might say, 'looks a player', and he nearly marked his Home Park debut with a goal within twenty minutes of his introduction. From the tightest of angles and from a difficult height, he flashed a left-footed effort wide of the far post, but not by much.

Referee Roger East had had a quiet game, but had the spotlight shone briefly upon him midway through the second half. QPR felt they deserved a free kick when McNamee stopped Taarabt, but none was forthcoming. Argyle broke swiftly, and after good work by Paterson and Mackie, the former picked out Rory Fallon. The big Kiwi, unmarked, saw his header drift wide. The official saw a deflection and gave a corner, but Argyle players were incensed. They felt the deflection came from a hand. Mr East did not.

QPR withdraw Buzsaky and the very impressive Taarab to allow Ephraim and Vine to try their luck, and it was Vine who got quickly involved. He teed up Routledge, but the winger's volley was poorly timed.

Argyle were creating a lot of pressure without forcing clear cut chances. Two blocked shots, a penalty shout and a scramble all came in the space of twenty seconds, but a goal did not. The six yard box in front of the Devonport was leading a charmed life.

The Pilgrims made two personnel changes. Noone for the tiring Judge and Duguid for Paterson, leading to another shift in formation. Noone and Mackie now functioned as orthodox wingers outside Fallon and Sheridan as a front two.

However, it was a Hoops sub who impacted next. Rowan Vine, sent clear of all challengers, bore down on Larrieu, but the French custodian saved brilliantly again, with Timar stopping Routledge from following up.

After the fourth official signalled a puzzling five minutes of injury time, Timar of all people played an incisive through ball, but an under-pressure Duguid's shot was saved.

The big Hungarian, last week's goalscorer at Palace, tried desperately to repeat the dose this week. From another corner into the heart of QPR's box he stabbed at goal twice, only to be denied by first Hogan Ephraim and then Gavin Mahon on the line. It was looking like it wouldn't happen.

But then, finally, a ball bobbling around the R's six yard area bounced in Argyle's favour. Here's what we know: Gary Sawyer launched a ball into the danger zone, where Rory Fallon and Jamie Mackie made nuisances of themselves.
- Some may say that Fallon got the final touch, some that it was a QPR defender, probably Kaspar Gorkss.
- But frankly - to paraphrase commentator Barry Davies at the 1988 Olympics - who cares.
- Rob McNichol
- Argyle (4-5-1) Romain Larrieu; 16 David McNamee, 18 Gary Sawyer, 19 Marcel Seip, 5 Krisztian Timar; 3 Jim Paterson (2 Karl Duguid, 85), 4 Carl Fletcher (Capt), 8 Jamie Mackie, 25 Alan Judge (17 Craig Noone, 82), 9 Steve MacLean (12 Cillian Sheridan, HT); 14 Rory Fallon
Substitutes (not used) 11 Kari Arnason, 20 Luke Summerfield, 22 Reda Johnson, 23 Kyle Letheren (gk)
- Booked: Fletcher (90)
- QPR (4-4-2) 24 Radek Cerny; 2 Peter Ramage, 5 Fitz Hall, 13 Kaspar Gorkss, 29 Gary Borrowdale; 7 Wayne Routledge, 4 Gavin Mahon (Capt), 6 Michele Leigertwood, 10 Akos Buzsaky (25 Hogan Ephraim, 75); 39 Adel Taarabt (8 Rowan Vine, 71), 9 Heidar Helguson (11 Patrick Agyemang, 60)
Substitutes (not used) 3 Damion Stewart, 12 Alessandro Pellicori, 16 Matt Connolly, 22 Tom Heaton (gk)
- Referee: Roger East (Wiltshire)
- Attendance: 11,558 (998 away) Plymouth


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