At 15.45 last Sunday it was all pretty much over. Despite a valiant park-the-bus effort, my beloved Queens Park Rangers were a goal down at Manchester City. And, horror of horrors, Bolton had come from a goal behind to lead at Stoke. At Stoke! But no-one ever comes from behind at the Britannia. The superhoops were as good as down.

After another disappointing performance and outcome for Tottenham Hotspur Ciaran Griggs steps up to give THFC1882 his report and thoughts.

Sigh. We can't go on like this.

Spurs continued their alarming run of form with a dismal 1-0 defeat to QPR. Coming into the match, Spurs were expected to arrest their slide against one of the Premier League's new boys.

Newcastle United get themselves back in the Champions League zone after successfully beating Stoke City 3-0, leaving their rival Tottenham Hotspurs behind, as Harry Redknapp's boys picked up another defeat on the weekend, this time against Queens Park Rangers.

French midfielder, Yohan Cabaye, put on a classy performance on the day as he bagged a brace and also assisted Pappiss Demba Cisse for the other goal, putting Newcastle on a potential surprise Champions League inclusion thins summer.

By Alan Duffy

Queens Park Rangers 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur Premier League 21st April 2012

Once touted as genuine title contenders, Spurs will be now be more than happy if they manage to bag a Champions League spot this season.

Queens Park Rangers vs Tottenham Hotspur, Saturday 21st April, Loftus Road, 530pm kick off ESPN 1 & HD

THFC1882 is very thankful to Ciaran Griggs who has the unenviable task after last Sunday's game, of previewing the massively important QPR match this Saturday evening.

It would appear Arsenal striker Marouane Chamakh has even more reason to stay away from fellow Moroccan Adel Taarabt.

For gloating Taarabt has taken to Twitter to throw a jibe at Gooners after the defeat to QPR and revel in his previous associaton with Tottenham.

Chamakh tested his relationship with Arsene Wenger at the weekend when he, along with Taarabt, was photographed holding a shisha pipe following the 2-1 loss to Rangers.

Arsenal forward Marouane Chamakh has stirred up some controversy after being photographed smoking, or rather holding, a shisha pipe with QPR's Adel Taarabt after the Gunners 2-1 defeat at Loftus Road on Saturday. Chamakh and Taarabt, both of Morocco, were shown with pipes in the published photo which has supposedly infuriated Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.

Arsenal forward Marouane Chamakh has stirred up some controversy after being photographed smoking, or rather holding, a shisha pipe with QPR's Adel Taarabt after the Gunners 2-1 defeat at Loftus Road on Saturday. Chamakh and Taarabt, both of Morocco, were shown with pipes in the published photo which has supposedly infuriated Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.

TweetArsenal striker Marouane Chamakh and Queens Park Rangers midfielder are in hot water with their bosses after being snapped smoking shisa pipes.

By Chris Wright

Scandal! Round up the children! Release the honey badgers! Alert the President!

No, we're not talking about Chamakh's increasingly disgusting placenta-slathered hair, but the fact that he and his Moroccan chum Adel Taarabt have been photographed huffing on (perfectly legal) sisha pipes in a London bar MERE HOURS after QPR's 2-1 win over Arsenal at the weekend.

QPR's 2-1 victory over Arsenal on Saturday has given them an excellent chance of retaining their Premier League status. With Blackburn due to host Manchester United on Monday evening, four teams are currently within one point of each other above the doomed Wolverhampton Wanderers.

It was Rangers' finest performance of the season and finally gave supporters a taste of what Mark Hughes and his expensively assembled squad might bring to the club.

Arsene Wenger confesses that there was something missing in his side's performance during today's 2-1 derby defeat to QPR and does not dismiss that complacency could be the cause.

Having won seven consecutive Premier League matches preceding their visit to Loftus Road, the Gunners were outplayed as goals from Adel Taarabt and Samba Diakite deemed Theo Walcott's equalizer a mere consolation.

Manchester City FC's perfect home Premier League record has ended as they needed two late goals to draw 3-3 with Sunderland while Wolves looked a certainty for the drop after losing at home to fellow strugglers Bolton.

City fell behind to a Sebastian Larsson strike on 31 minutes, but Mario Balotelli levelled from the spot but Nicklas Bentner headed Sunderland back in front before the break in a pulsating first-half in Manchester.

Manchester City FC's perfect home Premier League record has ended as they needed two late goals to draw 3-3 with Sunderland while Wolves looked a certainty for the drop after losing at home to fellow strugglers Bolton.

City fell behind to a Sebastian Larsson strike on 31 minutes, but Mario Balotelli levelled from the spot but Nicklas Bentner headed Sunderland back in front before the break in a pulsating first-half in Manchester.

QPR last night completed the signing of exorcist Derek Acorah after defender Clint Hill revealed he had been haunted by his ‘ghost' goal. The veteran player was denied a first Premier League goal at the weekend after officials failed to see that his header had crossed the line in QPR's match-up with Bolton.

Neil Warnock's sacking by QPR after a run of just two points from their last eight league matches was not as much of a surprise as one would expect. Warnock had not only saved the club from relegation after joining from Crystal Palace during the 2009-10 season but led Rangers to the Championship title in his full season.

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Swans: Michel Vorm, Angel Rangel, Steven Caulker, Ashley Williams (capt), Jazz Richards, Kemy Agustien, Leon Britton, Joe Allen, Wayne Routledge, Scott Sinclair, Danny Graham.

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Jamie Trecker of Fox Soccer traveled to London and sat down for a video interview with Clint Dempsey.
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-More great stuff with Clint and members of his family.

Liverpool v QPR: Adel Taarabt to face fitness test as long term casualties return to training

QPR playmaker Adel Taarabt will undergo a fitness test before Saturday's Barclays Premier League clash with Liverpool.

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QPR's Adel Taarabt is one of the ten finalists for African Footballer of the year.

By Chris Wright

Adel Taarabt showed up to QPR training t'other day in a red romper suit which gave him the unfortunate air of a certain someone...

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News today in the Evening Chronicle that Newcastle are monitoring the situation regarding Queens Park Rangers midfielder Adel Taarabt. Adel Taarabt wants to leave QPR in January Newcastle transferred Joey Barton to QPR in August, and Joey has kept his headlines going with that Twitter account of his, and only a few days ago, the new [.

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During the summer Queens Park Rangers midfielder Adel Taarabt was one of the names being mentioned in the press when it came to players moving to Arsenal. As we know nothing happened, but today the rumours have started up again. QPR boss Neil Warnock expected Taarabt to leave in the summer and Taarabt himself was [.

It's our first away trip to QPR since 1995 and we're in dire need of a better result than the 1-0 loss we suffered that day after the downbeat nature of our Carling Cup exit.

With Darren Bent and Emile Heskey injured, here's how the managers will go looking for three points today:

QPR Aston Villa 1 Patrick Kenny 1 Shay Given 18 Luke Young 2 Alan Hutton 35 Anton Ferdinand 6 James Collins 5 Fitz Hall 5 Richard Dunne 13 Armand Traore 3 Stephen Warnock 11 Alejandro Faurlin 25 Barry Bannan 17 Joey Barton 19 Stiliyan Petrov 4 Shaun Derry 16 Fabian Delph 32 Shaun Wright-Phillips 7 Stephen Ireland 10 Jay Bothroyd 10 Charles N'Zogbia 7 Adel Taarabt 11 Gabriel Agbonlahor Subs Subs 26 Brian Murphy 22 Brad Guzan 2 Bradley Orr 23 Habib Beye 14 Ákos Buzsáky 34 Shane Lowry 16 Matthew Connolly 38 Gary Gardner 21 Tommy Smith 12 Marc Albrighton 22 Heidar Helguson 14 Nathan Delfouneso 9 DJ Campbell 26 Andreas Weimann Probable Formation Castrol Football Prediction Last 10 results for this fixture: 12/23/95 QPR 1-0 Aston Villa 10/29/94 QPR 2-0 Aston Villa 12/04/93 QPR 2-2 Aston Villa 05/09/93 QPR 2-1 Aston Villa 11/02/91 QPR 0-1 Aston Villa 04/10/91 QPR 2-1 Aston Villa 03/20/90 QPR 1-1 Aston Villa 03/27/89 QPR 1-0 Aston Villa 08/30/86 QPR 1-0 Aston Villa 12/17/85 QPR 0-1 Aston Villa

Sometimes we, and by we I mean the blog, pay the price for this not being a full time job. There are times when the job that pays the bills takes precedence over the enjoyment of bringing you blog posts so long that your bosses, significant others, non-fantasy-playing friends, and children complain about the time spent on them on occasion.

After a largely inactive summer, a late spending spree sanctioned by new owner Tony Fernandes has done wonders for Queens Park Rangers' squad by giving Neil Warnock a much deeper and talented pool of players to work with.

This new-found quality in the team has turned QPR from a likely relegation candidate to a side that can perhaps push into the mid-table region and cause a few upsets along the way.

Why Blackburn, Norwich and Swansea are my tips to go down

The relegation scrap will be almost as intriguing as the battle for the title. Each season you always have to look at the newly promoted teams and I fear for Norwich and Swansea. But QPR may have enough because they are a team with goals in the form of Jay Bothroyd, DJ Campbell and Adel Taarabt.

So, what about midfielders. After all, they are usually the most important choices to be made in your fantasy premier league team. Many seasons have shown that the players who collect the most points in fantasy premier league are almost always midfielders. The reason of course being that they get points for just about anything, 5 points for a goal (that's 1 point more than attackers get.

Quick Reminder, Real Life It was a bit of an odd ride to clinching the Championship title last season with the threat of 10 point penalty hanging over the club until the waning days of the season. With that disaster averted, Rangers are free to celebrate their return to the Premier League on the back of a particularly stingy defense which conceded 10 fewer goals than the next closest

The waiting is almost over as the Championship kicks back in to action on Friday night as Hull face Blackpool at the KC Stadium. For lower league fans all across the country the time is now upon you as reality kicks in. Will your pre season optimism turn to a nightmare? Is it inevitable that [...] Related posts:

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