Queens Park Rangers suffered their first defeat of the Marti Cifuentes era on Saturday afternoon at Carrow Road, extending the club’s winless run to 12 matches in the
Championship, with their last maximum coming at the Riverside Stadium against Michael Carrick’s Middlesbrough on September 2.
Since that two-goal victory on Teesside, the R’s have parted company with Wycombe Wanderers legend Ainsworth and handed 41-year-old Cifuentes a
place in the managerial hotseat in West London, with the task of ensuring the club’s nine-year spell in the second tier does not come to a sour end in May.
Unlike a team fighting for their lives at the bottom of the division, QPR travelled to East Anglia and dominated possession against David
Wagner’s men, but a first-half strike from Ui-Jo Hwang – coupled with some undesirable finishing in the latter stages by Sam Field – resulted in the visitors’ 11th loss of the season.
With three of their next four Championship matches being at Loftus Road, the R’s will make it a matter of urgency to improve their
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abysmal home form, as the West Londoners are the only side in the division who are yet to win in front of their home faithful, collecting just two points from seven contests.
Undoubtedly-talented players such as Ilias Chair and Chris Willock who used to amaze are beginning to irritate supporters with their lack of end product, and considering that full-
back Kenneth Paal is leading the club’s Golden Boot race with three goals, it is understandable why fans want attacking reinforcements in the New Year.
