BID FOR DAVIES IS HEALTHY SIGN
By David McIntyre
Ian Holloway saw his side pull off a fine away victory
– 24 hours after tabling his biggest ever bid for a
player.
QPR’s offer to
their ambitious plans for next season.
Then a surprise but well deserved win at
suggested Rangers could yet squeeze into the play-offs
this year.
“It was a great result for us,” Holloway declared.
“My priority is still to get to 50 points and when we
do that I’m going to take my players out for a bit of
a party, because they deserve it.
“After that, who knows? Anything can happen. All I
know is that, whatever happens this season, this club
is moving forward.
“To be making offers for players after the financial
problems we’ve had shows how far we’ve come.
“We’ll see what we achieve this season. For the moment
I have to say I’m quite enjoying going to places like
they’re under.”
The pressure certainly seemed to get to Town keeper
Kelvin
He gifted Rangers the opening goal when his misplaced
clearance went straight to Paul Furlong, who finished
tidily for his 16th goal of the season.
Holloway’s team then withstood periods of pressure but
were solid at the back while always a threat going
forward.
And when
free-kick but then hesitated, Dan Shittu pounced to
head home Rangers’ second goal.
"We deserved it," Holloway added.
"Recently we certainly haven't looked like a team that
lost so many away matches in a row earlier in the
season."
Holloway left
had been rejected but that an improved offer for the
20-year-old was in the pipeline.
And Rangers were given the green light on Tuesday
evening, when
potentially worth almost £1million.
The club agreed to pay a substantial initial fee with
more cash to follow in May and other payments linked
to appearances and promotion should the Rs reach the
Premiership.
Cash was pledged by a group of shareholders close to
chairman
The party includes a fan that last year paid for the
signing of Arthur Gnohere and offered to fund the
attempted signing of Lee Camp from
Rangers were hoping to complete the capture of Davies
- who impressed hugely during his recent loan spell -
and field him in this weekend’s game against
But as the Gazette went to press early yesterday, there
were signs of a possible hitch and fears the deal could be in
running into trouble.
Nevertheless, Rangers were hopeful of getting their
man.
And if Generoso Rossi’s display in his first match in
a top-quality keeper.
The former Italy U-21 international, who has been
signed until the end of the season with the option of
then extending his contract by a year, played in a
reserve game against
Rossi, 25, is eligible to play again having served a
ban after being embroiled in a betting scandal in
and was regarded as one of his country’s best
prospects.
He is still a long way from being match-fit but looked
as good as the glowing reports about him from inside
the QPR camp have suggested.
And his kicking was a lot better than Kelvin Davis’.