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Spotlight on QPR - 05/02/10
Star man: ADEL Taarabt has been the brightest shining light in QPR's inconsistent season.
Star man:
ADEL Taarabt has been the brightest shining light in QPR's inconsistent season. The attacking midfielder is on a season-long loan at Loftus Road from Spurs.
The 20 year-old Morroccan has scored five goals so far this term.
Taarabt is a big lad, but possesses silky skills and a high class left foot.
Match preview and live updates: Posh v QPR.
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STAND-IN QPR manager Mick Harford signed two strikers on loan on transfer deadline day.
Veteran Marcus Bent and Hungarian Tamas Priskin were signed from Birmingham and Ipswich respectively.
It's the 14th transfer of Bent's career and his second loan spell at QPR. He has just completed a loan spell at Middlesbrough where he failed to score in eight matches.
Priskin has scored twice in 10 appearances for Ipswich this season. One of them will presumably start alongside top scorer Jay Simpson.
Simpson is also on loan from Arsenal. He's bagged 10 goals so far this term. Wolves goalkeeper Carl Ikeme is another on temporary secondment at QPR.
There's a rich variety of nations covered in the playing squad at Loftus Road. Morrocco (Taarabt), Hungary (Priskin and Akos Buzsaky), Argentina (Alejandro Faurlin), Czech Republic (Radek Cerny), Latvia (Kaspars Gorkss), Italy (Allesandro Pellicori) and Colombia (Angelo Balanta) all have representatives.
Of the home grown talent, keep any eye out for gifted winger Lee Cook who is on his way back from a lengthy absence caused by injury.
Big match odds:
QPR to win: 6/4
Posh to win: 6/4
Draw: 5/2
Score - QPR to win - Posh to win
1-0 6/1 6/1
2-0 9/1 9/1
2-1 11/1 11/1
3-0 25/1 25/1
3-1 25/1 25/1
3-2 25/1 25/1
4-0 80/1 80/1
Draw: 0-0 - 9/1; 1-1 - 6/1; 2-2 - 12/1; 3-3 - 50/1
First Goalscorer:
5/1 Mackail-Smith (Posh), Taarabt (QPR); 6/1 Mclean (Posh); 7/1 Simpson (QPR), Boyd (Posh); 8/1 Faurlin (QPR); 10/1 Quashie (QPR), Simpson (Posh); 12/1 Vine (QPR); Cook (QPR); 14/1 Livermore (Posh), Gorkss (QPR); 16/1 German (QPR); Balanta (QPR); 20/1 Whelpdale (Posh); Frecklington (Posh), Reid (Posh); 25/1 Buzsaky (QPR); 33/1 Hill (QPR), Wright (Posh), Rowe (Posh), Leigertwood (QPR), Connelly (QPR), 50/1 Bennett (Posh), Lee (Posh), Gilbert (Posh), Williams (Posh).
Odds supplied by www.nightwoodracing.co.uk. 2a Fulbridge Road, Peterborough.
Link man:
DAVID Seaman is such a Posh legend, the sponsor's lounge at London Road is named after him.
The goalkeeper made the first of his 731 Football League appearances on the opening day of the 1982-83 season for Posh. He had arrived at London Road from Leeds United, following in the footsteps of new Posh boss Martin Wilkinson who had been assistant manager at Elland Road.
But while Wilkinson was a disaster, Seaman was quite brilliant, quickly forging a reputation as one of the best young keepers in the country.
Seaman made saving penalties a speciality before his inevitable move to a bigger club. After 106 Posh appearances, Birmingham paid 100,000 for his services in October 1986.
Seaman helped Birmingham to promotion to the top flight, but when The Blues were relegated the following season, their star keeper moved on to QPR for 225,000.
He made his full England debut when at Loftus Road and appeared 175 times for QPR before moving across London to Arsenal in a 1.3 million deal in 1991.
Current form:
QPR have lost two and drawn one match since their latest full-time manager Paul Hart left Loftus Road. They have not won any of their last seven competitive matches.
Last five results
v Scunthorpe (h) L0-1 (Ch)
v N Forest (a) L0-5 (Ch)
v Blackpool (a) D2-2 (Ch)
v Sheff Utd (h) L2-3 (FAC)
v Sheff Utd (a) D2-2 (FAC)
Key: Ch=Championship, FAC=FA Cup.
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