Gillingham 0 QPR 1

[Yorkie]

And QPR jump up to 14th place.

Was the goal a handball?

 

[graz126]

not seen it. i would have hoped for a draw or a home win.

 

[Dawsey]

Looked like the goalies leg to me but I'm not sure

 

[Beach Hut]

Bad news for us - hotly disputed goal.

Must win tomorrow, heard that before

 

[Zebedee]

Oh dear. A very bad result for us. Must get something out of the Preston game now.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

draw would have been better for us

 

[saafend_seagull]

hopefully plymouth can start a downfall now.

 

[Exiled in Exeter]

A draw would certainly have suited us better.

Having seen the incident this morning, it looked a fairly clear hand ball.

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

The ref must have been feeling guily as he denied QPR a blatant penalty later on though.

 

[spidey]

Saw it on the championship this morning - Townsend set it up as a criminal decision. In slow motion not sure if it was hand or the keepers leg.
Tough call - benefit went to the striker for a change.

 

[SussexHoop]

In the post-match interview, young Marcus did say it hit his hand.
Having said that, the ref evened things up by not giving the penalty a few minutes later ... that was a worse decision given his position.

I was expecting a better standard of officials at this level but it's failed to happen so far

 

[Yorkie]

I was expecting a better standard of officials at this level but it's failed to happen so far

If anything the refs we've had so far this season are worse.

 

[SussexHoop]

Not just the refs though, their assistants are as bad, if not worse.

We've had 2 perfectly good goals disallowed, have conceded another 2 that were blatantly offside, been denied 2 clear cut penalties and just to add a bit of balance, the worst of the lot was when a linesman flagged one of our opponents as offside when he was put clean through ... from a back pass.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

you can still be off side from back pass

 

[Yorkie]

you can still be off side from back pass

Except at Millmoor two years ago when Rotherham beat us 1-0
The linesman waved offside and the nasty ref overuled him.