The Queens Park Rangers Sentinel
Squad24 Apr 2028
Joshua Scott damages knee ligaments — 41 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 41 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Player ratings24 Apr 2028
No sign of nerves from Ibrahim Mbaye at 20 — 8.41
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Ibrahim Mbaye did not need any: 8.41, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad24 Apr 2028
Ilias Chair in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Queens Park Rangers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad24 Apr 2028
Words at Queens Park Rangers training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Myles Lewis-Skelly is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The terraces24 Apr 2028
Queens Park Rangers supporters have found a favourite in Ibrahim Mbaye
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Ibrahim Mbaye has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match22 Apr 2028
Queens Park Rangers get the job done against Bristol City
A 2‑0 win over Bristol City, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad24 Apr 2028
Koki Saito is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.26 with 11 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Market24 Apr 2028
One of our own: Jonathan Bell joins the Queens Park Rangers first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jonathan Bell is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market24 Apr 2028
Queens Park Rangers promote Jonathan Grant from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jonathan Grant has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Joseph Spencer steps up from the Queens Park Rangers academy
- Market One of our own: Robert Ward joins the Queens Park Rangers first team
- Player ratings Ilias Chair was on a different afternoon to everybody else