The BBC report is here.

Disappointing game this - we looked jaded in the first half, with Dan Shittu and Matthew Rose both looking particularly shaky, and leaving Davies exposed quite a few times.

We badly missed some of the injured players, particularly Ainsworth and Rowlands. Miller started on the right, and although I like the look of him, I thought that he was a bit out of his depth there at times, and perhaps could have been better positionally. He had a few good efforts though - and his touch and passing are generally excellent. I’d like to see him playing in the middle some time.

The second half was better, but still not great, despite Holloway saying that he thought we “played really well”! I’m getting that which-game-was-he-watching feeling again…

Santos was chucked up front for some reason. To be fair, I think he caused less damage to us that way, but is must be pretty depressing if you are Cureton or Baidoo sitting on the bench and you see the boss prefer Santos up front.

We somehow got a goal back, although it was blatantly offside, and we could have had a winner but for a great save from Brown.

To cap it all, Furlong had to hobble off. It looked like a knee problem, so I hope it’s not serious. Jamie Cureton replaced him, but didn’t manage much.

Bizarrely, Holloway chose the 90th minute to waste some time by putting Baidoo on, even though we were the ones looking like we might nick the game. I’m all for putting the youngsters on the bench, but if we’re going to do that we might as well at least give them 10 minutes; Baidoo didn’t even get a kick of the ball before the game finished, which can’t have been the most inspiring of debuts.

All in all, a draw was fair. They were poor, we were poor, and I think that our hopes of making the play-offs are gone.

The thing to bear in mind though is how far we’ve come. At the beginning of the season I would have happily settled for finishing one place above the relegation zone, as would most realistic QPR fans. What Ollie and the players have achieved with no money is magnificent, and they deserve credit. To move forward next season though, we need a bit more quality - and there are players in the current squad who just aren’t good enough.

A good first half performance from us - we pressed them really hard, scored one, and could have had a few more. Delivery into the box was good for a change, but too often there was nobody on the end, or nobody following up when the ball bobbled back out.

On the plus side, Rowlands looked really fired up, which partially made up for the fact that Santos was playing in midfield and being inept as always. Why does Santos get picked every week?

Unfortunately, Rowlands got injured and had to be replaced, and the tide turned. Sturridge came on to replace him, with Gallen dropping back into midfield, which isn’t his best position.

The second half saw a further reorganisation of our formation, with Bircham playing on the right and Gallen in the middle. We looked a bit muddled, Birch lost his man who went on to score, and within a minute of the restart we were back to 1-1. Sturridge then got injured and had to limp out of his home debut, to be replaced by Cureton. Our organisation hadn’t really recovered from the first substitution, and after the second it was just a bit of a mess.

Mick McCarthy also made a couple of good tactical changes, putting on some very large players to test us physically.

Maybe it was that, maybe it was our own tactical muddle after the injuries, or maybe it was simply that we’d been pressing so hard in the first half that we ran out of steam; whatever the reason, Sunderland went on to score again, and we lost all momentum.

In the end, I think that 3-1 flattered them. They scored from pretty much every chance they had. If we’d converted half of ours, we would have beaten them 5-3!

Still, they are top of the table for a reason, and I can’t really complain.

In recent news, an elderly man who has been ill for some time has apparently passed away. Our sympathies go to his friends and family.

Now will everyone please stop talking about it…

I just love The Register.

Nice to be able to be positive for a change.

For the first 70 minutes it was a really good performance. After that a few weird substitutions caused a wobble or two, but it’s hard to knock the team on a day when they could easily have won by six or seven.

Gallen missed a penalty, but made up for it with a couple of good goals.

Rowlands looked positive in central midfield, and I was glad to see Ainsworth given the start he deserved on the right. Lee Cook looked up for it against his old team, and Birch had a bit more steel back again.

Furlong was tireless, and got a deserved goal. When he went off, the crowd sang “36? You’re having a laugh…” which sums it up. He’s neck and neck with Marcus Bignot for my player of the season.

All in all, we looked like we cared, which is something that has been missing for a few matches.