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Coca-Cola Football League Championship
Game 31: Saturday 4 February 2006
Leeds United 2 - 0 Queens Park Rangers
(Half-time: 1 - 0)
Crowd: 21807
Referee: P Walton (Northamptonshire)
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"He's got to stop letting speculation get to him - you've just got
to focus on your job," said Ian Holloway of his centre-half Danny
Shittu, who was the subject of several bids during the transfer
window. With rumours suggesting that the QPR manager may this week
take over at managerless Leicester, he was certainly heeding his own
advice.
The Bristolian was his usual self after watching his side slip to a
third consecutive defeat, picking the bones out of another colourful
week at Loftus Road. Five players were given their debuts on Saturday,
the result of a desperate scramble to produce a side capable of
competing at Elland Road. Training for a new system went ahead on
Friday without a goalkeeper. "I was very proud of my Queens Park
Strangers side," he said. "I've never known anything like the last
couple of days."
If Holloway has one eye on the Leicester vacancy he did not show
it, preferring to concentrate on the need for English lessons for his
new Polish left-back and his desire to see several senior first-team
members out of the treatment room. If Leicester have one eye on
Holloway it would be no surprise given his record - promotion in 2004
has been followed by two seasons of stability in the Championship,
despite a decidedly unstable boardroom backdrop. If there is one thing
needed at the Walkers Stadium it is stability.
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