Goals from Grant Ward, Luke Varney and Tom Lawrence saw Town to a 3-0 victory over QPR at Portman Road. Ward put the Blues ahead via a scuffed effort on 13, then Varney benefited from an error by visitors’ keeper Alex Smithies nine minutes after the break, before Lawrence sealed the win - which in the end could have been even more comfortable - on 61.
In the 16th of a series of pre-season reports, HarryfromBath assesses the mood around the Championship clubs by delving into their forums, looking here at how things have progressed at Loftus Road this summer. Fulham and Brentford will follow later today with all of the teams in the division covered by the start of the season.
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Season-long loanee Tom Lawrence may have scored one of the best goals of his career at QPR on Monday but was left “massively disappointed” after the Blues were defeated 2-1 in a game he felt they had dominated.