Remind me. Which football team is playing in this game?

Saturday afternoon, QPR playing away at Bolton; we're up North and we're on the road. My aspirations are a slightly better result than the Birmingham game: namely play well, score a goal and get a point.  Grabbing three points will be an unexpected bonus.

While listening to the game, I kept hearing words like "in control", "defending well", "practicing the dark arts" and I suddenly felt the need to check that this is QPRs official live commentary and that it's Andy Sinton using these words.  We were dominant in the game, had managed to keep the Bolton crowd quiet and seemed much improved since our trip to Brum.

Key change to our formation is the addition of Hemed and Wells up front.  They are quick and sharp, but you expect that from players of their quality.  The big difference now is their ability to keep pressure on defenders and press from the front.  The running from Wells was fascinating to watch on the highlights.  Looking for flicks from Hemed and working himself into good positions and really should have scored a goal.

Freeman seems to have settled into a role that works for him; his goal was the classic run from central midfield to slam home Well's cutback ahead of the lunging Wheater.  We've not seen enough of Freeman in the box and hopefully this lifts his confidence to score more goals.

Eze is astonishing with his close control, ability to take about players with a shift of his hips and spot a killer pass through traffic.  A perfectly weighted toe-poke that started the move for the Freeman goal was classy; suddenly 4 Bolton players were on the wrong side of the ball with a rampant Freeman bound for the box.  Eze's goal was earned due to his alertness and balance allowing him to get to the ball first and emphatically dispatch it into the bottom left corner.

Ten minutes into the second half, we're away from home and look more likely to finish with all three points.  We have a team of players who are playing with purpose and seem to be clear on the system of play.  There is a distinct fluency to the team and the boos are starting to be heard from the home fans.

But of course, this is QPR and we have form for letting leads slip.  We duly get penalised for Joel Lynch getting too friendly with one of the Bolton players.  Magennis manages to fire through the wall and underneath Joe Lumley.  Added to the madness, there's a Keystone Cops moment where one of our players falls down behind the wall.

Cue the Bolton team rising from their sick beds and playing like they're possessed.  We defended well and the excitement stopped from my usual second half doze.

Well done to the team, good to get an important away win on the board.  Looking forward to seeing them in action against Millwall.