Harry Redknapp has elected to look on the bright side as result after result has gone against his side this time, but after this defeat the well of optimism had run dry. "Yeah, it looks it," said the QPR supervisor when asked whether this effect put the final nail in their battle against relegation. "It is practically impossible today, for sure." Aston Villa can provide the final rites for QPR having an impossible win against Manchester United on Monday, but, for Rangers, it's always been a matter of when in the place of if. In 2011, they stormed in to the Premier League under Neil Warnock, with the Championship title in their back pocket. They will drop out a membership distorted by 2 yrs of on- and off-field largesse. Here these were the higher part for a good amount of the initial half before common failings took their toll. "It is disappointing," said Redknapp, before the glass-half-full state of mind came back, "but I have had other disappointments in the past and I am sure I'll have them in the future." With victory, Stoke City took a significant stride towards their own protection. Objectives from Peter Crouch and Jonathan Walters, from the penalty area, stopped the rot and took them six things clear of the underside three. While QPR have had time and energy to prepare for the inevitable, fear of the drop had seeped gradually upon Stoke with the bone-chilling creep of a horror film. That win a' their second from the Britannia Stadium all time a' stopped what was beginning to appear to be a permanent slide with sufficient time prior to the credits roll. "It offers you a boost," said Stoke's associate manager, Dave Kemp. "Confidence is really a big part of football. Although our results do not suggest that, we have not performed that poorly abroad. We've probably played a lot better than that and got beat. It absolutely was important to get the win." His pack was shuffled by redknapp again in at an attempt to discover a successful hand, with Rob Green, Shaun Derry and Tal Ben Haim making unusual starts, although rejigged array did not remove the sense of continuous defensive worry that pervades this group. Stoke initially did not test that fragility a' one botched split apart a' and the probabilities fell QPR's way. No Premier League team has conceded a higher percentage of goals from set pieces than Stoke in 2013, a figure that should stay in Tony Pulis's craw so basic are they to his side's achievement, and they should have conceded another in the 17th minute, but LoAc RAmy did not change a from Adel Taarabt's place. Asmir Begovic then saved from RAmy and a Bosingwa free-kick, but Stoke took the lead with a target from a player who could have been lining up for the home side. Home was tapped by crouch from close range after great work by Marc Wilson and Cameron Jerome. "Peter's a good player, he's a player I've signed often times and I tried to create him in January," mentioned Redknapp, who bought the striker at Portsmouth and Tottenham. "He is a good target, the ball is held by him up, brings people in to play, suits the direction they play." Five minutes after the break, an exceptional work and shot from RAmy was met by an equally fine save yourself from Begovic, but when Taarabt hobbled off a moment later, any targeting verve QPR possessed gone with him. It was when Stoke doubled their cause little shock. Robert Huth headed on to the post and Clint Hill was adjudged to own used Crouch as he created for the rebound. After being asked to retake as a result of encroachment, the penalty was tucked home by Walters. That brought comfort to Stoke's lead, whilst the final whistle brought comfort to the under-fire Pulis. "He is delighted," said Kemp. "We are in the successful organization and many games haven't been won by us recently, so it affects everyone else and him at the club. That's the way it is, but he will feel a lot better tonight."
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