SPOT ON WOODY

Ismael succeeded Gerhard Struber last Friday and made a memorable dugout debut as Barnsley leapfrogged QPR in the table in a game that turned on a red card and penalty midway through the first half.

The visitors had been on top when Cauley Woodrow went through on goal, only for Rob Dickie to bring him down. Dickie was given a straight red and Woodrow stepped up to send keeper Seny Dieng the wrong way.

Barnsley had squandered the lead in their previous three games but there was no sign of a repeat as Conor Chaplin made it two with a low shot at the near post.

A Yoann Barbet own goal summed up QPR’S night when he stuck out a left foot to divert the ball past his own keeper.

Ismael said: “It is always very good if you can start with a win to give you confidence for the work with the team.

“The players believe more in your words when you win.”

And he added: “We put the pressure on all the time, this is what I want to see. For me it doesn’t matter if you win three- zero, four- zero, I want to see from the first until the last minute all the time, keep going and the team did this very well.”

It is four games without a goal for QPR and how they

COOL CAULEY: Woodrow scores from the spot after he was fouled by Rob Dickie which led to a red card ( left) could have done with a player like the onlooking Les Ferdinand, now the director of football.

They have not won since the opening day and boss Mark Warburton – who had no argument with the red card – said it was the pivotal moment of the game.

He said: “It reads 3- 0. Obviously frustrated and disappointed but it changed on the one big red- card incident.

“I thought we were very good for the first 25 minutes, I thought we started well, we were camped in their half.”