QPR v West Ham player ratings

Adel Taarabt’s goal lit up an otherwise dismal night for QPR, who had Samba Diakite sent off – again – and remain bottom of the table after their loss to West Ham. Here’s how we rated Rangers’ players in their 2-1 defeat.

Julio Cesar: 7
Loves a theatrical save or two but needed to produce a genuinely spectacular stop to prevent Ricardo Vaz Te putting West Ham 3-1 up with a cracking strike.

Nedum Onuoha: 5
Continues to look uncomfortable at full-back unless tucking in to offer cover through the middle, where he is more effective.

Stephane Mbia: 5
A man who probably sums up QPR’s transfer policy. A capable centre-back/midfielder with an impressive CV, brought on deadline day to a foreign country and a league he has never played in before, in the hope he can address longstanding defensive issues that still exist despite major spending in successive transfer windows. And he is playing in front of a Brazilian keeper, who is also new to the Premier League. Lo and behold, he’s finding it tough.

Ryan Nelsen: 6
Capable of holding a defence together, but not when it’s as fragmented as it was in this game.

Clint Hill: 5
Was caused all sorts of problems by the impressive Vaz Te.

Shaun Wright-Phillips: 5
Ineffective on the wing and given the lack of ‘legs’ in Rangers’ central midfield, which was exposed time and time again, might have been asked to tuck in from the right to at least provide some cover during a one-sided first half.

Esteban Granero: 5
A good player who made a good start to his Rangers career. But now other clubs have had time to study him and see his potential weaknesses the real test begins.

Alejandro Faurlin: 5
Impressive with the ball when given space but will always be vulnerable when teams look to get people in behind him. Consistently picked off by opposing sides with that gameplan, but will have much better days against those that don’t.

Ji-sung Park: 5
Has helped establish the club in Asia, where everyone can now marvel at how poor QPR are. Is a good player and a good pro. The question is how much he’s got left in his legs and the answer, based on how far short of his lung-busting best he has looked, is not a lot. That’s alarming but he can come good. If he gets a run of games on the right and still doesn’t produce it’ll be time to worry.

Bobby Zamora: 5
Has done well so far this season but was poor in this game.

Djbril Cisse: 5
Given a chance to show what he can do alongside Zamora up front and was disappointing.

Adel Taarabt: 8
In fairness to Mark Hughes, the sign of a really good impact substitution is a manager being criticised for not starting with the player. Taarabt, who has been nursing a hamstring strain, has had days when he’s been the one hauled off. Scored a great goal though, and Rangers’ recent transfer policy is further undermined by the fact that for all the much-hyped signings, Adel Taarabt – of all people – is now one of a handful of established players who has his shortcomings but at least shows some spirit and appears to many fans to actually care about the club.

Samba Diakite: 5
Another daft sending off. Needs a run of games in order to settle, which for various reasons he hasn’t done despite being at the club since January. Is an absolutely crucial player, especially away from home, given that lack of ‘legs’ through the middle which is such a huge weakness in the QPR side.

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