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SirStanleyBowles- 10-15-2006
JIMMY NAILED IT
John Gregory paid tribute to debutant Jimmy Smith in the wake of the 3-3 draw with Norwich City. Speaking exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk after seeing his side come from behind twice to grab a share of the spoils in a six-goal thriller, Gregory said: \"I'm delighted for Jimmy. To score on your debut is fantastic, but there's so much more to come from him. \"The fans have seen why I brought him here today. He's box-to-box, works exceptionally hard and has great ability in the final third.'' Despite dropping his first points as R's boss, Gregory believes the positives far outweighed the negatives, at the end of what he described as a 'classic' match. \"There's a hell of a lot of positives to take, even though we've only got a point. \"It was a great game for the fans, but no so good for me and Martin Hunter. \"It was a classic - end-to-end, great goals, mistakes. But I'm just delighted that we've come out of it with a point and maintained our unbeaten run. \"I have to give great credit to the players. They put in an enormous amount of effort and energy and deserved the end reward.'' Gregory continued: \"We did exceptionally well to come from behind twice, but I felt we gave the ball away all too easily in the 15 or 20 minute spell we dominated at the start of the second half. \"If we'd have taken our chances there and then, I'd be talking about another win here, instead of a point. \"It's by no means a bad point against Norwich. You take one look at their squad and collectively it's worth about £30-40 million which is staggering. There's lot of players there that know what it's about at this level. Gregory also took time out ot praise goalkeeper Paul Jones, adding: \"Jonah's had a tough few days but he showed what he's all about with some of those saves.''

SirStanleyBowles- 10-15-2006
QPR aim to extend Smith loan deal
QPR want to extend Chelsea midfielder Jimmy Smith's on-loan deal after a solid start to his month long stay. The 19-year-old, who joined Chelsea as a trainee, scored his first senior goal during Saturday's draw with Norwich. \"Jimmy is here for one month, but we have the option of extending that, which is something we will try to do,\" QPR boss John Gregory said. \"He looked like he didn't have anything left in the last 20 minutes, but that's because he had put so much in.\" The England Under-19 international has made only one appearance for Chelsea, in the final game of last season. And Gregory said: \"I can't see him getting into the Chelsea team ahead of Frank Lampard, Michael Ballack, Michael Essien or Claude Makelele.\"