ALTHOUGH Neil Warnock wouldn’t win many popularity contests among Ipswich Town fans, the fair-minded among us grudgingly recognise that he’s a pretty decent manager.

He’s got a track record of putting together good, promotion-challenging teams on tight budgets, and it looks like he’s done it again.

On last night’s evidence, QPR look streets ahead of everything else in the Championship, including, sadly, the huffers and puffers of Ipswich Town.

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