Doncaster Rovers manager Sean O'Driscoll was left 'bewildered' after his side's performance condemned Doncaster Rovers to a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road on Saturday afternoon.

Teenage debutant Antonio German gave the R's the lead in the first half, before hard work by Billy Sharp paid off as James Hayter slotted his cross into the back of the net to get on level terms. However a long ball and well-timed run with a decent finish from Arsenal loanee Jay Simpson restored QPR's lead and gave the home side their first win since Boxing Day last year.

"We didn't get started," said a frank O'Driscoll after the contest.

"We weren't at the races, for whatever reason. I was just saying in the dressing room that if we could have solved it, we would have solved it. On the back of a great result and a great performance against Sheffield Wednesday, we kept the same team and maybe that was the wrong decision; maybe we should have changed it - I don't know. We never got going really; we got back into the game and you just start thinking whether you have done enough to get a point and go back to Doncaster unbeaten once more, but it was a poor second goal. It looked as if the two centre backs had only played two games together and it was a poor goal to give away, especially at a time where you were thinking that we could have gone on to win this. Performance wise - we weren't good enough."

"The players are a little bit bewildered too. We came into the game confident - perhaps too confident, I don't know. But we never got started; a poor start, the first ten minutes were awful and we conceded a goal. The half time break helped us, the fifteen minute break sometimes hinders you, but this time it helped us. We came out with a different shape and that helped a little bit. We huffed and puffed but even if we had come out with a draw, I would be saying the same thing; the performance wasn't good enough."