Jay Bothroyd looks forward to QPR return

Dec 14 2007 By Paul Berry, Birmingham Mail

FORMER QPR schoolboy Jay Bothroyd is hoping a return to home soil will trigger a return to winning ways for Wolves as they bid to recover from suffering back-to-back defeats.

Bothroyd, hoping to continue his striking partnership with Stephen Elliott having returned last weekend following a thigh injury, spent three years as a schoolboy at Loftus Road having lived near the ground.

"I was there when I was about nine years old, along with Stacky (Wolves loan keeper Graham Stack) as well," he said. "I don't really have any memories from QPR - most of mine are from Arsenal - but I was there for two or three years and there were some really decent players.

"There was Peter Crouch, Richard Langley and a few others, but I don't remember too much about it.

"I like going back to London, I like the games and the crowds and the stadiums being closer to the pitch.

"QPR last year was a good game, we won 1-0 but it should have been more. They're at the bottom but they're scrapping and fighting for their lives at the moment so it won't be easy.

"They won at Burnley the other day but we should be looking to win the game."

Those two defeats against Barnsley and Burnley checked a momentum-fuelled run from Wolves which had seen them beaten just once in 13 games.

Bothroyd, himself searching for a first goal in five appearances, believes Wolves will not be thinking about anything other than a win.

"It is difficult when you're in a run of losing a couple of games," he said. "But as a footballer you don't dwell on it, you can't.

"If you do then you'll lose a third game and a fourth game as well. I think we were unlucky against Burnley. We had more shots on target in the second half but we just made critical mistakes.

"It was a bad day at the office but we've watched the DVD and we're working on things in training to make sure it doesn't happen again."