Flu bug rocks club

Last updated : 22 December 2003 By Mark O' Haire
Martin Rowlands, Marcus Bean and Matthew Rose have followed Clarke Carlisle and Richard Edghill onto the sick bed at the start of this week.
Carlisle and Edghill both missed Saturday's game after feeling ill on the day of the game, forcing Rangers into only having 4 subs on show. Now the trio have followed them and manager Ian Holloway has told and players feeling flu-like to stay away from Rangers' Twyford training ground.
It plunges Holloway into a horrendous selection problem ahead of their game at Notts County on Boxing Day. Richard Pacquette and Paul Furlong are also out-suspended following dismissals in the recent reserve game against Brighton.
The Loftus Road medical team are optimistic but still not confident on who will be able to travel and who maybe fit enough to play. After Saturday's defeat Holloway know's a win is the least that could be a possibility for the R's to get their promotion push back on track.