QPR all set for Stoke

"We've got a strong team now and quite a strong bench. We've been trying to bring in players that are better than the Second Division – people like Aziz Ben-Askar – to get us out of it", Holloway said.

"Out of this awful situation we have been in we can gain some pride and rebuild ourselves. I want to bring the pride back into this club. I am building something. Yes, money can help, but it does not buy you success. What you have to do to get success is get in people that are hungry, that have desire, that have a common goal.

I honestly believe that something is happening here, and I want the players I have brought in to go out there and become star players for this club because I'm sick of hearing about the star players we used to have. It's a big test but it's not one I'm shy of. We have done well in the pre-season games, can we now take into the League games? I believe we can. We're ready."

Definite starters tommorow are Day, Bruce, Thomson, Connolly and Bignot, with a likely team being - Day - Forbes, Palmer, Ben-Askar, Bruce - Perry, Rose, Bignot, Connolly - Thomson, Griffiths. Subs: Bull, Murphy, Wardley, Bonnot, Pacquette (or McEwen).