Daily Mail
Paulo Sousa is feeling the pressure at Loftus Road after failing to deliver the results demanded by his Italian bosses.
QPR have not won since the end of January and last night's defeat leaves them out of touch with the play-off contenders.
Sousa made three changes from the side that drew with Sheffield United: Peter Ramage, stand-in skipper Gavin Mahon and Matteo Alberti started, with Damien Delaney, who has a foot injury, Jordi Lopez and Liam Miller making way.
But any hopes the Rangers boss had of a revival were dashed in the 23rd minute by a comical mix-up between Damion Stewart and Radek Cerny.
A long ball from the back by Matt Mills was intended for the run of Paul Heffernan, but the striker's intervention was not required as Stewart attempted to head the ball back to his keeper from left of the penalty spot.
Cerny, though, had come off his line to claim the ball so Stewart succeeded only in
directing it past the stranded keeper.
Heffernan nodded home the second in the 30th minute from close range after Martin Woods' left-wing corner had been flicked on.
Doncaster, who only a few weeks ago looked certainties for relegation, are unbeaten at home since December 20 and are now level on points with their opponents, who failed to score for the third game running.
Sporting Life
A comical mix-up between Damion Stewart and Radek Cerny set Doncaster on their way to a comfortable 2-0 victory in their Coca-Cola Championship clash with QPR at the Keepmoat Stadium.
Stewart headed the ball past the goalkeeper and into his own net after Cerny had come off his line to try and claim a long ball.
Paul Heffernan, returning to the Rovers side after missing the weekend defeat to Cardiff through illness, poached a second on the half-hour mark as Doncaster's fine home form continued.
Sean O'Driscoll's men are unbeaten at home since December 20 and now level on points with their opponents, who failed to score for the third game running.
Both sides started slowly, the opening exchanges littered with misplaced passes.
The first chance fell to Rangers in the 10th minute, Samuel DiCarmine receiving the ball from Dexter Blackstock in the area with his back to goal before turning and flashing a right-footed shot just wide of the near left post.
Martin Woods fired over the bar from 25 yards as Rovers began to see more of the ball, while James Chambers, coming in at the far post, was not far away from getting a head to Gareth Roberts' inswinging cross from the left.
And the home side went ahead following a terrible defensive mix-up in the 22nd minute.
A long ball from the back by Matt Mills was intended for the run of Heffernan, but the striker was not required as Stewart attempted to head the ball back to his keeper from left of the penalty spot.
Cerny, though, had come off his line to claim the ball so Stewart succeeded only in directing it past the stranded stopper and into the net.
Heffernan nodded home the second in the 30th minute from close range after Woods' left-wing corner had been flicked on at the near post.
And things almost got even worse for the visitors moments later when the returning frontman pocked Woods' free-kick just wide.
Heffernan was causing the QPR backline all sorts of problems with his energy and movement and he muscled his way through again only for Stewart to reach out a long leg and knock the ball behind for a corner.
QPR boss Paulo Sousa made a double change early in the second half, bringing on Jordi Lopez and Ramone Rose for Kaspars Gorkss and Matteo Alberti, but it did little to help their cause.
DiCarmine guided a shot just wide of the far post, but he had already been flagged offside.
Instead it was Heffernan who continued to look more lively and his half-volley from 20 yards in the 60th minute was fiercely hit but too close to Cerny.
DiCarmine for once then found himself in space in the area, but Sullivan turned his shot from a tight angle round the near post.
The goalkeeper also got down well to field efforts from Rose and Wayne Routledge as Rangers were restricted to shots from distance.
Blackstock wasted a chance with 15 minutes remaining when his shot from the right corner of the six-yard box went too high.
At the other end only Stewart's fine sliding tackle on Heffernan as the striker raced into the area prevented Rangers from going further behind.
And their miserable night was complete when Sullivan expertly turned DiCarmine's goalbound shot from inside the area over the bar.
The Sun
It will take more than the Guv'nor to halt Rangers' downward spiral.
Paul Ince has been touted as a likely candidate to replace under-pressure boss Paulo Sousa.
But the free-falling Hoops look more in need of a parachute to avoid a bumpy landing after chalking up their eighth successive game without a win.
They contributed to their own downfall at Doncaster, who took the lead in bizarre circumstances in the 23rd minute — courtesy of a shocking own goal.
Jamaican defender Damion Stewart tried to head back to keeper Radek Cerny but the Czech stopper had come racing off his line and could only watch as the ball sailed past him into the net.
Rovers had played some neat football without ever hitting top gear.
Yet they doubled their advantage seven minutes later when in-form striker Paul Heffernan headed his fourth goal in six games following a Martin Woods corner.
Sousa's men were at fault again through slack marking as Heffernan was allowed to pick his spot after Sam Hird had headed back across the face of goal.
The Londoners could do little right although they battled all the way.
A bad miss by Dexter Blackstock, who blazed over the bar from close range in the 75th minute, summed up a miserable night.
Striking partner Sam Di Carmine did manage to slam a fierce shot on target in the 87th minute but veteran keeper Neil Sullivan tipped the effort round the post at full stretch.
The R's were in play-off contention at the start of the year but have now tumbled to 11th in the table — on the same number of points as Donny, who were bottom at Christmas.
But Sousa refused to concede that his team was out of the play-off chase. He said: "We are still aiming for the Premier League and this is a good time to look at the players' personality and character for the future.
"Everyone is very disappointed because we are a better team than the results over the last month or two have shown."
Sousa refused to dish out blame for the Doncaster goals.
He added: "When we lose, we lose together.
"I do not pick out individuals. We did make mistakes and we were punished but until they scored their first goal there was nothing between the teams.
"When the second goal went in we were down but we produced a better second half and created a lot and I appreciate the efforts of my players."
Doncaster boss Sean O'Driscoll said: "I felt we produced an excellent performance and controlled the game from start to finish."
