Sunday Mirror

Argyle had the chance to make themselves safe - but failed to take it against a lethargic Rangers.

Frustrated boss Paul Sturrock said: "The boys are gutted. They put so much into the game and created so many chances but they did not take them.

"We came off a bad result last week and this is a difficult place to come to.

But our keeper didn't have a difficult save to make and we made all the chances."

Jamie Mackie, Ashley Barnes and Paul Gallagher all had opportunities to clinch safety in the last 10 minutes. But Plymouth should have had the points wrapped up long before.

Now Sturrock's men face going into their final match at home to Barnsley with relegation still a possibility if Norwich beat Reading tomorrow.

"It would be nice to charge over the line and now it looks like we are going to do it with a whimper but at least it's still in our own hands," said Sturrock.

It was the 37th minute before Mikele Leigertwood gave Rangers their first sight of goal with a deflected shot wide. And it was first-half injury-time before Romain Larrieu had a touch, with a comfortable save from Heidar Helgusson's nearpost header.

Gallagher, who volleyed wide with a good effort soon after the restart, had two chances to seal victory in Argyle's final flurry. But the best chances fell to strike partners Ashley Barnes and Jamie Mackie.

Barnes failed to finish it when he followed up a fine Mackie effort saved by Cerny. Then Mackie shot straight at the keeper when he should have settled the contest in injury time.

"We snatched at chances we would normally take," added Sturrock.

Gareth Ainsworth said: "That was a typical, boring end-of-season game. They came for a point and slowed the game right down in the second half. Our defence was rock solid. But we know we need to score more."

People

QPR cobbled together a shocking finish to their home campaign.

Managerless Rangers, who were tipped for promotion but will finish in mid-table, were easily second-best as Paul Sturrock's Argyle stashed a point in their survival kitty.

The Pilgrims dominated the chances, leaving QPR co-owners Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone desperately searching for a replacement for sacked Paulo Sousa to deliver the success their millions demand.

Plymouth were on top from the start, with Paul Gallagher shooting straight at Radek Cerny and chesting down to volley another shot over.

Karl Duguid almost bagged the opener on 17 minutes - but Jamie Mackie's superb cross bobbled and Duguid skewed wide from four yards.

Cerny gifted Argyle another chance when he spilled a centre, but Ashley Barnes shot into the stand.

Rangers woke up and Patrick Agyemang suddenly looked dangerous up front on his return from three months out with a thigh injury.

Hoops' Mikele Leigertwood danced past three defenders before tumbling as his shot was deflected into Romain Larrieu's grasp.

After the break, Gallagher snatched at a volley and fired wide and, late on, Mackie twice shot too close to Cerny from decent chances.

Daily Mail

Plymouth's Karl Duguid called on old schoolmate Dave Kitson to fire Reading to a win over Norwich on Monday night and ensure the Pilgrims' Championship safety.

The south coast side wasted the chance to put their relegation fears behind them as they were held 0-0 at QPR.

The draw left Plymouth in 19th place on 51 points, meaning Norwich must win tonight (Monday) to stay in the division.

Duguid, 31, admitted he might get in touch with Reading striker Kitson, who was in the year below the midfielder at Stonehill School in Hertfordshire, to ask him to do Plymouth a favour.

He said: 'I will send him a little text, wish him all the best and hopefully he'll score the goal that helps us out. There'll be more than a pint on offer for him if he does!

'He wants to get them into the play offs, they want to keep their momentum going and hopefully they can do that on Monday.

'He will want to stay there and play in the Premiership for them again.'

Plymouth boss Paul Sturrock admitted his side should have take three points on Saturday after Duguid, Jamie Mackie and Ashley Barnes missed good chances.

He said: 'We've come here and done half the business today. I'm disappointed with the chances we missed - we probably deserved to win the game. 'It would've been nice to charge over the line but it looks like we're going to whimper over it.'

QPR caretaker boss Gareth Ainsworth was left to reflect on his side's failure to score for the tenth game in 16 matches. Ainsworth, who is in charge until the end of the season, said: 'Fair play to them - they need that for survival and it was the same old story for us really.

'The defence was rock solid and fantastic to get another 0-0, but it would be nice to have got a few more goals this season.

'The pitch hasn't helped and it was one to stay away from a 0-0 boring end of the season game.'