Neil Warnock refused to be too downbeat after the R's went down to a 2-0 defeat at Wigan.

Franco Di Santo scored twice for the Latics, who defeated Rangers despite an encouraging display from the West Londoners.

Speaking exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, Warnock said:"I'm so pleased with the effort that the lads put in.

"All you can ask is for them to do their best and with the team we had out today, I thought they were fantastic.

"I can't ask for any more than that. If we'd have scored the first goal then we would have won the game.

"Both goals were going miles wide before taking deflections. The second one was worse than the first.

"That's the difference between winning and getting nothing. Even with the team that we had out, I thought we were super."

Warnock continued: "We hit the crossbar and post three times and I thought we should have had a penalty.

"Apart from the last 35 minutes against Bolton, where we were a bit shell-shocked, I think we've been excellent.

"It's Wigan's day today but we'll live and fight on."

The summer transfer window slams shut at 11pm on Wednesday evening and, with Joey Barton and Luke Young already in at Loftus Road, Warnock insists all hands will be to the pump to make further additions to his squad.

He added: "I've been speaking to Tony Fernandes most evenings and he's been fantastic. I've never had that kind of support anywhere.

"I've come up with the names and he's told me to go for them. You can't ask for any more than that, really.

"To know that we're going to supplement the squad with five or six new players is exciting.

"You've got to have a squad where you've got players that are good enough to slot into a number of positions, and that's why we're looking at a number of players."