LEROY Fer was thoroughly fed up as he spoke following QPR’s 3-1 defeat at Stoke City on Saturday afternoon.





A Jonathan Walters hat-trick gave the Potters all three points, with Niko Kranjcar’s first-half effort proving to be little more than a consolation.





The result could have been very different. After going 2-0 down, Kranjcar halved the deficit and in the second half Joey Barton’s free-kick hit the crossbar, while Fer saw his long-range set-piece brilliantly saved by Asmir Begovic.





The defeat extended QPR’s losing streak on the road to 11 games – 12 in all competitions – and Dutch international Fer told www.qpr.co.uk: “It’s the same situation again, we’ve said it all before.





“We had a couple of chances but didn’t take them, and we gave goals away that we really didn’t have to. That’s what makes it so frustrating.





“It’s not that we don’t work, or we don’t battle. It’s just down to the fact that we keep giving goals away and making it so tough for ourselves. We said to each other afterwards that we have given goals away far too easily.





“The gaffer said to us afterwards that if we keep on working, it will turn for us and we will pick up the points we need.





“But right now it is just a huge feeling of frustration because we’re all working hard but the points aren’t coming.”





Fer has been used predominantly on the left wing, but played in the centre alongside Karl Henry and Barton at the Britannia Stadium, with Kranjcar and Eduardo Vargas out wide.





The 25 year-old was a creative threat in the central role, playing a key part in Kranjcar’s goal, and he admitted: “I feel that’s my best position, it’s where I can be most dangerous.





“We scored a good goal and I was pleased with the part I played in that, but it doesn’t count for much because we haven’t got any points from it.”





Despite the loss, the players were applauded off the pitch by the travelling R’s fans who recognised the effort and commitment shown by a group of players desperate to keep QPR in the top flight.





“I say it every week, but our fans are great,” Fer added. “They support us right until the end, they don’t give up and that’s what I love about them.”



