QPR manager Ian Holloway insists he will not allow the 2-1 FA Cup home defeat to Blackburn to go unpunished.

Holloway gave a number of fringe players a chance to impress and hinted they face the axe after failing to do so.

"That team, who haven't played before, will never be picked again. Simple as that," said Holloway, who has never won an FA Cup game as Rangers boss.

"I wanted that team to fight and do it for each other. Unfortunately they couldn't do it.

"Simple things we don't do well enough as a group. It's very disappointing.

"There will be changes. You've got to get your foot in and we didn't do it well enough.

"Jamie Mackie did - he tackled everybody. But where's the rest? Come on.

"I've made some changes but I wanted to win and I thought that was a strong enough team.

"Are they ready? And if not, who am I going to change and where am I going to go?"

Joel Lynch's early own goal and Liam Feeney's simple finish put Blackburn in control before Jake Bidwell pulled a goal back with a penalty just after the hour mark.

But the Rs rarely threatened an equaliser and have now lost seven of their 10 matches since Holloway returned for a second spell as manager.

Their third-round exit continues their awful record in the tournament - Rangers have not won an FA Cup tie at the first time of asking in 20 years.

"We just kept playing backwards and sideways because we didn't have the right blend," Holloway said.

"I didn't like the performance. It was a whimper. That team didn't show me anything like enough.

"I gave some of them a chance to impress me. Unfortunately, I don't feel I am."

Blackburn manager Owen Coyle was delighted to see Feeney find the net and hopes the winger can improve his goalscoring record.

Feeney's only previous goal this season came when playing for Rovers' Under-23 side in the EFL trophy.

Coyle said: "I always say that at the top end of the pitch you want players who can influence games by having assists or scoring goals, which is the best thing in the game.

"We say to wide players that they've got an onus on them to get in there and score goals. You can never have enough goalscorers at your club.

"So it was great that he got on the end of that and he earned it because his performances have been of a very high standard."

Coyle felt his side thoroughly deserved their place in round four and that their win should have been more comfortable.

"We worked very hard and looked a threat with the ball," he said.

"My disappointment is that I think the margin should have been greater, but from start to finish every one of them was a credit to themselves.

"We're beset with injuries and have players missing, but that group there showed how hard they're working.

"It was great to come here, win a tough game and be in that draw for the next round."