Cardiff City headlines as fuming QPR boss 'loses his rag', Doyle absence explained and forgotten man back after 137 days

These are your Cardiff City headlines on Sunday, March 6.

Furious QPR boss Mark Warburton said his side played at "testimonial pace" in the second half against Cardiff.

The Bluebirds produced the goods after the break in west London, with Morison's substitutions changing the game to turn the game around.

The introduction of Isaak Davies and Ruben Colwill gave them added energy, with Warburton admitting that his side's display had ruined the weekend and the days to come for him and supporters.

“We lost it by dropping the tempo and playing at a testimonial pace after 50 minutes," he said.

“We were thinking it was almost too easy to move the ball and giving a good opponent too much time and not enough respect, and we paid the price for that. Plain and simple.

“We were dominant in the first half, got the goal, should have got the second and all we had to do was maintain our tempo.

“I don’t lose my rag often but that was not us in the second half. We can’t be that. We can’t accept that.

“We just dropped to testimonial pace and that’s not acceptable. There’s no excuses.

“That’s ruined the weekend and days beyond that. If it doesn’t hurt you shouldn’t be in the camp.”

Tommy Doyle missed out on Cardiff's trip to London on Saturday through illness.

When the teamsheet was handed out at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium, Doyle's name was notably absent, such has been his form of late.

After the game, Morison shed some light on the situation.

"He's ill. I think he left everything out there on Tuesday!" Morison said, speaking of Doyle's man-of-the-match display against Derby County.

"Wednesday he wasn't that great. Thursday he didn't come outside because he was poorly. He came out Friday morning to train and he spent most of the