Championship

STEPHAN: CLEVER MORGAN WAS THE TONIC

by
The LeaguePaper Team
10 August 2025

PRAISE: Stephan

QPR head coach Julien Stephan praised Kieran Morgan after the young midfielder was deployed as a makeshift right-back.
Stephan was without a number of players for his first match at the helm, including key defender Jimmy Dunne.
Rangers nevertheless started well and went ahead through Ben Whiteman’s own-goal following great work on the left by Kader Dembele before the visitors hit back through Milutin Osmajic.
Stephan said: “I think we did very well, especially in the first half.
“The players did very well and I like the different movements th...

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