QPR veteran Shaun Derry has hailed the inspirational qualities of manager Neil Warnock.

Derry, speaking on talkSPORT radio, puts their form all down to Warnock.

Derry said: "He comes to life on matchday, that hour-and-a-half before kick-off.

"His team talks leading into the battle, that is when he really shows his colours. We lost 4-0 on the opening day and it was disastrous. But he flipped it on its head and said he would rather lose 4-0 in the Premier League than play in the Championship. It got the lads thinking in a positive way.

"Before the big boys arrived, survival was what we were looking at and rightly so.

"Now we have signed these new players and everyone has lifted their standards. I'm hoping we're not going to be in the nitty-gritty battle at the bottom."