Holloway's plea to fans

Ian Holloway today warned Rangers fans not to get carried away with the fact they are being tipped to win promotion to Division One.

Manager Holloway's youngsters went down 3-1 to Charlton in a testimonial for Tony Roberts at Loftus Road last night.

Kevin Gallen put the Second Division side in front but Julian Gray, Shaun Bartlett and Jason Euell gave Alan Curbishley's side a comfortable win.

Winger Gray was playing his second match for Charlton as he stakes his claim for a permanent move.

Rangers are strongly fancied for promotion this season but Holloway, whose side face Blackpool in their opening game of the season on Saturday, cautioned supporters not to get carried away with the hype.

He said: "We are not going to start with any points from last year and we have got to get real about it and so have our fans. Everybody is tipping us as favourites but we haven't even got the same players as we had.

"The attitude is still there - it was shining through against Charlton - but we are little bit off where we wanted to be at this stage."

Holloway is hoping to add more loan signings to the squad in the coming weeks to add to the arrival of Tommy Williams, who has joined from Birmingham.