Perfect start to the new year with win over QPR

I took a fair amount of stick on Twitter for suggesting Wes Hoolahan shouldn't have been given the man of the match against Sheffield United. Today against QPR he more than deserved it.
Hoolahan was everywhere and top of the league Rangers just didn't know how to handle him.
I'd go as far as to say that without him pulling the strings in midfield, three points wouldn't have been taken.
Games at Carrow Road this season when Norwich take the lead are strange - it doesn't happen that often and Russel Martin's ninth minute goal changed what could have been a very open game into a tough midfield battle in which Andrew Crofts and Wes got the better of the Rangers boys.
This game reminded me of our clash with Middlesbrough in October when one goal was enough against a team who never really looked like scoring. Credit then to Michael Nelson again (who also made a couple of contributions to the attack) and to Zak Whitbread who slipped into the heart of defence without a whimper. Just like the ballboys at Wimbledon - when you don't notice them, you know they've done a good job.
Rangers rarely threatened and when they went down to ten men early in the second half (the fourth red card in four games at Carrow Road!!) three points looked to be ours. Crucially, Neil Warnock had already replaced Hieder Helguson with Patrick Agyemang and used another sub at the interval too so this worked in our favour. Warnock's last throw of the dice was to haul of much vaunted Adel Taarabt after an hour - oh how City knew this was going to be their day.
Rangers rarely threatened and City should really have wrapped up the win earlier. Paddy Kenny made a great save from Chris Martin and there were a couple of chances near the end when City made their man extra advantage really show.
For QPR, their best chance looked to have come when Patrick Agyemang went down (nside the box from where I was sitting) but the referee gave a free-kick in a really bad position.
Results elsewhere pretty much went our way and with off-form Cardiff coming to Carrow Road in a fortnight we could soon be saying we've taken ten points in two months from home games against Leeds, Ipswich, QPR and Cardiff.
I bet any City fan would have taken that!