Queens Park Rangers 0
Watford 0

Peter Ramage says his Queens Park Rangers team-mates are not affected by the huge expectations being placed on them by the club's board of directors.

Rangers saw out a scrappy stalemate with Watford yesterday following on from their draw with bottom-placed Charlton on Boxing Day.

But despite the two draws over the festive period, they are still just three points behind the play-off places and Ramage is confident they are capable of winning promotion.

The 25-year-old defender said: "Everyone else expects us to do well, but it's not easy because this is one of the toughest leagues in world football.

"But that does not play on our minds. We just go out there to do what we get paid for and that's to win football matches.

"The new manager has changed a lot since he has come in. The style of play we have adopted is a little bit unfamiliar to us, but we are slowly getting there.

"Now the Christmas period is over, we can get back to playing one game a week and getting on the training pitch to work on a few things."

Heidar Helguson had the best chances for Rangers but was narrowly off-target with one effort, while Watford keeper Scott Loach made a save to deny him a second time.

Watford came even closer to breaking the deadlock in the second-half when Lee Williamson struck the woodwork with his free-kick.

And new Hornets' boss Brendan Rodgers was pleased with the solitary point against the promotion hopefuls.

He said: "I thought we played well, especially in the first-half and as the game went on, I thought we were going to nick it.

"This performance has shown the gradual growth which we have been trying to achieve.

"I have watched this League from the outside and seen the pressure to get into the Premier League, sometimes the players are better than the football shows.

"My ideas on football are not the typical British style and that's going to take some time to get that across to my players."