Delighted Luke O'Nien celebrated his first Championship goal at QPR - and joked that he has promised Sunderland boss Tony Mowbray he would score 15 a season if he played up front. O'Nien has played much of the season in defence but started in midfield alongside Alex Pritchard at Loftus Road as Mowbray freshened up his side and left out Dan Neil and Edouard Michut.
O'Nien responded by scoring the opening goal in the 3-0 win, and he underlined his versatility by offering to play up front to help on-loan Leeds United man Joe Gelhardt, who is the club's only specialist centre-forward following Ross Stewart's season-ending injury. "I keep telling him [Mowbray] I'll score 15 goals a season up front," smiled O'Nien.
"We really enjoyed the evening, from back to front the subs that came on, it was just a top, top night. "The fans, everyone, it was a really, really good evening.
