Far from decreeing his side had tuned the corner with their 1-0 win over Chelsea, QPR boss Harry Redknapp's only focus was on who he would be able to attract to the struggling club this month.
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Shaun Wright-Phillips secured all three points for the R's with his superb strike on 78 minutes to kick-start the side's new year against a weakened Blues team, where Rafa Benitez had opted to rest Juan Mata, Eden Hazard and Ramires.
And with the January transfer window having just opened, Redknapp, who was disappointed to have missed out on Joe Cole, will look at adding some much needed steel to his lowly side.
Redknapp said: "If I can improve the squad in the window it will give us a chance. This win is very important for us when it comes to signing players.
"They might think that now we do have a chance and it would be nice to try and help us get out of this mess and achieve something. Let's be up for the challenge.
"I lost Joe who would have been my first signing. He probably looked here and thought 'Harry I love you but you're not going to stay up'.
"I like Joe and he would have been good for me. He's West Ham and they love him there. I thought he was coming for sure but West Ham came in today."
He added: "That was our first away win in the league since October 2011. Let's hope we can build on it. There's still a long way to go but that was encouraging.
"We had a good meeting after the Liverpool match and I convinced the players we can stay up. Everybody else thought I was mad but I do genuinely believe it. We're not doomed, we can turn it around.
"If we keep working hard for the rest of the season we'll win games away and at home. We have to make the most of that.
"The atmosphere in the changing room afterwards was fantastic, it's the first time I've really experienced that here.
"I said to (assistant coach) Joe Jordan after the game, 'I cant remember having many better games than this one'.
"Chelsea were absolutely flying and we did it on the back of that Liverpool defeat."
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