Stoke veteran Gerry Taggart revealed that manager Johan Boskamp missed what could be the last game under his stewardship with flu ahead of the board meeting which will determine his future.

Taggart, who is currently the Potters' assistant manager with Jan de Koning and John Rudge having been told to keep their distance from the club, oversaw Stoke's 2-1 win at fellow mid-table side QPR, and then refused to comment on the Dutchman's prospects at the Britannia Stadium.

Boskamp is due to meet with the board tomorrow as the club look to finally reach a decision on the management trio.

"I'm not going to comment on what goes on behind the scenes," said former Leicester defender Taggart.

"It has entirely nothing to do with me. Johan has flu, it's the second time he has come down with it this season, and he stayed at the team hotel. I hope the result cheered him up."

The Potters were forced to come from behind to earn the three points which have helped them leapfrog Rangers into 13th spot after Marc Nygaard's seventh-minute opener for the Londoners.

The hosts would have gone in two up at half-time but for Gareth Ainsworth's weak penalty, which was comfortably saved by Steve Simonsen in the visitors' goal.

The penalty miss seemed to galvanise Stoke, who began to string some decent moves together, but they had to wait until the 73rd minute to haul themselves level when Dan Shittu tripped Darel Russell in the area.

Carl Hoefkens stepped up to show Ainsworth how it should be done, sending Paul Jones the wrong way, before Hannes Sigurdsson hit his first Stoke goal 11 minutes from time.

"We didn't start that brightly and got an early kick up the backside," added Taggart.

"But we had a chat at half-time and changed it around and it worked.

"We've got nothing to play for but it's still about getting as many wins as possible."

QPR caretaker boss Gary Waddock admitted Ainsworth's penalty miss was the turning point of the game, but he refused to blame the wideman for his side's defeat.

"Gareth has apologised, but he didn't mean to miss and he's been outstanding since I've been here. We're all in it together.

"It's deflating, but we really need to be more clinical in front of goal. We need to take our chances."

Waddock insisted he was in the dark about reports this morning that he is going to allow six players to leave Loftus Road in the summer, and once again admitted he can only look at the contract situation when his own future is sorted out.

"I don't know where that has come from," added Waddock, who is continuing to stand in at Loftus Road while Ian Holloway is on gardening leave.

"But I'm not in a position to do that (release players) as I am only the caretaker manager.

"Everyone is playing for their future here, me included, and if I need to freshen it up I will. If the focus isn't right, I'll change the personnel.

"I'm not knocking my experienced players, but if I need to blood some new players I will."