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Stuttering QPR’s home woes continue against Hull – Report
at 10:19:41

I agree with all of this. We can't play with Saito/Dembele/Andersen/Madsen behind Frey/Celar as their defensive work isn't good enough. And with Paal pushing into midfield Dunne is very exposed. We missed JCS hugely and also Dunne's (surprising) effectiveness on the right. His height and energetic runs really add something. I'd hoped Madsen might be able to play a defensive MF role alongside Field but it seems not. And the prime candidates for that role are very red card prone.
It's odd that when he first arrived Marti concentrated on sorting out the defence, but now seems to be trying to fit too many attacking players into the team. And with Chair back there'll be even more to choose from. Did the summer recruitment not get the balance right? I like the look of Varane, but the jury's still out on him. It's a complicated problem to solve, but the bones of a forward thinking team are there and I'm sure we all have confidence in Marti to get it right soon, I hope.
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And for my next trick – Fans Forum
at 17:15:44

Excellent article and excellent news re the contacts. I assume Clive pulled an allnighter.
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Frey and Nardi drag QPR through clunky Millwall show - Report
at 10:41:16

The inability to play the ball forward from the centre backs is striking and definitely brings back (unhappy) memories of the worst periods under Warburton. Field almost seems to avoid the ball. There were moments when I thought his arm waving was saying "don't pass to me". This isn't new for Field, but I'd expect better of Andersen, Madsen, Paal at least making themselves available.
Although he produces some lovely moments I've never been convinced by Andersen and fear Madsen may be similar. It's obviously a cliche but they look like they need to toughen up. I'd prefer Varane as a starter, but maybe he wasn't ready after the Palace game. And Colback is better at progressing the ball when he's not looking for a card.
You're right Marti is still looking for the best combination of these players. I trust him to get it right soon as there are some promising signs. Excellent report!
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Eze centre stage in Palace's 'golden era' - Oppo profile
at 09:45:27

So why haven't they sold Eze???
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A season of three thirds: how Cifuentes and QPR beat the drop – Analysis
at 19:54:52

Wow! Very impressive. But my head is hurting now. Shouldn't we just give it a bit of Welly?
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The Coventry Conference – Report
at 10:06:49

A magnificent achievement - not sure which is more impressive: Marti turning it all around or Clive producing another wonderful match report. I felt strangely sentimental reading it and for a moment thought I had something in my eye.

Definitely a "committed, organised, professional" job by both.

Now looking forward to the player reports, but you can have a few days off first, Clive.
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Watch me rise up and leave, all the ashes you made out of me – Report
at 19:06:23

Terrific evening and terrific report. Memories are made of this, to add to the other (sometimes too few) memories.

Illy was terrific as was the whole team, but I didn't realise Clive's keyboard had a '9' on it.
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Dykes' long awaited goal secures crucial QPR win - Report
at 19:36:59

Jake CS was such class I may have given him a 9 on the ratings. I can't remember any mistakes at all, though there must have been some. I thought Colback was booked for being lippy, but certainly couldn't be sure from my seat.

Just had a look at the match stats. They don't give a picture of JCS's performance at all, which just shows what do stats know?

Anderson has a passing success rate of 65.5% compared to 84% for Illy, who wasn't great and 74% for Chrissy. Not sure if that proves anything but I don't think Andersen had been that great since he came. He looks good and his dead ball delivery is an upgrade (not difficult). I think he's still adjusting to the physicality of the Championship and hopefully his class will show next season.

Cracking report.
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Three is the cursed number as QPR fall in a hole at Hull - Report
at 19:54:11

Serri has 56 caps for Cote d'Ivoire and Tufan 65 for Turkey. OK it's not France but it gives an idea of the gulf in class between Hull and ourselves.
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Act three – Report
at 09:35:49

I agree that Saturday's defeat is not a reason for despair, but it may mean plenty of nail biting moments through to the end of the season.
On current form and from where I'm looking Marti is the best manager we've had since...Warnock? But I'm sure we'll all continue to think we could have picked a better team or made better substitutions.
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Frey ties up cliffhanger on home debut – Report
at 10:42:34

Agree about the ref. Thought he was very good and then seemed to make a series of bizarre decisions and of course all of in favour of the opposition.

Especially like the Allen clan twitching, even more so as Chair showed he can do more than check back on his right foot for the shot.
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A win - Report
at 19:12:49

Colback 8. I thought he was MotM, but 8?
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Light at the end of the tunnel, or a train coming towards us? – Analysis
at 22:30:01

Really good piece, but would be even better if you'd shown how we end up with 50 points!

I'll also be interested to see if good coaching can improve our goal scoring. If Marti can improve the defence is it reasonable to expect that, given a bit more time, he can do the same with our attack?
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The QPR is strong in this one – Report
at 12:06:04

We go from rubbish to over confident so quickly and have done it under most of our managers. I agree with Clive that Marti's almost certainly the man to keep feet on the ground and make them work hard, rather than the bizarre first 20 when we were teeing up Argyle for shots.

Marti is also learning with every match, every line up and every substitution. The squad may not be great but I've more faith in his ability to get the best out of them then any recent manager.
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Cifuentes influence undermined by familiar failings - Report
at 09:36:37

How do other clubs find 12-15 goals a season strikers? There are players in this league who will score goals but aren't great goal scorers or natural strikers. Isn't that a matter of coaching?
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Innnnn one - Report
at 23:13:14

Bad, seriously bad, but not as bad as Blackburn so is that progress?

There doesn't seem to be any argument for Ainsworth staying but who could we get? We can't afford anyone decent - I'd settle for uncle Neil but could we afford him? - and surely any of those talented young managers I hear about won't want to touch us with a barge pole.
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Clunky QPR left to settle for Swans stalemate - Report
at 09:41:22

I agree Chair as MotM. Sitting in the upper Loft behind the goal I didn't see the handball for the Swansea goal so maybe it was difficult for the Ref and lino to spot.

I thought there were glimmers of Willock getting into the game. For whatever reason he looks as though he's been through a really difficult time and hopefully the arm around the shoulder and some managerial love will do the trick.
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Called to account - Preview
at 19:41:37

There is no way we can win against a team that has not one but two of our ex-strikers.
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Return of Wild Thing, desperate nostalgia play or just the tonic? Column
at 09:15:18

There is no genius manager who coaches like Pep Guardiola, recruits on peanuts, still picks up future internationals and plays exciting progressive football while drilling a watertight defence. There is Nathan Jones and then there's a Wild Thing. Clive is right, Ainsworth is the best choice. We'll just ditch him when we're promoted to the Premier showboat!
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Something about a massacre on February 14 - Report
at 22:05:42

Of course we're bad at the moment, of course we might end up in a relegation fight, of course we might be relegated. But whose fault is this. Happy to blame the board or DoF, but a few months back we were saying how well they'd done to get Beale and a few smart signings/loans. Since then they've bought in possibly the best candidate as manager. It doesn't look like that now, but most of us thought Critchley was a good appointment.

Critchley has clearly not been able to motivate this group (so far). But there aren't dozens of great managers out there keen to come to QPR. It's easy to point to Brentford as an example of what we want to be (or Luton) but there are 70 teams in the lower divisions who are not Brentford, who yo-yo up and down, sit mid- table or flirt with the top 6 or bottom three. That's what most teams do. With our financial restrictions we don't have much choice. On top of that we've lost our star (Willock), our striker (Dykes, I know he's limited but we can now see what he gives us) and a couple of loanee kids have been crushed by Beale buggering off. And maybe a couple of our better players (Field, Chair) aren't as good as we thought. It's bottom half of the table stuff and with a bit of luck (please) we'll avoid relegation.
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