Previously: Meeseeks and destroy — Preview 22nd Nov 2019 11:57While all the attention and criticism continues to focus on QPR’s porous defence prior to tonight’s derby at Fulham, it’s the ongoing conundrum of the central midfield that is front and centre of manager Mark Warburton’s mind. 2 Given the chance to buy any player in the Championship, money no object, [Warburton] didn’t go for a penalty saving goalkeeper or a less accident-prone centre back or even a gamechanging 25-goal-a-season centre forward. Instead he named Romaine Sawyers, once of Brentford and now very quietly guiding table topping West Brom around the field — a bargain at £3m. [...] With the ball he added that midfielders capable of receiving the ball in dangerous areas from the defence and linking it up to the attack were hard to find in the British game, and the need for one at QPR has been highlighted by the lack of Yoann Barbet’s passing game in recent matches. | |