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Comment | Kolli rescues Rangers, but injuries mount – Report
by ingeminate at 21:49:25
I don’t know what to make of our fitness coach. One hand we start every season slowly and seem to pick up more than our fair share of muscular injuries. Plus players - Saito etc seem to come to the club sharper than they then become.
Flip side is I think our record of scoring towards the back end of games is among the best in the league so we finish games strongly. Is that a sign of fitness or more of having a much stronger bench than previously with Smyth, Poku, Dembele, Saito all capable of coming on late and changing games.
Probably in the he’s a patronising shit doing a bang average job, but be interesting to see how the stats pan out. |
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Comment | Insert paragraph about Barry Bannan – Preview
by TacticalR at 11:26:55
Thanks for your preview.
Ever since that Leicester game we have faded. Actually, it's not the first time this season the goals have dried up, despite the potential potency of our attacking players. It's precisely because our defence is so poor and that we have this attacking option that I think our only best bet is to try and outscore the opposition, although I understand why people say you have to sort out the defence before anything else.
Today we will find out if we all have Barry Bannan derangement syndrome or whether he really is out to get us. |
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Comment | Insert paragraph about Barry Bannan – Preview
by Myke at 00:02:46
Cheers Clive. Two things: Firstly, I don’t think West Ham’s abysmal form and impending relegation will matter a jot when we play them. It’s almost a carbon copy of last season when we played Leicester, who hadn’t won or even scored for games on end before we played them and we all know how that panned out.
Secondly, I agree with you 100% about the Hull game. With our attack and defence I thought we would have gone all Keeganesque and tried to outscore the oppo in every game. Even if the results were the same but the scores different in the last three games; 3-3 with Portsmouth, 5-4 v WBA and 4-5 against Norwich, it would have been a whole lot more fun to watch. Not likely to happen with an xg of zero I guess.I thought Watford would be similar actually, but they seem to have sorted out their defence. |
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Comment | Nightmare start to the New Year as Norwich beat QPR again - Report
by Marshy at 22:03:45
Like many on here I don’t just live round the corner from Loftus Road, and in order to get to HQ I have to drive, walk, train it and tube it to make it to what we always hope will be the Promised Land. (Sadly it rarely is.) As a season ticket holder I’ve been doing this for many years, but I’m prepared to put in the effort to support the team I love. Therefore it really made my blood boil with the Norwich match that the players looked as if they were not only still consuming the Christmas turkey leftovers, but were out on the lash the previous night, and awoke with New Year’s Day hangovers. To put in such a turgid display against a Canary shite team has really rattled my cage, (if you’ll excuse the pun). No effort, no plan, no idea. What is going on? Is it the so called exhausting 3 games in a week scenario - yet every other team has the same schedule. Is it the clubs coaching or training methods. Is it the tactical sessions that are not being understood. Whatever it is, there is something seriously wrong behind the scenes to produce this dross and criminally inept display.
What’s happened to Kone & Burrell. Did either of them even touch ball. Our defence were so lost for the first Norwich goal, it’s surprising they knew where to return for the kick off. Once again where was our midfield. Norwich used a fairly good high press to pressure and win the ball, but we did nothing like that up the other end. Overall that performance was quite frankly an insult to our fantastic fans, who turn at home and away in huge numbers every week. We deserve much better than this. Lose against Sheffield Wednesday and Julien will surely be a goner. Nothing but a win in my opinion will be acceptable. I truly hope we can turn this around, and bring the pride back to Loftus Road. Sorry, rant over. |
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Comment | Nightmare start to the New Year as Norwich beat QPR again - Report
by Myke at 21:44:22
Cheers Clive, a very honest assessment of the match and the Xmas period in general. A difficult read and I’m sure difficult to write. A truly horrendous trilogy of match’s. You have often likened supporting QPR to being in an abusive relationship. That just when you are ready to give up on them they throw you a bone (Leicester) and promise things will different from now on. Then, they revert to type. I feel like that at the moment and after 50 years, I should know better. Even if they win by 5 tomorrow, Christmas has been tainted for me QPR wise. Of course if they win the next three, knocking out West Ham in the process… |
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Comment | Nightmare start to the New Year as Norwich beat QPR again - Report
by TacticalR at 14:14:31
Thanks for your report.
All very miserable, and likely to bring on questions about the meaning of life. We looked desperately short of ideas and lacking any guiding intelligence. Another thing that wasn't good was that it looked like Norwich were making more of an effort than we were to get the ball down. Maybe it's the result of two up front and reduced numbers in midfield, or maybe the lack of options, but we seemed very dependent on long balls (presumably hoping that Burrell will get there first).
You get the feeling that we don't like cold days, rainy days, muddy pitches or playing against:
1) Northern teams
2) London teams (fortunately most of these have disappeared off to the Premier League)
3) Norwich City
Thank heavens for Bristol City. |
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Comment | Nightmare start to the New Year as Norwich beat QPR again - Report
by Rangers67 at 11:54:10
Spot on as usual. Here is an idea and I am only half joking. Why don’t we save the fans some money and a lot of heartache from failed expectations and just forfiet 3 points to any team below us in the table in future. Time and time again we have to put up with performances like this. Pre match conversation with the wife , her, who are you playing today, me Norwich, her what are they like , me crap, her oh you should win then , me no chance, we will definitely lose, true story . And I bet I am not alone in predicting that |
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Comment | All just a little bit of history repeating? Preview
by TacticalR at 14:06:17
Thanks for your preview.
Some interesting parallels with McClaren's time. The lesson seems to be that when it comes to QPR there are no bankers (if anything we don't win the ones we're supposed to).
Given that some of our players are looking fragile, the last thing we need is extra games over Christmas/New Year.
Down with fugly pink kits. |
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Comment | Chaotic team selection, chaotic outcome as R's slip at West Brom - Report
by TacticalR at 13:46:20
Thanks for your report.
Unfortunately another forgettable game where we did not get going. The first goal was ridiculous - Hamer was weak and gambled on the referee giving him a free kick for a slight nudge from the opposition. Dunne scoring is great, but also a sign that we aren't creating anything in open play.
Yes, some strange selections, such as Sam Field up front. I have the same feeling that Esquerdinha is being chucked into the wrong games. He played really well in the Premier League Cup final, but he needs to find his feet in the Championship. |
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Comment | All just a little bit of history repeating? Preview
by QPRski at 08:46:36
Clive, thanks for the tremendous work and outstanding sustained quality of writing. Your work is really much appreciated.
I am well aware that all good things must eventually come to an end, so each year I am extremely pleased that I am able to further enjoy your insights, dry humour and wonderful journalism. Long may you have the motivation and drive to continue with your crusade.
Wish you all the very best and many successes in the New Year. May the R’s bring you more joy and happiness than frustration. Many thanks and Cheers! |
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Comment | All just a little bit of history repeating? Preview
by queensparker at 20:44:40
To me Chair’s the obvious if not ideal Madsen replacement - if he’s fit. He’ll happily pick the ball up from the defence, not lose it and look forwards.
Happy new year Clive and thanks for another stellar year of sparkling prose |
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Comment | Chaotic team selection, chaotic outcome as R's slip at West Brom - Report
by Myke at 19:55:13
Thanks Clive. I got pretty upset b the Portsmouth performance, because I thought they wouldn’t dare play like that again after Leicester. But I have given up on them again so all’s good . Plus we have a manager who seems complicit in allowing them sack off ‘bonus’ games a la Rednapp. I’m afraid anyone who is seriously expecting them to ‘pile into West Ham’ is going to be sorely disappointed. Happy New Year to you and all. |
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Comment | Chaotic team selection, chaotic outcome as R's slip at West Brom - Report
by Match82 at 17:57:17
You absolute swine. I lived in tooting for a few years two decades ago, and that paragraph brought all those memories of the northern line flooding back like it was yesterday. I had thought to confine that miserable and get highly predictable experience to be something never to be spoken or thought of again. Much like this game. |
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Comment | We stood there laughing
by hixepeg940 at 21:37:47
The match against Stoke in 2007 was a 1-1 draw. We held on with ten men after Timoska's red goal. Referee Kettle dealt a terrible hand, but a point saved us from relegation. The relief was overwhelming. After the final whistle, I was in shock from the season, my finances at zero after buying tickets and traveling. I decided to take a chance and buy Litecoin as a quick cushion. I chose https://paybis.com/buy-litecoi . Instant card purchases, no verification required at the start. Now my LTC is growing, just like our confidence heading into the new season! |
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