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Our first and third kits are alright this sesason. So... that's not too depressing? Obviously our second Bertie Bassett Allsorts second kit is quite depressing. Otherwise, yes it is all quite depressing.
He's been properly QPR'd hasn't he. The side that finished this game probably should start the next. At least it showed some intent. Looks like Mbengue and Cook will be missing now. It doesn't get any easier.
I'm thinking JCS perhaps at left back? Difficult to tell. Whatever the result I'm glad Cook is back in the starting line up. Edwards in midfield I'm guessing. Poku at least on the bench.
It is hard after a season that at least looked like a top half finish. The most QPR thing with 10 games to go would be to lose most of the next 5 and then win most of the last 5, just to keep us on the edge of a nervous breakdown.
Poku was always a risk. He had a horrendous hamstring injury at Peterborough and a history of injuries. But, when he did actually play he was electric. A player that good without the injuries would have been many more millions. He's had a disastrous first season injuries wise and you do wonder if after this many hamstring injuries if he really can get going? However, if he can he actually gets a few games under his belt then we know he could be a very useful player.
The third when the keeper fell over (again) and the ball just trickled to the oncoming attacker was excruciating. At that point subbing him seemed merciful as I thought they were going to surround him with a curtain and have him humanly put down.
You put Dunne and Cook at CB and Edwards in front of them in defensive midfield and we may stand a chance of getting a point or so out of the next two games.
We may have got something out the Utd game if bloody Isaac Price had scored late in that game to make it 2-1. Bloody West Brom players. Worse than our own!
What we try and do about it is get behind the players out there who are able to play. They are low on confidence and need support. Our gaffer also needs our backing. We need to support the team to get over the line this season. At the end we can challenge the powers that be but until then, back the team so they get out of this cycle.
I think there is a good player in there but it has become very evident that he's far too lightweight at the moment at this level. He's 2 inches taller than the 5 foot 5 Ilias Chair but Chair is very well built and has a low centre of gravity. I think Koki is a good technical player but he clearly needs to bulk up to ever really make it at this level. Plus I feel he is much better in the middle than out wide. Again, he can only do that if he has the strength and body mass to cope with it all.
I am far from writing him off but feel he needs to get physically a lot bigger muscle and strength wise to be a player of note next season. He could do with learning some martial arts as that would also help him with balance and deflection of impact on the field.
Yes there is a bit of a mirror to this season. It's funny because we did have a good base with Warburton & Eustace. The problem was that Warburton is super smart and after a while it becomes clear at most clubs he's at that he knows more about the business side than they do. It happened at Brentford and it seemed to happen here to some degree.
I remember the fanbase getting fed up that he always said the same when we lost and mostly if we drew or won. But he had a style of play and an attitude that most of the kids weren't good enough and that there needed to be more foundations around how those players came through. Essentially he was less interested in development and more interested in points on the board and position.
I guess the lessons learnt are be careful what you wish for and if you do have someone who knows more than you do about running a football club let them have their say and act on it.
Perhaps the shrewd move would be to try and get Mark back as Director Of Football and let him run and oversee things? He understands the accountancy and the theory of an actual style of play. It won't happen but it probably should.
Yes I get your point Hunter and it's well made. There is of course exactly what you are saying as well to factor in.
I just thought perhaps a low cost fix would be to have Stephan armed with an app that translates everything he says into the voice of Neil Warnock? I think it's called the 'Muck and Nettles' app?