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if all fit and in their strongest positions, from our existing sqaud, what team would be our consistent 11. don't matter who we play in our division...
at the moment, half a season in, i have'nt got a clue....
I was / am delighted to be a bond holder. It's just as well I really didn't look for a return on the investment because this company doesn't exactly set the world on fire with their results.
It beggars belief that a player who gives his all and has just signed a contract extension is subjected to such treatment. Hopefully the perpetrator will be identified and dealt with.
Here's an interesting article by David Wheeler, once of this parish: https://www.theguardian.com/fo He describes how difficult it is for players when they retire from playing.
It made me think that some of us might feel similarly if we 'retired' from football as supporters. There must be quite a few who put in almost as many hours to football as the players.
One thing he didn't mention was retired players becoming supporters of their boyhood club as a way of filling the hole left when they finish playing. I wonder how many do?
Smyth, Dembele, Saito, Poku - all quick .... but ........ also one footed, five foot 6 inches, 10 stone, and therefore are - dead easy to knock off the ball- players -
We've signed them because no other club is looking to sign anyone else with those Lilliput physiques and attributes.
That's plain daft, when there is also Chair ready to return. He is the one who has the same physique as the others but he is also the one player who has a real work ethic and skill.
People ask where does Chair fit in the team? Answer. He does , the others don't - bench warmers at best.
Seeing as we have 4 wingers (5 if you add chair to the list) why don’t we start two then put the other two on at half time, get the ball out wide and run the opposition full backs into the ground, pepper the box with crosses and get some of our big lumps on the end of them! Or is that two simple?
After yet another poor start to the second half against Norwich, I thought I'd take a look at previous results to identify whether QPR have a real problem with conceding goals either side of half time. Here's what I came up with:
MATCH MINUTE RESULT Preston (H) 48’ Drew 1-1 Plymouth (A Cup) 48’ Lost 3-2 Coventry (A) 43’, 47’ Lost 7-1 Charlton (H) 54’ Won 3-1 Millwall (H) 45+4’ Lost 1-2 Ipswich (H) 47’ Lost 1-4 Southampton (H) 50’ Lost 1-2 Hull (H) 51’ Won 3-2 Middlesbrough (A) 50’ Lost 1-3 Portsmouth (A) 45’ Drew 1-1 West Brom (A) 55’ Lost 1-2 Norwich (H) 46’ Lost 1-2
That's 13 goals conceded either side of HT across 12 matches. QPR lost 8 of these games and won just 2. 7 of these defeats were in the League, representing 70% of our 10 defeats to date.
At the time of writing QPR have conceded 39 league goals, the second worst defensive record in the Championship only behind our next opponents Sheffield Wednesday. 31% (12 goals) have been conceded either side of half-time, and a staggering 26% (10 goals) conceded just after the restart.
For comparison, I'd like to know what the average is for the division is but these raw statistics appear to demonstrate a key weakness that needs addressing. For me, starting second halves slowly is a mentality issue but I'd be interested in hearing what other folk think about this problem.
...came over me during the second half. By the final whistle it had settled in, and I was happy to do anything to occupy my mind. So, I did something I hate, I assembled a flat pack piece of furniture for Mrs Boston. Though delighted, she realized I wasn't well and offered to cook this evening's dinner (Mrs B isn't usually one for domestic stuff) which I accepted. Once my carpentry project was done, I cleared the snow from the driveway, by shovel, again to keep myself busy. Then I decided to walk the dog, which I do every day, but having noticed the chilly temps and in an effort to lighten the mood, I decided it was perfect conditions to wear a scarf (penny drops), why I have loads of 'em, brought over to this country with me when I moved, they've been in the bottom of a drawer ever since. Upstairs I go, dig around and pull out a big wooly variety with a large club crest on it. Wrapping it around my neck with the badge on full display, off I went, even popping into the hardware store for a tub of putty as we're refurbishing windows taken from a historic building at the moment. Returning home, Mrs Boston said she'd never seen me wear a scarf in our 37 years of marriage, which got me thinking, when was the last time I'd worn club colours? Y'know, I'm pretty sure it was the Derby 5-1 fifty odd years ago, when I'd sported a white silk with blue trim. Suspect 2026 will be a strange year.
Perhaps it's just that it's the first day of the year and my team phoned in a performance? It's the hope that kills you should definitely be the motto on the club badge. I don't usually feel too down about results but for some reason this one has floored me a bit. Anyone else feeling like that tonight?
I'm a fan of Smythy, but, seriously, what the f*ck was that first-half? He might have been on his 'wrong' side', but I was hardly even aware he was playing till he was subbed off.
If that's what signing a new contract does to you, Paul, perhaps we should tear it up now?
Amazingly the title predictor thing when I typed in the word Gaffer automatically found... on today's defeat
I think it's safe to say that us fans are pretty p*ssed off this evening but I'm not sure we are as p*ssed off as Stephan is this evening.
Let me stick up for him for a moment. I looked at the side he chose today and thought, yeah, that's the side I would have picked and the changes I would have made. It didn't work and I would have been scratching my head too right now.
Late on in this interview he talk about it being a mentality issue and he's right. The problem is that 'the mentality issue' has been the same f*cking issue for the last 3-4 years and the last 4 managers. Every single one of them seems to inherit a mentality hex issue that dogs the club.
That starting 11 should have won today. So we can have a go at the manager. He picks the teams etc but tonight the players need to have a real look at themselves and get their act together.
This is a squad that blew Leicester away 12 days ago... and then decided to phone in the next 3 performances. We can all blame the manager but the players have to stand up on Sunday and show us that they aren't feeble and have some pride about their work.
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