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Am unexpectedly planning to be over from the Emerald Isle for the long weekend, but the allocation has of course sold out. Should anyone have a spare ticket, I'd be glad to add a drink to the price for any fellow R. Thanks to anyone who can help.
I never understood that at all - what was the story there? It was a ridiculous outcome, and AT would have been absolutely warranted in throwing every toy in the pram out of it (as, according to Warnock, he did).
I know it's prob. a long shot, but I would be looking to compete for Edwards' signature when his loan ends as, after his horrorshow at Leicester, he looks like he could be the real thing. A ot hinges on whether Cook is renewed, though I also think he could play with us for another couple of years, potentially, especially as he never had any pace to start with.
As I was saying on the Koki thread, it's a nice problem for the manager to have. Does he put back in our pocket dynamo who we all know and love, and who has done a number of game-changingly good things in recent games, as people have pointed out, in e.g. crossing quicker to set up goals (possibly, and ironically, I think, just because of rather than in spite of a lack of tip-top match fitness and not being quite as sharp/able to run with the ball etc.), or does he challenge Saito to go out as a starter and show us what he's all about for 90mins? He's really getting in the Champ groove, he's fit, and he's now off the mark with a goal - so why not?
For my final two-penneth, and though MC probably won't be playing them together, I'd love to see him try (a la Willock and Chair) with Chair in the '10' role and licence to roam out wide, especially at home. With Varane, Morgan and Field as our midfield base, that would be our boldest approach, I think - but who would you drop, unless you went three at the back (which has the advantage of keeping Ashby out of the team)?
Nardi Dunne Cook/JCS/Edwards Paal Field Varane Morgan Chair Smyth Frey Saito
Amazingly enough for your back-biting thesis and need to jump on my every perceived tiny infraction at the expense of the bigger picture/topic in hand every time, it was a minor error (which I'm happy to correct). Yes, reader, I was a whole 12 minutes out in my timing of that substitution. What a troll am I!
Better get back to my 'arbitary' arguments and concerns about all things QPR (and alleged pornography habit) so that masters of footballing necessity like yourself can go on p*ssing on people's reasonable threads. Glad for you if that makes you happy, but why not dial down on the obsession with me a bit, eh?
Well, I don't think he's ever been subbed off at h/t before for footballing reasons, has he, so that was noteworthy if nothing else. I really hope he feels he can play his way back to the pocket magician we know he can be, but whether that's with Saito, or alternating with him, is an intriguing one, and remains to be seen. On the basis of last night, (and it might just have been a grey day at the office for him), I still think Saito has a good case for starting in Ili's stead next time out.
I think, if you'd given me the choice of, say, just a point or two off Plymouth and Hull, or even two losses, and a win at Leicester and plum tie at Man U, I'd have taken it.
In the words of Barry Davies, 'Interesting. Very interesting!'
He's now 35, but - call me a romantic nutcase - if he's fit, all parties were agreeable, and he were available on a cut-price one-year deal, I would definitely take a look at it at least!
He had a poor game by his standards, I felt, and it was good to see MC make the kind of brave, proactive, decisive, decision to use his bench at h/t he was unable/unwilling to do at Leicester.
I also think the point you make about better exploiting the space in the first half highlights Chair's long-standing weakness about not releasing the ball quickly enough at times. A few times, he lost possession through trying to do much, which I think his current lack of match sharpness is exacerbating.
I didn't say I was worried about our superb run (obviously, I'm not), but was/am raising a fair concern about someone I agree has been our best player for some time. I think it's hard for him to get fully match-fit after the season he's had, and the pre-season he hasn't, that's all.
And, yes, I'm always worried, always wanting us to do better. (In another life, I'd be a coach if I weren't a writer/editor.)
PS Even though I'm not ignoring Padula's Shampoo (or anyone) technologically, I will morally!
How worried should we be at how 'off it' he was v Hull? His replacement by Saito was like fumbling in the dark giving way to the Land of the Rising Sun! I know he had a couple of great assists recently, but it's been a real tough ol' season for Ili, and obviously his lack of pre-season and then missing a big chunk of this one when he was feeling his way back in have had a physical impact. I wonder how he's feeling in mind and body right now.
Reminded me of that Kanu goal at Chelsea, but I think Saito's was even better. Lovely clean dink round the defender and a tighter angle still for his finish.
Fantastic to be at such altitude, of course, but, Gino Bambino, with four points between us in 9th and Preston in 16th, this league's tighter than a duck's bottom!
Should we be looking up, looking down, or just not looking?
Unfortunately, he sometimes also reminds me of Steve Slade - he's really one of those players with whom you feel the ball's never quite under his conscious control. But he's got guts, legs, and passion, and that's a proper base to work from.
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