| A bit of perspective please! 07:34 - Jan 12 with 7025 views | Wilkinswatercarrier |
Yet again, we lose a game, and some have gone completely overboard in their reaction.
We have lost to a pretty crap PL team, but we are a pretty crap mid table Championship team which is not very good at retaining the ball.
I had no issue with that starting lineup. We all knew Walsh would start and that Morgan, Dunne and Smyth all desperately needed a break.
Should Ashby have been hooked at HT? Probably, but he wasn't.
What is the difference in the teams? For me, keeping the ball. We've proven games in the Championship can be won with 35% possession, but against PL, there is no chance. We have the ball, they can't score, it's not rocket science, but we desperately need a central midfielder who can control a game.
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| (No subject) (n/t) on 18:50 - Jan 12 with 725 views | vanrrrr |
| A bit of perspective please! on 18:03 - Jan 12 by ManinBlack |
First game drawn in 4th round. Man Utd v Leicester... |
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| A bit of perspective please! on 19:12 - Jan 12 with 622 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| A bit of perspective please! on 18:48 - Jan 12 by daveB |
Smyth came on so the cut eye can't have been that bad.
Bored of saying it as much as people probably are of hearing it but If that was a league game yesterday not a chance we put that team out and thats not right and sends out the message this doesn't matter which was clearly seen in the effort of some of the players. Freys non attempt to get the ball that lead to the 6th goal summed it all up |
That sums up my humble opinion as well.
As I said during the week if we weren't going to go for it this year we may as well put up a sign outside HQ saying "Welcome to QPR: Absolutely No Interest in Winning Cup Competitions".
I didn't post much during the week, and didn't post in the last twenty-four hours, bar a fine chat with Mart_Goblin during the match, as I can't seem to change my mind on this issue, and I suspect with all due respect that most others won't either, and I'm just not willing to argue with friends about it.
Edit - typo! [Post edited 12 Jan 19:14]
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| (No subject) (n/t) on 19:51 - Jan 12 with 484 views | Benny_the_Ball |
| (No subject) (n/t) on 18:50 - Jan 12 by vanrrrr |
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Couldn't have put it better myself. [Post edited 12 Jan 19:51]
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| A bit of perspective please! on 19:52 - Jan 12 with 467 views | Benny_the_Ball |
| A bit of perspective please! on 18:03 - Jan 12 by ManinBlack |
First game drawn in 4th round. Man Utd v Leicester... |
And Plymouth are rewarded for their win at Brentford with a home tie against Liverpool. [Post edited 12 Jan 19:53]
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| A bit of perspective please! on 20:06 - Jan 12 with 413 views | Benny_the_Ball |
Whilst my heart was frustrated by yesterday's line up, my head understands the dilemma facing Marti. On the one hand, the weekend was freed up for FA Cup ties so Marti couldn't point to fixture congestion. The players had 5 days rest following the Luton game and will have a week to recover for Plymouth. On the other hand, the squad is thin so he can't risk any more injuries to key players. Had any first teamers been injured in yesterday's game, Marti would've been criticised for selecting them.
What it has done is put pressure on the next match. Should QPR win at Plymouth, Marti will feel justified for his team selection at Leicester. Lose at Plymouth, and the fans will feel justifiably angry at the FA Cup surrender. Who'd be a manager! | | | |
| A bit of perspective please! on 21:05 - Jan 12 with 296 views | stainrods_elbow |
He wouldn't have been criticised by me - and nor, I suspect any number of others. I'd have thought, 'we gave it a real go, that's just bad luck'. Any player can get injured at any time. if and when he does, unless Marti is grossly overrding medical advice in playing him, how would that ever be the manager's fault? [Post edited 13 Jan 2:10]
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| A bit of perspective please! on 21:05 - Jan 12 with 295 views | stainrods_elbow |
Also, a plea for 'perspective' always makes me smile - as if 'perspective' were anything objective. Perspective is also someone's perspective, i.e. a function of an agenda. I'm not sure that's philosophically controversial, is it? [Post edited 12 Jan 21:08]
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| A bit of perspective please! on 23:35 - Jan 12 with 175 views | hoops_legend |
| A bit of perspective please! on 10:41 - Jan 12 by ozexile |
It's amazing how other championship teams manage it. Do you think any of the Coventry players who played in that amazing semi final last year against Man utd look back now wish they'd been rested? Memories that will last a lifetime in their career. Do the fans look back and say "You know what, the cup run really wasn't worth it, we should have rested players and got knocked out earlier".
I understand sport science, I understand everything you've listed.
But....... We've sacked cups off for season after season now and we've not progressed as a club. We've stood still. Regressed even.
One worthwhile player sale in years. What if we did progress and Kolli had a stormer in the next round against Liverpool? How much is he worth then?
What if we get to the quarter final and we get a whole new generation of fans onboard like what happened to me as a kid in 82?
I come on here year after year at this time and say the same thing again and again.
How about we at least try. |
I thought we played well for a patch of 20 mins and that in itself fills me with confidence for the season
The defensive calamities were bad though |  |
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| A bit of perspective please! on 23:40 - Jan 12 with 163 views | connell10 |
| A bit of perspective please! on 19:52 - Jan 12 by Benny_the_Ball |
And Plymouth are rewarded for their win at Brentford with a home tie against Liverpool. [Post edited 12 Jan 19:53]
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There you go , a nice little earner for them. |  |
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