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Talent x Form x Effort = Performance
at 17:41 27 Feb 2023

So, having read thread after thread and Clive's brilliant analysis of what's going on at QPR these dark days, I thought I'd have a bit of a focus on the players, just for shits and giggles, because I want to rationalise how we can have plummeted from top of the league to proper relegation form.

Is it because we are crap? Is it because nobody cares; is it because of a serious loss of form.

I genuinely don't believe that the vast majority of players want to play badly, but performances can suggest that, so how do we assess a player more than "he was shite". For me it's down to 3 things:

1 Are they TALENTED. Broadly this is pretty constant, albeit younger players talent will develop more than seasoned one's

2. How's their FORM. Are they playing to the best of their ability (talent). Form is, obviously a sine wave, capturing and maintaining it are key

3. Are they making an EFFORT. Are they trying, physically and mentally

So elite performance requires talent, form and effort, but good form and great effort can make up for lesser talent. Loads of talent with no form and no effort isn't going to end well.

Ossie & Tim are great examples of this, Ossie not that talented (not his fault, we hired him) but works hard on form and gives great effort, so gets MoM vs Blackburn. Tim, obviously talented but terrible form and effort means he may as well have been wearing a Blackburn shirt...

This is how I feel the team (players we see most of and judging some pre-injury/ illness) are currently, with talent based on Championship standards. Just my opinions, don't shoot me for it!!!

Talent Form Effort
Dieng 7 6 6
Dickie 6 3 5
Dunne 7 5 8
Laird 8 4 5
Paal 7 6 6
Kakay 5 7 8

Johansen 8 6 7
Field 7 7 8
Iroegbunam 8 3 3
Chair 9 6 9
Willock 9 4 6
Dozzell 5 5 5
Adomah 6 4 6
Richards ? ? ?
Roberts 7 4 4

Lowe 7 4 4
Martin 8 6 5
Dykes 6 4 8

So my conclusion, for what it's worth, is that we have a team that is "talented enough" for the top half of this league - they aren't crap.

Our individual form is patchy, which is going to drag our team form down a lot.

Effort is also patchy. Even with poor form with the talent we have and 100% effort from every player, as a team we could and should be winning games. I guess I draw some hope from that and GA's challenge is to fix the mental and physical effort levels to start getting any kind of results.

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New QPR APP
at 13:23 3 Sep 2022

Is it only me or is there no match day coverage on the new app?

The old one had team sheet; text updates and stats, but I cannot find that on the new one….

I can use the offish, but it’s pretty poor when trying to keep up with the game…

Any enlightenment welcome!

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