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Report | Fulham v Southampton Your Report added by Jellybaby at 17:18:24
Makes you realise how may more points we could have now, if we had taken this pragmatic and sensible approach in tactics. It wasn’t pretty, but more importantly it wasn’t suicidal.
You can tell the players are happier with getting the ball cleared quicker.
It was difficult to know how much influence Ivan had on this, but presumably some, so a promising start.
I like the back three. I would ask why Wood has not played more, but we all know about RM’s infatuation with JS, but He seems comfortable at this level so far.
Lesley looks a different player. I wonder how many more may have a new lease of life?
Substitutions were spot on. Dibbling was out of sorts, Sugar was visibly tiring and Lesley was an upgrade on Aribo.
I am sure we are still doomed, but better Fayre ahead. |
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Report | Fulham v Southampton Your Report added by silverspringsaint at 16:40:54
Will take the point. Better defensively, Ramsdale being back was a big plus. Lesley had his best game for us and we were better in midfield as a result. With Fulham seemingly out of sorts, there was a case for being more ambitious upfront. Tall Paul should have come on earlier, Sulemama could have been given a run. How we miss JWP - his quality on set plays woukd help ys eke out wins on a day like today. Still we march on |
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Report | Fulham v Southampton Your Report added by Heisenberg at 16:37:35
At last. No fannying around at the back and giving the ball away. Ivan has seen a lot of videos of Saints and in 5 minutes saw what the fraud couldn’t see in 18 games. It wasn’t pretty but a good point. |
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Report | Fulham v Southampton Your Report added by Bawdrip at 16:30:08
Well a good point. Fought well at the back but creatively got nowhere. Attacking wise we were very poor. However, something to build on. Ramsdale did well but his kicking was poor. So many kicks went straight in to touch. Onuachu should have started with Archer. |
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Report | Fulham v Southampton Your Report added by I_would at 16:25:30
Just goes to show how toxic the possession clown was. Boot it up there try harder to defend and get 1 point. Easy. Nice to see Ivor so niggly. We need that. |
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Report | Fulham v Southampton Your Report added by Cjay80 at 16:11:19
Pretty toothless going forwards, Dibling ineffective and not pressing, Archer the same. However, great to keep a clean sheet and Rambo being back is priceless. New manager has a lot of work to do but thankfully the players are getting out of the nasty RussBall habit already. Ref was atrocious, broke up our attack because their player was down, allowed the Fulham attack to continue when ours was down in an identical scenario. The quality of refereeing in the PL is worse than Russell Martin's tactics. |
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Report | Queens Park Rangers v Preston North End Your Report added by Geoff78 at 10:25:03
This has to be one of our best performances of the season. We dominated most of the match, were extremely unlucky to concede, coped well with Cook's injury and hardly gave PNE a chance. I thought Preston's only half decent spell was when Frey and Chair came on and we took a bit of time to adjust.
Smyth again was excellent. There are still questions about his final ball, but he is improving and frightens defenders with his pace. He was hauled down countless times, winning the kicks and hit the bar once. And what about Jimmy? All action hero, rampaging down the right, creating danger in the area at every corner and inspiring the team and fans.
Morgan playing as the No 10 did very well and was involved in some of our best moments before fading late on.
The only criticism is we should have scored more, Field, Paal and Dunne missing good chances. MotM Jimmy Dunne. |
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Report | Southampton v Tottenham Hotspur Your Report added by Bowlercow at 10:20:57
That first half ranks as one of the worst I have ever seen from a Saints team They stitched RM up and if getting rid was the objective then they did a superb job I would issue a fine to every single starter |
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Report | Southampton v Tottenham Hotspur Your Report added by codge at 21:57:40
Well if this ain’t enough to get RM fired l don’t know what will.I think by now we’ve all had just about all we can take of this,we don’t have the players to play this way that should be obvious.A good job they had half there team out and the fact they just managed the game and could of run up the score in the second half if they had wanted so l don’t get any satisfaction out of no goals conceded in the second half as it really didn’t mean much. |
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Report | Bristol City v Queens Park Rangers Your Report added by CateLeBonR at 20:48:37
Even the players I've scored lowest Andersen and Ashby worked really hard so difficult to score them too low. Andersen really struggling I think but ran and ran and ran. Even screamed out in anguish at one point audible from my seat in the away end. Fair play to him. Two players got 7 Smyth and Varane with PS MOM for me. All the rest 6. Can't fault anyone's commitment. We just need to find a bit of quality from somewhere. |
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Report | Bristol City v Queens Park Rangers Your Report added by Geoff78 at 22:43:59
Were we lucky? A bit, but City only managed 5 shots on target and apart from the goal, Field's headed goal line clearance and Wells header just wide from Ashby's careless chest to Nardi were the only moments of real jeopardy. Big call out to Field who wasn't on the line by chance. but knew where the danger was and put himself there to make exactly that clearance.
Can we carry on playing like this with 30% possession and still pick up points? I don't think so. In the last few games luck has been on our side - goals ruled out, long range humdingers going wide (in previous games they found the net), teams that can't score. And we've had an excellent keeper and defence, except at left back. Varane, Field and Morgan have been tireless in midfield, ably supported by Saito and Smyth. And maybe a mention for Madsen, but he does need to learn how to take a corner.
At some point the luck will change back again and although we have players coming back from injury we'll have to relearn how to pass the ball through the opposition midfield. Chair and Colback are the players who can do that and then we will have more possession. I hope.
Cook was superb again, but MotM has to be Smyth for his all round work rate and that sublime moment. |
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Report | Bristol City v Queens Park Rangers Your Report added by Geoff78 at 19:47:40
Were we lucky? A bit, but City only managed 5 shots on target and apart from the goal, Field's headed goal line clearance and Wells header just wide from Ashby's careless chest to Nardi were the only moments of real jeopardy. Big call out to Field who wasn't on the line by chance. but knew where the danger was and put himself there to make exactly that clearance.
Can we carry on playing like this with 30% possession and still pick up points? I don't think so. In the last few games luck has been on our side - goals ruled out, long range humdingers going wide (in previous games they found the net), teams that can't score. And we've had an excellent keeper and defence, except at left back. Varane, Field and Morgan have been tireless in midfield, ably supported by Saito and Smyth. And maybe a mention for Madsen, but he does need to learn how to take a corner.
At some point the luck will change back again and although we have players coming back from injury we'll have to relearn how to pass the ball through the opposition midfield. Chair and Colback are the players who can do that and then we will have more possession. I hope.
Cook was superb again, but MotM has to be Smyth for his all round work rate and that sublime moment. |
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Report | Queens Park Rangers v Oxford United Your Report added by Geoff78 at 16:39:53
After that dire first half when both teams were strong relegation candidates, Rs raised themselves to a lower mid-table performance. No one stood out for me, but you have to credit Field for 2 well taken goals. Kolli winning the header for the second was good to see.
Paul Smyth also deserves praise. I've always been irritated by his inability to cross accurately or even just roughly in the area where a QPR player might be and his finishing is equally poor. But in the last few games his hard running, good work rate and ability to get the play deep into opposition territory has been invaluable. And of course there are the (somewhat) long throws. But another example of how Rs seen to end up roughly at the level of any team they play. |
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Report | Queens Park Rangers v Oxford United Your Report added by WestonsuperR at 13:21:27
Strange match, both sides were so poor in the first half we only needed to step it up a bit in the second to win comfortably. Oxford are one of the worst sides I’ve ever seen at this level so hard to determine how well we actually played. |
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Report | Aston Villa v Southampton Your Report added by silverspringsaint at 21:53:16
Poor game played in difficult conditions. Poor goal to give away - TBH did not have to come out for that - and we rode our luck at the back a few times. Credit though to Wood - put himself about snd looks a prospect. KWP worked hard throughout. Also great to see Sam Amo A get some minutes. We had a lot of the ball and did virtually nothing with it. No shots at all, let alone on target. Our attack is an embarrassment, aside from a flash or two from Dibling. |
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Report | Queens Park Rangers v Norwich City Your Report added by francisbowles at 19:58:03
Fine margins in our favour. That first offside at 2-0 was close and 30 odd minutes to go. 2-1 then and momentum and wind make it extremely difficult to hang on.
Instead, we go up the other end and it's 3-0. The handball that didn't go out way at Watford, was partly mitigated by Ashby getting away with a similar one yesterday.
Good performance all around. Kolli has obviously been working really hard on his game. Very good performance and still chasing defenders all over the place in the final seconds of added on time. |
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Report | Queens Park Rangers v Norwich City Your Report added by Geoff78 at 11:29:11
Excellent result and good all round performance. Norwich had 67% possession but it never felt like they were in control. Our defence was very solid, although the linesman's flag saved us twice. Both looked pretty close calls to me. Perhaps lady luck is at last evening things up after another disallowed goal in our last match here.
Possibly most impressive was our forward press which functioned well, with Madsen (yes him) playing a full part. Kolli will get the praise, but I thought the keeper could have done better for both goals. But his work rate, mobility and fitness - still running hard at the end - were impressive.
But in spite of Kolli's goals I'd give MotM to Jimmy Dunne. He's always a danger in the opposition area, but usually with his head. Today he smashed the loose ball home in a manner we've been reluctant to do. And his defensive work mostly against the goal machine Sainz was good. Great to see him getting back to his best form especially after his loss this week.
Of course those of us who've supported Rs for decades will know that just when it looks like we've turned a corner we crash and burn. Oxford will be easy, won't it??
BTW I thought the ref was dreadful |
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