Mother said there would be days like this!!

We do need to start keeping clean sheets on a consistant basis, we didn't deserve any more than a point, as City stuck to their plan, but with some poor goalkeeping and a lack of finishing at the other end, we got none.

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Well done everyone.......team,fans and management!

Steve Eyre really left us in the sh*t..........now we need to kick on and get some well deserved points.

Sod his compensation.

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That was 200% better than the performances under Eyre. A lot more positive all round, we defended well and with confidence (Holden had a great game) and we went forward with pace and aggression. Thought we deserved all 3 points, frustrating when we had the ball in the net twice in 2nd half and neither were given (Ref had a nightmare) Hope we continue into the new year with this renewed gussto!!

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As you have been saying Nick the wheels have been coming off the bus for some weeks. I could only listen on the radio but it appears likely that the Lallana 'goal' crossed then line and lambert was blatantly pushed in the box and should have had a peno but missed easy chances and poor second half tactics coupled with a threadbare bench have done for us. We are hanging on to top place by the skin of our teeth. At least four signings needed in my opinion.

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Dale were far more impressive. Preston went ahead after the linesman failed to spot a player yards offside in the build up. This resulted in Prsston sending over a cross from a throw in and dale conceded.

Under Eyre there have been too many times when we have conceded in the first twenty minutes and got no points. However, dale appear to developing a little more steel about their attitude.

Bogdanovic scored a desrved equaliser after ir appeared dale would draw a blank after many wasted chances.

The second half continued the way the first had ended, with dale on top. Then started the referee's disaster show. First of all he disallowed Holden's header. This was for climbing and Holden did appear to use the Preston defender as a ladder. However the second goal was disallowed for a foul on the keeper. This was surreal as Bogdanovic jumped to head on and the keeper ran into him. It was either a penalty for a foul on Bogdanovic or should have been allowed to stand.

The next weird decsion was the JK booking. A fifty fifty challenge saw JK win the ball and then get clattered. The free kick went to Preston and JK was booked.

To be fair to the referee his officials didn't help him

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Worst team in division at moment and we r falling behind the top 15 at an alarming rate. Unlucky today but it was still another defeat at W12. Mk Dons next and we need a win 2 lift the spirits. Of course it will be said the cup doesn't count but Itook absolutely no pleasure in being hammered in recent years by Port Vale and Rochdale albeit in the Carling Cup. Come on U R's.

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Great to have a real centre forward again and bizarre to think he is being labelled " Barnes Homer" prob our worst ever player!!

Unfortunately I think Bogdanovic will prove too expensive to sign as I believe he is potentially better than COG - certainly he heads better and is much more mobile.
We stlll need to convert more chances and unfortunately Ball looks to have completely run out of steam.I think we need to win at least 8 of the remaining games which looks a big ask....

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Indeed we may well be one of the worst teams in the divison but with our players we really shouldn't be! I truely believe we have underperformed big time - hence my previous comments about NW

Still at least for the last hour we showed some guts and determination for once. Thats a great improvement over past performances. But even with 11 men Norwich were as good if not better than us.
Also, at last, the performances of SWP and AT were back up to scratch. So there were some positives to take from the match.

Bartons sending off was a disgrace. The Norwich player should be banned for 3 matches for conning the ref. But Barton should never had put himself in the position in the first place.

To be honest I hope we lose next week so that we can concentrate 100% on survival. I know it will be yet another loss for the team and I woill take no pleasure in that but I do not want us to do a 'Birmingham'. Survival is the only game in town, anything else is a distraction.

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""Joey Barton in red card controversy." Now there's a headline we never thought we'd see. I wish.... Am I the only one not surprised ? If he did what he did while playing for someone else we'd be baying for his blood and saying typical Barton. When he starts performing consistently well on the pitch ( not just on his PC) then I'll cut him some slack,but until then he remains a liability. Yes, the ref was a muppet, which was obvious before the red card,but even more reason to be sensible and not give him the opportunity.Not as bad as Walton was for Wolves though....

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Gutted to say the least but that loss had all the ingredients of a typical QPR performance of late. Deja vu, undermanned against an average Norwich side ! Barton, the good the bad and the Joey ! "Really" does he fancy he's in a Bunuel movie out there ? He was always going to come of second best in the tete-a-tete with Johnson because he is Barton whether innocent or not. What a mug ! Norwich worked it well. I can't fault the heads down bum up effort after the sending off but the Canary goal before half time was piss poor to concede & why Pilkington (left footer) was given so much time and space is perplexing to say the least given how close to the half we were ! We concede too many goals in crucial pressure periods of games.Paddy wasn't even close and you gotta question if he should get the nod in goal if he is not 100%. What worries me is that we are playing with NO luck ( great free kick by Taarabt turned onto the post ) a sure sign of a relegation candidate and the space Morrison had at the top of the six yard box when he scored the winner was...criminal given how hard we had grafted. Mind you we looked knackered for all that effort. SWP and Taarabt appeared the only one's likely and poor old Ale F. was going up and down on the spot. Its looking a bit Dyer (sic) at the moment to be sure and who knows were the next point is gonna come from ? Things can turn around but we need that crucial bit of luck me thinks.

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