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Udders Match Thread 06:54 - Nov 8 with 38752 views

Lying in bed with an infected tooth trying to rouse myself for a day at work before the trip up to London...

It feels like we are in the midst of Mick's first real test. Early season defeats put down to it being early days and a long injury list, a recovery when all players come back and get used to his style, then some alarming performances with the majority of players back and dare I say it when oppo teams find a way of stifling us to the point we stop scoring.

Nothing terminal by any stretch of the imagination, but the lack of guile to break down WBA leading to only half chances was a concern.

Got to bounce back tonight, haven't we to ensure we head towards the break with any sense of momentum...

Fear a disappointment (as always), but going for a squeaky 2-1 win. See you there!

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Udders Match Thread on 22:46 - Nov 8 with 2285 views

QPRSteve

Udders Match Thread on 22:33 - Nov 8 by WestbourneR

All of this is a total over reaction.

We were much the better team and made more than enough chances to win the game.

The issue is the ball in our mixer - we're just shambolic at winning the big headers and clearing our lines.

That said -- their second was a complete fluke.

We've got a mid table squad with several key positions patched over with loans. We're doing better than we should be.

Any talk of Beale's position being in question is ridiculous, everybody should calm down.

Thanks Westbourne. Mu=y sentiments exactly.

Udders Match Thread on 22:54 - Nov 8 with 2232 views

NorthantsHoop

Inconsistency and defensive mistakes seem part of our DNA, we don't have an instinctive striker up front and we flim flam around the box without finding the target. Chair was very frustrating tonight and he was doing most of the flim flaming and firing tame shots or holding onto ball for too long. Gonna be tough at Coventry.

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Udders Match Thread on 23:08 - Nov 8 with 2142 views

distortR

Udders Match Thread on 22:54 - Nov 8 by NorthantsHoop
Inconsistency and defensive mistakes seem part of our DNA, we don't have an instinctive striker up front and we flim flam around the box without finding the target. Chair was very frustrating tonight and he was doing most of the flim flaming and firing tame shots or holding onto ball for too long. Gonna be tough at Coventry. [Post edited 8 Nov 2022 22:56]

We all go on about 'typical Rangers' etc, but i suppose at the end of the day we're sixth. I bet there's plenty of teams around us, beneath us, say the same thing. FFP has made it all about the size of your crowds and the players you sell, not keep.

Udders Match Thread on 23:10 - Nov 8 with 2121 views

CamberleyR

Udders Match Thread on 22:35 - Nov 8 by Damo1962
Think they were good value, from what I can gather. Had more clear chances than us, and of course scored two goals...we only scored one. We had three quarters of a match to at least get one goal, and failed miserably. That is the stark reality of the last two home games.

They were not good value. Tiny piece of credit to them for playing a back ten and parking two buses in front of their goal, keeping us out after we had taken the lead but it was one way traffic as a shot against them every two and a half minutes testifies.

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Which is the worst QPR team?

Udders Match Thread on 23:17 - Nov 8 with 2079 views

kensalriser

Not to pile on, but Coventry have two games in hand and are five points behind...

Poll:

QPR to finish 7th or Brentford to drop out of the top 6?

Udders Match Thread on 23:26 - Nov 8 with 2036 views

ManinBlack

Surely we knew Huddersfield would park the bus so we should have been better prepared to deal with it? If you take the lead after 81 seconds at home against the team at the bottom decimated with injuries then that early goal should have been the catalyst to take them apart. We threw away the early advantage by falling behind so quickly giving them a lead to defend.

Once again if we are not winning at half time at home then it is game over kicking towards the Loft. This is the worst Rangers team I have ever seen attacking the Loft in the second half for paucity of goals.

OK Huddersfield were dire but everyone forgets that when we play league 1 quality sides we invariably lose. Look at our record in the cups against lower league sides. We can't beat league 1 clubs and Huddersfield look like a league 1 side in the making. Tonight's result confirms to me the Terriers are going down.

Udders Match Thread on 23:41 - Nov 8 with 1988 views

Burnleyhoop

Well, you might have taken the hand brake of Michael, but you left the back doors and boot lid open.

Udders Match Thread on 23:54 - Nov 8 with 1937 views

Ned_Kennedys

Udders Match Thread on 22:45 - Nov 8 by WadR

I'm immensely frustrated by that game and don't think we were good, but no way were they good value for the win.

The entire second half was played in their half. We had the two Richards chances, Dykes shanking it 8 yards out, Chair managing to hit his standing foot with a shot in the area. They had the chance in the first minute, their first goal and a complete fluke second.

Our set plays at both ends were what cost us tonight.

They deserved to win.
Two goals and Seny had to make more saves than their keeper.
Our 36 shots were mainly shots into a crowd of defenders.

Laird, Adomah and Dykes did ok, Chair had one of his worst games for us I’m afraid. We need other options to take set pieces: we currently have a Joey Barton situation on our hands and it’s not working.

Finally our record of scoring towards the Loft is appalling this season: what the hell is going on?

Udders Match Thread on 01:13 - Nov 9 with 1839 views

Northernr

That was abysmal. You go 1-0 up after a minute (after a let off) against easily the worst team you’ll play, and you do that with it. Speechless.

Udders Match Thread on 07:05 - Nov 9 with 1717 views

derbyhoop

Udders Match Thread on 21:48 - Nov 8 by JimmyR
Ref fckin awful again, 3 yellows for time wasting after 88 mins But we do it to ourselves, can defend a set play, and refuse to make anything of our own

Exactly. If the crowd know what's going on, why doesnt the ref. If he starts booking people early, he wont have the problem.

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Udders Match Thread on 07:18 - Nov 9 with 1700 views

essextaxiboy

Udders Match Thread on 07:05 - Nov 9 by derbyhoop
Exactly. If the crowd know what's going on, why doesnt the ref. If he starts booking people early, he wont have the problem.

Totally agree but ... he has an assessor watching him ,all of the refs do the same thing . It must be policy to ref like that .

Udders Match Thread on 07:39 - Nov 9 with 1673 views

Rs_Holy

Udders Match Thread on 01:13 - Nov 9 by Northernr
That was abysmal. You go 1-0 up after a minute (after a let off) against easily the worst team you’ll play, and you do that with it. Speechless.

How long have you been supporting QPR Clive? You know its what we do, consistently, year in year out. To be in the position the club was in and with 2 homes games against the bottom 2 teams and to lose both is just so very Q.P.R.

Udders Match Thread on 08:53 - Nov 9 with 1606 views

R_from_afar

Udders Match Thread on 22:32 - Nov 8 by VancouverHoop

If so that makes three years in a row that two different managers have had an excellent half season, followed (or preceded) by a rubbish half season.

Managers aren't the problem. Squad depth is the problem. Once we get past our top thirteen or fourteen players we're relying on make-weights and kids. By the time we get to Christmas (or November this year) we're playing on a wish and a prayer. This season is a bit different, we've got a month now to get everyone healthy, and practice. The way we played tonight showed how little time there's been to work on training ground stuff. We weren't defending that badly a couple of months back, nor were we wasting scoring opportunities by the bucket-load at the other end. We need need a tune-up. I'm optimistic we'll see a better team come December.

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Good point, I totally agree.

There are some coaching related lessons we can learn - see Bosh67's post - but the big problem is the same as it has been for years, FFP resulting in a thin squad.

Until we can sell n quality players and replace them with n+1 or n+2 players of an equivalent quality - very difficult but not impossible - this is going to remain a huge issue for us....unless we have a season when we are in such a good position come the January window that the board decide to take a big risk and splurge on players even if it leaves us open to another FFP sanction. I'm not keen on that approach, to be honest.

Still, at least we are at the right end of the table, even if our form is poor.

"Things had started becoming increasingly desperate at Loftus Road but QPR have been handed a massive lifeline and the place has absolutely erupted. it's carnage. It's bedlam. It's 1-1."

Udders Match Thread on 09:16 - Nov 9 with 1570 views

Damo1962

Udders Match Thread on 07:39 - Nov 9 by Rs_Holy
How long have you been supporting QPR Clive? You know its what we do, consistently, year in year out. To be in the position the club was in and with 2 homes games against the bottom 2 teams and to lose both is just so very Q.P.R.

Doesn't make it acceptable though. Beale said as much afterwards. This mentality of "it's what QPR do", is one of the main reasons we struggle season after season. The lack of goals in front of the Loft, looks like it has now got into the players heads as well. It's doing my head in for sure.

Udders Match Thread on 13:12 - Nov 9 with 1457 views

themodfather

goals win games. you can have, like us, 100 shots on goal but no good if all going into the upper loft. you can have like us, 65% possession but if no end result, ie goals you don't win. we are playing well, good attacking footy but no win in 4 ?
no panic but losing 2 games at home to bottom 3 teams, is a worry.

Udders Match Thread on 13:18 - Nov 9 with 1444 views

Benny_the_Ball

Udders Match Thread on 01:13 - Nov 9 by Northernr
That was abysmal. You go 1-0 up after a minute (after a let off) against easily the worst team you’ll play, and you do that with it. Speechless.

God help the match report!