QPR Post Match Thoughts

[Citizen Erased]

We only put another plaster over a bad wound. All the pain will be revealed on Tuesday night when we get hammered. Only then will TS stand up and remove Taylor from his post.

How on earth, and not forgetting we're the home team, can any Manager want to play 1 up front on their own, who was totally bossed by two big lads in their back line? He, Taylor, is clearly showing he has no bottle for big games. I wonder what goes through Hugill's mind when he sees yet again, he'll be up front on his own?

I thought the first half was poor, dreadful, awful, and I'm keeping it polite. Second half, repeat up to about the hour mark. We slightly rallied but we were always looking vunerable until Ayala came on and further steadied the back line.

Never thought I'd say it so early having wanted Taylor to stay in charge but, I fear he's only taking us one way.

Because it's not 1 up top.

It is in reality but we are definitely playing with 3 forwards.

Just cutting inside isn't working.. And hasn't at any point this season.

[frogmiller]

We scored a goal and for about 5 minutes we actually looked like we might do something. Apart from that it was tedious pedestrian football. No craft, energy or urgency to our play whatsoever.

I wanted to see a response after the Hillsborough debacle. There wasn't one.

If that's the best we can do at home against QPR then we may as well start preparing for league one in January.

Spot on. The only thing about league one is that the next time we’ll be in it for a while.

[Brin]

Because it's not 1 up top.

It is in reality but we are definitely playing with 3 forwards.

Just cutting inside isn't working.. And hasn't at any point this season.

Citizen, Err who exactly was cutting inside? All I saw was Hugill being battered with no support and when he flicked on more than once, who was there?

[gru]

Oddofin our standout player. Morrison it's just his movement it's restricted will cost us. Clucas same as last week looks spent. Revan should be on the left. Tiehi played better today. We didn't have much threat out wide.

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

That was awful for 85 mins out of the 90.
I feel no attachment to this side nor the management. Everything good about us has been sold and taken apart and in its place is a fat excuse. We can’t continue like this. Taylor has a record of relegation with our club and it’s getting worse week by week.

Agree with this, but for me the blame is more on the players rather on the manager

Too many poseurs, too many that think they are better than they actually are, no guts, no effort and basically over rated journeymen

There’s nothing there that’s “ Rotherham”

[Townerslovechild]

I missed Hillsbrough,thank God,but that today was a dire game,played by 2 teams will both be in the bottom 4 come May,the problem is,QPR will get better,they have some half decent players who Ainsworth tried to ruin,I think we have 3 or 4 who are championship standard,and at least one of them will be gone in January.
I honestly don`t know if Taylor should go now,I still think give him while Christmas,but I suspect I`m in a minority.
Whatever you say about Warne,you knew to expect from his teams,he had a plan and a style of play that suited the players we had,you can`t say that now,they really look totally dis-jointed and lacking in ideas.
As others have said,give Hugill some proper help,give him a proper strike partner,either Georgie or Nombe,can it be any worse ?

[sota]

Agree with this, but for me the blame is more on the players rather on the manager

Too many poseurs, too many that think they are better than they actually are, no guts, no effort and basically over rated journeymen

There’s nothing there that’s “ Rotherham”

I think you’ve hit the nail on the head. Unfortunately, the higher up in football the worse it gets.
Watched Sheppey v Walsall yesterday and the passion was there for all to see. Proper football.

[mygiddypant]

Agree with this, but for me the blame is more on the players rather on the manager

Too many poseurs, too many that think they are better than they actually are, no guts, no effort and basically over rated journeymen

There’s nothing there that’s “ Rotherham”

No surprise there Grist. Yourself and Boothy will be manning the barricades with Matt Taylor until the inevitable happens.

I'm not suggesting that the players are entirely innocent, but you have to admit that endless repetition of a bad recipe is going to leave everyone with a pain in the gut.

[DerekMiller]

I had some pushback on the other thread for suggesting Taylor has a "god complex" but what other phrases can we use to describe somebody who started, yet again, with the same drab god awful tactics that failed spectacularly in the first half against Coventry and saw us humiliated against Wednesday? Walt's description of clueless seems quite spot on but is it really that simple? Surely he can see it doesn't work? But it's like he has the belief if he keeps pushing it over and over and over then one day it will fall into place and he can say he told us so and that his "vision" was right all along.

In the last two games we have played relegation rivals who were both low on confidence and on long winless streaks, and we choked against both of them purely down to the tactics. Bringing Georgie Kelly on after 60 minutes and rescuing a point is NOT a tactical masterstroke, it's the actions of a man thinking "I'm 30 minutes away from being sacked so maybe I should put my "vision" on hold for a while." Strange how when he puts the Taylor masterplan in the bin and actually plays to our strengths we see a huge upturn in performance.

Positives from today. Georgie Kelly. Said it before I'll say it again, everytime this lad plays he is central to something good happening. Assists, a goal, more overall confidence going forward, the kid makes it happen. So no doubt he'll be on the bench against Ipswich (unless there's a board meeting before then). Much praise for Odoffin and the Viking also, Cafu was improved and put a shift in, as did Bramall. Beyond that the only other positive was the pipe band. The minutes silence for Remembrance was ruined by QPR fans not listening to the stadium announcer when he said a minutes silence would follow The Last Post.

I don't see much point in giving Taylor until Christmas, he's made it clear he won't deviate from his negative and dire tactics, if I thought there was a chance he would then I'd say lets do it. But one point from six against sides as dire as Wednesday and QPR tells us everything we need to know sadly

[Philips]

I couldn't understand the formation in a game like that, it looked like Clucas was playing off Hugills shoulder surely that should have been Kelly or Nombe up front with him, it was like watching a league 2 game people around me were fed up with it all, awful really no desire or passion for the club and no connection.