Vokes

[Ginger Ninja]

Is this a "pint per post"?

Pint per poster haha

[stanistheman]

Don't agree. 2 of our best players is clearly a loss but we blew our chance when we had the worst january transfer month since selling sinclair and bringing in tim breaker and Ian Dowie.

QPR won every league game in January and none in Feb. this was down to losing Austin and Phillips who were pivotal in QPR winning many of the games this season , just as Ings and Vokes have for Burnley. It is not all about January's transfers (or lack of).

If Austin and Phillips had not got injured, QPR would almost certainly have won more thab the 2 points from the games against Derby, Reading, Charlton, Brighton, Leeds, Sheff Weds and Blackpool. even if they drew all 7 of those, it would leave QPR just 4 points away from Burnley.

That's not to say that I don't think Redknapp should have been better prepared for injuries to QPR's attacking options. We all knew that Johnson and Zamora would at best be bit part players for QPR this season.

[stanistheman]

Burnley have Watford, Barnsley, Blackpool and Reading away and Middlesbrough, Wigan and Ipswich at home.

We have Bournemouth, Blackburn, Leicester and Barnsley away and Forest, Watford and Millwall at home.

If we really have any chance we'll need to win all our home games and then 3 of the 4 away games, hoping that Burnley slip up big time in their remaining games. Perhaps if we'd beaten Blackpool there might be some tiny amount of hope but realistically I really can't see it...

I agree it is a big, big ask and 2 dropped points at home to Blackpool will almost certainly prove costly as will the points dropped at Charlton and Brighton, where inexplicably Redknapp chose to play Keane as a lone striker. Howeverm QPR have to go for it and hope against all realistic hope that they can catch up.

[Factamondo]

Don't agree. 2 of our best players is clearly a loss but we blew our chance when we had the worst january transfer month since selling sinclair and bringing in tim breaker and Ian Dowie.

gotta agree with weare.....compleatly blew it in january imho...bar ravel it was a disaster!

[LanguedocFox]

Apparently Ings should be back in a week or so, but last Saturday against us, they looked a bit toothless. Mind you, not only was Ings and (from about 15 minutes in) Vokes missing, but Trippier was out and Marney suspended. Not sure if Trippier will be back on Saturday, but if not I think they might struggle against Watford.

This time last week I would have had Burnley nailed on for the autos, but their injuries and their thin squad opens things up. One thing's sure: Rangers won't get a better opportunity.

[MYU]

I thought they still looked strong, they deserve to go up after losing Austin to us at the start of the season.

[Fraggy]

Apparently Ings should be back in a week or so, but last Saturday against us, they looked a bit toothless. Mind you, not only was Ings and (from about 15 minutes in) Vokes missing, but Trippier was out and Marney suspended. Not sure if Trippier will be back on Saturday, but if not I think they might struggle against Watford.

This time last week I would have had Burnley nailed on for the autos, but their injuries and their thin squad opens things up. One thing's sure: Rangers won't get a better opportunity.

I have to agree, they seemed so far off the pace & lost that killer edge they had had previously.

[Factamondo]

in a 46 game season there are plenty of opportunities to do what is required...i dont think leicester are a particularly good side and will get raped in the prem with their current squad but have been the most consistent and therefore deserve to go up....burnley have doggedly held on and i believe we will ultimately fall five/six points off automatic spot....considering we have been gash most of the season it sums up what a poor league ,quality wise,this is!

[LanguedocFox]

in a 46 game season there are plenty of opportunities to do what is required...i dont think leicester are a particularly good side and will get raped in the prem with their current squad but have been the most consistent and therefore deserve to go up....burnley have doggedly held on and i believe we will ultimately fall five/six points off automatic spot....considering we have been gash most of the season it sums up what a poor league ,quality wise,this is!

I don't agree we'll "get raped in the Prem" because I do think we've got a good side this season: no surprise there, of course, but I have seen them a lot more than you have. The thing that probably sets us apart from most of the rest of the teams in this division - and, frankly, from any other City team I've watched at this level over the years - is that there is no real weak link, either in the team or on the bench. Like last Saturday when Jamie Vardy went off, and we could replace him with Chris Wood and hardly know the difference.

Of course, if we do go up, we'll need to strengthen the squad a lot, and the subject of who stays, who goes and who comes in is a constant topic of conversation on the Foxes Talk Forum, and has been for a while now. I hadn't realised, but apparently there is a limit of 25 players for Premier League squads which means some hard choices will need to be made. I'm very confident that Nigel Pearson will choose well, because he's not made many mistakes in the time he's been with us, but you never know. For the moment, I am enjoying the ride: we have been absolutely useless for a long time.

Back on the subject of this thread, I think that the Vokes injury will cause Burnley a lot of problems, even when/if Ings comes back. They have a very small squad, and on Saturday they didn't have anyone at all to replace Vokes when he went off. Like Sean Dyche said, you can't lose two 20-goal-a-season players and not expect to suffer.

[Burnley_fan]

Burnley fan here. Yes, we were a bit toothless against Leicester, but we have won games by creating the chances for Vokes and Ings. Players like Jones, Arfield, Marney etc have all chipped in with a few this season and we even scored the winner againist Blackburn once Vokes had been subbed with Barnes - who looked good when playing Charlton (Even Tripper was missing for that game 3-0). When we have play lower teams we have done well overall.

There were plenty who said we would struggle when Ings went off Injured aganst Birmingham. We won the next three. Like Leicester we play a high octane pressing game and even without Vokes it is likely we will create something. Marney is back for Barnsley and Vokes aside we will in all likelihood have a full strength side for five games. In reality we should get another 7-8 points which will be difficult to overhaul.

[LanguedocFox]

When will Trippier be back? A Clarets fan on the Foxes Forum was saying that he was probably missed more than anyone else last Saturday.

[Burnley_fan]

When will Trippier be back? A Clarets fan on the Foxes Forum was saying that he was probably missed more than anyone else last Saturday.

He'll probably be back againist Barnsley. We've played three games without him and won two.

[QPRDave]

Burnley fan here. Yes, we were a bit toothless against Leicester, but we have won games by creating the chances for Vokes and Ings. Players like Jones, Arfield, Marney etc have all chipped in with a few this season and we even scored the winner againist Blackburn once Vokes had been subbed with Barnes - who looked good when playing Charlton (Even Tripper was missing for that game 3-0). When we have play lower teams we have done well overall.

There were plenty who said we would struggle when Ings went off Injured aganst Birmingham. We won the next three. Like Leicester we play a high octane pressing game and even without Vokes it is likely we will create something. Marney is back for Barnsley and Vokes aside we will in all likelihood have a full strength side for five games. In reality we should get another 7-8 points which will be difficult to overhaul.

Yeah like we're interested in what you or fox thinks...

[LanguedocFox]

Yeah like we're interested in what you or fox thinks...

Some of your fellow fans seem to be sufficiently open-minded to be interested in what other people think. Takes all worlds.

[West Acton]

I personally have no objection with away fans coming in sensibly and giving an alternative opinion. Its the wallys from Fulham who talk nonsense and need educating

Burnley should be home and dry but you never know a loss to Watford could result in a downwards slide as it often happens that way, your sailing along nicely then you hit the skids without warning Langued will be able to testify for this

My issue is even if Burnley did hit the skids im not sure we are consistent enough to take advantage so they prob could lose two or three and still not be under any significant pressure from us. For me the key is to get within 4 or 5 points with three games to go