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Yes, we won the game, and it was strangely entertaining, but today’s performance was embarrassing in so many respects.
- First of all, make no mistake, Bolton are shocking. There's a reason they're in the relegation zone. Their defence was appalling and some of their gameplay the stuff of nightmares. They made Kevin Blackwell’s Sheffield United side seem like the Brazil 1970 World Cup squad. A decent team would have torn them apart with ease, beating them 3 or 4 nil, not desperately clinging on and finishing the game with three holding midfielders. Our (very) fortunate victory needs to be put into perspective.
- Some of our defending was beyond anything I've seen in a professional football match. There was a moment in the first half when a goal-kick bounced over three defenders and resulted in a one-on-one, which fortunately the Bolton striker squandered. Equally, the marking for the first two goals was pitiful. The coach responsible for defensive training (if there is one) needs to be dragged out at half-time and publicly vilified. Brighton will put six past us if it continues (as I expect it will).
- Henry and To$$er are the worst midfield pairing I've seen since the days of Steve Morrow. The latter is an embarrassment of a footballer. The fact that Ramsey picks these two over the Brazilian international Sandro tells you all you need to know about his managerial ability.
- Substituting Fer? What was he playing at? He decides to finish a game against a team as poor as Bolton with three holding midfielders - and we still concede! The decision reminded me of Paul Hart playing two sets of full-backs as we clung on to a one-goal lead against Bristol City. The man is inept.
- Don't think I saw us win a single header. Angella in particular was beaten every single time. What the hell do they do in training? I reckon Doudou would beat some of this lot in the air. Again - pathetic.
- Jay Emmanuel-Thomas - brilliant performance, so why hasn't he been playing? As far as I'm aware he's been available for the majority of fixtures so far. He'd have been superb alongside Austin. Yet Ramsey stuck with his 4-3-2-1 'system'.
Today we won in spite of Ramsey’s incompetence, not because of his tactical abilities. I haven’t seen anything to suggest that he is the right man to take the club forward, short- or long-term. His win record is abysmal, the number of goals conceded is embarrassing and the team has no discernible shape. He was saved today by moments of individual brilliance from JET, Fer and, the man who he was publicly lambasting a few days ago, Chery.
We’re 11th at the moment and that’s roughly where we’ll finish with Ramsey in charge (13th-16th I would say). If that’s the aim this season, to be ‘patient’ and ‘consolidate’, then can someone explain to me why Austin was kept? Should’ve taken the Ł15 million, as he’ll be off for free next summer to a club enjoying the financial benefits of Premiership football, as will the other good players at our disposal. This idea that we should be aiming for mediocrity just doesn’t make any sense at all - but then I suppose we’re QPR, we don’t do logic.
Ramsey must go if we’re going to move forward. He is not the man for any long-term ‘rebuilding’ strategy. Even a half-decent manager with some experience would get this team playing well with all its talent. Sticking with him is madness - he is utterly inept.
- First of all, make no mistake, Bolton are shocking. There's a reason they're in the relegation zone. Their defence was appalling and some of their gameplay the stuff of nightmares. They made Kevin Blackwell’s Sheffield United side seem like the Brazil 1970 World Cup squad. A decent team would have torn them apart with ease, beating them 3 or 4 nil, not desperately clinging on and finishing the game with three holding midfielders. Our (very) fortunate victory needs to be put into perspective.
- Some of our defending was beyond anything I've seen in a professional football match. There was a moment in the first half when a goal-kick bounced over three defenders and resulted in a one-on-one, which fortunately the Bolton striker squandered. Equally, the marking for the first two goals was pitiful. The coach responsible for defensive training (if there is one) needs to be dragged out at half-time and publicly vilified. Brighton will put six past us if it continues (as I expect it will).
- Henry and To$$er are the worst midfield pairing I've seen since the days of Steve Morrow. The latter is an embarrassment of a footballer. The fact that Ramsey picks these two over the Brazilian international Sandro tells you all you need to know about his managerial ability.
- Substituting Fer? What was he playing at? He decides to finish a game against a team as poor as Bolton with three holding midfielders - and we still concede! The decision reminded me of Paul Hart playing two sets of full-backs as we clung on to a one-goal lead against Bristol City. The man is inept.
- Don't think I saw us win a single header. Angella in particular was beaten every single time. What the hell do they do in training? I reckon Doudou would beat some of this lot in the air. Again - pathetic.
- Jay Emmanuel-Thomas - brilliant performance, so why hasn't he been playing? As far as I'm aware he's been available for the majority of fixtures so far. He'd have been superb alongside Austin. Yet Ramsey stuck with his 4-3-2-1 'system'.
Today we won in spite of Ramsey’s incompetence, not because of his tactical abilities. I haven’t seen anything to suggest that he is the right man to take the club forward, short- or long-term. His win record is abysmal, the number of goals conceded is embarrassing and the team has no discernible shape. He was saved today by moments of individual brilliance from JET, Fer and, the man who he was publicly lambasting a few days ago, Chery.
We’re 11th at the moment and that’s roughly where we’ll finish with Ramsey in charge (13th-16th I would say). If that’s the aim this season, to be ‘patient’ and ‘consolidate’, then can someone explain to me why Austin was kept? Should’ve taken the Ł15 million, as he’ll be off for free next summer to a club enjoying the financial benefits of Premiership football, as will the other good players at our disposal. This idea that we should be aiming for mediocrity just doesn’t make any sense at all - but then I suppose we’re QPR, we don’t do logic.
Ramsey must go if we’re going to move forward. He is not the man for any long-term ‘rebuilding’ strategy. Even a half-decent manager with some experience would get this team playing well with all its talent. Sticking with him is madness - he is utterly inept.
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