Hart/Harford, if your lingering......

[QPR1976]

Jay Simpson is NOT a winger.
He is our top scorer and when played in the right place he scores.
I appreciate you've only been at QPR for a couple of weeks, but.....
West Brom (you would have watched it before being officially announced !) - Played out wide and was rarely involved.
Sheff Utd - Played out wide and was hardly involved until he moved more central late in the game, twice involved. 1 miss and the other a stone wall penalty - not given.
Bristol City - Returned to Centre Forward, rewards with a really well taken goal. So why move him out to the wing again ? Instantly he became ineffective again. You may as well just taken him off for all he contributed for the next 15/20 mins before you actually DID take him off.

Now last season, when on loan at West Brom. He played up front and scored regularly in his first few games. They moved him wide, the goals dried up and eventually he returned to @rsenal. Don't take my word for it, ask the West Brom fans !

If we persist in doing the same, he will not want to join us permenantly (Sterling deal or not). Equally, we will likely miss out on his improtant goals.

He is a striker, admittedly he could probably do with a big lump of a #9 along side him, but ask yourselves "Would Wenger play him on the right wing ?"

Routledge is the best right winger at this club for years. Play him there - Always - OK, occasionally swap him over to left, to keep opposition defenders on their toes, but mainly HE IS our wide right player.

Faurlin's not a left winger either. You were right to take him off yesterday, but he's much better as a more central player.
Taraabt is probably best placed on the left until Cookie returns.

Square pegs in round holes.....

[BuzsakyIsGod]

Borrowdale is not a left winger either. ****** stupid putting Borrowdale and Connolly on. It just shows the other team we are bricking it! Well done Hart.

[QPR1976]

I agree, but the Connolly & Borrowdale substitutions have been done to death elsewhere on this message board. With split opinions it seems.

I can't recall (in nearly 40 years) us ever panicking quite so badly to get a result before. However, if the ends justifies the means, on THIS 1 occasion, I'll live with it.
If the tide has turned with 3 points and we go on a 5+ game winning run, so be it.
But that sort of negativity will not be tolerated or supported when it doesn't work and we conceed a late equaliser (or winner !) So the Manager has got away with it this time, but I doubt once FB is back in the country or in attendance that he will look upon such tactics as favourable and we all know what happens when he loses faith in a Manager !

I was merely pointing out the mistakes were made from the 1st substitution and not the 2nd & 3rd ! And being new to the squad is no excuse. 3 games to see where Simpson's best position.
Faurlin, I can understand more so, as we've not tried him wide left until yesterday.

But Simpson & Routledge, it's too obvious to everyone.....isn't it ?

[Fez]

Borrowdale is not a left winger either. ****** stupid putting Borrowdale and Connolly on. It just shows the other team we are bricking it! Well done Hart.

We were bricking it, we havent won for 6 games that was pretty obvious, whatever substitutions hart made we would have been under the kosh the last 20 mins so why not at least bring on players that can defend properly! I can't believe people are even arguing this point go and watch any of them top teams play if they are winning one nil in a tight game with 15 mins to go they don't chucking on centre forwards thinking 'oh well we at home theres no way we will conceed', or 'who cares if we lose as long as we get see some skill!'

[QPR1976]

Fair point Fez, but again this thread is about the 1st substitute and Simpson specifically, NOT the 2nd & 3rd subs.

Jay is not a winger.....Routledge is !

If we'd got the 1st substitution right, we may not have needed the others.
Pplayers are more likely to threaten, produce, score if they play in their best position.
I can't believe that's not obvious to all, certainly most of the people around me yesterday could see that......

[qblockpete]

By switching Simpson over to the left and taking him off 15 minutes later, shows it was a wrong tactical move in the first place??

[QPR1976]

My point exactly, but I probably didn't express it clear enough.

I'd have brought on Taraabt for Faurlin on left and told Routledge to go right.
Possibly Dave for Buzz as he faded 2nd half.

I'd have fancied a 3rd goal then and no need to panic 15 mins later.....