Birmingham Match Thread

[Fordy]

Did we actually pay 2 million for Bonne? If we did Charlton had our pants down and thrusted us with no lube

[Fordy]

Also Chair is absolutely s.hite.

[LoftusRoadLad]

Brum played 5-4-1 which made it hard especially if Chair is having an off day.
Brum should have won that.

[gator]

Brum played 5-4-1 which made it hard especially if Chair is having an off day.
Brum should have won that.

Yes, it was apparent when we did show a bit of urgency in the last 7 or 8 minutes, the 5 man backline couldn't really be broken down, they seemed to be settled in for the draw at that point although they did attack us near the end, that was mostly due to us giving up posession poorly, I agree we were fortunate to come out of that with a point!

[shaggy24]

The positive it’s another point
negatives, This squad is very poor but why Warbs insists on not changing things up quicker he’s got 1 book of tactics and lost most pages. Don’t get me wrong I don’t think he’s blessed with the best side but there’s no intent to switch things or pick up opponents set up one dimensional sums us up

[Dono77]

Brum played 5-4-1 which made it hard especially if Chair is having an off day.
Brum should have won that.

Chair is having an off season so far. He's been poor and is getting a run every week for doing nothing. I thought a player was supposed to earn his place in the team?

[QPRDave]

In the interest of your sanity I wouldn’t bother

Thanks shaggs.... good advice by the looks of it

[Stainrod]

Also Chair is absolutely s.hite.

He is far from shite , Eze would attract 2/3 players last season , which freed up space for Chair , he needs to adapt to that .

[Shania]

So, last two seasons we’ve conceded around 76 each season...

We’ve had lone strikers for years; not owned our own...

Got no money and still paying our FP fine...

For years weve had no players good enough to sell, and now wehave...

Weve sold our most creative midfielder for £20 million...

Were paying for years of mismanagement...


You have all moaned incessantly abou the above, and rightly so.

NOW, give them time to transition as a team and club.

Cos,now, we are looking more financially stable, have our own strikers, have stopped coneding goals, have the lowest number of shots against us etc etc

GIVE US TIME TO TRANSITION.

And for #### sake, STOP MOANING...

Well said!

[72bus]

Didn't see the game , but take the clean sheet and move on . Seem to be over playing it again and the ball moves thru the team to slowly. Easy to read

[LoftusRoadLad]

MARK Warburton shared his thoughts following QPR’s 0-0 draw at home to Birmingham City.

In a game which saw few chances in the first half, the R’s created a number of opportunities after the break with Bright Osayi-Samuel seeing his volley headed off the line and Lyndon Dykes’ downward header bouncing onto the bar, while Ilias Chair had two efforts go wide.

At the other end of the pitch, Rangers kept their third clean sheet in seven league games.

“The defence stood up today, but Birmingham are very good at what they do,” Warburton said.

“We always knew the ball in the box was going to be a threat, so we had to defend resolutely and today we did that. The clean sheet is a positive, of course it is, but we must improve at the other end of the field.”

The R’s chief believes his side were guilty of looking for the ideal strike as they sought to break the deadlock against Blues, explaining: “We keep trying to score the perfect goal and trying to walk the ball in, and sometimes we must just flash it across the goal and at the very worst get a corner situation, but we are trying to be too precise.”

Warburton felt Rangers improved in the second period, admitting: “We were poor in the first half, we had no intensity in our play, we looked lacklustre and looked poor.

“But we improved and got into some great areas in the second half, we moved the ball just a little bit quicker, we went long over the top to turn them and then looked to play short.

“The defenders for both sides did their job today, but most importantly we were creating chances in the second half, looked far more dangerous and were getting in behind their defence.”

Warburton also explained why Lyndon Dykes and Albert Adomah were withdrawn during the second half.

“Lyndon came back from international duty with the injury and today an hour was about the most we could ever get out of him, similar to Albert,” he said.

“But they both showed they are very good players and will play a big role this year, just medically today we had to look after them.

“The games come thick and fast now and these three-or-four week injuries really hurt you, so we are just looking after them.”

Rangers now turn their attentions to their mid-week trip to Barnsley.

“The players need to rest now ahead of Tuesday,” Warburton said.

“When you see the players after 90 minutes at that level they are knackered. This will be our fourth game in ten days, it’s a relentless programme of matches at the moment, so they have to rest and recover really well.”

Tom Carroll, who endured an injury-plagued season prior to joining QPR during the summer, was left out of the squad.

Warburton explained: “The other night was the first 90 minutes Tom had played for 10 months. That’s why he wasn’t involved in the squad today.”


https://www.qpr.co.uk/news/club-news...ingham-241020/