Qpr v Hull | Match Thread

[Abseits]

Without wanting to get drawn into a GA debate, as I'm generally happy with Marti, but when Gareth's team needed to clear it the ball would be played long to the wings, where the wingers would be ready to come back to avoid losing possession.

There's really no harm in long balls out to the flanks if the wingers know it may be coming if we're in a defensive scrap. Not every long ball is a hoof if we know whats going down and we retain possession by putting it into planned areas.

Putting leather through the ball and wacking it yo field should be the exception.

If there's 75% pretty football and 25% long ball I really don't see the problem. Nobody is advocating the CB launching down field to cries of "CHARGE".....!!!

I have the feeling that GA's methods would have been far more successful if he'd have had the two new nippy players Marti has. Poor old Gareth had no attacking width at all. It's ironic Marti has this option but prefers to pissfart about taking 35 passes to get the ball to them. Whacking a ball long into the corners for Saito or Dembele to get after is an entirely reasonable tactic to occasionally deploy.

[70sQPR]

Could do with players who are not afraid to leather the ball down field when we're in a pressure situation. Too much football and back to basics needed on times. There's no shame in it and playing our way out of danger can be dangerous .

'Ave it.........

It's the lack of positional awareness from the back four and the midfield just look on without picking up opposition players in advance positions. That tap in should never have happened

[SheepRanger]

I mean, Andersen should have lumped it out anywhere. What was he thinking?

Complete brain fart......

But the lack of cover on the left was just as criminal for that tap in.

[Hoopsah]

Without wanting to get drawn into a GA debate, as I'm generally happy with Marti, but when Gareth's team needed to clear it the ball would be played long to the wings, where the wingers would be ready to come back to avoid losing possession.

There's really no harm in long balls out to the flanks if the wingers know it may be coming if we're in a defensive scrap. Not every long ball is a hoof if we know whats going down and we retain possession by putting it into planned areas.

Putting leather through the ball and wacking it yo field should be the exception.

If there's 75% pretty football and 25% long ball I really don't see the problem. Nobody is advocating the CB launching down field to cries of "CHARGE".....!!!

I mean, Andersen should have lumped it out anywhere. What was he thinking?

[72bus]

Madsen and Anderson in midfield
Santos in miller's pocket
Lack of creativity
No movement when we have the ball so ball usually goes back
No urgency to win the ball
Slow passing between the back 4.
These are the reasons we got spanked by hull city.

[SheepRanger]

Yeah, we f around in dangerous areas of the pitch and ask for trouble at times. That's gotta be instructional from the Manager so what's that all about? We're not Man City, we can't do that.

Without wanting to get drawn into a GA debate, as I'm generally happy with Marti, but when Gareth's team needed to clear it the ball would be played long to the wings, where the wingers would be ready to come back to avoid losing possession.

There's really no harm in long balls out to the flanks if the wingers know it may be coming if we're in a defensive scrap. Not every long ball is a hoof if we know whats going down and we retain possession by putting it into planned areas.

Putting leather through the ball and wacking it yo field should be the exception.

If there's 75% pretty football and 25% long ball I really don't see the problem. Nobody is advocating the CB launching down field to cries of "CHARGE".....!!!

[Sleeping Giants]

Could do with players who are not afraid to leather the ball down field when we're in a pressure situation. Too much football and back to basics needed on times. There's no shame in it and playing our way out of danger can be dangerous .

'Ave it.........

Yeah, we f around in dangerous areas of the pitch and ask for trouble at times. That's gotta be instructional from the Manager so what's that all about? We're not Man City, we can't do that.

[SheepRanger]

We needed a reaction tonight. We are not very good and could be in trouble again. I'm just hoping that we'll be better with Chair, Colback and JCS back in due course. It does evidence our lack of depth though.

Could do with players who are not afraid to leather the ball down field when we're in a pressure situation. Too much football and back to basics needed on times. There's no shame in it and playing our way out of danger can be dangerous .

'Ave it.........

[Sleeping Giants]

We need a reaction on Saturday at Derby - it's catastrophic going 4,5,6 games winless in this league.

We needed a reaction tonight. We are not very good and could be in trouble again. I'm just hoping that we'll be better with Chair, Colback and JCS back in due course. It does evidence our lack of depth though.

[shaggy24]

Completely agree with you. But if we use the little money we have on a striker who is nowhere near the player we thought we were getting then the club need to prepare for the fact that the paying supporters are going to lose their sh 1t at some point. Feel a bit sorry for madsen who had been thrown into a mish mash of a side. Celar just doesnt look like he got a clue. There's no way he's a natural finisher.

We’ve made the same mistake far too often on cf

Bonne
Washington
Dykes best of last 3

Madsen would be fine if he had runners around him as he’s tidy pings a decent ball to inject pace sadly it goes out to smyth who’s shocking or santos well I’d stick him down as the worst Brazil football player ive seen

Hayden was ideal added power and calmness

[shaggy24]

I took some stick on here in the off season for suggesting Liam Millar would be a nice addition when he was available, the Canadian international can play all over the pitch and as witnessed today is a handful for opposing defences! I am not sure of the financial aspects but he was looking for a move to another Championship team after his loan at Preston!

he was being marked by santos who is diabolical. Still think we’ve signed one too many duds Barton at Cambridge in a terrible side still looks decent pace passes well can turn on the ball and drive forward nope we got headless kfc varane and ornament madsen

[Dono77]

You could say the same for
Santos hopeless
Madsen did he have to run in medical?
Varane wtf blokes dire
Chuck in Smyth still being in the squad

Ok Dembele and i think Saito will improve but cant see us getting much at Derby were in the bloody drop zone yet again if results go against us

our only tactic is to faff about at the back close us down we buckle go behind simply far too easy to play against

Completely agree with you. But if we use the little money we have on a striker who is nowhere near the player we thought we were getting then the club need to prepare for the fact that the paying supporters are going to lose their sh 1t at some point. Feel a bit sorry for madsen who had been thrown into a mish mash of a side. Celar just doesnt look like he got a clue. There's no way he's a natural finisher.

[Abseits]

Result is no surprise to me but I do think we looked a bit better than we were in recent shockers. We've got too many lightweight average players so Hull had the upper hand by dint of winning their individual match ups and duels. As many have said, our fullbacks looked really ropey compared to theirs. Still, at least I wasn't bored witless tonight and we've been done by a fluid, vibrant and enterprising Hull side who look cut-out for a top 6 finish.

It's too early to panic but we should realise that we are 3pts of the bottom spot and should we get embroiled in a relegation scrap we haven't got enough battlers to drag us out of it and would need to dump some lightweights in January and try and bring some seasoned Championship warhorses in.

We need a reaction on Saturday at Derby - it's catastrophic going 4,5,6 games winless in this league.

[Martinmalta]

Another disappointing result. Worries me that we still to keep a clean sheet or to win at home. We're missing Hayden in middle. Masden is no match to him. It is going to be another long season.

[SheepRanger]

Second division Belguim & France must be L1 in comparison to the Championship. I expected a lot more from Celar, Andersen, Madsen, Varane and Santos.

After all the hype by new brooms talking about doing things differently its the same ol' shite.

How difficult is it to understand that this is a very physical league and you need a couple of warhorses in there who won't get pushed off the ball. Marti knows this league now and most of these newbies are just not up to it.

Is Madsen another Ben Gladwin????