How long though till a decent striker will put 3 past us in the first 15 minutes and totally cripple any confidence and belief this team has. We're not starting matches awake, every match so far we've been playing catch up to the pace of a game and chasing shadows. That's gotta be something for Pardew to address, he's not firing them up enough.
Oh my word.... Had it not been for Bothroyd, we would have been humiliated! Well played QPR, as hard as it is for me to admit it, you deserved all 3 points!
I'm not too proud to admit Taarabt, SWP, Faurin ran the show. Your main striker was ****, Ameobi was crap for us and Best had no service. R Taylor was poor, but didn't think much of Young to be fair.
Man of the match for me Hoops. Pleasure to watch and don't recall him making a single mistake. Should shoot more though.
yous looked great this evening. you will have no trouble, next year we will have the 3 pts at loftus road though
I thought Bothroyd played well when laying off as a striker but not so good in front of goal. Won't argue too much about Young but that's only 2 players from 12... I could say a lot about the NU players, not much positive though. But I still have always liked NU as my 2nd team so hope you do well
There's a lot of sour grapes around here at the moment! Just admit you were outplayed & lucky to go away with a point!
The only reason QPR did not win tonight was the fact that Boothroyd was as bad as Fameobi. Should have had DJ on from the start and they might well have won by more than 1! I thought most of the R's new players settled right in, rather suprised tbh and was hoping they wouldn't to give us a better chance. They bossed the midfield for most of the game and created most of the chances (again, luckily for us Boothroyd was their only striker). The Toon rarely tested or stretched or even made their defence work Piss poor performance from the Toon, Fameobi was a non-entity (again) and Sameobi looked better than him in the 3 minutes he was on the pitch???? Age old question, why the **** does Fameobi even get a game? Tbh Best looks like a younger version of him and both up top were completely static, they played waiting for the ball rather than making runs and stetching the defenders. That just gave the opposition defence a day off. Credit to Best though for creating Newcastle's only decent chance for himself Taarabt in the first half and Barton + SWP were better than anything in the Newcastle midfield tonight. Can't understand which game Hoops Eternal was watching tonight though as that Forlan guy was as anonamous as Cabaye after the first 15-20 mins. On tonights performance I'm over the moon and rather bewildered to see another point and still unbeaten this season??????? 4th to boot????? Being a black & white is never as simple/clear as black & white!
Great game tonight guys, played us off the pitch. Midfield was way too congested for us to get involved, and lets not even talk about Raylor and Ameobi. SWP/Barton/Taarabt will be a brilliant combination for you this season, but your defence could very well struggle. They'll come up against strike forces a million times better than ours Happy with the point. Pissed off with the performance.
Well played QPR you deserved all three points today. Your motivation and tactics were much better than ours and you played us off the park at times in the first half. Had your finishing been as good as your build up play you would have won comfortably. Feel like a bit of thief with the Toon leaving with a point to be honest. Good luck for the rest of the season, play like that and you will have no problems finishing mid-table.
