Match Day Thread QPR vs Bournemouth

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We seem to get players like that. One in a long line of unpopular pros who somehow keep going and turn things around in spite of constant barracking by the fan base. Remember the vitriolic abuse that Paul Furlong suffered? My personal favourite was Terry Mancini who was pretty useless for most of his career before Gordon ago signed him. The fans knew he was and kept telling him.. A man who knew he had two left feet so resorted to using his bald pate rising above his flowing locks whenever the ball was more than 3 inches above the playing surface. I was there right behind him when he sored his first goal in our promotion season to the First Division ith his head of course. And he repeated the feat two weeks later. 'Henry,Henry' we chanted. Because we all knew that his real skill was in writing he theme tune to the Pink Panther cartoons.

Next season he was a regular starter in Division 1 and then somehow we managed to persuade Arsenal that he was just what they needed to bolster their defence .

Way to go Yorkie, one for the nostalgia thread........
 
Right gents, no nonsense talk of taking a point and being happy. We are the form team in the division and we should be looking to keep this current run going. Bournemouth are really under achieving and most of the time look like a side that are going through the motions and think they are too good for this league. Very similar in that respect to Watford. Lets get at them, win and close the gap at the top and widen the gap from the drop.

Well well well another grafted for three points. As has rightly been pointed out on here we are now a mere 10 points off the play-offs with two games in hand. Very little doubt for me that Charlie and Stefan have brought in much needed experience and no small amount of skill. We are holding our own against teams with a better group of players and much deeper pockets but you cannot put a price on confidence and effort. We are doing ok on the first and I believe are second to none on the latter.
We need to be mindful now that the fixtures are going to come thick and fast, worse than us for most others due to the two postponements. Warburton will have to manage his small squad very carefully on this run-in.
What is great about this squad is the impact that players like Willock and Adomah make coming off the bench.
Without wishing to dampen our enthusiasm it should be noted that we really rode our luck today and were quite fortunate not to be a couple down before we took the lead. It is one of my big frustrations that even our most experienced players at times switch off and are dropped by the player they should be marking in defensive areas. Their goal today really should have been prevented, you could see in the build what was going to happen. How often do we concede to the simple nod back across the danger area.
Even the players that we know are still not performing to their full ability (Dykes for one) are working incredibly hard for the cause and deserve praise for giving the maximum effort. I would always prefer seeing an average player busting a gut than a class one cruising!
Lads (and lass), Dickie for the Premier League? Come on now, he is way too slow. It was lovely to see him doing a bit of Roederesque marauding today, he needs to learn the shuffle.
Mostly positive thoughts but as stated earlier, we have a lot of games coming up and fatigue will be a bitch.
 
What a great result, rode our luck in first half but really worked our socks off and could have won going away if Bonne had put chances away. Preston up next on the end of a 4-0 battering by the Sheepshaggers so will be out to stop the rot. It's actually been an enjoyable New Year so far for us, keep it going lads...<applause>
 
Judging by Kane's celebration, he's been reading some of the criticism.
Fair play to him, as he never stops trying and is reaping the rewards of effort and belief.

Johansen looks a great signing to me which is surprising given Oslo's slating of him when he arrived. Looks a proper player to me.

What a run we're on. It really may be time to start looking up the table now, especially with our games in hand.

Well done Warbs and all the players. Lovely jubbly.
Unfortunately his criticism is totally correct. If you or I got 40 chances to cross a ball every game then I would expect a couple to be worldies. If I was a right back I wouldn't show my winger inside at every opportunity. I love Kane for his enthusiasm but he is not a great player, and his reaction clearly shows that, as a decent footballer wouldn't react that way
 
Another great result, from what I've read here, not particularly pretty especially first half, but another huge second half performance.

Chuffed to see midfielders contributing goals, particularly as our strikers (Bonne & Dykes) are running dry. Well done Warburton and the team.

I firmly believe it is the influence of Charlie and Johansen that is helping the squad, long may it continue. "We are together" - remember what happened the last time we used that slogan :emoticon-0105-wink:

Enjoy the celebration fellow-Not606ers. It is going to be another great weekend.
 
Felt like we nicked that result, but then Bonne could have had a hat-trick in the last 10 minutes. All of our January signings have improved the squad, and the spirit seems really good. On our day we're as good as any team in this league, with the exception of Norwich maybe, and although it's a very long shot, the play-offs really are a possibility.

A word for Dom Ball, who I thought was excellent today, and Willock who always looks dangerous coming off the bench.