Match Day Thread QPR vs Preston

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Clarke-Salter was fantastic, along with Cooke, Dunne and Willock.
The TV made Cooke MOTM.

Cooke was good, but it was an absolute masterclass from Clarke-Salter. I'd give JCS a 9, with 7s for Willock, Dunne, Dykes, Field and Cooke and 6s for the rest..
 
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Cooke was good, but it was an absolute masterclass from Clarke-Salter. I'd give JCS a 9, with 7s for Willock, Dunne, Dykes, Field and Cooke and 6s for the rest..

I don't disagree about Clarke-Salter.
Willock was at least an 8 for me, as was Cooke.
 
It will be interesting to see if Willocks game raising performances continue in the last two games. We all know his contract ends and you would expect him to be playing well for his new contract (wherever that may be). Surely a smart player would have been doing that since January. Feels he can’t be trusted to perform to the abilities he has and to the performance levels that are required of him. He showed yesterday what he can do if he does - was a definite 8 for me yesterday.

On another point when are we going to get/coach Ilias to get over the ball when shooting - his shots continually go high and wastes so many opportunities.
 
I stick by the fact, Dykes is a good player, with the VERY BIG proviso that at the moment he just can't score goals ( yes...I know that is a really big downer for your main CF).

His hold up play is good, he plays well with his back to the goal, defensively both in general play and at corners is the best I can remember from a CF in our team.

He needs a new start...I half wonder if that still might be next season here under Marti, as the manager seems to like and admires him

Perhaps "good player" is a step further than I'd go, but I know what you mean. Watching him play for Scotland is frustrating as he looks much better, and even the first season he had with us was better than what we've seen since. He may not be 'good' but where I agree with you is that we're not seeing the best of him and I hope Marti can make him more effective next season.
 
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Must have watched a different game, Willock shirked out of a challenged after 9 seconds and spent the next 94 minutes making sure he hid behind any defender.

When he has the ball he wants to beat 5 defenders and make sure the photos are taken before he even attempts a cross.

Thought he was great a few years ago and will never deny his talent but both himself and Anderson were carried yesterday.



I don't disagree about Clarke-Salter.
Willock was at least an 8 for me, as was Cooke.[/
 
Must have watched a different game, Willock shirked out of a challenged after 9 seconds and spent the next 94 minutes making sure he hid behind any defender.

When he has the ball he wants to beat 5 defenders and make sure the photos are taken before he even attempts a cross.

Thought he was great a few years ago and will never deny his talent but both himself and Anderson were carried yesterday.

Yep, must have watched a completely different game.
Your description fits Chair more accurately.
 
Cooke was good, but it was an absolute masterclass from Clarke-Salter. I'd give JCS a 9, with 7s for Willock, Dunne, Dykes, Field and Cooke and 6s for the rest..

I don't disagree about Clarke-Salter.
Willock was at least an 8 for me, as was Cooke.

Now don’t you two start agreeing on something or you’ll rupture the space/time continuum or whatnot.
 
Must have watched a different game, Willock shirked out of a challenged after 9 seconds and spent the next 94 minutes making sure he hid behind any defender.

When he has the ball he wants to beat 5 defenders and make sure the photos are taken before he even attempts a cross.

Thought he was great a few years ago and will never deny his talent but both himself and Anderson were carried yesterday.
I saw Willock make some great tackles yesterday - 4 according to Sky Sports player stats.
 
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He worked his nuts off and was excellent on the ball.
He tired towards the end, but was excellent.
I think he's just the whipping boy for some.
The only player we carried yesterday was Andersen imo.

I think Andersen is great. He plays a forward moving passing game while Chair and Willock tend to hold onto the ball too much. He suffers a bit because often Willock and Chair aren't interested in passing to him it seems. He intiates a lot of our best moves like yesterday with Willock when his cross went across their goal without anyone putting it away. He's bound to make some passing errors in trying to play the defence opening ones. Yesterday more than usual possibly. But he also looks our best dead ball taker and he even hurled in a couple of throws yesterday that landed by their goal, I think the longest I've seen from a current R, except maybe Dykes, but then he's supposed to be on the receiving end of them!
 
I quite like Anderson, he brings a different dimension to the game and is a forward thinking player. He does seem terrified to shoot at times and some of his corners are straight out of the 'how not to take corners' manual, written by a Kenneth Paal.
 
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I think Andersen is great. He plays a forward moving passing game while Chair and Willock tend to hold onto the ball too much. He suffers a bit because often Willock and Chair aren't interested in passing to him it seems. He intiates a lot of our best moves like yesterday with Willock when his cross went across their goal without anyone putting it away. He's bound to make some passing errors in trying to play the defence opening ones. Yesterday more than usual possibly. But he also looks our best dead ball taker and he even hurled in a couple of throws yesterday that landed by their goal, I think the longest I've seen from a current R, except maybe Dykes, but then he's supposed to be on the receiving end of them!

I have always said that Andersen looks a talented player, but I'm not convinced he's someone you want in a scrap.
His dead ball delivery has been good at times and I think he's definitely more suited to a side playing well at the top end of the table.
He rarely seems to break sweat and is undoubtedly the slowest player in the squad.
Let's see what next season brings with him.
 
I stick by the fact, Dykes is a good player, with the VERY BIG proviso that at the moment he just can't score goals ( yes...I know that is a really big downer for your main CF).

His hold up play is good, he plays well with his back to the goal, defensively both in general play and at corners is the best I can remember from a CF in our team.

He needs a new start...I half wonder if that still might be next season here under Marti, as the manager seems to like and admires him

He’s ****e. I know it’s not all about goals but think that’s 21 league goals in three years for our big number nine.
 
He’s ****e. I know it’s not all about goals but think that’s 21 league goals in three years for our big number nine.
One of our many problems is that our strikers worry defenders more without the ball than with it.

Once its at their feet they are very ineffective.
 
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