Match Day Thread Queens Park Rangers vs Saints - Wednesday, November 5 - 19:45 KO

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You and Os both said it's like playing with 10 men with Downs on the pitch. Previous games yes maybe, tonight no. I think most people could see an improvement tonight and he was certainly far from the worst player on the pitch. Anyway, we won so I can't be bothered to go into this anymore.

Lol. He’s the worst player on the pitch, every game, no matter who we play.

He doesn’t even look Sunday league level, as at least at that level they have some idea of where to be on the pitch.

I’m absolutely amazed you’re defending him <laugh>
 
Lol. He’s the worst player on the pitch, every game, no matter who we play.

He doesn’t even look Sunday league level, as at least at that level they have some idea of where to be on the pitch.

I’m absolutely amazed you’re defending him <laugh>
Well he wasn’t last night as Azaz was. And TBF, Azaz hasn’t scored or assisted yet this season. Yet he seems to get a free pass or certainly goes under the radar. He's been a huge disappointment so far. It was Azaz who looked Sunday league level when he butchered that pass last night. Should have laid it on a plate for Downs.
 
Well he wasn’t last night as Azaz was. And TBF, Azaz hasn’t scored or assisted yet this season. Yet he seems to get a free pass or certainly goes under the radar. He's been a huge disappointment so far. It was Azaz who looked Sunday league level when he butchered that pass last night. Should have laid it on a plate for Downs.

I think Azaz played the pass to Leo for his goal, although to call that an assist would be stretching the meaning of the word.
 
Thought we looked lively for the first 15 minutes last night, trying to press from the front etc, however after that we were mainly second best. Scienza is the shining light in this team by a long long way.
Thought there was several really poor performances with Manning and THB the worst two. What was that corner THB gave away? You see that on the fields at Sunday league.
Thought Jander was quiet last night and the international break and Romeu signing is coming at the right time for him.
Fellows and Azaz, again flattered to deceive, but again, playing in positions they weren’t signed for.
Need to sort the GK place out as we will just keep swapping 2 ****e keepers throughout the season.
But at least we won. Eieieio and all that rubbish.
Oh, and DTLW over to you for the next match day thread.
 
Thought we looked lively for the first 15 minutes last night, trying to press from the front etc, however after that we were mainly second best. Scienza is the shining light in this team by a long long way.
Thought there was several really poor performances with Manning and THB the worst two. What was that corner THB gave away? You see that on the fields at Sunday league.
Thought Jander was quiet last night and the international break and Romeu signing is coming at the right time for him.
Fellows and Azaz, again flattered to deceive, but again, playing in positions they weren’t signed for.
Need to sort the GK place out as we will just keep swapping 2 ****e keepers throughout the season.
But at least we won. Eieieio and all that rubbish.
Oh, and DTLW over to you for the next match day thread.

Jander is an interesting one. Some people in the TSP group were complaining about him last night (which I thought was a bit weird) - if you look at the stats, he's by far the person that makes the most tackles in the team, including last night. But yes, perhaps needs a bit of a break at some point (hello international break as you say).
 
Speaking of stats - nice to very much outperform our xG for the first time in about ever. 0.68 xG overall and 0.27 from open play...
 
Jander is an interesting one. Some people in the TSP group were complaining about him last night (which I thought was a bit weird) - if you look at the stats, he's by far the person that makes the most tackles in the team, including last night. But yes, perhaps needs a bit of a break at some point (hello international break as you say).
Not for long. :)

I do think he'll massively benefit from playing alongside Romeu.
 
By no means was that a classic game or a great performance to kid ourselves that we have turned a corner.
But
Tiny steps fo now, a win at QPR is a good result, and whilst our midfield to front line was poor, there was some heroic defending to be pleased about. There seemed a bit more aggression, passion and togetherness.

Build on the confidence, the belief will come and the best players in the correct positions will mean the team will pick itself.

That win was without Jalert, Charles and Stewart plus Oriol, all of whom will make us stronger.

That's all without a new manager in.

So, certainly not getting carried away but compared to 5pm last Saturday, more optimistic.
 
Needs mentioning again just how dreadful the attempted pass from Azaz to Downs was. It was such a simple pass to make and he was under absolutely no pressure.

There was at least 3 occasions where Wood absolutely lost it at him too, makes me wonder if he's not settled in the squad at all.
 
Needs mentioning again just how dreadful the attempted pass from Azaz to Downs was. It was such a simple pass to make and he was under absolutely no pressure.

There was at least 3 occasions where Wood absolutely lost it at him too, makes me wonder if he's not settled in the squad at all.
Oh I was fuming. Especially as it's meant to be a strength of his.
 
Fellows and Azaz, again flattered to deceive, but again, playing in positions they weren’t signed for.
Need to sort the GK place out as we will just keep swapping 2 ****e keepers throughout the season.
These two points are the crux of our problems. We still haven't seen Fellows RAM, Azaz CAM, Leo LAM together yet and therefore are not getting the best out of the former two yet.
A new GK and Striker are a must in January.