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

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Le Tissier's Laces said:
Positioning can be worked on. Part of the problem is that we still don't really have defined patterns of play, so a lot of that positioning currently is guesswork. We need him to get a few more chances to see if he can stick the ball in the big net thing.
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Yup, he's probably as confused as we are with exactly how we aim to break the lines when we have the ball
You'd think we would be seeing some patterns by now, even if they were breaking down; I don't see anything o_O
 
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shoot_spiderman said:
My gut feeling is that they can't replace an inexperienced manager who has struggled with an even less experienced one ... Surely?

Re players playing out of position, can someone remind me what positions the new guys filled before they came here

I presume Fellows was a winger, not a wing back. Left, Right or either?
I thought Azaz was a No10, I'm never sure waht position he is playing for us exactly, its sort of a No10
Scienza I presume has always been on the side but with freedom to roam
Jander, was he an 8 or a 10 and we now play him as a 6?

I presume everyone would rather fall into their usual places if we played 4-2-3-1
(Although our key DM and most functional No9 are both injured)
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Baz played in goal
 
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RSS said:
It did worry me the way Adam Blackmore said, and I'm paraphrasing here as I can't remember the exact wording, 'if he wins against Wednesday on the back of the QPR win then he's got to be in contention for the job' or something to that effect. I really hope that's not him, as a bit of a mouthpiece for the club, prepping the fans for Eckert getting the job, and if he is...then I hope Wednesday beat us.
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I dont think anything Adam says these days is a worry,I think he just reads some of the rubbish written by our"fans" and slips it into his continuous verbal diarrhoea.
 
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shoot_spiderman said:
My gut feeling is that they can't replace an inexperienced manager who has struggled with an even less experienced one ... Surely?

Re players playing out of position, can someone remind me what positions the new guys filled before they came here

I presume Fellows was a winger, not a wing back. Left, Right or either?
I thought Azaz was a No10, I'm never sure waht position he is playing for us exactly, its sort of a No10
Scienza I presume has always been on the side but with freedom to roam
Jander, was he an 8 or a 10 and we now play him as a 6?

I presume everyone would rather fall into their usual places if we played 4-2-3-1
(Although our key DM and most functional No9 are both injured)
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Exactly this.
 
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shoot_spiderman said:
My gut feeling is that they can't replace an inexperienced manager who has struggled with an even less experienced one ... Surely?

Re players playing out of position, can someone remind me what positions the new guys filled before they came here

I presume Fellows was a winger, not a wing back. Left, Right or either?
I thought Azaz was a No10, I'm never sure waht position he is playing for us exactly, its sort of a No10
Scienza I presume has always been on the side but with freedom to roam
Jander, was he an 8 or a 10 and we now play him as a 6?

I presume everyone would rather fall into their usual places if we played 4-2-3-1
(Although our key DM and most functional No9 are both injured)
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Pegs and holes. Recruit someone who knows round from square who's experience is wider than data driven.
 
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Velcro Roy said:
I dont think anything Adam says these days is a worry,I think he just reads some of the rubbish written by our"fans" and slips it into his continuous verbal diarrhoea.
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Adam is very well connected within the club. If he's saying something, no matter how off-the-cuff, it's worth listening to.
 
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I have to say I absolutely love Loftus Road. I mean I'm surprised the concourse passes health and safety these days and I wouldn't fancy having to get out in an emergency but it's a proper old school English football ground.

Now Goodison has gone and Craven Cottage has the new stand it's probably my favourite ground in the country. Well worth the £39.
 
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RSS said:
Apparently the U21 guy was giving it the full Russel Martin fist pumps at the final whistle to the Saints fans? <laugh><doh> We scraped a win against a poor side whilst playing as badly as normal, but a slice of luck going our way for once. In previous games that deflected shot from JRob would have bounced up onto the bar rather than into the top corner. Obviously I'm happy we got the points, but celebrating like that is a bit much given how **** we still are. Maybe I'm just a grumpy old man.
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No maybe about it. Welcome to the cult.
 
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tomw24 said:
To our credit I thought we defended them well. I don't remember them getting a clear cut chance in the closing stages.
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Yeah it's why I don't really understand anyone criticising any of our centre backs last night. They were under constant pressure at the end for about 20-25 mins, but held strong. Great effort.

What really irks me was how much space and time we were allowing their players to put in crosses or even cut in and line up a shot. The rest of our team were barely doing anything to stop the attacks coming.
 
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Che’s Godlike Thighs said:
Yeah it's why I don't really understand anyone criticising any of our centre backs last night. They were under constant pressure at the end for about 20-25 mins, but held strong. Great effort.

What really irks me was how much space and time we were allowing their players to put in crosses or even cut in and line up a shot. The rest of the team were barely doing anything to stop the attacks coming.
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They were obviously told to sit deep and keep the shape. It worked but it was a bit nerve wracking!
 
tomw24 said:
They were obviously told to sit deep and keep the shape. It worked but it was a bit nerve wracking!
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We got lucky. It was horrific to sit through, and the majority of times we attempt that, it will go wrong, especially against better opposition.

I'm actually a bit worried that we're going a bit too continental, and trying to compete in the Champ playing a style more suited to football played in, say, Italy. Score a goal and then shut up shop. Ugh.
 
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Che’s Godlike Thighs said:
We got lucky. It was horrific to sit through, and the majority of times we attempt that, it will go wrong, especially against better opposition.

I'm actually a bit worried that we're going a bit too continental, and trying to compete in the Champ playing a style more suited to football played in, say, Italy. Score a goal and then shut up shop. Ugh.
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I don’t think it was an instruction tbh.

I think putting downs on gives us no outlet. The midfield were poor. The fullbacks got pinned back in the stupid system.

We weren’t instructed to sit deep, it’s just that we are terrible and QPR played OK.
 
Le Tissier's Laces said:
Positioning can be worked on. Part of the problem is that we still don't really have defined patterns of play, so a lot of that positioning currently is guesswork. We need him to get a few more chances to see if he can stick the ball in the big net thing.
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Not sure about that for a forward. A lot is instinctive & he doesn’t (at this time) look to have an idea. Plus the other points I mentioned. It was more a dig at Spors anyway. Just can’t see DD providing us with anything / much this season & that’s the kicker. Ps. For a tallish lad, don’t think I’ve seen him head the ball successfully yet.
 
garysfc said:
Not sure about that for a forward. A lot is instinctive & he doesn’t (at this time) look to have an idea. Plus the other points I mentioned. It was more a dig at Spors anyway. Just can’t see DD providing us with anything / much this season & that’s the kicker. Ps. For a tallish lad, don’t think I’ve seen him head the ball successfully yet.
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You need to watch yesterday's game more closely then, as he beat the CB in a header to flick it on - Azaz nearly got in his way for that one too, which goes back to my theory that in the advanced positions nobody really knows what they're meant to be doing yet.
 
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