Match Day Thread QPR vs Norwich

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Well, I was planning on watching, and had that slightly awkward social situation where you expect guests to have left, but they hadn't. Good friends, and great conversation so I decided not to drop any hints about watching football, and accept I was going to miss it.

Having read through this match thread, sadly, seems I made the right decision. I'm sure they'll blame it on a busy schedule and needing a break, but the reality is the Christmas/New Year period can make or break your season with a good or bad run, and since December 20th we've got four points from a possible twelve...only have ourselves to blame. I know this is vastly unrealistic, but if we'd won all four games we'd be third or fourth.
 
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Star of David Bardsley said:
I’m mainly excited to read Clive’s assessment of the referee. Always a highlight after games like this. Some incredibly pedantry mixed in with ignoring the rules entirely.
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One thing I'll say for the ref - I liked that with their GK he was holding up his fingers and counting down from 5. Worked - all refs should do it and not just for GKs. Bobby Zamora used to do the same.
 
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Quite Possibly Raving said:
One thing I'll say for the ref - I liked that with their GK he was holding up his fingers and counting down from 5. Worked - all refs should do it and not just for GKs. Bobby Zamora used to do the same.
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He’s only eight yellow cards off a suspension now. Bet he’ll be gutted to have been booked.

I think the refs appreciate the opportunity for a little rest as much as the team winding the clock down.
 
Just got home, I can’t put my finger on any particular points as to why we lost apart from a terrible overall performance and that includes the manager. A tedious watch.
 
Think the 4-4-2 shocked a few teams and it’s been sussed out now. Press the wingers high and we don’t have enough in the middle to exploit the space. Still think it’s better than the alternative, particularly until Chair is back but the rigidity has made us predictable. Could switch the wingers occasionally. Could play Burrell wide and have Dembele off of Kone perhaps for a spell just to keep the other team guessing even with the same players.

Bannan has played every minute of the Christmas run but he’ll have acres of space without breaking a sweat up against our formation.
 
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Kone looked lost

When Dembele was subbed off, he walked past us like a zombie, blank stare and shuffling. Weird
 
Toothless. No killer instinct in the team. Needs the captain to show some leadership and shake the ****ers up once they cross that white line.
 
Well on top of that performance a complete buggeration on Chiltern Line with trains delayed and then not stopping where they are meant to means that I’m still on route home somewhere north of Banbury…..
 
Star of David Bardsley said:
Think the 4-4-2 shocked a few teams and it’s been sussed out now. Press the wingers high and we don’t have enough in the middle to exploit the space. Still think it’s better than the alternative, particularly until Chair is back but the rigidity has made us predictable. Could switch the wingers occasionally. Could play Burrell wide and have Dembele off of Kone perhaps for a spell just to keep the other team guessing even with the same players.

Bannan has played every minute of the Christmas run but he’ll have acres of space without breaking a sweat up against our formation.
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We should play 3-5-2.
 
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Does anyone know how the guy in the Lower Loft was after getting the ball in his face.

To anyone who missed it, after every other player had finished their pre-match warm up Kolli decided to practice a free kick from just outside the box. No wall, no keeper, no one else there. Kolli decides to line it up and boot it as if he was Beckham against Turkey.
Except after booting it as hard as he possibly can it flies straight over the bar smaking a bloke straight in the face - The fukin brains of our players!

From SAR, it looked like he'd broken his nose.
 
MickMack said:
Does anyone know how the guy in the Lower Loft was after getting the ball in his face.

To anyone who missed it, after every other player had finished their pre-match warm up Kolli decided to practice a free kick from just outside the box. No wall, no keeper, no one else there. Kolli decides to line it up and boot it as if he was Beckham against Turkey.
Except after booting it as hard as he possibly can it flies straight over the bar smaking a bloke straight in the face - The fukin brains of our players!

From SAR, it looked like he'd broken his nose.
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Feel for him but concussed might have been a good way to watch that game
 
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I have never before been at a game where the response to the half time whistle was...nothing. No applause, no booing, just a disbelieving silence that a professional football match could be so...nothing. Every individual on the pitch including the officials were slapdash and shoddy and while we didn't deserve to lose we did very little to win it. Ludicrously poor fare for a family bank holiday crowd.
 
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Didn’t trust the linesman as soon as I saw he was tall and normal, like a 1970s policeman. Linesmen should be short, slightly tubby men who look like they’re most likely a bookkeeper or assistant manager of a Sainsbury’s. Bear this in mind next time you see a tall linesman.
 
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Quite Possibly Raving said:
One thing I'll say for the ref - I liked that with their GK he was holding up his fingers and counting down from 5. Worked - all refs should do it and not just for GKs. Bobby Zamora used to do the same.
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I thought that was mandatory now. He booked the keeper for timewasting after about 65 mins, which was good, but he then ignored his continued piss-taking after that. The bit where the keeper deliberately ignored the lino indicating where a free kick was to be taken from was farcical. Then there was the fact that he continually allowed their blocker to be no more than 8 yards from our free kicks. I actually counted him walking 8 paces before spraying his spray once. Oh, and then he held the game up so that one of theirs could do his laces up. Diabolical.
 
Stroller said:
I thought that was mandatory now. He booked the keeper for timewasting after about 65 mins, which was good, but he then ignored his continued piss-taking after that. The bit where the keeper deliberately ignored the lino indicating where a free kick was to be taken from was farcical. Then there was the fact that he continually allowed their blocker to be no more than 8 yards from our free kicks. I actually counted him walking 8 paces before spraying his spray once. Oh, and then he stopped the game so that one of theirs could do his laces up. Diabolical.
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Booking the keeper is purely a paper exercise, have you ever seen a keeper sent off through receiving a second yellow for more time-wasting?

Both the keeper and ref know once the booking has been done the ref will do everything to not notice any further time wasting.
 
MickMack said:
Booking the keeper is purely a paper exercise, have you ever seen a keeper sent off through receiving a second yellow for more time-wasting?

Both the keeper and ref know once the booking has been done the ref will do everything to not notice any further time wasting.
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Yeah, the ref decided that it would be wisest to literally turn his back after that.
 
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