Hi Raving. Slightly strange to give MOTM to a sub but he was superb so no great argument from me. I'll just comment on Dunne who was very solid indeed. One error that might have led to a chance for them but he redeemed it. As for Hitchcock, unlike his famous namesake, he stopped the suspense with a well taken goal on his senior debut. Does it get any better than that?!! COYRss
Barton / Onouha for me as man of the match both put in a performance for 90 minutes, Oneil put in a solid performance and looked to good for this level, Saw AJ walking down to the ground from White City, said he will be back next week,
Back home and fed. I saw things slightly differently to Raving. Dunne played well, dug us out of a couple of holes, but his distribution was as poor as we were warned it was. Once Ipswich realised that the back pass was his preferred ball they managed to put him and subsequently Green under pressure every time. I know I look differently at Barton to a number of others on here, but he continued his addiction for passing 30 yard cross field balls into touch and leaping into assaults that can only ever been given as free kicks against him. Yes he tried hard, and did some good things, but he is being over hyped at the moment. SWP was poor. His only moment of note came when he prodded the ball to far in front of him and had to chase it, otherwise he would have cut back into traffic like every other occasion. Austin continues to put himself about and looks like a very good forward, there is far more than just goal scoring to his game. Zamora was better this week, but gauged against a very low bar. Hoilett was lively again, possibly not quite as good as against Wednesday. His hamstring injury didn't look serious, he jogged down the touchline to leave the field. No complaints about Green (who made a very good save and caught crosses confidently), Onouha (very solid), Hill (defensively sound, but not a full back) and even Henry (considering his very obvious limits and should never be picked again). I was impressed by Simpson who linked up very nicely with the outstanding O'Neil who was sharp, lively and intelligent. He must start every week, he made us look twice as threatening. And what can you say about young Tom Hitchcock. Fabulous debut, and didn't he just love scoring. After being mobbed by all his team mates he turned back to the supporters and celebrated some more. If Redknapp was trying to show Fernandes how thin the squad was it may just have back fired! Let's have Frankie next please. As for MOM, there wasn't much to pick between quite a few of the players, my vote would go to R and Q block, they were magnificent, barely stopped singing all game long. If any are on here reading this, take a bow.
I was in LU, so I couldn't see PU and if you were as vocal as Q and R blocks. The ten minutes of non stop "Harry Redknapp's Blue and White Army" may not have been progressive, but was impressive. Fortress Loftus Road!
SWP also put in a great ball to Austin who swivelled and blasted it against the bar. He should've calmly slotted it under the keeper. But I guess it showed he has great confidence.
Austin in a 4-2-3-1. Thanks for the ratings. Austin will score goals a plenty imo. On another day that shot that hit the bar would have flown in! SWP looks good. Zamora looks awful, as usual.
SWP was poor. His only moment of note came when he prodded the ball to far in front of him and had to chase it, otherwise he would have cut back into traffic like every other occasion. Totally agree with above. We score the only time he got round the defender to the line He needs to realise he will be able to do this at this level and not cut back every time
Ive said repeatedly he is the dumbest player Ive ever seen, always cuts inside into traffic and then shoots and its blocked or flies into the top tier 99% of the time. He has pace so should use it to go outside the FB. Still, he set up the winner so you cant really give him a low mark.
These ratings are way too generous across the board. We were very nearly held by a very very average Ipswich side FFS. O'Neill was indeed a revelation however and it makes you wonder why he didn't start.
He did well to set up the goal, but more credit should go to Barton for picking him out. Overall though his control is very poor and he runs into dead-end situations.
i totally agree so in comparison with his normal efforts, yesterday he was positively ma-flipping-jestic!
