Drop Charlie!

I wouldn't I could name half a dozen Arsenal players who looked better than Austin on Wednesday, and they only tried for 30 minutes. And Yun was excellent. I wouldn't drop Charlie though.

 

CR will drop anyone for the team
But as Austin is defending from the front and doing a brilliant job then of course this is pure bollocks
We have a brilliant squad let him choose and you won't see Austin dropped at the moment

Fickle we have a time frame now to get as many points as well as build a solid team wise up

 

if fer was fit playing number 10 role u may have a point , again fer , another player wasted playing out of position . fer knows where the goal is , we have lacked goals from midfield badly

 

I empathise with the OP in as much as Austin offers little as a lone front man who's main trick is to shoot on sight due to being devoid of pace and skill, he is indisputably a finisher, thing is he's rarely quick enough to get on the end of sharp balls into the box.
On the other side, it is herecy to even think of dropping someone who sits third in the scoring list with only Costa and Aguero ahead. I'm struggling here as we all know in our heart of hearts we are down with the squad available to us (and we can never blame Austin) but, we do have to try something, many of us are convinced that somewhere Vargas, Isla and Taraabt hold the key to redemption.
How CR can work it out, God only knows. Remember that the OP is not writing off Austin, just how can we maximise him, the blame for all this will always lie with HR and TF.
This Premiership is so ****e it's unbelievable - the worst value for money on record and we couldn't stay up.
TF and co better start getting used to producing exotic financial results in order to keep them in denial.
Repeated idiocy will always and thankfully result in the poor house, I look forward to reading about Barton's bankruptcy in the Times!!!!!!!!!!!

So yes, start with Vargas and Zarate in a 3-1-2-3-1

Bloody iPad won't let me write my team - screw it
Ferdinand

 

We do????

 

Agree about the formation and the 3 needing to interchange and get close to Austin. A fit Adel would be a shoe in for me, but while he isn't I'd like to see Phillips, Krancjar and Zarate given a go there. Vargas is another option.

 

Those that have at least a passing interest in the sport commonly known as Football do.

 

So we're relegated then Danish?! Why are y'all bothering then?

I still think we've a decent chance

 

We need 36 points IMO that means four wins and two draws. I would say Everton, Newcastle, Villa and Leicester are best bets, draws at Palace and West Brom. Vital to beat Villa and Leicester though...

 

I clearly know nothing about football then.

The only time when a three point deficit is insurmountable is when the season's over.

 

Matty, whenever a man names himself after a multilayered, laminated sweet pastry, there's summat not quite right upstairs

 

Does that apply to bread products too?

I might have to shelve the plans for my new user ID - QPR Double-Stacked Cinnamon Bagel.

 

I might call myself Cream Puff.

 

Austin couldn't hit a crossbar today, hang on, he did!

 

Brilliant goal line clearance though, not sure what he was doing back there, but thankfully he was.....

 

All I can say is I'm glad you're not manager. No offence.

But Ramsey should try some different combinations. In the final 30 or 20 mins of a game, he could be changing Bobby Z for other strikers in the team to see what chemistry they can develop with Charlie. In my opinion, Zarate has done more than enough to get a look in.