Rodney Marsh's advice to Harry Redknapp after QPR's loss to Stoke The former Queens Park Rangers star took to Twitter during the 3-1 loss to Stoke. View image | gettyimages.com Former QPR star Rodney Marsh thinks Harry Redknapp should start with a 4-4-2 formation away from home. QPR lost yet another away match at Stoke City on Saturday afternoon - a Jonathan Walters hat-trick condemning them to a 3-1 defeat that extended the R's' embarrassment on the road. For a period, however, Marsh believes the west London side controlled the game at Stoke while they played with two up front. As such, the ex-QPR man feels Redknapp should start with that formation away from home, instead of only playing one up top. QPR on top 2nd half ! Here's a thought... Why not start 4-4-2 Away ?? — Rodney Marsh (@RodneyMarsh10) January 31, 2015 Marsh was also critical of the defending for the first three goals of the encounter - a reflection that applied to both QPR and Stoke. QPR v Stoke- 3 goals not a single defensive challenge - Shocking defending — Rodney Marsh (@RodneyMarsh10) January 31, 2015 What must be considered, however, is that QPR still went on to concede one more goal to Mark Hughes' Stoke side, as the Welshman beat the club that sacked him in his last Premier League job before taking over at the Britannia Stadium. Right now, meanwhile, whatever Redknapp tries appears doomed to fail away from Loftus Road. Is there any hope for the hapless R's on the road?
Most normal people, if they do something that clearly doesn't work, will usually change the way they do it after three or four failures at the most. Eleven times is beyond a joke. Yesterday Stoke had problems defensively and had Zamora started in a 4-4-2 we may have had an opportunity to take advantage. Sadly, even that would be negated by our slapstick defending. We've sat back and done nothing about our defence throughout this window and it's that which will send us down...
