2pm kickoff, behind closed doors Quite a few changes and some interesting absences. Glad to see Nardi back! Chair missing. Kelmann missing.
1-0 to Cardiff. Mistake from Field, getting caught in possession when he should have cleared. Early but it felt against the run of play. QPR already having a couple of decent chances or counters. Bit of a random lineup, TBF. Sutton hasn't convinced me of much since joining. Yes.
Cardiff getting their fundamentals right so far. Us, not so much. They look more solid and well drilled. Our back line look like strangers Ilias Chair is standing next to the manager shouting at players.
2-1, Dembele slots into bottom corner from the D, after the ball fell kindly to him. Rangers gone up a gear now. Maybe gear 2
Cardiff put the ball in the back of the net with a nice finish but disallowed as offside. 3 of changes. Cook and Mbengue off for Morrison and that other new CB (Akindileni?). Talla on in midfield for...? Maybe Richards. I'm trying to see.
2-2, Pearman scores, assisted by a good run from Bennie. Not more commentary from me as I need to go out!
Very strange game to be honest. It's like we have been instructed not to press until they get in our half and to try play a counter attack. Cardiff have controlled the game and should be winning. It's 11 men behind the ball in the 85th minute. Young Morgan is a bit of a liability, panics in possession when in dodgy areas of the pitch.
FT: 2-2 Lots of youngsters on the pitch 2nd. Not sure which are which. But some of them had some good moments. Boring game! Just a run out, really.
The difference in the press was quite something. We didn't press their defence at all which enabled them to play a very high line and play mostly in our half. No striker in the whole match day squad was strange and that's maybe why we played like we did. A very bizarre pre season game.
