at 9.30 last night i thought they were so poor we would win Saturday,then reality set in, when do Arsenal lose 3 on the bounce,Wenger will wind them right up and we could be on the end of a beating, i'dtake a point now.
Well we tend to play well against better sides but realistically a draw would be a good result for us, however I always expects us to pull a surprise result out of the bag at least a couple of times in the season. I wouldn't play the same team as last week (but then I never would have play that set up in the first place!) , I'd look to pull another (Ali) into the middle and play a high pressure game, traditionally they don't' like it up em.
True but they could also implode further after last night's home defeat and will certainly be very nervous and error prone as a result. We could well take all three points.
Yeah, exciting times, Venables side was so well drilled, skilful and professional just a pity Barca came calling.Were you at the final game of the season when he said he wasn't going anywhere? I still feel he could of won a title with that team. Pity it went tits up with Mullery, the Spurs 5:0, coins hitting Clive Allen as he taunted us, then the Newcastle 5:5 the following week! Memories! The 2:2 was a great game, due to snow the only game in London that day, remember it being dangerously packed and a wee bit scary. Ipswich was full on, went to the first game 0:0 and the pitch invasion at Portman Road which was an interesting affair and then that replay! It was like Apocalypse Now outside after! Leroy! Leroy! Hitting number 6 against Chelsea...blimey Ian you got me going there mate!
We'd probably have looked at this game as a nailed on away loss with maybe a very outside chance of nicking a 0-0 draw if we shored up the goal for 90 minutes but I now think this is the kind of game where Hughes needs to prove he isn't tactically inept and he needs to put out an attacking team. Losing to the 6-fingered mob in Norfolk wasn't all about their scrappy goal, it was more to do with Arsenal looking poor for most of the game. Being roughed up in the Champions League would not have done their confidence any good at all and if we can go to the Emirates and poach an early goal it might be enough to burst their balloon. I won't mind losing to Arsenal if we have put up a decent display but we have to go into the game prepared to commit to attacking football at the very least. Individual players might not perform well on the day and human error could gift chances and goals but if we look positive from start to finish and not let our heads drop when things go against us then the next few games are the ones where the team can have a chance to shine. I really hope we don't go there to park the bus and they steal a win in the dying minutes.
"There for the taking" will henceforth go alongside other statistical descriptions of opposition that have portended a QPR meltdown in the past. For example: "Without an away win all season" "Haven't scored more that a single goal since January" "Never made it to the first round proper of the FA cup before" and the classic "A run of 6 straight defeats"
I think we may well play Diakite, Granero and Faurlin together in midfield...probably with Park(?) on one side and Taarabt or Hoilett on the other....5 across the middle with Zamora up top.
Pretty much what I was thinking. With the 3 CM I would be tempted to play Hoilett and Taarabt (on either Side) but that may be a step to far and be better left for a change if needed.
That is right. Some wag had some T Shirts made with 'I was there when Jensen scored' on the front and then 'and Gallen and Impey and Allen' on the back. Classic.
I would definitely put Faurlin in the midfield. This is a game where players good on the ball will thrive so definitely worth a place imo. I would go: --------------------CESAR------------------- BOSINGWA-----MBIA---NELSEN---TRAORE --------------DIAKITE----FAURLIN---------- HOILETT----------GRANERO---TAARABT -----------------ZAMORA------------------- Not a game for Park imo - he hasnt got the pace to live with their wingers at all.
Just thought i'd share a useful bit of info with you. JS Park always scores against us. Starting him would be wise.
2-0 Arsenal on saturday im afraid. Any team hitting a rocky patch must be liping their lips at the prospect of us at home next up. 3pts out of a possible 51 on the road bears that out and Arsenal will have far to much for us on saturday. In fact the only places where i can see a possible 3pts on our travels this season is Reading and Southampton and perhaps a surprise win at Sunderland.
If my ageing memory serves me right, was the last game West Brom when Terry V said he was staying? A draw I think. Bit of an anti-climax but a great season nonetheless. The Man U defeat was the last game of season after; defeat, coins thrown from the corner near Paddock and Loft. Stewart Houston (I think) got hit and Ron was pocketing the coins. Another game disrupted AND Ellerslie seats flying again... I took a Man U mate to the game, he was a little nervy before the match and bricking it on the way out. That era; Adidas shirts, Guinness in plastic glasses at the bar, Stainrod, Bannister, Byrne, Fereday, 4 quid for a decent seat in Ellerslie, the occasional 20,000+ squeeze and the 88 bus home. There was one bloke at every match always in the lower loft near Ellerslie, shouting "come on you Rs" for the entire game. Was that you Dave?
Ha ha! No I was in the Loft or behind the away dugout in the Paddock being a lippy little b#stard. Yes, it was certainly a great time to follow the R's. Yes, I'm sure you're right about West Brom, John Gregory scored for us I think, but I remember running on the pitch and being so happy when Tel said he wasn't going anywhere. Of course you pick the papers up the following day and your dreams get shattered once again with news of the Barca offer. A typical QPR scenario! Do you remember the dodgy footwear opposition teams used to run out in? Of course QPR and Luton had the cool looking Adidas black pimple stud astro turf shoes. But teams like Coventry and West Brom used to turn up in the cheapest looking trainers, I remember chanting, "Tesco trainers, Tesco trainers" a few times.
