Glad we won today as we do seem to have hit a rough patch. Hopefully you guys can go on a run now and stay up .
I thought that Taarabt substitute very strange. I can only presume he ran out of puff because otherwise he'd have been the last one I'd have taken off today. (Bearing in mind I only had a stream which is incomparable to being there)
You're right. The crowd booed when Taarabt was taken off. Maybe he just wasn't fit enough (match fit). At least with Taarabt on the pitch, we have a chance of some creativity. Traore should have been taken off first, preferably after the first 5 minutes!!
Why was Traore picked? Were Shaun Phillips and Hoilett injured? I don't think they were on the bench. Even if they were he could have tried Matt Phillips wide left and Vargas or Isla on the right. Surely anything is better than Traore? Perhaps Ramsay just said "every player in correct position no matter what". There is some logic to that I guess.
Apart from the defence where we played 4 centre backs? I can see why Phillips and Traore were played in the wide positions. Unfortunately, Phillips only gets 1 cross in about 6 right and Traore must surely never, ever start again?
Rusty lads expected Taarabt looked good enough and a few good touches made him not look out of place ... Flow of team 1st half just not there against a very clever saints team who move it quickly Hard to swallow but we without doubt won the last 30 mins and has to go for three points We have very good players no worries we matched a very good team with a brilliant defence
That was some kick in the nads by Dunne today. I hope the lad's family life isn't affected after that Skip to 2:02
Traore has a few very bad touches but he kept the excellent Clyne at bay well the best of it Well done Traore I wish people wouldn't just pick out players at QPR you are infected lads Let it flow the idiot has gone I liked the fact that the saints fans has songs and chants for their players we haven't really We can bounce without doubt but today we had just four full crowd chants ... I say again we are infected time to get well again
Get real man he tracked his man well enough having not played he stopped Cylne what bloody game was you watching up the quiet end Saints fans broke our stands Posters Traore put a few passes really wayward but did his job well Barton was good
Haven't read the whole thread but it wasn't a great game today, Saints weren't up to much, neither team really threatened until the inevitable. Zarate looked lively, Adel always interesting, Barton (gulp) played well, Dunne his usual and Hill ok under a lot of pressure. Phillips at least got a couple of crosses in. On the downside Ned is not good enough, Caulker no discipline, Austin offered no threat and Traore completely pointless. But Fer took the biscuit for me, whenever he got the ball turned 360 degrees and then lost it. Very few crisp, first time passes from anybody. In Adel, Vargas, Zarate and Isla at least we have some clever players. We tried to pass it rather than lump it today (hooray) if we want to do this they all have to play. I'd like to give Ramsey a few weeks at least to get some more modern thinking going on, can't really see the point of getting someone in to 'keep us up' when I'm afraid it ain't gonna happen. WE were (I think) at least trying to play a better game today.
DT, I know you are a Henry fan, but would you concede that maybe the reason that Barton was better today was that he wasn't saddled with all of the passing responsibilities? I am a better footballer than Traore.
I think Ned is better at RB if anything. He did ok today both positions, a solid defender and quick enough. The rest of his game like the rest of our defence is not PL quality.
How hard have Taarabt & Zarate trained this week? Losing three stones & recovering fitness in four days. Remarkable!
That was because we only had 2 in CM , playing 2 wide men like we did today gives that risk. I think 1 wide man is enough. Krancjar or Henry would have been better selections than Traore today.
No, you get real. You must have fallen asleep during that game! Traore was dreadful. My lad said after the game that he couldn't think of one single positive thing to say about Traore's performance. He was lacklustre and he certainly didn't track Clyne very well at all. When Taarabt was taken off ahead of Traore, the loft broke out in boos. Everyone around me was moaning about Traore and Fer, but mostly Traore. You're talking utter garbage. Also, if you're so upset by the home support, why don't you come up the home end and try to join in? Don't ****ing lecture me on getting real when you talk such utter bollocks!
BArton did very well Agree with SB when we had a flood of creativity on the park second half we were too good for the saints albeit a dull neutral game .... We matched their quick and clever pSsing but that is because they have been doing it all season with confidence I say again no point in slagging what is just green shoots Highlight for me personally was Tasrabts clever little pass first half in pen area ... You could see after that the saints players knew he is tricky That grows we have a clever team If it clicks we could do well Traore on the ball yes poor but that is only half the game off it he did well imo Fer flooded with our other creativity players looked normal because he is Barton however did Henry s job really well We made very few chances And it looked confusing but at least it wasn't Harold's very predictable crap Saints lads are a very solid side and we nearly matched them with a new side there must be credit there somewhere
I agree Traore did ok. But I think we would have had more control of the game with just 1 wide man (Phillips) and another in central mid, Henry today, with both Fer and Adel playing.
I must admit to being slightly confused when reading all the overly-negative comments on here after the match (especially from Mr Apocalypse now.....Sooperhoop). I thought we played well today. Good effort from the lads, good skill and matched a very decent side. We just lacked that bit of quality up top when it mattered. Put in the same level of performance on Tuesday night and I wouldn't be surprised if we won.
