Match Day Thread QPR v Wigan

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But you have to go back to 2003 for Wigan’s last win at Loftus Road, where they were 1-0 winners thanks to a Nathan Ellington strike.

 

My thoughts exactly - we're ****in good at giving these records away

 

Ive got a good feeling about this one......2/1 the home win is good odds.

 

I might stay up for it
Can't we just play all our games at 8pm on Saturday's
About time they started thinking about the 7 of us in new Zealand

 

Nines, Athough there are many options for the 1st team set up, I think that you have McClarens favourite 4-3-3 formation and may be spot on with the selection.

So much for playing and developing the youngsters!

Btw, does any one know the status of Hall? Any chance that he might make a comeback this match to steady the defence?

 

Plus, the match preview from Clive at LFW:

https://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/queensparkrangers/news/48535/borrowing-time-–-preview

Well worth a read as he probably very eloquently expresses our own feelings and concerns.

 

Cheers nines. Still toying with the idea of going today.
My concern with 4-3-3 is the lack of width, hence a lack of supply to our new centre forward.

 

Our perpetual Catch 22.

 

First game of the season for me. I just know we're going to win after four defeats on the trot.

And the drugs DO work!

 

If we want width and wingers, then it means 4-4-2 or more probably 4-2-3-1. As we have no wingbacks or surplus of central defenders, then I disregard this option.

4-4-2 option

------------------------------Lumley---------- -------
--Rangel (Kakay)-----BFG----Baptiste------- Bidwell
---Wszołek ------Luongo---- Scowen----- BOS (Freeman/Eze)
-----------------------Wells---- Hemed-----------------

If we play our natural wingers of say Wszołek and BOS, then we need to pick two from Luongo, Scowen, Freeman and Eze for the central midfield position. Not an easy choice or decision.


4-2-3-1 option

------------------------------Lumley--------- -------
--Rangel (Kakay)-----BFG----Baptiste------ Bidwell
---------------------Luongo----Scowen-------------
---Wszołek ---------Freeman (Eze)--------BOS (Freeman/Eze/Wellls)
-----------------------------Hemed-----------------------------

This is probably a more balanced team which will be more defensively sound. However, a choice of striker will need to be made. I guess it would be Hemed as he plays well with his back to goal and can hold up play.

Whatever the fomation and players, big decisions need to be made. If it works, then great, but if not, then will be much scope for complaint.

As we are frail and lacking confidence, plus Wigan are very offensive, I would bot be surprised if we start with a more defensive 4-2-3-1 (4-5-1) option and play on the counter attack, and move to 4-4-2 as a plan B or should we take the lead.

I am very interested on what McClaren will chose to do, as well as his match tactics.

 

Greetings from a very warm gran canaria where the sun is splitting the rocks the sea is blue and I'm away from all the doom and gloom....

Will have a peep on here during the day...

Up the R's

 

Trammers you know you can never escape that

 

Have a fab day chaps and let's get a win. Only 2 more weeks and back to see my Rangers!
After Tuesday I thought Wigan would give us a bashing especially how they are playing however we need a response. Let's hope that the new striker curse that normally goes against us will for once work in our favour.
Come on you R"s!

 

We must surely be running out of these kind of records now that we've ****ed up so many of them.

 

Need to be positive from the start today & also not concede just before & after H/T

 

Bit of caution here lads. New signings going straight in? Could be fine.

I regret to say I'd settle for the draw just now even though I've predicted a win on the predictor thread.

 

I think the formation lacks width with the players we have available, it’s not inherently narrow.

Remember in the olden days when we used to play 4-3-3 with just one proper winger in the front 3, one who could actually switch wings effectively during the game, and a right back who knew when to do the overlap at the right time, and lots of players comfortable in a fluid formation, moving around a lot? Bring back the real Dave Thomas!

I like 4-3-3 and think (probably falsely, in a classic case of making the facts fit the hypothesis) that most of the great teams of the past which I loved played it, or a version of it. But if it’s not going to work with the level of player - talent, intelligence, flexibility - that we have in the squad we have to try something else. Hopefully we now have a couple of strikers who will score if we get the ball to them in the right place, whatever formation does that while protecting the defence is fine by me in current circumstances. I suppose that is the first decision a manager needs to make - does he coach his players to play in a shape and style of his choosing, or does he adopt a shape and style which best suits the players he has? I suspect ego of most coaches will push them towards the first option, and I honestly thought McClaren was a good enough coach to do it, but it appears not.

 

I thought McClaren preferred set up, to the extent he seems to have a set up, is 4 2 3 1. Seems to be what we have at least started games with.