CH inherited Lambos squad and obviously has tried to adapt to his style onto that and it has not worked to date as far a goals scored goes, to be fair he has not had great opportunities to do that but I wonder why we failed to land RVW in Jan but got him in March can't believe Lisbons finance changed much in that time. I am not convinced we will survive but will always back the team come what may, I think for those who who continually shout for more attractive football should be well served if we go down its always going to be a slog in this division as we are never going to have the funds to compete in the top half and with 30% of the bottom half getting the chop each year it's going to be nervy stuff
I'm still feeling confident, but we need a reaction against Swansea. Wigan, Villa and Sunderland all have only 3 home matches left to City's 4, and all have tougher run-ins but we still need a result on Saturday to calm the nerves.
I'm just waiting for the day when the midfielders and full backs start sprinting forward rather than stand like fecking dummies and we wonder why there are no options other than play the ball sideways and backwards
Really agree with this, I don't see why we are so afraid to commit bodies forwards. The way I see it, we should either: -Have the DM's sit, control possession and break up play, but allow the Full-Backs to push on forwards, overlap and get into positions where they could cross too. -If you want the Full-Backs to only defend, allow at least 1 DM to get forward more, and go beyond Hoolahan. Currently, we do both, with Elliott Bennett playing almost as a Wing-back too rather than an attack-minded player. Against Wigan, Snodgrass, Hoolahan and Kamara were the only players it seemed that were allowed past the half way line. I still think the way to go is: ---------------GK--------------- Whittaker-Turner-Bassong-Garrido ------Tettey---Johnson---------- Snodgrass----Hoolahan----Kamara --------------Holt--------------- When the balls on the right, Tettey can sit a bit more and allow Whittaker to overlap. Garrido and Johnson can hold station, to plug any gaps caused by Kamara bombing forward to join Holt in the box. When the balls central, Tettey looked really good in possession before christmas, so I'd allow him more freedom to go beyond Hoolahan, and maybe even (surely not?) have a shot or two from the edge of the area, or at least be in the positions to do so. Both DM's shouldn't be restricted to sitting deep, it's unnecessary against all but the best teams. When the ball is on the left, it might take more build-up because I've no idea how good a crosser Kamara is, but Garrido has got a very good delivery on him. Between the central midfielders and Kamara, it shouldn't be too difficult to fashion a chance for Garrido to cross, with hopefully Snodgrass at least providing a second body in the middle.
Home fixtures has to help, surely. Swans and WBA have little to play for and reading are virtually gone Rather them than a top 5 side or Wigan/sunderland as well as villa Otbc whatever happens
I'm sorry, but I can't agree. We had 25 points from 17 games. We were as good as safe even at that early stage. Then by continually playing for 0-0 ever since, we have been dragged down into the ****. It is a failure of nerve, a failure of trust in the players, and a failure to adapt to changing circumstances.
At the very least Harry Redknap has got QPR playing decent attacking football. They will get relegated but at least they will have tried to win games!!! It's called going down fighting, not crawling along on your hands and knees keeping your head down and failing!!! I fear we will join them and Reading in the Championship next season, where we get to lose to the binners just to rub some salt into the wounds!
