QPR v Swansea

Shows how poor this league is this season

Went straight down the pub to celebrate and stayed there until 10.00. I didn't expect that result but it was worth all the earache I'm getting from the missus. After all our poor results you have got to enjoy the occasional brilliant win!

As Jimmy Greaves used to say 'It's a funny old game.'

The team today was like the team we saw in the Autumn. We do have a good team with good players they just aren't consistent enough. If we'd only been half as bad since Christmas we'd be in a very good position.

Finally arrived where we are staying in Spain to find from my ardent Man City host that we were winning 4-0 with 11 mins to go! Needless to say, I checked the Beeb webpage twice and then spent an evening in numbed wonder repeating '4-0'!!

For once, I cannot wait to see the full 90 mins on video and, like others above, I have to rue the fact that we have been so inconsistent in our play over this season. How did we manage to sink so low and then bob up with a performance like this!? 4-0!!

So there I was telling my son that Eustace didn't have a clue and how could he drop Smith and bring in Hemed after his dominant display against Millwall. In fact I said Eustace should be renamed useless for even considering playing Cousins alongside Scowen when Cameron was a much better holding midfielder.

Needless to say and with just 5 minutes gone my son took great delight ( in that smart ar*e way that sons have) in turning to me and explaining that I would never make a football manager.

Mr Eustace I take back all that I said, it's clear that you did your homework on both Millwall and Swansea. Whilst we matched Millwall physically on Wednesday you certainly knew that Swansea couldn't cope with high balls into their box. We probably could have scored in that opening minute but to be 2 nil up after 5 mins was beyond anything I expected. Hemed in that first half played like a man possessed and Scowen had his best game for a long time. Scowen played a bit more advanced than he previously has and it certainly suited both him and the team. Bidwell has been our Mr Consistent this season but he must be very concerned that Manning has slotted very easily into his left wing back role.

The whole QPR team played well and whilst Swansea had a lot of possession they never really threatened us. Its important to remain level headed and one win doesn't make us world beaters but this was as good as we have played for quite a while. I hope that we can maintain this form on Friday against Blackburn.

By the way if my son does read this post and we had played Smith and Cameron instead of Hemed and Cousins I reckon we would have scored at least 5. Just saying!

I agree that Scowen was MotM.

I think that because he was being used by McClaren more as a defensive midfielder I had forgotten that his best role was when he was allowed to get up and down the pitch. 

My comment about Eustace being useless and Smith and Cameron were a bit tongue in cheek (but dont let my son know I said that). I honestly believe that we wont go down and I would leave Eustace in charge for the last 4 games. He is certainly more appealing as our manager than Sherwood or Appleton. 

I agree about both players
Manning has been waiting for his chance to play and Scowen has proved he can be a good scrappy player on his day
Keep it the same hopefully for Fridays game
I think a huge weight has been lifted of their shoulders since McClaren has gone,I think he Made them overplay and out of position most of the games
Lots to sort out next season though when Sherwood is in charge