QPR v Blackburn 1 - 2 FT

Really not sure what thought process was involved in regard to the makeshift defence. As soon as it was seen that both Wszolek & Manning were pinned back then Estace should have looked for a resolution from his diminished options. He has already decided that Eze is not up for the job at present, so does not start him, but I felt the right thing to do would have been to bring on Cameron to cover the centre backs. In turn, the centre backs could then have supported the wing-backs better, knowing Cameron was there too. Instead we had to promising attacking wing-backs never going forward and therefore not providing those crosses. Who would I have replaced with Cameron? For me it would have been Freeman as his contribution [passes, interceptions, ball-playing] has diminished. The only trouble then is we need BOS to step up even more, and on Saturday he went for glory a little too much, rather than a smart pass, but at least he was in the tick of it. If Cameron is not fit then there was always another player available to play out of position - Matt Smith! His defending of corners and free kicks is good.

Onto Lumley: he did seem to have done all the hard work in getting a hand to the penalty, only for it to power on by, but I am not sure if he could have done more; and, as I keep saying to others, there were 10 others in front that contributed to a penalty being awarded - whether it was the final infringement, their poor positioning, lack of effort, etc. If the goalie has done their best to save the penalty, perhaps we should not 'shoot the messenger'...? Having said that, Lumley looked below par (by his own high standards) in dealing with high balls across the goal and low shots on target. The second goal was more a question of the ball rebounding kindly for Dack, rather than a Lumely error [in fact I would question why both CBs were facing the wrong way to defend the cross]...