QPR v Blackburn 4 - 2 FT

I was watching the HT stats and saw that we were 50/50 at that point northwesthoop, which felt about right. Blackburn had obviously done their homework and adopted a high press on our CBs and Kelly (Dack especially) but generally held back until we crossed the half way line. This makes sense to some degree in that we are no threat that far out from their goal. They also played, to my surprise, out from the back too. So the 50/50 seemed right. However, I am surprised that we dropped as low as 44% overall, because it never felt watching the game that we were being overwhelmed or even under long periods of threat. We seemed to control the game - despite the lower level of possession!


Onto the comments from @singlespeed:

I do feel it does matter that we have to win whilst shedding clean sheets at the other end, but I hope you enjoyed the trip to the pub anyway! Somehow, sitting in the stand yesterday I was never worried, but I was equally sure that QPR was not going to be clinical or ruthless. The lack of a clean sheet was partly caused by the team continuing to push for more goals, and it should be noted that all the subs who came on were geared to that objective. Warburton seems prepared to expose the defence if it means we score goals! The only real concern is that the goal difference may come back to haunt is, as it is way behind others!!
Onto Barbet: He was actually good against Blackburn, making necessary tackles and making good passes. I have to say that those around me were initially convinced it was Cameron who had fouled Dack (whom Chair was assigned to mark it seems), but the foul was one of many decisions that seemed odd at the time. Onto Kelly: He did well passing the ball out and receiving it whilst under the high pressing game (Dack was a real pain for him) and he did go the right way for the penalty. No complaints about his efforts. Eze was indeed good once again. Opposing teams tend to relax when he plays the ball quickly away from him or moves slowly with it, only to find he has got the ball back and/or has suddenly accelerated away past team members! Eze will be snapped up by someone like Bournmouth and make us richer! A great game to watch!!

One final comment: The atmosphere at the ground was weird as there was almost a pregnant hush for the first 10 minutes, when the fans started to clap good passing once again, and then the clapping turned into song and more noise towards the end of that first half. It was almost as if the fans there still could not believe that this was their QPR playing like this!