Our defence is league one We’re going to lose at Leeds next for sure Brentford and live on sky they must love playing us Hugill was needed in this game in my opinion Kelly best player by a mile but we looked average tonight
Post by northwesthoop on Oct 28, 2019 22:05:30 GMT
Well that was all very predictable. We were second best and deserved to lose, simple as that.
Kelly showed he is a decent goalkeeper tonight, he was probably our best player as others have said. He certainly kept us in the game at times.
Manning cannot continue at left back, the first goal was a plethora of errors, but again as so many of us have highlighted in recent weeks he did nothing to stop the cross. In the end it wasn't even a 'cross'; the guy was able to gently lift it to exact where he wanted. Manning should have been busting a gut to get in his face but he does absolutely nothing. It is a strange one because he has been a revelation really going forward but we are conceding so many goals down that side. Even the penalty came from an initial move down Manning's side. We perhaps need to consider Wallace at left back with Manning playing on the wing.
The annoying thing for me is that although we were 2nd best for large parts of the game the penalty was the key moment and without that who knows if we could have got something from it because we were level and had the momentum at that stage. Very frustrating.
First goal was more a question of QPR gifting, rather than Brentford winning the goal. YET AGAIN Manning failed to close down the ball-crosser and then Hall & Leistner both seemed to think the other was going to cover - schoolboy error stuff! Having said that, would you play Hall from the start when he has had no competitive games for weeks? Odd.... Then, to make some sort of cosmic balance, Hall makes a great header and gets his reward! However, that equaliser is short-lived as a penalty is awarded for what was pure simulation. If QPR do not complain to the EFL then they should be shot! After that, at 1-2 down, QPR (finally) got into their play-routine, although I suspect it is rather that Brentford allowed them (finally) to do that. Better chances arrived and created soft shots at the goal or goalkeeper scrambles; but it was not to be our day and Watkins then issued the 'coup de grace' to make it 1-3. We missed Hugill, no question, and deserved to lose, but was the team selection the best? In my opinion it was not. I am not sure if I would have selected Wallace instead of Hall or Barbet, as he has also not had match-time; but I would have played Ball instead of Cameron because I feel he would have made himself more noticeable, and I would not have set up the attack with Eze on one wing and BOS on the other. BOS had a poor game, such that I was applauding his defensive duty and wondering why he was struggling so much going forward. Compare BOS with Ollie Watkins when he was on the wing and you start to realise what we are missing (and could have had)... For me, I would have had either Pugh or Amos on there instead of BOS and swapped Chair and Eze to being the latter into a more natural (and lethal) 'dropped 10' position. Other teams will watch this game and realise what is needed to be done to beat QPR - focus on defending the left wing; then attack past Manning; and rely upon two static CBs to gift the odd goal or penalty! Definitely not a good team performance and the Curse of Sky still resides down South Africa Road....
Last Edit: Oct 28, 2019 22:09:30 GMT by kingfisher
Yes we were poor but the penalty won them the game We were still in it up until then Yes we didn’t deserve to win but we were worthy of a draw possibly It was a simple case of not closing down crosses and that’s what costing us goals and will cost us many more games and points Warburton needs to address the defending problems but have we the personnel to do that We could of gone second tonight and that’s a bit gutting really,Brentford not a bad side I hate to say and they will there or thereabouts at the end of the season Leeds won’t fear us at all and they should win easily at the weekend against us
Post by northwesthoop on Oct 28, 2019 22:55:22 GMT
Post Brentford Stats:
The defeat against Brentford drops us from 5th to 8th but we are still only 2 points away from 2nd place.
There are just 3 points between 10 clubs from 2nd to 10th!
We now have a negative goal difference of -2, still haven't kept a clean sheet in league or cup this season and only bottom team Barnsley have conceded more than our 26 goals in 14 games.
We had been unbeaten in 3 games prior to facing Brentford but now we only have 2 wins in the last 6 games
Jordan Hugill was of course suspended meaning he missed his first league game of the season.
Grant Hall returned after missing 6 league games
Jan Mlakar appeared as sub for the 4th time but was on the losing side for the first time
