QPR v Charlton 2 - 2 FT 14th on 32 points and a GD of -7

lee bowyer will know how easy we are under pressure to score against 
they have players back from injury and work very hard too
depends what sort of game we get ourselves in as they will exploit us if its a open game 
i see it being tight and they are out of form at the moment too
oh werent barnsley out of form too 

But Barnsley were totally out of form
And they battered us on Saturday
I have zero confidence when we play a lower team
We have always been like that in the cup competitions too
Remember Vauxhall motors us fellow old gits

I thought the same thing about our midfield and it's an area where we are quite lightweight and quite small. There is only one player who is over 6 feet tall and that is Cameron at 6'3". I think the records show  that Ball iis just 6ft but its probably when he is on tip toes. The likes of Eze, BOS Pugh, Chair and Smith are all between 5'6" and 5'10" and whilst you dont have to be tall to challenge for a high ball you need to be brave and they all seem to prefer the ball on the ground. 

I can see why Warburton has spoken of needing a Romaine Sawyers type in our midfield because he may only be about 5'9" but he gets stuck in and doesn't mind an aerial challenge.

When we also play Wells as a single loan striker it leaves us exposed aerially from our opponents corners and set pieces. It's one of my biggest bug bears to see Warburton pick a small set of attacking players and then we start playing high balls into the box that the opposing defenders have no trouble dealing with. 

Trying to predict a Warburton team has become almost impossible because he loves to change even a winning team.

At the start of the season I wasn't expecting much and that's what the team is delivering. We have lost some good players in Freeman and Furlong and have relied on Eze constantly producing the form which he only showed in flashes last season. As a result we probably have a healthier bank balance but are no better off in our league position.

The issue that Warburton has to overcome is our peaks and troughs. Some of our performances this season have been outstanding and then the following week we appear hopeless. At times we have looked rudderless and for me it's because we lack a real leader on the pitch. For too many seasons we have lacked someone on the pitch who shows the desire and determination of players like Clint Hill and Shaun Derry.

Until we find that Talisman who stands up and gets counted when controlled aggression and guidance is needed then I don't see us progressing and results like Barnsley will become the norm.

The fact that Warburton rarely picks the same team shows that he thinks a lot of our players aren't good enough. Players like Lumley and Leistner know that however good they play Warburton clearly doesn't rate them. I find the style that Warburton wants to play changes on a week to week basis and confuses both the players as well as the fans. Teams like Leeds and WBA keep a settled winning team but not Warburton.

Every fan wants their team to play nice pretty football and win but whats the point of playing pretty football and losing 5 - 3. I want QPR to win and I would rather we go out and win a scrappy 1 -0 than lose after scoring 3 goals. Once you get a team that is regularly winning the pretty football can then materialise.

Totally agree that you try to predict Warburton's 'Selection Of The Week' in vain! Whether this is totally to do with him being unhappy with the quality or, more likely in my opinion, partly in response to his analysis of the opponent? I also adopt a slightly different slant to you stoatey in terms of winning games. Of course I want to win, but I would hate attending games where we grind out results with long balls, bad fouls and little magic. I really do love the better style of football and want it to continue. What I really do hate is losing poorly - i.e. when we had multiple chances wasted in front of goal and stupidity in defence. Having said all that, we should all remember that we are in the same area of the league table as last season at this time; and we have sold off a lot of the 'family silver' along the way! So to be achieving a similar level with minimal expense this year is, in itself, a great achievement. Warburton has done great so far and now has to start targeting suitable players to acquire in 2020/2021. 

You can’t play the warburton style of play with the players we have
Yes we want to see entertaining football but we will leave ourselves open to some crazy results like last week

Let's hope your dream works better than my 'lucky socks' did!   I think you may be right in that it will be an ugly game to watch (and probably play), andbut we will see a result ground out. At this stage I would take any means to ensure we lead the squad away from a losing mentality

TEAM NEWS:
Lumley                             Subs = Barnes, BOS, Wallace, Scowen, Ball, Smith, Chair
Kane Hall Leistner Manning
Eze Cameron Amos Pugh
Hugill Wells

So still no Rangel, Kelly or Mlakar....