Huddersfield v QPR 2 - 0 FT 8 February 2020 17th on 38pts

Manning deserves another chance now. Although I'm not a huge fan of him at left back an underperforming team should be changed.

Barbet will almost certainly come back into the team either on Tuesday or next Saturday.

We will have Cameron back on Tuesday. I'd be tempted to play both him and Ball, dropping Amos, to make us harder to beat and more physical for another tough away game.

Play Rangel against his old team as he will be well up for it.

Drop Chair for Clarke, give him a chance to prove himself.

I personally would go:

Kelly
Rangel Masterson Barbet Manning
Ball Cameron
BOS Eze Clarke
Hugill

I'd even be tempted to go to the wing back system. This may catch Swansea unaware and could help to stop the rot and give our attacking play a different style.

Perhaps:

Kelly
Kane Hall Masterson Barbet Manning
Ball Cameron
Eze
Hugill BOS

It doesn't matter who we play in defence becauuse we don't have a satisfactory defender amongst them. In time Masterson could be decent but he is still on the learning curve. Of the rest Hall is probably the best of a bad bunch.

Warburtons idea of defenders being able to play the ball out from the back and defenders attacking down the flanks is great if you have quality players in those positions. We simply do not and what makes things so frustrating is his persistence in doing the same things which fail over and over again.

Warburton has now had two transfer windows to rectify our shortcomings and this is the worst defence we have had. The goals we concede are because of his tactics and are on a par with the bottom 2 clubs.

Having endured the full 90 mins on video (and it really taxed my concentration), I have to say that QPR did not play badly other than a few stupid passes out; and the poor officiating of the game lead directly to their win. The first goal saw Hall clearly fouled before the cross came over for a good headed goal, and the second was after Karchunga dived over Wallace's knee! whilst Wallace was stupid to leave the knee there, this was a dive that should have been carded - along with a number of other dubious collapses. The Huddersfield side correctly judged that the officials were poor and easily led, and then set about helping themselves! This felt like a draw all the way until those goals appeared, and should have been.

Having said all that, players like BOS and Hall (despite an excellent header hitting the goalpost) had a poor game, with Clarke and Pugh adding little extra when they came on. Oteh's late arrival showed he was off pace (which is no real surprise) and needs time to sharpen up to the Championship once more. Others, such as Wallace, Amos, Eze and Ball had good games and deserved better. One thing I kept noticing was how reluctant Kane was to pass forward when offered the chance to make a decisive pass. I wonder if Warburton has so brain-washed them in terms of possession that Kane is terrified to move it forward, or whether he doubts his ability to counter any problem from that pass....

We have to do better, much better. Sadly Swansea will probably not allow that....