Big win. It was a 6 pointer really, they could have been 3 points behind us, instead we move 9 clear of them with only 15 to play for.
Have to think we are definitely safe now, just a shame it got a bit edgy in the first place.
Big clean sheet for Lumley too.
Thought Kakay did very well again today and the whole defence seems to be a bit tighter.
I agree. The defence was indeed key. Assombalonga worked Barbet, Cameron and Kakay over the match, often using his hands and arms illegally; but he was never a real threat. Well done the back 3, and are we saying this is the formation that suits us best? It certainly allows Kane & Manning to go on manoeuvres and provide that extra width we need. If we have lost Hugill for a few games, which I think is inevitable, my big concern is that Oteh is not anywhere near his calibre. I think that means BOS in the middle and Shodipo gets another start! Anyway, let's celebrate a victory (at last); 53 points; and moving up to 13th position in the league!
Today was a must win game and we did it wasn’t pretty but we beat a team in a similar situation to us,a win either way could of made a big difference to their end of season we should be ok now on 53 points any more will be a bonus lumley is a better shot stopper than kelly but his distribution isn’t as good kelly let in a few soft goals last few games so he had to be replaced
I'm sure I'm not the only person who'd have been feeling a lot more confident about getting a result today if it was anybody other than Warnock in charge. Hopefully we can keep it tight and at least get out with a point!
They travelled up yesterday afternoon for the game. I wonder if they'll end up staying up North ahead of Wednesdays game?
I wondered the same about their hotel arrangements. Seems daft to drive back late today and then go up again on Tuesday!
It makes sense to stay up north and it was probably lucky that several hotels started opening yesterday.
Or as part of his cost cutting maybe TF has bought a few tents and has allowed Warburton and the lads to use them to camp out between matches.
QPR's first win since lockdown - 2 days shy of 4 months since we beat Preston - sees us move back up 2 places to 13th.
It means we move 9 points clear of the team we beat Middlesbrough, who occupy the 3rd relegation place.
It also takes us past our point total from last season as we now sit on 53 points. Last season we got 51 points finishing 19th. If we can get 4 points from the last 5 games we'll have our best total of the last 4 seasons and if we can somehow get 7 points out of the remaining 15 it would equal our best finish since relegation.
Joe Lumley returned after missing the last 13 league games.
Osman Kakay tasted victory for the first time in the league in the last 2 seasons, having played in 3 defeats at the start of last season and only returning to the team in the defeat against Fulham in midweek.
Jordan Hugill equals Nahki Wells total of 15 goals of the season so has 5 games left to become our outright top scorer this season.
13 of Hugill's strikes have been in the league in 39 appearances - so he averages 1 in 3.
A good and slightly unexpected (by me at least!) result. Should be enough to stay up and the fact that we’ve beaten last year’s total with a much reduced budget is a decent achievement.
Boro are a poor team and they are dirty bu**ers. I also thought that their George Saville put in a couple of more than robust challenges.
I was going to say...jeez Boro were poor...NW may have bitten off more than he can chew!
I thought you meant NorthWestHoop for a minute jimjams! I think he (The Warlock) remarked that this may be his toughest appointment yet! Their defence was a bit makeshift so that helped, and we go to Wigan next who (of course) sadly have their own problems. So perhaps another team we can exploit? hope so!
