QPR v Cardiff 31OCT20 3- 2 FT 10pts/18th

I don't think Warburton is to blame there, it was all on Barbet giving the pen away. That shook us and changed everything for Cardiff. Without that moment I sense we may have had a more comfortable afternoon.

I agree though our winner came against the run of play in the end! A crazy match.

I still think we deserved the win based on how good we were in the first half.

True and it is not as if he will get many chances like that again! Absolutely delighted for him because he is often doing the negative, unglamorous stuff - slowing opponents down, making hard tackles and generally blocking; but in the last few games I have noticed that he has taken perhaps that extra touch or unexpected surge forward and made a difference. Well done Mr Ball and may your efforts give the team the bolster they needed!

I wish we did defend like Boreham Wood, they have only conceded 3 goals in their last 7 matches and kept clean sheets in 5 of them. 

Post Cardiff Stats

The fantastic win against Cardiff moves us up 1 place to 18th

It ended a run of 7 games without a win

It ended our run of 4 matches without a goal

We have now given away 5 penalties in just 9 games so far this season. The penalty save from Seny Dieng was the first penalty we have saved since Liam Kelly saved against Leeds in January. Cardiff of course put away the rebound anyway.

We are 5 points away from the top 6 and 4 points above the bottom 3

We face Derby next who are in the bottom 3 with only 1 win from the opening 9 games and no win in their last 5

QPR started the week with 7 players who had played in every league match so far this season, but end it with just 2 players on the list - Barbet and Chair.

Only Barbet has played every minute of the opening 9 games.

Dominic Ball and Todd Kane both scored their 2nd goals for QPR in the same game

In Todd Kane's case it was his first start of the season and he now has 2 goals in his last 4 QPR appearances.

We still need to keep improving. We still only have 4 wins from 19 behind closed doors (21% wins)

And in a 12 month period since the start of November 2019 we've played 41 league games and won just 11 (26% wins)

Count the cups and it is 12 wins from 44 competitive games in 12 months (27% wins overall)



Full since stats can be viewed here > i.imgur.com/jGYuE52.jpg

Does anyone know how many penalties we average in a season? I suspect we must be close already!