If you look back through the last 25 minutes it is all Rangers trying to score. Not sure which is worse, not consolidating our dominance in the first half or not finishing chances better in the second half.... Delighted to see Kelman come on. Wish Chair had been given a rest...
If you look back through the last 25 minutes it is all Rangers trying to score. Not sure which is worse, not consolidating our dominance in the first half or not finishing chances better in the second half.... Delighted to see Kelman come on. Wish Chair had been given a rest...
I agree regarding Kelman, hopefully he can be more of a threat in front of goal than Bonne or Dykes because this team is so wasteful. When you think that Warburton could have signed Ivan Toney for just about the same money as Bonne and Dykes it just doesnt make sense to me.
Toney is a proven goalscorer whereas Bonne and Dykes have never been proven goalscorers.
No doubt Warburton will come on tonight and bemoan the missed chances but isn't he to blame for not buying a forward who is a finisher.
What’s the point going on we should of won,we had all the chances and possession etc we still lost and will keep on losing playing like we are at the moment You got to start thinking is it our manager not being able to get our team to click or simply players don’t have the ability to win games on a regular basis we are not a bad team but losing close games 2-1 every week will put you in relegation trouble Our players seem to not have the confidence in each other to do their jobs properly we still haven’t got a natural goalscorer and as much as I like dykes he isn’t a out and out finisher
I had to watch the 2nd half behind time and we just never got going once Dickie gave away another horrific goal. It was Lynch-esque to give it away so sloppily. We never really recovered.
Bonne had a very good chance, then late on BOS seemed to lose his bearings when almost on top of the goal.
Over the 90 minutes a draw would probably have been a fair result, but when you hand goals to teams on a plate you miss out on points.
What is becoming a hallmark of the team this season is we look really, really good for 45 minutes. But then I don't know if we get found out or we just can't maintain the level, but we don't take our chances when we are dominating and then pay the price.
Coventry away - superb for 40 minutes, 80% possession, suddenly we concede and 2nd half we are abysmal. Cardiff home - 2-0 up and it could be 6-0. We throw it away and only win thanks to Ball's worldie Rotherham home - 3-1 up and cruising, wondering how many it will be, we end up crawling over the line Brentford away - we should be ahead at half time but go missing in the second half Tonight - we looked great in the first half but still only go in level. We look a different team in the second half
There are probably even more examples.
In these patches and halves, we look fantastic. But we have this side to us where we all know we will throw it away.
This is where you got one thing to blame and that’s covid 19 we would of won tonight if we had a crowd,and other games too,yes we look good for 45 mins but you get more incentive to carry on playing well with 1000s of fans egging you on Most away teams don’t like playing with home crowds on their backs either the quicker we get the fans back the better
A worrying thing is the number of mistakes that Dickie is making. He gets caught out of position too easily and lots of his passes are over hit or even mis hit. I remember one game (I think it was Coventry) where a ball was played high towards him by the opposition and rather than head it away he let it bounce and subsequently it led to a goal.
I had hoped he would bring stability to an already shaky defence but some of his mistakes are school boy stuff. He hasn't really settled into Championship football and his decision making isn't great.
A worrying thing is the number of mistakes that Dickie is making. He gets caught out of position too easily and lots of his passes are over hit or even mis hit. I remember one game (I think it was Coventry) where a ball was played high towards him by the opposition and rather than head it away he let it bounce and subsequently it led to a goal.
I had hoped he would bring stability to an already shaky defence but some of his mistakes are school boy stuff. He hasn't really settled into Championship football and his decision making isn't great.
Yes that was against Preston. He let it bounce and Wallace ended up giving a penalty away.
Tonight reminded me of a goal Lynch gave away at Stoke in 18/19. Just passing it casually to the opposition when all of our players are out of position, cross, goal.
I know he scored tonight, but I did raise the question after Brentford about whether he should automatically be replacing Masterson, just because he was our big money buy and seen as the senior player.
Dickie has picked up 10 points from 12 games
Masterson has picked up 7 points from just 4 games
That was a frustrating watch tonight, but also entirely predictable. It comes back to the oldest saying in football, if you don't take your chances then you won't win football matches.
In some ways, it annoys me more that we create so many chances but don't score them, compared to if we only created one chance per game and scored it.
The defeat against Bristol City marks our first back to back defeats of the season
We drop another 2 places to 17th
Our last 3 defeats have all been matches where we were level at half time, which suggests we cannot maintain our level of performance, or get found out quite easily.
Charlie Kelman made his senior QPR debut
Rob Dickie scored his first QPR goal and is the 8th different player to score in the league for QPR this season
We've conceded 2 (or more) in 4 of the last 5 games as our defensive issues seem to be return to normal - we only conceded 12 goals in the first 10 games (1.2 per game), but have conceded 10 in the last 5 (2 per game)
We've now conceded 98 league goals under Warburton (in 61 games)
It could also just be a coincidence and I know he wasn't at fault for the goals last night... but...
Lee Wallace has now started 20 league games for QPR and we've won just 3, with 11 defeats.
His win ratio last season was just 18% and this season he is down on 11% with 1 win from 9. Far lower than the majority of players.
He was last on the winning team on the opening day.
In the Championship, only Coventry and Preston have conceded more goals so far.
Ever since Warburton joined the club both him and his staff have been unable to address the defensive issues. Our inability to defend set pieces and the high number of player mistakes was initially concerning but the fact it has continued for 12 months is unacceptable.
We have a very average squad of players with very few of them having the quality or the ability to perform consistently in the Championship. Unfortunately, we will continue to see these same mistakes and errors because there now seems to be an acceptance that these players are as good as we can get.
