Luton v QPR 12JAN21 0 - 2 FT 24pts/18th

That slow start is down to Sir Les appointing the wrong McClaren.... 

Updated title!   If you are all planning to watch do not forget it is a 7pm start (19:00 if digitally minded)!!

Have we benefited from the delay? Have Luton? I guess it will have allowed tired muscles and whatever to recover on both sides, so that should mean the best players available on both sides will play and should produce a good game. Lumley on the bench by the sounds of it...

Warburton must surely know how vital the next 10 days are for both the club and his future at the club so I would hope he has signed a goal scorer by the weekend.

Everybody knows we lack a finisher and I'd have thought we would have identified someone weeks ago and had them in and training by now. The whole club seems to lack any urgency and we seem so slow to take any action.

I have seen quotes in WLS from Warburton saying we need a central defender, a midfielder, a striker and a left back  which in certain cases he suggests they identified this time last year. If they knew we needed a replacement for Masterson to go out on loan last January you wonder why they didn't get one in the summer. At the moment the whole club seems as uninspiring as Warburton when doing his after match interview.

I'd completely and utterly lost my motivation for this season. I wasn't going to spend £10 watching any more matches...

...And then they went and got Charlie back...

Suddenly excited again!

In the game against Fulham the 3-5-2 helped us create some decent chances even though we couldn't convert them. I think that we are all realistic enough to know that this team needs more than just Charlie Austin to see any real improvement but hopefully he will help.

Dieng
Cameron, Dickie, Barbet
Kane, Ball, Chair, Carroll, BOS
Dykes, Austin

If things go the same way as previous games then things will get even worse as Carroll will fade by the 70th minute and both him and Chair will be replaced. It's also likely that Charlie is nowhere near match fit so I doubt he will get 60 minutes. Kane, Ball and Dykes (Warburton signings) are poor players not worthy of a championship club but we don't have anyone else. When you also think that our bench will include players like Bonne, Hamallianan, Bettache, Kelman, Masterson and Barnes (more Warburton signings) who have shown nothing to justify playing in the Championship it shows what a poor squad we have.

When you think he let the likes of big Matt Smith and Scowen leave and replaced them with some of these guys it shows how poor a manager he is.

The Luton game is huge because if Warburton fails to get even one point he will force Les and the board to make a decision. Something they clearly don't want to do because they would have to admit they got it wrong, again!

I agree regarding Austin's level of fitness, but Stoatey is probably right in terms of Chair and Carroll being the other two replaced. Unless we employ a high-press though we will find that Luton dominate through high balls into midfield, so Carroll linking with the defence and Chair with the strikers becomes a desperate need. Taking them off always degrades the side. My biggest concern is including Kalamity Kane as opposition sides must have worked out by now that he folds even before they arrive with the ball? I would consider playing BOS there as he is a far better WB and put Willock on the other wing!