Watford v QPR 1FEB21 1 - 2 FT 17th/30pts

Brilliant win. 2 -1

We needed those points.

That was a great win against a side costing far, far more! We held our own and a draw would have been a fair result, but I will take a win... Delighted for Uncle Albert!

Chair was superb in the first half, as were the two WBs going forward, and in the second half we saw Willock and Adomah show what they can do too! Disappointed that Bonne developed cramp and wonder how that happens after a week off, but there you are. Finally, a superb display from the Back 3 and Dieng who combined to stop a good few good chances. Tomorrow or the day after Cameron is going to see the video playback and realise what an idiot he was!) Happy, happy!! 

We look so much better playing 3-5-2 and plaudits to Kane tonight because he caused loads of problems to Watford down our right.

Wallace also caused problems but mainly to us.

You can rely on Charlie to get a goal and great for Albert to get the winner.

Being a QPR fan and scoring the winner is what dreams are made of.

Charlie gets MoM but Kane was outstanding and really deserved the award.

Post Watford Stats:

The win at Watford keeps us 17th. We had dropped to 19th whilst fixtures took place over the weekend but we were 17th after our last match.

We are now only 3 points away from 13th position and have moved 7 clear of the bottom 3.

We've won our last 3 away games in a row and are unbeaten in our last 6 away games.

3 away wins in a row occurs for the first time since September 2013.

6 consecutive away league games unbeaten occurs for the first time since November 2010 (11).

Charlie Austin is the first player since Paul Furlong to get to 50 goals for QPR. A wait of 16 years.

Charlie Austin has scored 50 goals in just 93 appearances for QPR – the fewest games taken by a player to reach 50 goals for the club since Clive Allen in 1982 (50 in 90 apps). (Thanks to Jack Supple on twitter for that one)

Lee Wallace and George Thomas tasted victory for the first time since the opening day of the season

Albert Adomah is the 11th different outfield player to score a goal for QPR this season and Johansen is the 25th different player to feature in the league for QPR this season.

It is only the 6th time in 26 games that we have scored 2 (or more) goals in a game.



You can view the full size stats here: i.imgur.com/WxQ7laS.jpg

What a difference Charlie has made to this team. In addition to his goal tonight he was giving directions, cajoling the others and constantly offering encouragement. Whilst he can be relied upon up front he is the leader we have been missing.