Today highlighted Warburtons tactical limitations. It was another poor first half performance where Birmingham didn't take their chances. Having watched how we were over run in midfield I expected a change at half time to get Willock who was invisible either moved or replaced. It didn't happen.
I know few will agree but for me Dykes played well when he came on. His aggression in attacking midfield won us the ball and slowed their possession. It may be the best half he has played. On another note, bringing on Kelman and Field added nothing of value. I would rather have had Thomas come on and show his aggression too!
Post by northwesthoop on Feb 27, 2021 17:07:50 GMT
Well that game in a 5 minute spell rather killed off our season.
We didn't deserve to lead to begin with, but then I didn't think Birmingham would score if we played until midnight - their goals came out of nothing and out of nowhere.
We will just have to be happy finishing as high as we can now this season. There is no way the team I watched today is finishing top 6. It was a long shot anyway.
We are are different animal with Austin on the pitch. Something is lacking once he goes off. He sets the tone and brings quality in the final third.
A bit like when Dykes missed his chance on Wednesday, the Johansen miss today has cost us.
Well that game in a 5 minute spell rather killed off our season.
We didn't deserve to lead to begin with, but then I didn't think Birmingham would score if we played until midnight - their goals came out of nothing and out of nowhere.
We will just have to be happy finishing as high as we can now this season. There is no way the team I watched today is finishing top 6. It was a long shot anyway.
We are are different animal with Austin on the pitch. Something is lacking once he goes off. He sets the tone and brings quality in the final third.
A bit like when Dykes missed his chance on Wednesday, the Johansen miss today has cost us.
In respect Austin he adds two things that we don't have once he gets substituted. 1. A goal threat and 2. Leadership.
Everything that is good and positive in this team comes from Austin's presence on the pitch. Once he is substituted we offer very little threat and the opposition grow in confidence.
Whilst Warburtons tactics are non existent I thought that our defending today was as naive as its been for several games. For that reason the players have to take most of the blame.
The defeat against Birmingham drops us 4 places to 17th
We are now in exactly the same position as we were after 31 games last season
We are still 11 points clear of the bottom 3 but are now 12 off the top 6
It was our first away defeat of 2021 - ending a 7 match unbeaten away run (our best in over 10 years)
It also ends our 5 match unbeaten run but is still only our 2nd defeat in the last 10 league games
We've lost at St Andrews twice this season having led the game, having also led against Coventry before going on to lose in the 2nd match of the season.
Charlie Austin (4) now has more goals than Bonne (3) this season despite only joining last month and making 18 less appearances.
It was the first time Johansen and Field have tasted defeat for QPR
This was the first QPR match Ilias Chair has not appeared in for over 12 months.
He last didn't feature in a draw with Swansea on 11 February 2020.
He had appeared in 44 league (46 league and cup) matches in a row prior to this match, and had started every match this season.
It leaves Yoann Barbet as the only player to feature in every game this season - he has played every minute of every match
had an unbelievably busy day at work yesterday so only saw the result saw the goals and briefly saw the team all after i saw the result which automatically made me switch off my interest
o saw that Willock played from the start so how did he do?
will check the rest of the team now (altho i did notice Bonne started instead of Dykes)
i really dont understand why MW didnt look at Field and Admoah
its not the result that worries me to b honest i wud have accepted a defeat beforehand as Brum really need the points
for me playing Austin is almsot suicidal which means he will be rested for Barnsley u would have hoped
i have been saying Wallace is a vital player for us at this minute in time and its no suprise we lost concentration at the death and lost i blame this mostly on Haamelainen being included from the start
tell me if im wrong but i bet Bonne did nothing either
i would have gone
Dieng Kane Dickie Barbet Wallace Admomah Johansen Field Willock Chair Dykes
another question was chair injured yesterday?
edit: just saw he was on bench so must have been rested (speechless that Austin played from begining we need his goals against Barnsley so instead of possibly losing 1 game we could lose 2 on the bounce at least MW left out Dykes and looked at Willock)
woud someone give me there match ratings of our lot please wud be much appreciated
Chair, Austin and Dykes were all rested; so they will appear mid-week I am sure.
Willock starting was something I wanted too, but not replacing Chair and he struggled - as, once more, so did Bonne to a lesser degree and Hamalainen to a large degree. We need at least 2 left wing-backs in the summer (to replace Wallace (too expensive) and Hamalainen (just not up to it).
This may be contentious, but see what you think @tomcat75 when you view the full 90 mins video, I think Dykes played well in midfield when he came on.
woud someone give me there match ratings of our lot please wud be much appreciated
Chair was a strange one, because for him to be on the bench you'd think he must be fit.
If it was to rest him why didn't they give him a proper weekend off and leave him at home? Why make him travel if they clearly didn't intend to play him? Once we went behind I expected him to come on. The fact he didn't suggests we never intended to use him, so it was just odd. It just doesn't add up what we did. Either leave him at home or at least use him once we need him.
Player Ratings:
Dieng - 7 - had no chance with either goal. Commanded his area very well as always and make a very good early stop. Kane - 7 - he had a tough task as they doubled up on him so he wasn't able to get forward as much as usual. But his assist was great. Dickie - 6 - He was fine, but I'm sure it was him beaten for the first goal. Cameron - 6 - Struggled with the pitch, he gave it away a few times in the first half especially Barbet - 7 - he has been very consistent lately. Hamalainen - 6 - I just don't trust him. He seems weak and doesn't offer a lot going forward. I thought he'd nearly given away a pen in the first half with a stupid sliding tackle in the box, there was no need to dive in but luckily he didn't catch the player Ball - 6 - worked hard but never got a grip on the game Johansen - 7 - his miss cost us the win, but he was our best midfielder. His pressing and energy are great. Willock - 5 - I know he set up Johansen for his great chance, but apart from that I don't think he touched the ball. The game just passed him by Austin - 7 - Barely in the game and then he just comes alive, spreads the play, moves, goal. We are not the same team without him. He sets the tone. Bonne - 5 - The 5 may be generous. He is just not good enough. He looks off the pace. He's not tall, he's not fast, he's not athletic. I'm not sure what he is bringing to the party.
Dykes - 6/7 - I thought his contribution was positive, he worked hard and had one goal bound effort blocked. Field - 5 - very Ball-esque. Gave away the ball a few times and gave away a few fouls. Adomah - N/A - but all he seemed to do was miss-control the ball Kelman - N/A
woud someone give me there match ratings of our lot please wud be much appreciated
Chair was a strange one, because for him to be on the bench you'd think he must be fit.
If it was to rest him why didn't they give him a proper weekend off and leave him at home? Why make him travel if they clearly didn't intend to play him? Once we went behind I expected him to come on. The fact he didn't suggests we never intended to use him, so it was just odd. It just doesn't add up what we did. Either leave him at home or at least use him once we need him.
Maybe he asked to come along or it was to build the growing team spirit with in the group of players?
I'm not to upset by this result, yes its typical QPR to beat a load of good teams and then lose to a crap one, but we have been a bit lucky in a few of the wins we have had recently. What we don't want is a slide back to pre Christmas which with the new players I think is unlikely. If we end up 13th or above its got to be thought of as a succesful season.
