QPR v Barnsley 3MAR21 1 - 3 56mins 16th/40pts

That is terrible news, I am very sorry to hear that and I truly hope things improve for your Mum and family.

But just always know, as I and others have said before, that you are a great member of the site and it's not the same without you!

Post Barnsley Stats

We stay 17th with the Barnsley defeat

It is the same place we were in after 32 games last season

It is the first time this season a team has done the double over us (Barnsley also did the double on us last season)

The top 6 (which seemed so close just a week ago) are now a whopping 15 points away

Our gap over the bottom 3 is down to 8 points (over Rotherham in 22nd) but we are also 5 clear of Birmingham and Coventry with 2 games in hand on both of those teams. One of the games in hand is next midweek against Wycombe.

It is the first time this season we've conceded 3 goals at home (it happened 5 times at home last season)

It is only the 2nd time this season we've lost back to back games - (we lost 3 in a row into December)

Charlie Austin has joined Lyndon Dykes and Ilias Chair as top scorers for the season with 5 goals

Austin's 5 goals have come in just 10 games. He is now on 53 for the club.

Neither Chair or Dykes have scored in 2021.

As I've mentioned elsewhere Lyndon Dykes will hit 100 days without a goal for QPR at the weekend. Will he make it to triple figures?

Austin meanwhile is now on 53 goals for QPR in 99 appearance. Should he feature on Saturday he will celebrate his 100th QPR appearance.

He also scored in back to back QPR games for the first time since September 2015

had a late night at work again last night

prison dramas have taken my eye of the hoops

recorded from the red button on SKY (switched it off after Barnsley got there 3rd) whacked on the teletext BBC to see final score was relieved if truth be known for it to have remained 3-1

from what i saw (when i wasnt fast forwarding with the controls)

Dieng 6 (off game for him didnt command his defence or area as were used to)
Kane 5 (very quiet looked tired)
Wallace 6 (our best defender for me)
Cameron 6 (loved the shouting at the ref I DIDNT TOUCH HIM I DIDT TOUCH HIM even after this performance it makes me love this guy even more)
Barbet 5 (didnt really notice him much)
Dickie 6 (noticed him and heard a lot of Dickie dickie when he had the ball thru the lack of crowd noise)
Johansen 5 (game passed him by hope that miss versus Birmingham isnt still on his mind as i thought he was looking great up until this bad couple of results)
Ball 5 (getting tired of seeing the fella on the pitch now i think he and MW should take a DNA test so the world can see they are actually father and son which can be the only reason MW keeps picking him every single game ball flew over his head as much as it did Johansen's sometimes i thought i was watching volleyball with heads)
Chair 6 (shows glimpses of magic what i saw last night were glimpses of magic but i think Barnsleys 3rd goal was close to 60 mins so i didnt see the last 30 mins)
Austin 6 (good goal again but looked jaded throughout and a little tubby??)
Dykes 5 (he put the effort in i actually saw him running and trying his hardest and for first 10 mins he looked great, Then and i actually jumped  thinking yes hes scored and i put him down as opening scorer in predictions.when he missed that sitter HOW DID HE was harder to miss than hit the target times up put him on the list, like ball sick of seeing him play at the moment )

dont know of any subs that came on didnt even look at the match teams or reports on BBC

our team is crying out for rest of players and Adomah and Field given better opportunities why sign them if u dont look at them Mr Warburton uve seen what your son Dominic and his twin skinhead Dykes can do so look at your whole squad 1 point from 9 even if u had 1 point from 9 and started Fled and Adomah in one of the games would have been no problem from me as i knew this bad spell was coming soon but 2 games sooner than i thought had u kept the team fresh we could have had 2 or 3 more points

Barnsley are a good unit and will prbably on last nights performance get into the play offs but we did throw away 3 points versus birmingham

i might stop doing the prediction league because since ive done it our good run has stopped

will rejoin it at start of next season

Good one and I agree, I've seen Ball have one or two decent games in a QPR shirt and he's been here for 18 months now.

As soon as he's up against any midfield worth its salt Ball is completely out of his depth.

Ball should only ever be on the pitch as a 70th minute sub when we are protecting a lead. He should be nowhere near the starting 11. He is just not good enough.



I'm pretty certain the two aren't linked

Firstly, good to hear from you after so while @singlespeed and, whilst I am delighted your family and you are getting over COVID, I hope your Mum gets better soon. I am sure you are all wanting to visit her ASAP too.

Secondly, Warburton criticised the team in regard to the third goal, claiming they should have been more methodical. Here I totally disagree: When you are a goal down then you need to push for that equaliser and, in doing so, you have to take risks. After all, he was the one who brought on Bonne, Adomah, Willock, & Kelman! Four strikers does not sound like a cautious approach to me!! Having reacted that way to his comment, I still have to say he deserves a longer tenure. I refuse to believe another manager coming in (with all his backroom changes, players changes and alterations to play) would be any better. I will keep saying: we are a mid-sized club in the Championship, with all the financial restrictions that go with that, and I would add that this side is certainly not the finished product Warburton is aiming for.

I cannot argue with that! 

u were all calling MW the messiah 4 games ago

thats all i will say in the matter

i think MW is the right man for the job and his attacking football proves this theory

just 2 stinking signings in Bonne and Dykes have been his only downfall