Manning, Bidwell, Routledge your boys took one he'll of a beating!
It is difficult not to gloat when playing a side that complains about every decision to influence the ref, thinks late tackles are part of the game, and offers so much but delivers so little!
Here are the FT stats for Swansea/QPR:
Possession 41/59 Shots 11/21 SOT 2/7 Corners 4/7 Fouls 13/10
Who was MotM for you? As is often the case in a good team performance, for me it could be Willock, Chair, Johansen or Barbet!
Finally, credit to minxymartin for getting the correct score!
Last Edit: Apr 20, 2021 20:21:46 GMT by kingfisher
Post by northwesthoop on Apr 20, 2021 21:10:04 GMT
I had to watch the 2nd half behind time and we did deserve the win as others have said.
I found Swansea a strange team. They had so much to play for and there was no urgency to their play. Umpteen times they had every man behind the ball. They had little tempo to their play; very odd. I wouldn't put money on them in the play offs. Compared to the other teams they'll face in the play offs (especially Barnsley) there was nothing to fear.
Dykes' finish was absolutely superb. That was not easy and he finished it like a man in real confidence. Wham.
Adomah offers so much more going forward and gets another assist. He may be top of the assist charts despite being a bit part player for most of the season.
I just love this team right now. That was against a club who could still get promoted and we looked very good. I just hope we can keep this team together.
Manning, Bidwell, Routledge your boys took one he'll of a beating!
It is difficult not to gloat when playing a side that complains about every decision to influence the ref, thinks late tackles are part of the game, and offers so much but delivers so little!
Here are the FT stats for Swansea/QPR:
Possession 41/59 Shots 11/21 SOT 2/7 Corners 4/7 Fouls 13/10
Who was MotM for you? As is often the case in a good team performance, for me it could be Willock, Chair, Johansen or Barbet!
Finally, credit to minxymartin for getting the correct score!
So many good performances and apart from a couple of defensive lapses it was as good a team performance as I have seen because we were rarely troubled and played some good football.
The combination of Dykes, Chair, Thomas and Willock were a handful for Swansea all night. Johansen was very composed as normal and Lumley was very assured and looked the good goalkeeper he is when called into action. I could be critical of some of our defending but that would be nit picking because you have to expect a team challenging for the play offs to cause a few problems. The key was that any mistakes we made we covered by other team mates.
To answer your question I was again impressed by Willock and he just shaded it for me although Dykes ran him very close. In recent matches Dykes and Willock have improved immensely and their energy and work rate has been really impressive.
I had to watch the 2nd half behind time and we did deserve the win as others have said.
I found Swansea a strange team. They had so much to play for and there was no urgency to their play. Umpteen times they had every man behind the ball. They had little tempo to their play; very odd. I wouldn't put money on them in the play offs. Compared to the other teams they'll face in the play offs (especially Barnsley) there was nothing to fear.
Dykes' finish was absolutely superb. That was not easy and he finished it like a man in real confidence. Wham.
Adomah offers so much more going forward and gets another assist. He may be top of the assist charts despite being a bit part player for most of the season.
I just love this team right now. That was against a club who could still get promoted and we looked very good. I just hope we can keep this team together.
I am in total agreement and the improvement these players have shown since January is incredible. Warburton deserves a lot of credit for making the changes that have turned a below average team into one that could challenge for promotion. The improvement that players like Willock, Wallace and Dykes have shown is amazing. Some of the improvement was as a result of getting players like Austin, Johansen, De Wijs and Field but apart from Johansen none of the loan signings have been regulars.
The energy and movement being shown by players who looked lethargic and slow prior to Christmas is something to be applauded. I don't want to get too excited because as we know supporting QPR is a rollercoaster. A couple of quality additions could be all we need to be a team challenging for promotion next season.
Post by northwesthoop on Apr 20, 2021 21:38:15 GMT
That is a good point stoatey about the core team still being our own players.
What I loved tonight too was us being able to bring on Austin (scares teams to death just being there), Field (so assured and snappy reminds me a bit of Faurlin) and Adomah (assist king)
We said it a couple of days ago somewhere on here but the options we have right now are just so exciting.
Even look at Thomas, he's come in and done a steady job. Dom Ball hasn't played as much recently but comes into defence and we keep a clean sheet. Lumley looks like his old confident self.
Oh and how about Bright Osayi Samuel or Chris Willock?
Willock has improved so much even game by game. His touch, his vision, his control, his passing. What a player we have on our hands there.
quick ratings from me odd team selection think Thomas has been seen enough now so lets look at others
Lumley 7 great to see him and confidence again must be a hard decision for MW next game if DIeng is available Kakay 5 body on pitch again dont wanna hate him as hes a youth product but for me by far worse player on pitch Dickie 7 ususal Ball 6 strange to see him at centre half but thats original position we bought him for didnt do anything wrong Barbet 6 usual Haamelainen 6 couldnt believe he played so soon after his shocker but thought this was his best game for us nothing special but no big mistakes Johansen 7 usual Chair 7 didnt deserve to be taken off Willock 7 usual Thomas 6 usual Dykes 7 took goal well worked hard interesting to see when Austin came on he improved his body language you can tell hes been lookin upto Austin and nearly jumped on Austin and almost pulled his pants down and became more than good friends when Charlie nearly scored with a lob (if u pardon the pun)
rub a dubs Austin 6 not enough time almost scored a cheeky one Adomah 5 not enough time Field wont mark him no time hardly
cant think of anyone else coming on
hard to give a MOTM tonight for me so will give it to............erm Johansen as he pulled all the strings
That's an absolutely insane result tonight! From what I've heard about the game, it sounded like the complete opposite of then we played them on Boxing Day.
Lumley has to stay in goal for Saturday after Middlesbrough and tonight. Was very unfortunate to be dropped after Coventry, and now after these two games as well. He simply has to stay in now as he's fully deserved it. His confidence is back and it's brilliant to see.
I was waiting for the Wednesday night results before posting the updated position tracker because Millwall could have gone above us had they won, but they lost and so we are officially into 8th position
We are 6 points clear of Stoke in 13th, so at the very least we look good for a top half finish with only 9 points left to play for
Incredibly we are now 23 points clear of the bottom 3. There was a point in January where we only 2 points clear and were very much in the relegation scrap.
