QPR v Cardiff 5Mar22 1 - 2 FT 5th/56pts

Warburton seemed to suggest Austin had a knock but his wife has had quite bad covid so maybe he's got it too or he had to stay at home because of his wife being ill/family issues etc.


I'm really hoping having a week off before this match will help us to refresh and reset.

McCallum looked good in his cameo so I can see him starting.

We need also Dykes back to be our focal point.

kingfisher

to play amos anywhere other than midfield is unthinkable

you all keep going on about dykes hes no saviour

we needed the extra numbers in january

MW can say what he likes

the results speak for themselves we needed those extra options

think if we beat cardiff we should push on but its the most depressed ive been all season this run

I hope we don't try playing without a striker again. It's not for me, I don't like it at all.

I'd rather us play Sinclair Armstrong or Marco Ramkilde than no striker again!

We are unbeaten playing the false 9 and I'm interested to know whether you don't like us playing that system or you just don't like any team that plays that way..

As you know I'm not a Warburton fan but with our 3 main strikers being so out of form I like that he tried something different to keep the opposition thinking. 

I would worry about the wisdom of throwing Development strikers in at this stage of their career could cause a lot of harm to them. 

We did lose against Blackburn but not when we were playing the false 9 system,  it wasn't until Warburton reverted to playing with a striker (Gray) that we conceded.  We werent great playing the false 9 against Blackburn I admit  but against Blackpool I thought we looked good until Sanderson got his marching orders. Personally, I hope that Warburton doesn't abandon the system after just over one and a half games because it offers something different to how the opposition might expect us to set up.

I'm not advocating that we play the false 9 every week but I think that when our strikers are as out of form as they are its a decent Plan B.   

I also should have added that I'm in agreement about the creative players. I'd have left Chair and Willock to play their normal roles but Warburton has to justify his signing of Hendrick and by playing without an out and out striker he can achieve that.  

In summary I like the false 9 system but I agree with you that it only works if you are playing the right players.