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

I am calm enough now to comment upon the game, even if I feel less inclined to attend in future...

Warburton agreed with you stoatey in his post-match interview that the second half performance was way below par, and he is right! But that beggars the question as to why he did not make the first two substitutions far earlier. It was obvious to all of us there that Wallace was making no headway down the left, and in fact Cardiff focused upon closing down Odubajo on the right to stifle both wings. Meanwhile Willock was being marginalised by tight marking, so a change made sense and the right subs were made. In the past Warburton has made astute substitutions early, and that was what was needed immediately after Cardiff's double sub at 56 minutes. Adomah on the right was more threatening and so was Odubajo when he switched to the left (imho his best side), but that did not happen until the 81st minute! Meanwhile, the two Cardiff subs regenerated a mediocre line-up. OK, their first goal looked to everyone watching to be preceded by a clear foul on Dickie, but that was all the stimulus Cardiff needed; and their second goal from the free kick just outside the box was superb. We deserved to not win! I appreciate that we are effectively playing with no striker these days, but the chance to look for one in January was rejected by Mark Warburton and I hope it does not come back to haunt him!

Now we sit in 5th, with the teams in 6th, 7th & 8th position all capable of using their game in hand to leapfrog us. We had the chance to be clinical and forceful to protect our Play-off position, but instead I do feel we are now going to be relying on other teams to fail more than we fail....