QPR v Watford 11Mar23 1 - 0 FT 19th/42pts

Can we ask that any Watford fans singing after the 3rd goal
“Going down””going down”be escorted of the premises

maybe watford could lend us a couple of players 
i used to borrow players at my lads sunday league unders 11s of the other teams 
used to work a treat when we were short of players 
on a serious note we need some returning from injury and soon,as the bottom 3 see us as the team to pull into the relegation zone
we are the easy target now,winless this year and dont look like winning anytime soon 
this is what happens when a director of football builds a football team round loan players and not a proper home based squad 
we seriously lack depth of decent players and have been found out this season 
the naming of that team against rotherham and those kids just bunged in left me knowing 3 or 4 wins may never come now 
in fact they wont,we cant even win one poxy game this year so far,so wheres 12 points going to come from 

I didn't think we will need 3 or 4 wins which could save us.

Blackpool have 7 wins from 35 games. 11 games left. Statistically they'd do well to even win 3. Even 3 wins would be a big increase in win percentage for them.

Even if they for some reason got 3 wins and 3 draws (12 points) - which would be their best run of the season by some margin) - that means we would only need 5 or 6 more points from where we are now (39).

Our fate really does come down to Blackpool and Wigan away. Don't lose them, draws are ok. Pick up an odd point here and there in the other matches, maybe a win if we dare dream in another match, and we would probably crawl over the line.

For us to require 4 wins that would mean Blackpool and Wigan winning more than half their remaining games. Unlikely. Thankfully.

I'd be giving Gubbins a chance either in a back 3 or in place of Dickie.

Agree though that at this stage we need players who show more effort than Ireogbunam. His passing in particular leaves a lot to be desired. We need Amos back but sadly he can never get fit. He gets back on the bench and then disappears again.



.... And to change the dynamic of the game Watford have just sacked Bilic and brought in Chris Wilder. I imagine they will now get the new manager bounce that every club apart from QPR always seem to get.

Wilder will be their 18th permanent manager in the last 11 years. Crazy!

Well we've had 4 in the past 10 months which hasn't helped our numbers!

11 years... Hughes, Redknapp, Ramsey, JFH, Holloway, McClaren, Warburton, Beale, Critchley, Ainsworth..... 10 managers.

So Watford are well out in front 8 more than us. We've not been quite as chaotic in recent years as we were under Briatore.

After conceding 3 goals in each of our last 3 games the Watford strikers probably can't wait for Saturday's game. Defensively we are a shambles and despite the injuries I was surprised Ainsworth didn't change things last week. I'm beginning to think that tactically Ainsworth is as limited as Warburton and if he doesn't give Dickie and Dunne some extra protection against Watford then we might as well just give them the 3 points because Dickie in a 2 is a liability.

Whilst a lot will depend on whose fit IMO the only decision should be whether we put Field or Kakay alongside Dickie and Dunne. If Paal is still injured then I'd put Field in the back 3 but if Paal is fit then the better option would be Kakay. I'd then play Albert as the right wing back because he's done ok there previously. The issue with Albert is how long he can last before needing to be replaced by Drewe.

My starting line up would be,

Dieng
Kakay, Dickie, Dunne
Albert,Field, Johansen, Tim,Paal
Lowe Martin