Sunderland Vs QPR... 16 March

It is after all an away draw, but we should have done better. So we move up to 20th again on 40 points.

Birmingham, Sheff Weds, Plymouth, Stoke and Bristol City all lose; and Rotherham V Huddersfield & Boro v Blackburn are also scoreless draws 

Sunderland didn't have a shot on target so that does make it feel like a missed opportunity.

No results really went against us today, almost all went in our favour, even Huddersfield didn't win the banker against Rotherham so it feels like had we won it would have been huge.

Happy birthday northwesthoop 🍻🎂 the Rs couldn't deliver 3 points but at least they managed 1.

Our best performances all seem to be away from home and with just 8 games to go I think that every point is precious especially with many of the teams around us getting beaten. The game against Birmingham will be huge.

I thought it was a big improvement from last week and getting a clean sheet was a bonus. From a defending perspective both JCS and Cook were immense and I dont think they allowed Sunderland  a shot on target. 

The midfield looked good and Andersen is a class act for this league.

Our issue was up front where Dykes was non existent and whilst Armstrong looked good when he came on he tends to struggle if he plays the full match. The trouble for Marti is that we don't have a consistent goal scorer and theres no reliability of performance playing any of the 3 strikers.

We need to find a simms like Coventry have got
He was a slow burner to start with but is on fire now

I personally can’t see who is going to score the goals to get the wins we need to stay up
No point being able to defend pretty solid if you can’t score and Middlesbrough as good as smashed and grabbed last week with the 2 shots on target that ended up being goals
We can’t afford to let Birmingham and Sheffield Wednesday do the same as they are 6 pointers and basically could determine our fate
This ultimately has been our downfall all season the lack of goals and dykes is useless and hopefully goes next season,Armstrong is too raw and needs time to mature but there are youngsters that already can rip up this league in other teams
I just sit there and think we look a more organised unit under Marti but who will score the goals at the end of our creative play and then i say answers on a postcard
It’s a real concern and we need to sort this in the next few games
Frey has come in but he’s not a out and out striker as much we slated Chris martin he got our vital goals last season