QPR v Wigan 1 - 0 FT

Will be interesting to see how things change.
But hopefully we do not expect to much.
But I would have no hesitation in playing LUMLEY.

Struggling to know how to call this one.

Wigan are obviously massive favourites but we need something from the game. Right now I'd take a draw, just to stop the rot and run of defeats.

I fancy us to score but confidence at the back is low.

I can't even call the line up and shape he will go with, will he go 2 up front and blood both new boys? Or will he stick with the 4-2-3-1?

Not surprising, not many managers have lost the first 5 games of a season and survived.



Even after giving it some thought this morning I still can't nail down how I think he will line up.

Personally I'd go 3-5-2, dropping one of Freeman and Eze:

Lumley
Rangel Baptiste Leistner Lynch Bidwell
Scowen Luongo
Freeman/Eze
Hemed Wells


I expect McClaren will stay 4-2-3-1 with Wells coming off the bench:

Ingram
Rangel Leistner Baptiste Bidwell
Scowen Luongo
Wszolek/BOS Eze Freeman
Hemed

Pretty close NW. No Baptiste and both Freeman & Eze. Presumably Luongo will be asked to play quite deep with Scowen.
Could be 442 with Eze & Freeman wide but more likely 4231 with Freeman, Eze & Wells making the 3.

Massive win, something to build on.

Let's just enjoy this after the past few weeks.

Clean sheet as important as the win as it gives the defence some confidence after 10 goals against in the previous 2 games.

If we can get a top level centre half in I have no concerns.

Totally agree northwest
We just need a quality central defender
There is still a lot to do and for McClaren to get right but his job was on the line today
This win was owed to the fans who have wondered why the hell sometimes do we support QPR
This time last week I was shocked and angry and we were pointless but it looks a bit better today and we are by far not a great team yet ,but it sounds like we put the effort in and gave what the home fans deserved
Wells and hemed signings give us that attacking option now that we didn't have and goals breed confidence
How we got those two guys I never know but we still need a defender before the window closes

Let's face it
It wasn't pretty and a win is a win
The new boys look confident and with full match fitness we have 2 quality strikers in our team
We can on build on this and it's a much better feeling than last week knowing we've got of the mark now
We need a defender still and we were nervous at times but you can't blame them after last few games
Wigan are a good side and we rode our luck a bit but we got a precious 3 points now