Bolton V QPR : Match Thread

In my view McClaren deserves a lot of credit. A lot of our fanbase is very vocal when we lose and say nothing when we win, but McClaren did brilliantly to keep calm after the opening 4 games. It would have been easy for heads to drop but he clearly did a great job to keep the players believing in themselves despite the 7-1 hammering and 4 straight defeats.

People were calling for him to walk away but just a few games on we have been unbeaten since, get 7 points from 9 whilst conceding only 1 goal.

A lot of us - myself included - have said Eze and Freeman don't work out wide or in the same team, yet today they prove McClaren knows what he is doing. Given more time over the course of the season he will improve us further.

I don't like the way the club justified his appointment about working with kids and a lot have been bombed out (Kakay and Smyth can't even make the bench now) but credit where it is due he could have got the sack 4 weeks ago if fans had their way and now we look a very decent side with still plenty of room for improvement.