| Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred 10:55 - Aug 15 with 35130 views | Myke |
Can't see one, apologies if there is. I'm going for 6-6 |  | | |  |
| Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred on 21:29 - Aug 16 with 1374 views | Loft1979 |
I second |  | | |
| Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred on 21:31 - Aug 16 with 1342 views | Hooparoo |
Obvious that Stephan doesn’t know what his best 11 is yet but isn’t that what pre season friendlies are for? |  |
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| Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred on 22:48 - Aug 16 with 1102 views | nix |
| Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred on 21:31 - Aug 16 by Hooparoo |
Obvious that Stephan doesn’t know what his best 11 is yet but isn’t that what pre season friendlies are for? |
Well that's true but I'm guessing he wouldn't expect to lose his RB, RW, DM and LB between pre-season matches and the second Championship match. Dunne, Varane, Larkeche and Poku would normally all start. The first three positions are all pretty important for your defensive solidity but Poku also provides an out-ball. It also means Mbengue and Morgan are out of position and I think we probably missed Morgan's defensive cover and link play.
Also Dunne and Morrison probably read each other's play by now so it's no doubt a distraction for Morrison thinking he also has to cover for an inexperienced Morgan. |  | | |
| Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred on 23:15 - Aug 16 with 1025 views | Hooparoo |
| Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred on 22:48 - Aug 16 by nix |
Well that's true but I'm guessing he wouldn't expect to lose his RB, RW, DM and LB between pre-season matches and the second Championship match. Dunne, Varane, Larkeche and Poku would normally all start. The first three positions are all pretty important for your defensive solidity but Poku also provides an out-ball. It also means Mbengue and Morgan are out of position and I think we probably missed Morgan's defensive cover and link play.
Also Dunne and Morrison probably read each other's play by now so it's no doubt a distraction for Morrison thinking he also has to cover for an inexperienced Morgan. |
Yeah, all good points mate. I’m just frustrated like everybody else. It’s the lot of us antipodean Rs to wake up on a Sunday morning full of hope, fire up the iPhone then get disappointed at 5am. Makes me grumpy for the rest of the day 😬 | |
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| Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred on 23:19 - Aug 16 with 1002 views | Hunterhoop |
| Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred on 22:48 - Aug 16 by nix |
Well that's true but I'm guessing he wouldn't expect to lose his RB, RW, DM and LB between pre-season matches and the second Championship match. Dunne, Varane, Larkeche and Poku would normally all start. The first three positions are all pretty important for your defensive solidity but Poku also provides an out-ball. It also means Mbengue and Morgan are out of position and I think we probably missed Morgan's defensive cover and link play.
Also Dunne and Morrison probably read each other's play by now so it's no doubt a distraction for Morrison thinking he also has to cover for an inexperienced Morgan. |
Who is responsible for all the injuries and unavailabilities, Nix?
Someone has to be or the club has a problem.
Stephan gets a pass, rightly, as you say. But everyone can’t.
The players know the deal, which in itself is ridiculous. |  | | |
| Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred on 23:19 - Aug 16 with 1001 views | nix |
| Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred on 23:15 - Aug 16 by Hooparoo |
Yeah, all good points mate. I’m just frustrated like everybody else. It’s the lot of us antipodean Rs to wake up on a Sunday morning full of hope, fire up the iPhone then get disappointed at 5am. Makes me grumpy for the rest of the day 😬 |
I hear you.
Really fed up listening to it in real time too. Wish I didn't let it wreck my day a bit. | | | |
| Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred on 00:38 - Aug 17 with 851 views | Burnleyhoop |
| Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred on 18:50 - Aug 16 by rbee |
Nicolas has not got the personality, the temperament for playing Championship football.
It's time for the club to admit it's mistake and move the player on which is in the best interest of all parties.
An unfortunate, regretful situation that needs resolving now. |
In the next home game, I want to see Nourry in his pants , marched out to the centre circle, placed on his hands and knees, self flagellating and begging forgiveness for having the audacity to buy Celar and Madsen.
As a QPR fan watching from my arm chair, I expect nothing less.
(Don’t expect an admission of failure or apology any time soon). | | | |
| Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred on 00:51 - Aug 17 with 804 views | nix |
| Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred on 23:19 - Aug 16 by Hunterhoop |
Who is responsible for all the injuries and unavailabilities, Nix?
Someone has to be or the club has a problem.
Stephan gets a pass, rightly, as you say. But everyone can’t.
The players know the deal, which in itself is ridiculous. |
Look at my previous posts and I've repeatedly said exactly that. I think I've agreed with one or more of your earlier posts where you've mentioned injuries. My answer was in response to a specific point about Stephan and why he wasn't picking a settled team of starters. I don't think I need to repeat the point in every thread. Surely we all know it by now?
I'm more interested on this thread about how he could have possibly better marshalled the players he had available but I acknowledge that's just me. | | | |
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| Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred on 01:03 - Aug 17 with 784 views | numptydumpty |
| Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred on 00:51 - Aug 17 by nix |
Look at my previous posts and I've repeatedly said exactly that. I think I've agreed with one or more of your earlier posts where you've mentioned injuries. My answer was in response to a specific point about Stephan and why he wasn't picking a settled team of starters. I don't think I need to repeat the point in every thread. Surely we all know it by now?
I'm more interested on this thread about how he could have possibly better marshalled the players he had available but I acknowledge that's just me. |
Regarding a settled team by now Nix.
Yes, we have had injuries, but what I would say which is not just us, but across the board, there is still two weeks of the summer transfer window left.
And also, especially with ourselves, despite what Nourry may or may not have said, Eze is "finally" looking like he could be on his way in the next few days and if so, we will have a significant boost to our treasure chest and this could therefore significantly change who we may try to sign in the last few days of the window.
Would say there is an argument that the window should close prior to the first game of the season, but it is as it is currently, and because of this, we may have one or two incoming, who potentially might be seen as first eleven regulars. Think left back for definite, inbound guess at least.... [Post edited 17 Aug 1:04]
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| Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred on 08:49 - Aug 17 with 570 views | davman |
| Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred on 15:58 - Aug 16 by A40Bosh |
That goal came just in time in terms of the away end temperature.
A lot of booing the 10 mins before - the call for patience with the youth gone out the window 30mins in to the first away game of the season.
Really don’t understand Mbenge at LB, tends to trip over the ball a lot when bringing it out and I don’t think it is working at all with Symth in front of him. We are not stretching them wide either side and invisible across the middle.
That goal might just be the glimmer of hope that Stephan can latch on to at HT but something has to change especially our inability to have any presence or bite in midfield. |
Yes that away end was about to give the club both barrels before that goal and deservedly so. At least Stephan called it unacceptable after the game, which is exactly what it was. Let's see if he reacts by changing stuff and that he and his coaching team must take a good proportion of the blame as they could have played two gull backs from the start.
I mean if Adamson and Esquerdinha are our back ups and need to learn, why not yesterday?
If you were worried about who they would be playing against then you clearly do not think that they are up to the required standards and should not be at this club as the deputies, should they? |  |
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| Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred on 08:51 - Aug 17 with 562 views | davman |
| Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred on 16:37 - Aug 16 by charmr |
Not Madsen bashing just observations. Players not giving him the ball and players remonstrating at him. I think today may be it for him.
I thought it looked like Dembele decided to not give him the ball before Watford broke for their 2nd. [Post edited 16 Aug 16:39]
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Maybe others should have stopped giving Dembele the ball to as he'd only fall over and then beg to come off later as he can't take the pace of the Championship... | |
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| Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred on 08:59 - Aug 17 with 522 views | nix |
| Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred on 01:03 - Aug 17 by numptydumpty |
Regarding a settled team by now Nix.
Yes, we have had injuries, but what I would say which is not just us, but across the board, there is still two weeks of the summer transfer window left.
And also, especially with ourselves, despite what Nourry may or may not have said, Eze is "finally" looking like he could be on his way in the next few days and if so, we will have a significant boost to our treasure chest and this could therefore significantly change who we may try to sign in the last few days of the window.
Would say there is an argument that the window should close prior to the first game of the season, but it is as it is currently, and because of this, we may have one or two incoming, who potentially might be seen as first eleven regulars. Think left back for definite, inbound guess at least.... [Post edited 17 Aug 1:04]
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I agree it's vital that we pick up a couple of players that plug the gaps in our squad. The next two weeks could help decide whether this has been a very good transfer window, at least on paper, or a promising but seriously flawed one. I think the first two matches have shown how vital the positions are where we don't have adequate cover: RB, LB and DM. To have makeshift players in all three positions showed this in sharp relief.
I think we all realise these need to be chosen very wisely. I personally don't mind if we get a couple of experienced loans in. Nice to have a couple of wise old heads that don't need to learn their jobs and are used to slotting and provide a bit of guile. These next two weeks could make or break our season. | | | |
| Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred on 10:25 - Aug 17 with 425 views | derbyhoop |
| Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred on 17:21 - Aug 16 by MedwayR |
Surely we learnt most of that last season? Unless by 'we' you meant the new manager and coaches.
I think we need to cut our losses on Madsen and Celar and use the funds for CM, LB, and maybe another GK to get Walsh out on loan. |
Why would you send Walsh on loan. He commands his box well, made a cracking save when it was still 0-0, he comes for crosses. If you watched the 2nd half at Plymouth all Nardi' s faults were on display. |  |
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| Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred on 13:54 - Aug 17 with 257 views | Burnleyhoop |
| Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred on 08:51 - Aug 17 by davman |
Maybe others should have stopped giving Dembele the ball to as he'd only fall over and then beg to come off later as he can't take the pace of the Championship... |
It’s not the pace that was the problem, he was getting bullied. As somebody else has said on the thread, he needs to take a leaf out of Smyth’s book and go down like he’s been shot. He barely got any free kicks yesterday and yet was flattened constantly. | | | |
| Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred on 13:58 - Aug 17 with 232 views | Northernr |
| Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred on 13:54 - Aug 17 by Burnleyhoop |
It’s not the pace that was the problem, he was getting bullied. As somebody else has said on the thread, he needs to take a leaf out of Smyth’s book and go down like he’s been shot. He barely got any free kicks yesterday and yet was flattened constantly. |
Yeh it was frustrating because against Preston I thought he'd actually improved his strength, as opposed to Sunderland on the last day of last season where he got beaten up. Yesterday was much more like the Sunderland game again where you just think maybe he is too small. |  | | |
| Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred on 15:10 - Aug 17 with 112 views | dutch |
| Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred on 13:58 - Aug 17 by Northernr |
Yeh it was frustrating because against Preston I thought he'd actually improved his strength, as opposed to Sunderland on the last day of last season where he got beaten up. Yesterday was much more like the Sunderland game again where you just think maybe he is too small. |
I thought Smyth was arguably the worst player on the pitch yesterday, primarily because he fell down every time anybody came near him. It has become his immediate response and Refs have stopped giving him free kicks because it is so patently obvious he is looking for them. Stand up man. | | | |
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