| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread 08:50 - Jan 3 with 31789 views | numptydumpty |
I will front up for this one, as feel this is a must win game. Finally, I hope this is one game too far for Mr Bannan against ourselves.
But bloomin 'eck, a midday kick off.
And for the Sheffield fans to get there. One of these days, we will all have to get to the ground immediately after our full english breakfast. Its hard to get into a game so early in the day and think actually it generally shows similar for all players also.
Despite that, I do believe we will win comfortably, three nil, perhaps. But if its a loss, the natives will certainly be getting restless and a happy new year, it won't be.
So for me, a three nil win - Burrell with two and Cook with the other !!!
Don't want to consider any other possible outcomes !!
C'mon you Rrr's....
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| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 22:21 - Jan 4 with 2316 views | perpignanR |
Another stinking fetid performance. |  | | |
| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 07:23 - Jan 5 with 1928 views | dmm |
A mate said to me after the game that it was the worst 3-0 win he'd ever seen. It's hard to disagree. But, given all the extenuating circumstances - 4th game in 9 days, 4 injuries, dreadful opposition, a horrible surface - we happily take the three points.
Kolli provided some cheer though. His 'shoot on sight' approach is perhaps something Burrell and Kone don't tend to do and is a useful addition to the strike force. It certainly was yesterday and I'm delighted for him. |  | | |
| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 07:33 - Jan 5 with 1890 views | NewYorkRanger |
Agree with many on here that it wasn't exactly a convincing performance - like two bald men fighting over a comb to steal someone else's gag. Up until the second I was fully expecting a Wednesday equalizer and a subsequent meltdown of the fanbase, me included.
Re: Kolli, I get that he gave the ball away a couple of times and had a couple of half chances before scoring, but the one he hit on the turn in the box that ended up in the upper loft I actually applauded. He had no time or space but instinctively managed to turn and shoot - the execution was slightly off but on another day that at least troubles the keeper out of nothing. I like his energy and his two goals were great to see - proper strikers finishes. With Burrell injured it's going to be interesting to see what he can do alongside Kone (assuming Kone stays fit and in the side). Good to see Kolli back from the wilderness |  |
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| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 07:38 - Jan 5 with 1867 views | FDC |
| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 07:23 - Jan 5 by dmm |
A mate said to me after the game that it was the worst 3-0 win he'd ever seen. It's hard to disagree. But, given all the extenuating circumstances - 4th game in 9 days, 4 injuries, dreadful opposition, a horrible surface - we happily take the three points.
Kolli provided some cheer though. His 'shoot on sight' approach is perhaps something Burrell and Kone don't tend to do and is a useful addition to the strike force. It certainly was yesterday and I'm delighted for him. |
Yes, having a hungry young striker whose first thought is to get a shot away is no bad thing - especially when he's capable of striking it as well as he did for that first goal, and especially within the context of a run of games where we've averaged something like 1.5 shots on target per game. [Post edited 5 Jan 7:39]
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| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 08:31 - Jan 5 with 1723 views | dutch |
I wasn't there yesterday because I was working though had the TV on in the background. Can I just remind you we won 3-0, no we didn't resemble Barcelona at their best, but we won 3-0. Usually Wednesday, however bad they are, come here and turn us over. This board is starting to sound like the most whingeing lot of entitled aesthetes, for God's sake enjoy a win, rather than picking on individual players, including a kid who scored a brace because he made a couple of errors. Let's just occasionally savour a job done. | | | |
| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 08:54 - Jan 5 with 1631 views | Maggsinho |
| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 08:31 - Jan 5 by dutch |
I wasn't there yesterday because I was working though had the TV on in the background. Can I just remind you we won 3-0, no we didn't resemble Barcelona at their best, but we won 3-0. Usually Wednesday, however bad they are, come here and turn us over. This board is starting to sound like the most whingeing lot of entitled aesthetes, for God's sake enjoy a win, rather than picking on individual players, including a kid who scored a brace because he made a couple of errors. Let's just occasionally savour a job done. |
I said at the game yesterday when it was 1-0 that it was one of those games where you take the points and move on. Injuries, freezing cold, a terrible pitch and the pressure to beat a hopeless Wednesday side - look at the reaction here! - all meant it was just a job to get done. |  | | |
| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 09:02 - Jan 5 with 1594 views | Beejnewark |
Comfortable win, avoiding a banana skin after slipping on the previous one. Hope the injuries are relatively minor. Definitely need to get the heavy roller out on the pitch though. | | | |
| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 10:57 - Jan 5 with 1392 views | mart_Goblin |
Had no time to give my usual kneejerk reaction to the game after yesterday and in hindsight it was probably a good thing.
Walked away from LR yesterday obviously happy with the 3 points but scratching my head about such a strange atmosphere, and such a strange performance against an understandably terrible opponent on an absolute disgrace of a pitch .
No doubt in my mind the pitch is impacting on injuries although Burrells could well be overuse.
But I’ll be stunned if there isn’t an emergency meeting this morning about how on Earth our pitch has declined since December 20th.
A lot of people online apparently saying the old groundsman had just been sacked. Not true . He left a couple of years ago now .
But ultimately it was about as bad a football match as you could imagine which in a way serves Sky right . The biggest thing to take from was we now can’t go to West Ham with our strongest team . Whether we would have anyway is another argument but that’s now off the table anyway.
Midway through that second half I just got the sense that some of our players didn’t fancy it one bit and it annoyed me . However , we won , convincingly in the end .
If we had gone for them like we did Leicester then we could have had an absolute hatful and they would have folded badly but they grew in confidence the more we f*cked about .
Pleased for Kolli. And pleased for Sam Field too. The ideal game for him to come on and put out fires with somewhat ease. |  | | |
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| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 12:09 - Jan 5 with 1230 views | Superhoop83 |
A noon kick off.
On a Sunday.
Against a bogey side.
The fourth game in 10 days.
On a crap run of 1 point on 9.
Freezing weather.
Sh*t pitch.
4 players injured by half-time.
It wasn't a great game but I thought we started well and we'd have taken a win of any kind on Sunday morning. |  |
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| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 12:28 - Jan 5 with 1159 views | Northernr |
| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 12:09 - Jan 5 by Superhoop83 |
A noon kick off.
On a Sunday.
Against a bogey side.
The fourth game in 10 days.
On a crap run of 1 point on 9.
Freezing weather.
Sh*t pitch.
4 players injured by half-time.
It wasn't a great game but I thought we started well and we'd have taken a win of any kind on Sunday morning. |
Yeh the result, for me, is the only positive apart from Kolli's impact. It was an unwinnable game in many ways - win and it's what you were supposed to do, anything else and you'll get hammered for it which is what the ground felt like it was gearing up to do had Wednesday equalised.
We've won, but you'd do well not to win against that level of opponent, and at what cost? We've got eight games in January, an FA Cup tie next week we wanted them to have a good swing at, what is left of our team mentally and physically after this Christmas period? What XI can we actually pick at West Ham now? |  | | |
| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 12:46 - Jan 5 with 1112 views | Juzzie |
| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 12:28 - Jan 5 by Northernr |
Yeh the result, for me, is the only positive apart from Kolli's impact. It was an unwinnable game in many ways - win and it's what you were supposed to do, anything else and you'll get hammered for it which is what the ground felt like it was gearing up to do had Wednesday equalised.
We've won, but you'd do well not to win against that level of opponent, and at what cost? We've got eight games in January, an FA Cup tie next week we wanted them to have a good swing at, what is left of our team mentally and physically after this Christmas period? What XI can we actually pick at West Ham now? |
"win and it's what you were supposed to do, anything else and you'll get hammered for it"
That sums up pretty much every game.
I'd bet the traffic on here is lighter when we win and a lot heavier when we lose as you have all & sundry talking about the starting XI, the tactics, the subs, the individual players, the manager and so on. Things that get talked about much less when we've won because we've won.
We could have the right starting XI, the right tactics, the right subs and so on and somehow not win and it's all-out mayhem on here.
Yet you could have the wrong starting XI, the wrong tactics, the wrong subs and so on and somehow manage to win but that's OK, because that is what is wanted. |  | | |
| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 12:47 - Jan 5 with 1109 views | 7374Ranger |
I was there and it was not an enjoyable watch, but have to be happy with a 3-0 win to get back on track and improve the goal difference. Also pleased that Kolli scored to very good goals, but up until he did, he wasn't having the best of games as a striker (although did his defensive duties at corners well.
Obviously the injury to Burrell is a big concern, hopefully it isn't going to keep him out for long.
I think with his injury and Frey on the way out QPR will probably need another striker, even if on loan. | | | |
| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 12:59 - Jan 5 with 1062 views | 7374Ranger |
| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 14:15 - Jan 4 by FDC |
Re Morgan, he and Field seem to have become utility players, both having now played as CM, FB, and up front. Bit of a double edged sword, in that he's getting game time but 'm not sure that's great for his development and establishing himself as a first team player? |
On the contrary, I think Morgan is going to learn a lot about the different positions as a teenager and by the time he is in his early 20s should be a good player. | | | |
| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 13:02 - Jan 5 with 1056 views | MrSheen |
| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 08:54 - Jan 5 by Maggsinho |
I said at the game yesterday when it was 1-0 that it was one of those games where you take the points and move on. Injuries, freezing cold, a terrible pitch and the pressure to beat a hopeless Wednesday side - look at the reaction here! - all meant it was just a job to get done. |
I was getting strong flashbacks to that disastrous Sunday four years ago when we lost 3-1 to the bottom team after cruising into the lead and looking like we’d get a load more. Albeit Peterborough had Sammie Szmodics and Ronnie Edwards in their team and had already beaten us twice, it was when things began to really fall apart for Warburton. Luckily Kolli stepped up so we can remember the game for his goals and forget about the passing, the injuries, the pitch, the cold… |  | | |
| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 13:13 - Jan 5 with 1025 views | GaryBannister86 |
| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 12:28 - Jan 5 by Northernr |
Yeh the result, for me, is the only positive apart from Kolli's impact. It was an unwinnable game in many ways - win and it's what you were supposed to do, anything else and you'll get hammered for it which is what the ground felt like it was gearing up to do had Wednesday equalised.
We've won, but you'd do well not to win against that level of opponent, and at what cost? We've got eight games in January, an FA Cup tie next week we wanted them to have a good swing at, what is left of our team mentally and physically after this Christmas period? What XI can we actually pick at West Ham now? |
For West Ham, I want to see something like this (presuming Burrell, Poku, Varane, Morrison not fit and RND cup tied)
Nardi / Hamer (not Walsh, we can't keep thrusting him into ridiculous games)
Mbengue
Dunne
Cook
Field (LB)
Hayden
Madsen
Dembele
Saito
Kolli
Kone
Subs to include:
Morgan, Keeper, Smyth
Should be at least giving us a 1% chance. If I see Esquerdinha, Walsh, anyone from the Development Squad I am going to do my pieces. |  | | |
| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 14:00 - Jan 5 with 894 views | 7374Ranger |
| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 13:13 - Jan 5 by GaryBannister86 |
For West Ham, I want to see something like this (presuming Burrell, Poku, Varane, Morrison not fit and RND cup tied)
Nardi / Hamer (not Walsh, we can't keep thrusting him into ridiculous games)
Mbengue
Dunne
Cook
Field (LB)
Hayden
Madsen
Dembele
Saito
Kolli
Kone
Subs to include:
Morgan, Keeper, Smyth
Should be at least giving us a 1% chance. If I see Esquerdinha, Walsh, anyone from the Development Squad I am going to do my pieces. |
I agree we should put out a strong team because it is a winnable game against a side that is not doing well and might even put out a weakened team to 'concentrate' on the League. | | | |
| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 14:51 - Jan 5 with 808 views | Superhoops2808 |
| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 13:13 - Jan 5 by GaryBannister86 |
For West Ham, I want to see something like this (presuming Burrell, Poku, Varane, Morrison not fit and RND cup tied)
Nardi / Hamer (not Walsh, we can't keep thrusting him into ridiculous games)
Mbengue
Dunne
Cook
Field (LB)
Hayden
Madsen
Dembele
Saito
Kolli
Kone
Subs to include:
Morgan, Keeper, Smyth
Should be at least giving us a 1% chance. If I see Esquerdinha, Walsh, anyone from the Development Squad I am going to do my pieces. |
Yep I would be happy with that side too
No time for us to be playing Esquerdinha |  | | |
| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 15:19 - Jan 5 with 757 views | Northernr |
| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 12:46 - Jan 5 by Juzzie |
"win and it's what you were supposed to do, anything else and you'll get hammered for it"
That sums up pretty much every game.
I'd bet the traffic on here is lighter when we win and a lot heavier when we lose as you have all & sundry talking about the starting XI, the tactics, the subs, the individual players, the manager and so on. Things that get talked about much less when we've won because we've won.
We could have the right starting XI, the right tactics, the right subs and so on and somehow not win and it's all-out mayhem on here.
Yet you could have the wrong starting XI, the wrong tactics, the wrong subs and so on and somehow manage to win but that's OK, because that is what is wanted. |
Oh yeh, there's definitely some posters you'd have been seeing a lot of yesterday and today had it gone badly but have been completely silent because it didn't. Traffic always higher after a loss. Misery loves company. | | | |
| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 15:34 - Jan 5 with 672 views | CornieRanger |
| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 15:19 - Jan 5 by Northernr |
Oh yeh, there's definitely some posters you'd have been seeing a lot of yesterday and today had it gone badly but have been completely silent because it didn't. Traffic always higher after a loss. Misery loves company. |
Long time lurker, first time commenting on here.
I've been watching QPR for thirty odd years (often through my fingers I'll grant you..)and I just don't get the negativity as this is the first season in god knows how long where I don't think we are in a relegation scrap or likely to be. My attitude is let's get to fifty points as quickly as we are able then see where we are, it doesn't matter if we are in the playoffs all season if we do a Millwall and just drop out on the final day. | | | |
| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 15:52 - Jan 5 with 617 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 15:34 - Jan 5 by CornieRanger |
Long time lurker, first time commenting on here.
I've been watching QPR for thirty odd years (often through my fingers I'll grant you..)and I just don't get the negativity as this is the first season in god knows how long where I don't think we are in a relegation scrap or likely to be. My attitude is let's get to fifty points as quickly as we are able then see where we are, it doesn't matter if we are in the playoffs all season if we do a Millwall and just drop out on the final day. |
Welcome aboard Cornie!
Cheese? |  |
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| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 15:56 - Jan 5 with 584 views | mart_Goblin |
| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 15:19 - Jan 5 by Northernr |
Oh yeh, there's definitely some posters you'd have been seeing a lot of yesterday and today had it gone badly but have been completely silent because it didn't. Traffic always higher after a loss. Misery loves company. |
Don’t include me in that . I had to rush off to my nephews birthday party and didn’t get home until late . Who the f*ck has a birthday party on Jan 4th ? 😄😄
However, i’ll be the first to admit that at times , I’ve posted more after a bad defeat or during bad runs in form simply because there is more to discuss and dissect as a fan .
Trying to make any sense of yesterday is however a dance into the madhouse .
Game broke down completely at one point where even the officials gave up , along with players , caching staff and fans . 😀 | | | |
| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 16:03 - Jan 5 with 553 views | kensalriser |
Just to put this result in the context of Wednesday's other results, they've been beaten by more than three goals and conceded more than three only once, both in the same game (0-5 v Coventry).
It was their sixth 3-0 reverse, so not an unusual score but we're in good company there.
I'm happy. We don't have to win by at least four to nothing and play the most scintillating, faultless football we've ever seen at Loftus Rd for me to enjoy a win. |  |
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| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 16:24 - Jan 5 with 504 views | sdm1508 |
| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 22:17 - Jan 4 by Jevlar |
Varane’s biggest weakness for me is his inability to progress the ball forward.
A lack of bravery or playing with fear or just not being able to see the pass is the one trait that keeps him a QPR player.
If he sorts that and his occasional moments of mind blanks out he won’t be here for much longer. [Post edited 4 Jan 22:21]
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I think there could be a player in there. Does something well and then mucks up a five-yard pass. He always seems to be reacting to danger rather than anticipating it. Hence these last-ditch lunging tackles. Hayden always seems to be in the right place. Field as well on Sunday. Tracking runners to put a foot in. Varane has all the physical attributes to be a good player | | | |
| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 17:20 - Jan 5 with 404 views | NorthantsHoop |
Came away from Loftus Road happy yesterday, it was not a very good game, but we won which was the most important thing really and Kolli got two lovely goals. Concerns on the injury front losing Burrell and Varane, both looked problem injuries. The Poku withdrawal at half time again a concern, the poor lad just does not seem to get any traction in a game, so we just don't see what he can do. I wonder with the Morrison injury and JCS injured again that we try and really get Edwards in January. |  | | |
| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 19:02 - Jan 5 with 294 views | Hooparoo |
| The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread on 17:20 - Jan 5 by NorthantsHoop |
Came away from Loftus Road happy yesterday, it was not a very good game, but we won which was the most important thing really and Kolli got two lovely goals. Concerns on the injury front losing Burrell and Varane, both looked problem injuries. The Poku withdrawal at half time again a concern, the poor lad just does not seem to get any traction in a game, so we just don't see what he can do. I wonder with the Morrison injury and JCS injured again that we try and really get Edwards in January. |
Tylon Smith is coming home from the African cup so might be time to see if he’s ready for the first team. He’s got rave reviews at every international level coming through and although he’s still young it might be his time. |  |
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