QPR v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[LeeB]

I'll take that.

We may lack quality, but we've got the stomach for a fight, and we'll need it.

[ez]

Never looked up for it really. Didn't deserve a win so a draw will have to do.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

Looking at it one way, we were lucky not to be beat.

Looking at it another way, we've got a point against a team (players and fans) who are probably on the biggest high of their lives with having 'appy 'arry as their manager.

[olaftab]

I don't care what anyone says a point is good against a team below us the fact their playes and fans would have been well motivated for this as Arry's first rescue mission game. Well we cooled them down a bit.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

1-1 as I expected.
We are utterly shit though.
Badly need 2 or 3 older heads in the window. Let's see what the sleeping Yank comes up with.

[lovejoy]

Harry Redknapp's a ****. Is all.

[Monty]

Have to say, the substitutions - allowing Lichaj to switch to the right, fresh legs in Delph and a bit more ball-keeping ability than Holman in KEA really shored us up and even brought us back into the game going forward. 4 points from two games against our survival rivals, which not only is good for our total but has stopped them gaining ground. Bring on Stoke at home next week, and hopefully we can move onwards when Vlaar is back.

[BedsVillain]

Very dis-jointed performance, but unbeaten in 3 with 5 points compared to 9 points from the previous 12 games, so things are looking a bit better. Just hope Reading get spanked by Man Yoo and Sunderland lose tomorrow.

[Tom_Mc9?]

Five points from last three games is an improvement. A win next week and we'll be in a much healthier position.

[VillaAlways]

It was a point more than I thought we'd get. I can understand PL being cautious with our makeshift defence.

[ozzjim]

Good point, Redknapp first game. Lambert made the right changes, and we nearly nicked it at the end. We were getting hammered for a time second half, and the changes did what we needed, we got the ball and showed maturity in keeping hold of it. We were on top at the end when you would expect in his first home game they would be trying to lay siege to our goal.


I don't buy this shit that we need to make a statement on Bent either. Bringing him on today would have done nothing for the side at all the way it was going, Lambert has made it clear it is a tactical/ training issue, and it is up to the manager.

All in all a good point, it stops QPR building any momentum, we gain a point away from home, take 5 from our last 3 now and look forward to Stoke next week. The pre match thread showed how worried people were by Harry and his first home game, so to come out without losing it, I am happy.

[Irish villain]

Stoke will be a very tough game.

[Jimbo]

Dour, dour draw. I hear a lot of people say "I can see what Lambert's trying to do," but it's like an old tramp trying to chat up a super model - you can see what he's trying to do, but he's got no chance of  actually doing it.

Just as it was under Houllier, we don't have the personnel. And at the moment, we don't have the points on the board to afford Lambert the luxury of sticking to his system (which so far has been largely unsatisfactory).

We desperately need points. We might have to change things to get them.   

[Jarpie]

Would've again needed Ireland on and Lambert brings on KEA who's been poor in last games. I don't understand his selection policy, our only threatening AMC and he doesn't play Ireland.

[avfcpg]

Performance not good, result ok. Point away on the back of 3 points and a point vs Arsenal shows progress in terms of results if not performance...
With regards to Bent. Whilst I might not agree, he clearly doesn't fit with Lamberts tactics. Doesn't hold the ball up, doesn't work hard enough outside the box. Can't see the issue with not bringing him on today, he wouldn't have touched the ball...we were hardly pouring forward creating chances..