QPR v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[PaulWinch again]

Oh and Lichaj is the worst left back I've ever seen.

[brontebilly]

we have an atrocious football team. guzan, clark, baker, benteke did well. the rest verged between distinctly average and utterly hopeless. if I had to pick out a player that deserves the most abuse this week, gabby agbonlahor. absolutely useless for the umpteenth time in the past 3 seasons. Paul Lambert seems a reincarnation of the previous incumbent.

settling for a point against a team with only 5 points from 14 games says it all for the state of the football club at the moment.

[JJ-AV]

Stoke have won 4 of their last 5, drawing the other. Let's hope we catch them on an off day and get the win.

If we don't win that then we'll probably be bottom three going into the New Year.

[clash city rocker]

Rode our luck but got the point.A lot of pressure on a young team being in the position we are. Hopefully if we can keep getting something out of games they will realise that they just have to keep grafting away and points will come. Do that and it will be really interesting to see how the Sunderland and Newcastle players react when it dawns on them that they are in the shit and need to battle to survive. Last couple of seasons we have had more practice at it than they have.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

I don't buy this shit that we need to make a statement on Bent either.

Well said, that man.

Not well said.
Making a statement about there not being a Bent clause would shut the media up and put the supporters minds at rest that's it's not a financial issue.
What harm could it possibly do?

[johncvilla88]

Oh and Lichaj is the worst left back I've ever seen.

wasn't that bad when he moved to attacking right back!

[CJ]

That was woeful. We've gone from one extreme of too many overpaid average older players to too many inexperienced young ones. We desperately need to get a couple of experienced bodies in in January. All the second half I was just waiting for them to score - we seemed determined to just give them the ball. Criticism of PL's subs on the match thread was justified at the time but at least we started to look more composed. And we've postponed the media wankfest of 'Arry winning a game.

[ozzjim]

OK first half, shite second.  Happy we didn't lose and the subs PL made, stultifying though they were, worked and we came away from 'Arry Rangers with something.  It's (still) going to be a looooong old season.  I think he might keep QPR up.  I think we'll stay up too but it won't be pretty and we need reinforcements in January.  No excuses and no promising youngsters.

As an aside, the match thread has been mentioned on here over the past few days for being poisonous etc.  I enjoy most match threads as it goes, but I thought it was ruined today by bickering over whether links to streams should be allowed.  If you know how to type and you know about search engines, what is the problem?  There isn't a secret order of internet nerds who 'know' where this stuff is, I'd imagine most people use 'Google'.  It's a shame that people who often post very readable stuff seemed intent on arguing the toss when a very simple solution was at hand. 

I find the time for Lambert to call the removal vans in ridiculous in the extreme from the match thread.


Re streams, we have made the rules very clear, and people will discuss what they are watching. If others want to watch there are ways if you google it, but we are not going to post links on the site!

[Rip Van We Go Again]

OK first half, shite second.  Happy we didn't lose and the subs PL made, stultifying though they were, worked and we came away from 'Arry Rangers with something.  It's (still) going to be a looooong old season.  I think he might keep QPR up.  I think we'll stay up too but it won't be pretty and we need reinforcements in January.  No excuses and no promising youngsters.

As an aside, the match thread has been mentioned on here over the past few days for being poisonous etc.  I enjoy most match threads as it goes, but I thought it was ruined today by bickering over whether links to streams should be allowed.  If you know how to type and you know about search engines, what is the problem?  There isn't a secret order of internet nerds who 'know' where this stuff is, I'd imagine most people use 'Google'.  It's a shame that people who often post very readable stuff seemed intent on arguing the toss when a very simple solution was at hand. 

I find the time for Lambert to call the removal vans in ridiculous in the extreme from the match thread.

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[Irish villain]

We had sixteen points after 13 games last season...but we did go on an awful run second half of the season so if we can nick one or two extra wins we should be safe....

[Lizz]

PL on Sky right now. Says the players are buoyant. Praised Bentecke, no mention of Bent.

[frank black]

Lamberts a bit weird. After Ireland came on against Reading and improved the game. Why wouldn't he try the same substitution this game. Hey oh, not moaning just seems a bit weird.

Think this is a good point.

[villa `cross the mersey]

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.

You kidding? - You are happy with that pile of shit?
We should have gone at this lot from the off - next week has draw written all over it - all of the pre-season optimism has now all but evaporated as we establish that this manager, is in effect, no better that the previous one. i.e. going for the draw at places like QPR.
The total lack of ambition at the club is shocking - when ardent fans start accepting results like today its time to give up. I almost have - primarily as the football is so dire - ok we have young lads learning their trade , but the Premier League is no place to do that - buy and play Championship quality players and ultimately you will get the Championship. Rant over

[JJ-AV]

It's Benteke's 22nd birthday on Monday. Good. Tired of Lambert saying 'he's been fantastic, 21 years of age' in every.bloody.interview.

[PaulWinch again]

As I say reasonable point, and for first half hour we were pretty decent and played some nice stuff. However our team needs 3/4 quality experienced additions badly. Lichaj isn't good enough to cover left back and Delph just isn't good at all.