QPR vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Malandro]

Hutton and Taylor are a real problem, their lack of quality going forward really inhibits our play.

As is their lack of quality defending!

This and this.

[Damo70]

McClaren talking like he is some football God

After his wonderful Dutch accent a few years back, I thought after a few months at QPR he would be talking like Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins by now.

[clash city rocker]

Lads and lasers that is most number of passes we have completed in a game and 85 percent pass accuracy the most as well.  Keep the faith.

Which means absolutely zilch

Unfortunately statistics count for nothing.  Only goals for and against

[Rudy65]

We did everything but score, they did nothing but score.

Really. How many clear cut chances did we create?  Their keeper had nothing to do

McGinn after 2 mins, Tammy should have scored, Bolasie’s chance, Grealish hit the post. 68% possession. We had chances. Like I say, everything but score.

I think you are making out we played better than we did. We were bang average again

[adrenachrome]

If it wasn't for our weak goalkeeper, terrible defence, ineffective midfield and poor strikers we'd be fine.

There it is. Brucey has left us disabled, like a  Trojan Virus.

[Sexual Ealing]

That's the second time I've seen us live this season (so apologies to the faithful), and the first time I was at the back of the Holte so I felt a bit remote from the action.

I was right on top of it tonight, and we are a bad football team. Our skilful players are scared to actually do any damage - Grealish, in particular, plays like he doesn't want to harm his stats by taking a risk in the opposition's box - and our non- skilful players ought to be paid every week from a wheelbarrow in front of the Holte so that they feel the shame as they stuff the cash into their underpants (I stole this idea from Danny Baker).

We're scared of having the ball in attacking areas, and when we have it wide they cross it into the middle, where we have no players.

It was really bad.

[sickbeggar]

Hutton and Taylor are a real problem, their lack of quality going forward really inhibits our play.

I'm sure Smith knows that, but there is not a thing he can do about it at the moment, barring playing the kids. I'd get elmo back in the defence even if that causes more problems in midfield. He's been given a shitty hand of cards by Bruce really.

Elmo or Bree should play at RB.

yeah same here.. trouble is atm the moment he's trying to balance a poor defence and a unbalanced midfield with not the players to patch up both

[BoVillan esq]

He was never going to able to change our style over 5 or 6 training sessions. There is already evidence of the changes and we need defenders and it will take some time, but we’ll get there.

We will get there, it's vital he puts on the front foot, we've all just witnessed QPR, really, how much is it going to take to get our nose in front of this lot, if this is the standard, we can do it.

This is a squad used to grinding out games, sitting back on draws and being happy with that, being ecstatic with 1-0 wins that we could have won by many more, it's going to take a few games to turn this around.   

[PaulWinch again]

Deano is not being helped by the fact that Chester’s form has dropped off a cliff.

[olaftab]

Fancy football is fine but there's no steel. Too weak and "girly". Need to break some legs.

Girly?

Yes this Post Match thread has moved back to 1984.

[Jockey Randall]

I'm still pretty positive. Replace 2/3 of this team with people that can actually pass and we'll be a proper outfit at this leve8l. Even carrying a few players we've played the 2 form teams away and been unlucky to lose both imo. I'm seeing progression in the way we play and results will come.

[Legion]

Deano is not being helped by the fact that Chester’s form has dropped off a cliff.

Since Terry was no longer at CB.

[Richard]

I chose not to watch the match because I sort of knew what was going to happen and the stuffing has been knocked out of me somewhat over the last 8 years.

However I have a good feeling about the current set up and the style of play been slowly introduced. Therefore I hope we use this season as a springboard for a proper go at promotion next year. I know others think we can still make the play offs, but in the long term I'd rather sort out the squad.

[sickbeggar]

I'm still pretty positive. Replace 2/3 of this team with people that can actually pass and we'll be a proper outfit at this leve8l. Even carrying a few players we've played the 2 form teams away and been unlucky to lose both imo. I'm seeing progression in the way we play and results will come.

yep. this.

[ROBBO]

The lack of pace is killing us, when we attack we are so slow to move the ball defences have plenty of time to cover then we start passing it backwards to Hutton or Taylor.