| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players 16:38 - Mar 20 with 7223 views | numptydumpty | I think would have been more satisfied with Warburton s share of blame. He said he wanted and said at half time more intensity from the team. So he gives it 10 minutes. Defensive errors and clearly lack of intensity blamed on the three players he took off, Gray, Amos and Dozzell. His substitutions destroyed the intensity even more. So he blames by his actions Amos Dozzell and Gray. INCORRECT!!! It was his decision to do that so by pissing off our two most improved players recently and one who has hardly got a look in recently through no fault of his own, what message has that sent out to our more improving players. The statement Warburton needs to make before our next game is to send both Hendrick and Sanderson back to their parent clubs . Nothing is to be gained for us in the long term for us with these two here. Rest of season. Develop from within. That philosophy had been working but the loan gambles need to be acknowledged as a complete failure and we need to prepare with guys that are likely to be here for next season Was not happy with Warburton s interview |  |
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| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players on 23:19 - Mar 20 with 2150 views | ozexile |
| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players on 17:59 - Mar 20 by numptydumpty | But plenty Questions needed to be aske d as said.. Not sure where the beliefs about Barbet leaving or wanting more money come from. But the questions allow banal pointless answers If Barbet wants to leave for more money I would respond by saying that. Makes Warburton s decisions less baffling. |
If Warburton has dropped Barbet cause he won't sign he needs his head examining. What manager would derail a season over that? |  | |  |
| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players on 08:30 - Mar 21 with 2001 views | superhoopdownunder | You could say we were over achieving up to the end of January. Then we started talking about promotion (players and manager) Ever since then we have been rubbish. Also this coincides with us signing Henrick and Sanderson. Neither of which has worked out and has meant better performed QPR players were either dropped or have gone out on loan. There are question marks against the manager with strange team selections and changes Has he bottled it? Has he lost the dressing room by insisting on playing the poor performing Hendrick? Question marks against the players. Why are they playing so poorly? Why do minor injuries always take a long time to recover from? Too many under performers in this team. I don’t think the board will be happy with how this season is turning out. Based on comments in the annual report I think they were looking for at least play offs this season. The wheels have fallen off. The club need to find out why and need to sort it out asap. |  | |  |
| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players on 08:48 - Mar 21 with 1972 views | TheChef |
| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players on 08:30 - Mar 21 by superhoopdownunder | You could say we were over achieving up to the end of January. Then we started talking about promotion (players and manager) Ever since then we have been rubbish. Also this coincides with us signing Henrick and Sanderson. Neither of which has worked out and has meant better performed QPR players were either dropped or have gone out on loan. There are question marks against the manager with strange team selections and changes Has he bottled it? Has he lost the dressing room by insisting on playing the poor performing Hendrick? Question marks against the players. Why are they playing so poorly? Why do minor injuries always take a long time to recover from? Too many under performers in this team. I don’t think the board will be happy with how this season is turning out. Based on comments in the annual report I think they were looking for at least play offs this season. The wheels have fallen off. The club need to find out why and need to sort it out asap. |
If you're going to dig out individuals, Chair missed the whole of January, we did alright in that month. As mentioned before it's been a collective failure since the beginning of February, hard to pinpoint the precise reasons why. But of course as fans we always need a boo boy or two. |  |
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| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players on 10:39 - Mar 21 with 1889 views | PBLOCK | I think we need to take time to have a look at where we currently are We are 8th and still in with a chance, less of a chance than we possibly would have wanted with some of the recent fixtures and performances but a chance nonetheless We have two weeks to work on the training ground hopefully get a couple of players back and then go again for the final straight If we all give up on the Play offs we can’t then moan if players phone in performances for the next 6-7 weeks. We have to believe that we can get back to form win a couple on the bounce and go again. All the teams around will lose again this season and a lot of our games are against teams around us so it’s all to play for Remember when we stayed up in the Prem (Aguero and all that) our last 5 home games were Liverpool, Arsenal, Swansea ,Spurs and Stoke. How many of us honestly thought we’d win the lot I know I didn’t Let’s get behind them and believe until it’s mathematically not possible because with Rangers you never know |  | |  |
| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players on 11:25 - Mar 21 with 1819 views | Benny_the_Ball |
| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players on 17:54 - Mar 20 by LazyFan | This. I think this is the problem. Barbet has refused to sign and wants way more money (which he's probably worth to be fair). So, now the club sees what it's like without him. The problem is this has not killed our meagre play off changes. At least now we can experiment as we are safe relegation and have zero chance of playoffs. As I said before, 7th is our best hope. |
Barbet may well be leaving at the end of the season but until then he's still our player and is being paid to do a job so he should play. Barbet strikes me as a model professional and I have little doubt that he would put in a shift and look to leave on a high. Mathematically QPR still have a realistic chance of making the play-offs. Now is not the time to experiment, especially with a defender who is not even our player and isn't an improvement on what we have. It's this experimentation (particularly Hendrick and Sanderson) that appears to have unsettled the group. |  | |  |
| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players on 11:48 - Mar 21 with 1780 views | themodfather | warbs sends the team out, selects the formation and has done the motivation, we lose form and he has no input? it has been a good season overall, sadly to have been so near and seemingly, for now, lose it is galling but we are doing what many hoped for, mid table stability for a few years and no drop zone panics ! |  | |  |
| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players on 12:34 - Mar 21 with 1725 views | BklynRanger |
| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players on 11:25 - Mar 21 by Benny_the_Ball | Barbet may well be leaving at the end of the season but until then he's still our player and is being paid to do a job so he should play. Barbet strikes me as a model professional and I have little doubt that he would put in a shift and look to leave on a high. Mathematically QPR still have a realistic chance of making the play-offs. Now is not the time to experiment, especially with a defender who is not even our player and isn't an improvement on what we have. It's this experimentation (particularly Hendrick and Sanderson) that appears to have unsettled the group. |
Yeah agree with that. For my own sanity though I'm not going to believe any Barbet contract situation theory unless we start to hear a lot more about it - would indeed be a mental decision. He talked about being able to play more on the front foot, and praised Sanderson's pace and power, so he seems to have decided to try to shoehorn that in at the expense of a very steadying member of the back three. As with Hendrick, I've got a better opinion of him than many I think, but he was picked up at the last minute when he couldn't get another 10 and, similarly, trying to get him into the side has caused more trouble than it's worth. |  | |  |
| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players on 12:39 - Mar 21 with 1695 views | Benny_the_Ball |
| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players on 10:39 - Mar 21 by PBLOCK | I think we need to take time to have a look at where we currently are We are 8th and still in with a chance, less of a chance than we possibly would have wanted with some of the recent fixtures and performances but a chance nonetheless We have two weeks to work on the training ground hopefully get a couple of players back and then go again for the final straight If we all give up on the Play offs we can’t then moan if players phone in performances for the next 6-7 weeks. We have to believe that we can get back to form win a couple on the bounce and go again. All the teams around will lose again this season and a lot of our games are against teams around us so it’s all to play for Remember when we stayed up in the Prem (Aguero and all that) our last 5 home games were Liverpool, Arsenal, Swansea ,Spurs and Stoke. How many of us honestly thought we’d win the lot I know I didn’t Let’s get behind them and believe until it’s mathematically not possible because with Rangers you never know |
This. Obviously I'm unhappy with recent results and performances but QPR are still in with a good shout of making the play-offs. Quite a few of the remaining fixtures are against teams in and around us; win those and the picture (and mood) changes dramatically. It's time like these that the manager and players need a little help from the supporters so let's get behind them and save the autopsy (if its required) for later. |  | |  | Login to get fewer ads
| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players on 16:24 - Mar 21 with 1562 views | NewBee | If there are questions which need to be asked of the manager, then don't expect the official site to ask them. Ever. I remember many years ago a mate got me into the players' bar at White Hart Lane after a Spurs game. They had a young striker who had made his debut that day, but after the game, he spent 15 minutes giving it large to anyone who'd listen what a greedy tosser Teddy Sheringham was - "wouldn't ever give me the ball, even when I was in miles of space etc". I say "15 minutes", because that's when Teddy came in after giving his post match interviews from the touchline, meaning that our gobby youngster shut up pronto. Anyhow, my mate showed me the programme from Spurs next home game, where this youngster was interviewed about his debut. In it, he was gushing about "how helpful Teddy had been in getting him through the game etc" - a complete load of cobblers. Anyhow, I wonder whatever happened to the kid? Steve Slade was his name, iirc... |  | |  |
| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players on 16:46 - Mar 21 with 1534 views | PinnerPaul |
| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players on 17:09 - Mar 20 by numptydumpty | He subbed the best three players though. |
Amos - who was having, I don't know a 6/10 game, Dozzell didn't make as many mistakes as the others because he hardly got near the ball and Gray missed two really good chances - as I said, I'm not having the subs lost us the match. |  | |  |
| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players on 16:50 - Mar 21 with 1522 views | PinnerPaul |
| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players on 17:54 - Mar 20 by LazyFan | This. I think this is the problem. Barbet has refused to sign and wants way more money (which he's probably worth to be fair). So, now the club sees what it's like without him. The problem is this has not killed our meagre play off changes. At least now we can experiment as we are safe relegation and have zero chance of playoffs. As I said before, 7th is our best hope. |
Where did that come from? Seen two interviews - one with Barbet and one with Les and BOTH said contract discussions had not even started yet, Les added that applied to all the out of contract players. Makes complete sense because offers will be drastically different in PL or Championship - club and players would both be daft to offer/accept anything at the moment. |  | |  |
| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players on 16:51 - Mar 21 with 1515 views | PinnerPaul |
| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players on 18:16 - Mar 20 by MelakaRanger | And didn’t he say that the Boos from the crowd were deserved? Comes to something when the clubs manager admits that the crowd booing was warranted. |
Yes he did - but above people say they want honesty, but maybe not THAT much honesty??????! |  | |  |
| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players on 16:52 - Mar 21 with 1511 views | PinnerPaul |
| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players on 19:13 - Mar 20 by Lanhoop | Or anyone else between now and the end of the season. |
That's the spirit |  | |  |
| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players on 16:54 - Mar 21 with 1501 views | PinnerPaul |
| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players on 19:22 - Mar 20 by ngbqpr | I read the interview on the BBC website. He says poor performance = collective responsibility from him downwards, and acknowledges the boos were deserved and should be burning in the ears of players & management alike. So I don’t get the OP. Horrible day / result/ performance, MW at fault along with the team - but he certainly doesn’t hide from it. Oh and on the Beeb, Mcann says we bossed the first half - which let’s face it, we did. I don’t believe anyone saw how this would play out after half an hour or so, or as Gray’s header hit the post. What most surprised me was that uncharacteristically, I thought MW panicked with his choice of subs, rather than take five after the two in a minute madness. |
Fair summary, but there was something 'odd' about the atmosphere, even after we scored it was deadly quiet, AND they did hit the bar before Gray hit the post, so when they scored it wasn't a total shock. |  | |  |
| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players on 18:48 - Mar 21 with 1447 views | baz_qpr | Queens Park Strangers... Too much tinkering, in terms of partnerships Goalie new Adomah with Dunne RCB new partnership Sanderson LCB with Mcallam new partnership Back 3 played in those positions together once Field in front of Dickie once Amos, Field, Dozzell, played all together once Chair / Gray playing in front of that midfield five for the 1st time That means nothing is second nature everything requires a split second extra thinking time, when to make a run, where player x will be etc |  | |  |
| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players on 10:29 - Mar 23 with 1288 views | francisbowles |
| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players on 16:54 - Mar 21 by PinnerPaul | Fair summary, but there was something 'odd' about the atmosphere, even after we scored it was deadly quiet, AND they did hit the bar before Gray hit the post, so when they scored it wasn't a total shock. |
The 12.20 effect! |  | |  |
| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players on 10:57 - Mar 23 with 1249 views | Northernr |
| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players on 10:29 - Mar 23 by francisbowles | The 12.20 effect! |
Moving that game was a joke to start with. We've had so few Saturday 3pm kick offs. We're trying to build a support base here. Kills the atmosphere, stops loads of kids who play Sunday morning football coming. We can't play Saturday after Wednesday when we've got two weeks off coming up? Honestly I think we've got a bit obsessed with this this season. The ponsing about with the Barnsley game because they couldn't possibly play Saturday evening and then at Millwall on Tuesday another example. |  | |  |
| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players on 13:07 - Mar 23 with 1119 views | ngbqpr |
| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players on 10:57 - Mar 23 by Northernr | Moving that game was a joke to start with. We've had so few Saturday 3pm kick offs. We're trying to build a support base here. Kills the atmosphere, stops loads of kids who play Sunday morning football coming. We can't play Saturday after Wednesday when we've got two weeks off coming up? Honestly I think we've got a bit obsessed with this this season. The ponsing about with the Barnsley game because they couldn't possibly play Saturday evening and then at Millwall on Tuesday another example. |
Also don't get why it had to be 12.30. Why not 2 or 3pm? All those with Sun am activities or long journeys can then make it...more drinking time for atmosphere...etc etc. |  |
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| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players on 17:19 - Mar 26 with 825 views | PinnerPaul |
| Warburton interview seems to place blame on the players on 10:57 - Mar 23 by Northernr | Moving that game was a joke to start with. We've had so few Saturday 3pm kick offs. We're trying to build a support base here. Kills the atmosphere, stops loads of kids who play Sunday morning football coming. We can't play Saturday after Wednesday when we've got two weeks off coming up? Honestly I think we've got a bit obsessed with this this season. The ponsing about with the Barnsley game because they couldn't possibly play Saturday evening and then at Millwall on Tuesday another example. |
Totally agree and and I'll admit I have got obsessed with the obsession! The quote that blew my mind was MW saying the biggest 'problem' with the Bournemouth game was the fact we had NOT played for 3 weeks! |  | |  |
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