| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford 09:39 - Jan 20 with 32666 views | E17hoop |
Someone had to start it.
I just reread Clive's match report for the home game and asked myself why I'm going to this again tonight.
Bare bones, DS players filling the bench, Handsome Ronnie back? He's bound to score in the 1-0 win. |  |
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| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 22:30 - Jan 20 with 1657 views | Hunterhoop |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 22:29 - Jan 20 by actonman |
Jules looked happy at the end ! 2 clean sheets away from home with an injury hit squad . He can now unleash the dogs and go for it in the home games !
That’s the plan …… right ?? |
Hopefully. |  | | |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 22:30 - Jan 20 with 1577 views | stainrods_elbow |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 19:53 - Jan 20 by sdm1508 |
There she is. Like clock work |
It's a message board, you boring dolt! |  |
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| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 22:31 - Jan 20 with 1649 views | BeauRanger |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 22:00 - Jan 20 by Ned_Kennedys |
Low quality game in terrible weather. Never thought Oxford could score: they look doomed. Vale’s cross at the death was just the kind of ball we should’ve been playing in all game in those conditions. A missed opportunity.
Dunne and Cook solid again, Walsh good as well. Smyth tried hard and Bennie was our best forward.
Honestly thought I’d missed Dembele being substituted at HT: his second half ‘contribution’ was diabolical. |
Agree…
Thought Vale should’ve been on for Dembele much earlier |  | | |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 22:31 - Jan 20 with 1622 views | Ned_Kennedys |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 22:09 - Jan 20 by Hunterhoop |
There’s more to life than settling for a 0-0 and that performance away to an Oxford side destined for relegation.
Surely we should have higher standards, especially if we ever want this club to progress up the league a bit? I mean we won here 3-1 last year. Why wouldn’t that be the minimum expectation again?
Let’s hold ourselves to higher standards than that performance. If we just “move on”, we aren’t. [Post edited 20 Jan 22:20]
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Since when have QPR been entitled to turn over teams away from home ‘destined for relegation’? We’ve all seen numerous QPR defeats in games like this time and time again. |  | | |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 22:34 - Jan 20 with 1577 views | loftus77 |
Let's have this right - an away point on a January night in awful conditions for football, a team clearly decimated by injuries throughout the squad (a situation which clearly worsened as the game went on), against a team desperately fighting relegation with a new manager (they would have targeted this game, be in no doubt). Ex-Premier League Southampton and Ipswich both left here with nothing this season.
I feel for our fans who paid and went - but that has to be seen as another good merited point on the road which gets us into the 40s (psychological?).
We are Rangers - for decades we lose these games 1-0, over and over again. Charity Park Rangers? Not tonight. [Post edited 20 Jan 22:37]
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| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 22:34 - Jan 20 with 1494 views | stainrods_elbow |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 20:46 - Jan 20 by davman |
Just do not look scoring AGAIN. Poor game; maybe 5 mins of quality football in that dirge.
As ever the oppo is diabolical. This is all about who can be less crap than the oppo.
*sigh* it never used to be this way. This was not what was sold to me in the late 70s, 80s and 90s... |
When I pursue that line, I'm a nostalgic idiot, apparently. | |
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| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 22:35 - Jan 20 with 1536 views | Hunterhoop |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 22:31 - Jan 20 by Ned_Kennedys |
Since when have QPR been entitled to turn over teams away from home ‘destined for relegation’? We’ve all seen numerous QPR defeats in games like this time and time again. |
I’ve not said we’re “entitled” to.
I’ve said our expectations, coming into the game where we were, should be to beat a team destined for relegation. There’s a big difference.
And I don’t think we should settle for that performance. It’s settling for mediocrity. Shouldn’t we strive for more, want more? I know this is QPR and we often struggle against the weak sides.
But this squad has had £25m spent on it the last 18 months. We’ve not had any since the days of Fernandes, Redknapp, and Hughes. Should we not expect, or at the very least hope to beat a woeful Oxford side?
Sorry, Ned, I just don’t get this mindset of settling for that performance. | | | |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 22:40 - Jan 20 with 1358 views | stainrods_elbow |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 21:45 - Jan 20 by Wegerles_Stairs |
Looks like stainrods_elbow had the right idea. |
No, I'm a f*cking idiot, not a prophet, who should be banned from the board according to some. Apparently. Never mind that the game panned out exactly as I called it.
What an embarrassing time for long-standing QPR fans like us! | |
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| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 22:42 - Jan 20 with 1385 views | DieByYourSide |
Poor game, obviously.
But people really expect that much more from the last two matches with the players we can put on the pitch? Apparently so.
Reasons why availability is so scratchy is a different debate clearly but we're without our top scorer, our most creative player, two expensive new wingers.
Not exactly surprising we're struggling to put the ball in the back of the net - even though we could've nicked that.
5pts from last 9. Keep ploughing on and doing as best we can until we can bring in reinforcements/unleash the dogs of war... [Post edited 20 Jan 22:44]
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| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 22:43 - Jan 20 with 1314 views | stainrods_elbow |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 21:52 - Jan 20 by Wilkinswatercarrier |
We all knew with the injuries that January would be tough, and so it is. We shouldn't be surprised.
Take the point and move on. |
That's right - just forget each game as we play it. That'll work. | |
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| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 22:44 - Jan 20 with 1357 views | aston_hoop |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 22:34 - Jan 20 by loftus77 |
Let's have this right - an away point on a January night in awful conditions for football, a team clearly decimated by injuries throughout the squad (a situation which clearly worsened as the game went on), against a team desperately fighting relegation with a new manager (they would have targeted this game, be in no doubt). Ex-Premier League Southampton and Ipswich both left here with nothing this season.
I feel for our fans who paid and went - but that has to be seen as another good merited point on the road which gets us into the 40s (psychological?).
We are Rangers - for decades we lose these games 1-0, over and over again. Charity Park Rangers? Not tonight. [Post edited 20 Jan 22:37]
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On the other hand, Preston, Stoke, Swansea, Sheff U and Pompey have all won there this season. The conditions are irrelevant, both teams played in them. As did every other team who won and lost across the country tonight.
We beat them 3-1 there last season. It's not a good point for me, we should have been braver. |  |
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| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 22:45 - Jan 20 with 1282 views | stainrods_elbow |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 22:09 - Jan 20 by Hunterhoop |
There’s more to life than settling for a 0-0 and that performance away to an Oxford side destined for relegation.
Surely we should have higher standards, especially if we ever want this club to progress up the league a bit? I mean we won here 3-1 last year. Why wouldn’t that be the minimum expectation again?
Let’s hold ourselves to higher standards than that performance. If we just “move on”, we aren’t. [Post edited 20 Jan 22:20]
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Apparently, asking for 'standards' makes one a 'prima donna fan' on LfW.
Do those people ever wonder if they're part of the problem? (Here's a clue - no!) | |
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| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 22:45 - Jan 20 with 1332 views | Ned_Kennedys |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 22:35 - Jan 20 by Hunterhoop |
I’ve not said we’re “entitled” to.
I’ve said our expectations, coming into the game where we were, should be to beat a team destined for relegation. There’s a big difference.
And I don’t think we should settle for that performance. It’s settling for mediocrity. Shouldn’t we strive for more, want more? I know this is QPR and we often struggle against the weak sides.
But this squad has had £25m spent on it the last 18 months. We’ve not had any since the days of Fernandes, Redknapp, and Hughes. Should we not expect, or at the very least hope to beat a woeful Oxford side?
Sorry, Ned, I just don’t get this mindset of settling for that performance. |
It wasn’t great but I couldn’t see a lack of effort from any of them (apart from Dembele perhaps). Think the weather conspired against us: it’s hard to play decent football in that wind and rain. Brought us down to Oxford’s level quite frankly. Our forwards have been poor two games in a row: Bennie far better than Kone or Kolli tonight.
It seems that the presumption we should beat teams below us every time is more rife this season: people very upset with a draw at Sheffield United for example. Two draws and two clean sheets are decent enough returns this week IMO. | | | |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 22:49 - Jan 20 with 1259 views | PunteR |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 22:45 - Jan 20 by Ned_Kennedys |
It wasn’t great but I couldn’t see a lack of effort from any of them (apart from Dembele perhaps). Think the weather conspired against us: it’s hard to play decent football in that wind and rain. Brought us down to Oxford’s level quite frankly. Our forwards have been poor two games in a row: Bennie far better than Kone or Kolli tonight.
It seems that the presumption we should beat teams below us every time is more rife this season: people very upset with a draw at Sheffield United for example. Two draws and two clean sheets are decent enough returns this week IMO. |
Yeh i'd go along with that. Injuries haven't been too kind either. Plus a crap ref tonight.
But i couldn't fault anyone for effort..
Oxford were rubbish but we dropped our standards to their level. |  |
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| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 22:50 - Jan 20 with 1250 views | JamieNaz |
It was very poor.
Can see very little positives from that.
Was in the Oxford end with a colleague and it was just a desperately poor quality match.
Conditions didn't help, but we lacked any quality so didn't deserve anything.
Would like to see us at least try something different. Two banks of 4 and letting them have the ball isn't it | | | |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 22:54 - Jan 20 with 1171 views | Boston |
...on the bright side, we don't play in yellow. | |
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| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 22:55 - Jan 20 with 1174 views | Loft1979 |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 21:59 - Jan 20 by HammersmithR |
Absolutely painful watch. We have zero creativity. No composure on the ball. Just lump it forward and hope for the best. Dembele is so poor. Gets worse every time I see him play. Both matches against Oxford this season have been absolutely dreadful. |
Not sure the starting role is for him. Vale was selected ahead of him prior to injury and I think (opposition based) Vale should be the better option and Keeley next.
Dembele, to me, could be a high impact sub. |  | | |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 22:59 - Jan 20 with 1107 views | rottcodd |
Unbeaten match run extended to 3!
Thought the effort from the players was generally good. Both teams seemed unable to figure out how to play downwind on a bouncy pitch...keep the ball on the ground? [Post edited 20 Jan 22:59]
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| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 23:21 - Jan 20 with 978 views | ParkRoyalR |
No creativity you say,
Just waiting for West London Sport to give Madsen his customary 7/10,
This team needs Chair & Varane back asap. | | | |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 23:46 - Jan 20 with 877 views | Ned_Kennedys |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 23:21 - Jan 20 by ParkRoyalR |
No creativity you say,
Just waiting for West London Sport to give Madsen his customary 7/10,
This team needs Chair & Varane back asap. |
Yeah Varane will help with the creativity….. | | | |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 23:55 - Jan 20 with 837 views | E17hoop |
Just back after a fun drive in torrential rain.
Meh. | |
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| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 00:00 - Jan 21 with 779 views | stainrods_elbow |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 23:55 - Jan 20 by E17hoop |
Just back after a fun drive in torrential rain.
Meh. |
I'm sorry for you. I'm sorry for all of us. | |
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| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 00:05 - Jan 21 with 790 views | R_from_afar |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 22:31 - Jan 20 by Ned_Kennedys |
Since when have QPR been entitled to turn over teams away from home ‘destined for relegation’? We’ve all seen numerous QPR defeats in games like this time and time again. |
Agreed, although we were very poor, at least we kept a clean sheet and didn't go away empty-handed.
For most of the second half, that felt to me like a defeat waiting to happen. A classic QPR capitulation seemed inevitable.
What on earth happened at halftime, did someone swap the energy drinks for Ovaltine and a couple of Nytol? We were so passive, as if the game were already won.
One other thing: I may be mistaken but we didn't seem to have anyone who could successfully dribble a football, not even over a short distance. I'll admit it's a difficult skill, I was never good at it, but my word, it's a real concern if we have no one capable of that. |  |
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| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 00:08 - Jan 21 with 780 views | JamesB1979 |
Just back. Abysmal. Smyth did well and Esqerdinha didn’t look out of place. But that was a game in 2nd tier of England?? What sums us up was a good break and Kone has ball on right, looks up and Bennie is 2 yards offside waving to his mum in the crowd. What on earth are they doing in training? Edwards is not fit enough?? If he was blind and on one leg, he’d still be our best player. He hasn’t played a single minute since he was signed. | | | |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 00:11 - Jan 21 with 755 views | Ned_Kennedys |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 22:10 - Jan 20 by 1JD |
Unwatchable dirge.
Several players major culprits as to why we can’t keep the ball and play actual football. Mbengue, Smyth, spring to mind, again and again, game after game. Kone also gives the ball away with alarming regularity.
Far too many players in this side / squad who are nowhere near good enough on the ball. |
Not sure why you are calling Smyth out: had a good game and never stopped trying to run at them. Decent shot as well. MOTM for me. | | | |
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