| Couple of general observations from today 20:59 - Apr 15 with 8452 views | VancouverHoop |
Second half showed the return of Ilias Chair. Not only that but, I think provided he stays, he could – maybe should – be team captain next season. He now has enough experience at this level, and today showed real leadership. More importantly we simply have to get younger and faster. He's could be touchstone for that.
Which is the second point. Our subs today simply killed our momentum when they came on. They were just plain off the pace. Their experience was important, vital even, last season but now their time is clearly past. I realise contracts are an issue but that can't be helped. If this season has proved anything it's that they're an anchor on overall on team performance. |  | | |  |
| Couple of general observations from today on 21:17 - Apr 15 with 6061 views | Hunterhoop |
Fair is fair. Chair was excellent second half. More direct, moved it quicker, better crosses, got to the byline a couple of times, and of course the goal! What impressed me most in that second half was in the last 5 min he sprinted back to close an oppo player down just outside our box. Looked shattered (but also leaner) today.
Really good performance from him, and, no surprise, we looked a lot better going forward as a team, as a result. I stand by that, without Willock, him playing badly is a major issue for us because we lack pace. Him playing well, like today, and we look a different side. His second half performance was miles better than anything he’s shown since he returned from AFCON.
He’s not a captain though. Not yet. |  | | |
| Couple of general observations from today on 21:25 - Apr 15 with 6024 views | QPROslo |
| Couple of general observations from today on 21:17 - Apr 15 by Hunterhoop |
Fair is fair. Chair was excellent second half. More direct, moved it quicker, better crosses, got to the byline a couple of times, and of course the goal! What impressed me most in that second half was in the last 5 min he sprinted back to close an oppo player down just outside our box. Looked shattered (but also leaner) today.
Really good performance from him, and, no surprise, we looked a lot better going forward as a team, as a result. I stand by that, without Willock, him playing badly is a major issue for us because we lack pace. Him playing well, like today, and we look a different side. His second half performance was miles better than anything he’s shown since he returned from AFCON.
He’s not a captain though. Not yet. |
Yes, that was the best I've seen from Chair in a long time, and he improved our performance considerably. | | | |
| Couple of general observations from today on 21:31 - Apr 15 with 5975 views | danehoop |
Think (not) playing for Morocco has put him back a bit and its taken him time to get into the swing of playing with what is effectively a new squad/formation without his wingman and also losing Wallace. When the 3 of them were playing together there was real menace, pace and trickery down the left. Now he is having to step up and cover all 3 elements. Think having Thomas and Amos around him helps him a lot though as they both have a bit of pace and determination. |  |
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| Couple of general observations from today on 21:33 - Apr 15 with 5965 views | Galileo |
Being named MOTM should further boost his confidence | | | |
| Couple of general observations from today on 21:38 - Apr 15 with 5923 views | Antti_Heinola |
He was excellent.
Been a few people suggesting the team doesn't care lately - I don't believe that, but I will certainly never believe it of Chair. Puts his all in, every time. As someone said above, one lung busting run near the end to close them down was phenomenal after all his work. Running to get the ball after the equaliser as well showed he still believes.
But all round, really good performance today and probably should have won. |  |
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| Couple of general observations from today on 22:03 - Apr 15 with 5803 views | nix |
| Couple of general observations from today on 21:38 - Apr 15 by Antti_Heinola |
He was excellent.
Been a few people suggesting the team doesn't care lately - I don't believe that, but I will certainly never believe it of Chair. Puts his all in, every time. As someone said above, one lung busting run near the end to close them down was phenomenal after all his work. Running to get the ball after the equaliser as well showed he still believes.
But all round, really good performance today and probably should have won. |
I honestly never thought they didn't care. If anything they cared too much and felt the pressure while not playing well and not being able to turn it round. |  | | |
| Couple of general observations from today on 22:30 - Apr 15 with 5685 views | johncharles |
Thomas deserves a mention. Full of energy and kept things going in the first half when the team was sagging. |  |
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| Couple of general observations from today on 22:49 - Apr 15 with 5578 views | Myke |
| Couple of general observations from today on 22:30 - Apr 15 by johncharles |
Thomas deserves a mention. Full of energy and kept things going in the first half when the team was sagging. |
Very true. Only problem is, I don't think he is very good. If we had (an interested) Gray on earlier, I think we could have won the game. This contradicts a post I put up earlier in the week, when I praised the value of a committed player over one who is better but lazier. I know nothing [Post edited 16 Apr 2022 0:15]
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| Couple of general observations from today on 22:57 - Apr 15 with 5542 views | bob566 |
Thought Thomas was excellent. Full backs and chair too. Thought dykes was poor myself. Every time he seemed to be losing his footing ending up on the ground. | | | |
| Couple of general observations from today on 23:27 - Apr 15 with 5409 views | VancouverHoop |
| Couple of general observations from today on 22:30 - Apr 15 by johncharles |
Thomas deserves a mention. Full of energy and kept things going in the first half when the team was sagging. |
There are bags of potential there. He'll benefit from more minutes I think/hope, which he should get in these final games. | | | |
| Couple of general observations from today on 23:37 - Apr 15 with 5380 views | VancouverHoop |
| Couple of general observations from today on 21:17 - Apr 15 by Hunterhoop |
Fair is fair. Chair was excellent second half. More direct, moved it quicker, better crosses, got to the byline a couple of times, and of course the goal! What impressed me most in that second half was in the last 5 min he sprinted back to close an oppo player down just outside our box. Looked shattered (but also leaner) today.
Really good performance from him, and, no surprise, we looked a lot better going forward as a team, as a result. I stand by that, without Willock, him playing badly is a major issue for us because we lack pace. Him playing well, like today, and we look a different side. His second half performance was miles better than anything he’s shown since he returned from AFCON.
He’s not a captain though. Not yet. |
I dunno. We'll likely need one next season. Especially if Johansen is a serial non-starter again, and Wallace and Barbet are gone/broken. I think he'd grow into the responsibility. Doubly so if Willock is gone. [Post edited 15 Apr 2022 23:37]
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| Couple of general observations from today on 00:49 - Apr 16 with 5174 views | Damo1962 |
| Couple of general observations from today on 23:27 - Apr 15 by VancouverHoop |
There are bags of potential there. He'll benefit from more minutes I think/hope, which he should get in these final games. |
Needs a goal. Could be the making of him. | | | |
| Couple of general observations from today on 00:51 - Apr 16 with 5169 views | Damo1962 |
| Couple of general observations from today on 22:57 - Apr 15 by bob566 |
Thought Thomas was excellent. Full backs and chair too. Thought dykes was poor myself. Every time he seemed to be losing his footing ending up on the ground. |
Dykes is a lost cause...like Washington before him. Hope he is gone in the summer. | | | |
| Couple of general observations from today on 01:26 - Apr 16 with 5131 views | numptydumpty |
| Couple of general observations from today on 00:51 - Apr 16 by Damo1962 |
Dykes is a lost cause...like Washington before him. Hope he is gone in the summer. |
Yet we have seen a few games to know that there is a player in there, unfortunately most of those seem to have been in the shirt of bonnie Scotland !!!! |  |
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| Couple of general observations from today on 07:14 - Apr 16 with 4922 views | dmm |
I've been a staunch defender of Dykes to date, but I admit I'm increasingly frustrated with him since his return from injury. Previously, if he wasn't scoring or playing all that well, he'd at least be giving the oppos CBs hell. At the moment he doesn't seem to be doing even that. He needs to put the proverbial shift in on Monday.
Thomas is another one who frustrates me. He is an endearing trier but almost never produces an end product. He's had two seasons with us now and had enough time to show his abilities in a match situation. For me, he's simply not up to the standard we need.
That said, very pleased with the overall team yesterday! |  | | |
| Couple of general observations from today on 07:17 - Apr 16 with 4911 views | DWQPR |
I was thinking myself last night with Chair, that there is a QPR captain in that player. He loves the club and at the end you could see he was devastated that we didn’t win. Another 0ayer deserving a mention is Dozzell. He was everything in midfield that neither Johanssen or Hendrick isn’t. Picking some excellent passes without hoofing, along the floor and through the Huddersfield lines. A midfield three of him, Amos and Field are the way forward with a fit again Willock, Chair and Dykes/ Austin upfront. And with a back four, if Moses wins that contract extension then him on the right and hopefully we can sort something out with McCallum. If the central defence is Dunne and Dickie then Senny really needs to add being a sweeper keeper to his already outstanding abilities. | |
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| Couple of general observations from today on 07:56 - Apr 16 with 4796 views | PunteR |
Not sure if it was just me but It seemed Westwood wanted to punt the ball higher up the pitch rather then just passing to our full backs. We seemed to be playing higher up the pitch than previous games anyway.
The passing out from the back frustrates me as we just sit so deep. I get the philosophy that it means we retain the ball for longer but if we can't move the ball quickly (which we haven't in previous games) we just sit in our half inviting pressure.
We looked like we had more intention to move quicker up the pitch is my casual observation. A solid performance. |  |
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| Couple of general observations from today on 08:04 - Apr 16 with 4766 views | SK_hoops |
| Couple of general observations from today on 07:17 - Apr 16 by DWQPR |
I was thinking myself last night with Chair, that there is a QPR captain in that player. He loves the club and at the end you could see he was devastated that we didn’t win. Another 0ayer deserving a mention is Dozzell. He was everything in midfield that neither Johanssen or Hendrick isn’t. Picking some excellent passes without hoofing, along the floor and through the Huddersfield lines. A midfield three of him, Amos and Field are the way forward with a fit again Willock, Chair and Dykes/ Austin upfront. And with a back four, if Moses wins that contract extension then him on the right and hopefully we can sort something out with McCallum. If the central defence is Dunne and Dickie then Senny really needs to add being a sweeper keeper to his already outstanding abilities. |
Had a nice big slice of humble pie for breakfast this morning as i slagged off Dozzell in the match thread after a couple of sloppy passes. He really came into his own and produced a great no nonsense performance. One of his best for the club. | | | |
| Couple of general observations from today on 08:40 - Apr 16 with 4672 views | ozranger |
| Couple of general observations from today on 07:14 - Apr 16 by dmm |
I've been a staunch defender of Dykes to date, but I admit I'm increasingly frustrated with him since his return from injury. Previously, if he wasn't scoring or playing all that well, he'd at least be giving the oppos CBs hell. At the moment he doesn't seem to be doing even that. He needs to put the proverbial shift in on Monday.
Thomas is another one who frustrates me. He is an endearing trier but almost never produces an end product. He's had two seasons with us now and had enough time to show his abilities in a match situation. For me, he's simply not up to the standard we need.
That said, very pleased with the overall team yesterday! |
Me too. However, it is interesting that all of you are reaching these judgements of Dykes from the television view as opposed to being at the game - no criticism of those who did not attend. The thing is, at the game you see his runs, time after time hoping to get a ball sent down the line behind the defenders. His work off the ball yesterday in the first half, especially, was actually not too bad. The trouble is that we do not see those type of balls at all which is why Gray is also quite frustrated out there with the rare ball sent over the top to chase. Dykes seemed to have died in the second and was obviously distraught with his own performance when he knew he was coming off.
As to their first goal there was something that we saw that obviously was different on television. Was Dunne that far away from the ball that he could not have tried to stop that corner? It appeared to us he just gave up and was happy for the corner when he could have belted it up the field. From our view in the stand he appeared only a metre or so away and could have taken one step and then sent it north. Not a single mention anywhere on here, so asking if he really was that far back and the angle we viewed it (with it right in front of us) was so different. And speaking of Dunne, was it shown on tv that Westwood had a good little chat with him late in the first half after his, what appeared to be, quite a nightmare up to that point? |  | | |
| Couple of general observations from today on 09:05 - Apr 16 with 4565 views | stevec |
| Couple of general observations from today on 07:14 - Apr 16 by dmm |
I've been a staunch defender of Dykes to date, but I admit I'm increasingly frustrated with him since his return from injury. Previously, if he wasn't scoring or playing all that well, he'd at least be giving the oppos CBs hell. At the moment he doesn't seem to be doing even that. He needs to put the proverbial shift in on Monday.
Thomas is another one who frustrates me. He is an endearing trier but almost never produces an end product. He's had two seasons with us now and had enough time to show his abilities in a match situation. For me, he's simply not up to the standard we need.
That said, very pleased with the overall team yesterday! |
Agree. Thomas does work hard but bit of a nearly man, nearly got onto McCallum cross, nearly got his feet right for a deflection to the far post though admittedly a very difficult chance, nearly played a simple ball to put Dykes through but a pass that instead could have put Dykes in for a red card. Possibly one of these things actually coming off might transform him but at the mo I can see him being a regular if we become a bottom half side, not so sure if we are a top half side. He needs to step up.
Never taken to Dykes, maybe Dyche could find a way but I’m asking too much here. |  | | |
| Couple of general observations from today on 09:10 - Apr 16 with 4564 views | distortR |
| Couple of general observations from today on 08:40 - Apr 16 by ozranger |
Me too. However, it is interesting that all of you are reaching these judgements of Dykes from the television view as opposed to being at the game - no criticism of those who did not attend. The thing is, at the game you see his runs, time after time hoping to get a ball sent down the line behind the defenders. His work off the ball yesterday in the first half, especially, was actually not too bad. The trouble is that we do not see those type of balls at all which is why Gray is also quite frustrated out there with the rare ball sent over the top to chase. Dykes seemed to have died in the second and was obviously distraught with his own performance when he knew he was coming off.
As to their first goal there was something that we saw that obviously was different on television. Was Dunne that far away from the ball that he could not have tried to stop that corner? It appeared to us he just gave up and was happy for the corner when he could have belted it up the field. From our view in the stand he appeared only a metre or so away and could have taken one step and then sent it north. Not a single mention anywhere on here, so asking if he really was that far back and the angle we viewed it (with it right in front of us) was so different. And speaking of Dunne, was it shown on tv that Westwood had a good little chat with him late in the first half after his, what appeared to be, quite a nightmare up to that point? |
well done for going, mate.
Westwood having a chat with Dunne is interesting - I'm one of those who would have been happy to see the youngster start yesterday, but I guess that chat you mention is one thing he isn't going to give you, where experience and organisation is so important in that position. | | | |
| Couple of general observations from today on 09:42 - Apr 16 with 4466 views | ParkRoyalR |
| Couple of general observations from today on 00:51 - Apr 16 by Damo1962 |
Dykes is a lost cause...like Washington before him. Hope he is gone in the summer. |
Lost cause, excellent Centre Forward play to set up 1st goal, decent pass with weaker foot to create overlap on left, turned and got into good position at far-post, creating space for Amos to actually finish the cross which he could have.
Led the line well, ran a lot of channels and won maybe half dozen headers when again players weren't anticipating and weren't close enough too.
Only for a poor pass from Thomas, maybe could have got the winner.
I gave up on Washington after 5 games, I still see what a fully fit Dykes offers a Mark Warburton /Steve Clarke lone striker formation. | | | |
| Couple of general observations from today on 09:43 - Apr 16 with 4464 views | terryb |
| Couple of general observations from today on 08:40 - Apr 16 by ozranger |
Me too. However, it is interesting that all of you are reaching these judgements of Dykes from the television view as opposed to being at the game - no criticism of those who did not attend. The thing is, at the game you see his runs, time after time hoping to get a ball sent down the line behind the defenders. His work off the ball yesterday in the first half, especially, was actually not too bad. The trouble is that we do not see those type of balls at all which is why Gray is also quite frustrated out there with the rare ball sent over the top to chase. Dykes seemed to have died in the second and was obviously distraught with his own performance when he knew he was coming off.
As to their first goal there was something that we saw that obviously was different on television. Was Dunne that far away from the ball that he could not have tried to stop that corner? It appeared to us he just gave up and was happy for the corner when he could have belted it up the field. From our view in the stand he appeared only a metre or so away and could have taken one step and then sent it north. Not a single mention anywhere on here, so asking if he really was that far back and the angle we viewed it (with it right in front of us) was so different. And speaking of Dunne, was it shown on tv that Westwood had a good little chat with him late in the first half after his, what appeared to be, quite a nightmare up to that point? |
I was watching on television oz & directly the ball went for a corner I stated that Dunne could have got that. I don't think that it crossed his mind that it could be anything other than a corner.
Interesting to read about the runs Dykes was making. They didn't show up, but the Thomas runs definitely did. The space he was creating for others & dragging defenders to where they didn't want to go was a major contribution to our performance. | | | |
| Couple of general observations from today on 09:54 - Apr 16 with 4406 views | TGRRRSSS |
TV often cannot show so much off view runs and work etc and work rate thats going on that you can see at the match - especially if you focus bit on watching a specific player, as many do like to do.
The TV shows broadly the on ball action but it's harder to follow stuff thats happening but just out of view.
Has Dykes lost focus? or is he simply returning from injury - I don 't think it's helped peoples view of him that he went off for international duty after being away for a quite a while from QPR and seemingly appearing to not want to play for QPR lest it affect international chances.
This maybe totoally unfair but that view did start to appear a bit. |  | | |
| Couple of general observations from today on 09:58 - Apr 16 with 4390 views | OldPedro |
| Couple of general observations from today on 09:43 - Apr 16 by terryb |
I was watching on television oz & directly the ball went for a corner I stated that Dunne could have got that. I don't think that it crossed his mind that it could be anything other than a corner.
Interesting to read about the runs Dykes was making. They didn't show up, but the Thomas runs definitely did. The space he was creating for others & dragging defenders to where they didn't want to go was a major contribution to our performance. |
I was at the game too and I thought that both Dykes and Thomas made some good off the ball runs - in the first half Moses in particular didn't seem to spot them and kept turning back/inside instead of opening up his body to give him the option of playing forward.
McCallum was more forward looking and in the first half most of our threats came down the left.
Thought there was a lot more energy in the team today |  |
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