MATCHWATCH : Queens Park Rangers (a)

[Hound]

Honestly couldn’t care what the managers say or do after a game

5 mins after a disappointing finish and result, natural reaction just to pick an obvious excuse to help deflect blame on him or the players

[South Coast Royal]

Honestly couldn’t care what the managers say or do after a game

5 mins after a disappointing finish and result, natural reaction just to pick an obvious excuse to help deflect blame on him or the players

What about before a game?
It was good to hear the reasoning behind why son Tom wasn't a starter or don't you care about that either?.
What if he had told us that Hutchinson will be out for the season-still wouldn't care about that?

I always want to hear what the manager has to say as I continue to be interested in hearing anything to do with our club.

[Royal_jimmy]

These management complaints about fixture congestion drives me up the wall. All teams are going through the same schedule. They should focus on building the fitness of their squad.

Players are paid an insane amount of money so they should just get on with it.

[Hound]

Honestly couldn’t care what the managers say or do after a game

5 mins after a disappointing finish and result, natural reaction just to pick an obvious excuse to help deflect blame on him or the players

What about before a game?
It was good to hear the reasoning behind why son Tom wasn't a starter or don't you care about that either?.
What if he had told us that Hutchinson will be out for the season-still wouldn't care about that?

I always want to hear what the manager has to say as I continue to be interested in hearing anything to do with our club.

You know what I mean Vic. The instant reactions to games and people getting upset by the excuses they make or silly things they say about the ref

Of course I’m interested in injuries and when things have calmed and they talk about decisions they make

[Hound]

These management complaints about fixture congestion drives me up the wall. All teams are going through the same schedule. They should focus on building the fitness of their squad.

Players are paid an insane amount of money so they should just get on with it.

Doesn’t matter how much money you have you still get knackered!

No good us moaning about them moaning because they’ll keep doing it regardless so just like them, we should just crack on and get on with it

[South Coast Royal]

For all the criticism of Joao recently he did win the penalty for us with his quick footwork (good touch for a big man as they say ).
Unfortunately the pairing of him and Carroll doesn't work too well and as the season goes on and, as always with us subject to fitness, I can see Shane Long playing in a two with either Joao or with Carroll for whole games or parts of games.

A slightly younger Jamie Cureton or a Le Fondre could have performed that role even better.

[Notts Royal]

Went down for this one & have to say it was a great game to watch…high tempo, end to end, gritty, bite between the fans, some cracking tackles.

We have a team of fighters & more than matched them for large periods, although on balance they prob edged it. It was all about the midfield. They bossed it on the whole in the 1st half, but we had control for the majority of the 2nd until Loum made that silly foul.

Ince clearly set out a team to counter QPR but we did lack creativity.

I thought Holmes & TMac were excellent. Holmes has really grown as a player and he looks confident now. TMac’s distribution was very good.

Funny game from Loum. He was excellent in spells but then that was such a blatant penalty to concede & then he lost his head completely after that.

Fornah I was disappointed by, he looked a yard off the pace. I’d have hauled him off at HT for either Ince or Ejaria.

Carroll’s touch is a level about…clear to see he has the brain of a Prem player. Doesn’t really work with Joao though, would’ve been more effective with T Ince & probably even Meite.

QPR are a decent side. Their 1st was a great cross & finish.

Deflating train ride back up to Notts afterwards, but worth the trip overall

[Notts Royal]

Loume looks utterly awful.

Who was the player we had at the start of the season?!

He was excellent until he fcuked up for the pen

Agree. Was a level above both Fornah & Hendrick until that last 10. Unfortunately he’s cost us the game with that stupid tackle though

[Snowflake Royal]

Honestly couldn’t care what the managers say or do after a game

5 mins after a disappointing finish and result, natural reaction just to pick an obvious excuse to help deflect blame on him or the players

What about before a game?
It was good to hear the reasoning behind why son Tom wasn't a starter or don't you care about that either?.
What if he had told us that Hutchinson will be out for the season-still wouldn't care about that?

I always want to hear what the manager has to say as I continue to be interested in hearing anything to do with our club.

You know what I mean Vic. The instant reactions to games and people getting upset by the excuses they make or silly things they say about the ref

Of course I’m interested in injuries and when things have calmed and they talk about decisions they make

Plus 1. It's always the same.

First couple of dozen interviews are refreshing and honest because the manager doesn't have ownership of the issues yet and is learning them.

After that, if things are going well it's the usual cliches praising the players, not getting carried away. If things are going badly its the same cliched blame deflection, looking on the positive side and we go again. There really aren't that many different scenarios to talk about games and the questions are always so predictable. And the immediate aftermath is not the time to get balanced and calm honesty.

[Snowflake Royal]

For all the criticism of Joao recently he did win the penalty for us with his quick footwork (good touch for a big man as they say ).
Unfortunately the pairing of him and Carroll doesn't work too well and as the season goes on and, as always with us subject to fitness, I can see Shane Long playing in a two with either Joao or with Carroll for whole games or parts of games.

A slightly younger Jamie Cureton or a Le Fondre could have performed that role even better.

People seem to be writing off Carroll and Joao as a pairing very early. So far they have played an enormous 147 minutes together. Less than two full games, and not even in consecutive matches. In that time we've scored 3 goals, with Joao winning a penalty and Carroll scoring it. And despite a slightly barren run, Joao is still at a strike rate of about 1 in 3 despite not being at his best and not getting a huge amount of service.

[Zip]

Never a pen for the fake hoops. Just seen it again and I just can't see the foul.

[JR]

Never a pen for the fake hoops. Just seen it again and I just can't see the foul.

Clear pen when you see the angle from behind the goal - Loum carelessly smashed in to the QPR player.

[Royal Rother]

Never a pen for the fake hoops. Just seen it again and I just can't see the foul.

Seriously? Clear as day.

Ours was more debatable.

[Stranded]

Never a pen for the fake hoops. Just seen it again and I just can't see the foul.

Seriously? Clear as day.

Ours was more debatable.

Both were clear pens. Was however convinced QPR were going to get one as soon as we got away with the handball in the first half. Any little contact in the box was going to be a spot kick which makes the challenge from Loum crazier. More worrying is the fact that he struggled to get over the mistake and was a liability for the last few mins having been excellent up to that point.

[Zip]

Never a pen for the fake hoops. Just seen it again and I just can't see the foul.

Seriously? Clear as day.

Ours was more debatable.

From front on I didn't think there was much contact. Apparently other angles showed it was a clear foul.

[Snowflake Royal]

Never a pen for the fake hoops. Just seen it again and I just can't see the foul.

Seriously? Clear as day.

Ours was more debatable.

Both were clear pens. Was however convinced QPR were going to get one as soon as we got away with the handball in the first half. Any little contact in the box was going to be a spot kick which makes the challenge from Loum crazier. More worrying is the fact that he struggled to get over the mistake and was a liability for the last few mins having been excellent up to that point.

Both definite pens for sure.

Ours was easier for the ref to miss, I think. Although I've seen teams get away with similar to theirs.

[Hound]

Never a pen for the fake hoops. Just seen it again and I just can't see the foul.

Seriously? Clear as day.

Ours was more debatable.

From front on I didn't think there was much contact. Apparently other angles showed it was a clear foul.

Tbf first angle I saw replayed showed little contact and it looked a bit of a dive. From a couple of the other angles you could see significant contact and was undoubtedly the right decision

Ours was also clear as day - only thing for me whether it was in the area, which i think it was - just

[Royal Rother]

Seriously? Clear as day.

Ours was more debatable.

From front on I didn't think there was much contact. Apparently other angles showed it was a clear foul.

Tbf first angle I saw replayed showed little contact and it looked a bit of a dive. From a couple of the other angles you could see significant contact and was undoubtedly the right decision

Ours was also clear as day - only thing for me whether it was in the area, which i think it was - just

The issue that I felt made ours more debatable was that Joao’s foot seemed to be on the defender’s foot at the point of impact which is unusual in those circumstances. I agree still a pen though.