QPR - Nottingham Forest

[Strawberry Avenger]

Cant pass either at present....

Again.  No possession in CM.  Can't see to put our foot on the ball.

Lacklustre.  Lacks energy.  Tempo.  Urgency from the off.

I hope recruitment have a ball player CM on the shopping list.  And a winger who is a class above what we have.

We keep getting mugged with soft goals.

Barnie.  QPR.  (Who have lost their best players...)

SA.

I don't think we can just keep signing more players. We've made some good signings and strengthened across the whole team. At some point we've got to actually get the good players we have, bossing the games as we should. We've all been wanting a player like colback, we got him, we've wanted a link up creative midfielder - we got a very good one in Freeman. Ameobi and Lolley should be able to create enough on the wings. And we've got two strikers who, with good service, should both be capable of scoring 15-20 goals

We have the players who should be able to a) perform better than this and B) win games.

We are shedding a cack load of money and have a decent depth of talent in the squad. We should be seeing the likes of Adomah ahead of da Costa. We should be seeing Jenkinson ahead of Gabriel. We have players who are not contributing when we play and players who are not given a chance.

At some point we actually need to play a system that plays to our strengths not try and simply limit the opposition

No.  Just one or two creative players who 'can.'  eg. that can supply a striker (next level winger...) and a ball playing CM.

SA.

How about signing a striker that can score from 4 yards out and 8 yards out respectively? 

Grabban missed so many similar opportunities after lockdown last season and nothing is ever said about that! But Worrall is still being blamed for us not reaching the play offs last season after his foul against Derby!!! Those misses cost us just as many points, if not more than Worralls foul did.

Maybe its time some of the supporting roles took a few more pops at goal instead of pandering to Grabbans needs a bit more often. Yes he did score 20 last season, I will accept that, but many times has he missed from close range? How many times have those misses cost us games? How many penalties has he missed over the past two years?

I am sick and tired of it being everybody elses fault that we arent winning matches. Its never the strikers fault.  But we are never gonna win if we dont score goals. Simples!

This isnt a pop at you BTW SA, you just happened to mention 'striker'. Sorry lad!

Grabban did score 20 last season.  So for him to miss that many is unusual.

The back line losing concentration, conceding last minute goals or 'Rabbit' ball watching is not unusual.  

Is what I'd say to that.  And we have brought in 2 more strikers...

But maybe a ball playing CM as opposed to playing two DCMs?  Maybe a 'Steve Hodge' style player who can get Forest going.  Because 1st half they didn't seem to get going at all.

And that 'Murphy' (or whatever name...'John Robertson' style...) winger that can get Grabban more chances to miss.  He will score eventually...

SA.