QPR - Nottingham Forest

[Tricky]

Not overlooking it.  The defence has been beaten with scruffy goals and a simple mistake over the last two games and looked at sea for QPR's 2nd.

Everybody knows teams build from the back and defend from the front.  Perhaps the 1st thing on Forest's shopping list should have been an experienced CH.  (Guess Blackett is going to be used at LB?)

Figs has a mistake in him.  And Worrall can 'drift.'  (His track record at Rangers shows that.). They've both got mistakes in them.

And I think that's where Forest need a quality, commanding older (but not ancient) head alongside them.

That leaves Worrall to go back to his native position with Figs and the new incumbent to compete for that spot.

And yes.  There is a price for playing '20' goals Grabban.  Is he the kind of striker that defends from the front?

100% concentration for 90 minutes.  But Forest's switch off is usually in the 'last minute.'  Suggests the Coach can't coach it out of them or the footballer's at the back can't do what needs to be done.

Warburton's QPR managed to keep a clean sheet.  As did Aitor's Birmingham?

We can't overlook the lack of creativity in CM or on the wing.

They are contributing factors.  A monster CH, a ball playing CM and a quality providing winger have been elusive despite 7 signings (quite necessary as they were...to bring the squad depth unto the required quality.)

We seem to be short of talismanic players in the positions I mentioned.

SA.

Warburtons QPR only managed to keep a clean sheet because our 20 goals per season striker missed two absolute sitters, plus went just wide, along with Yates hitting the cross bar. 

I do agree we are short of creativity in the CM position and also agree that Blackett should play in his favoured LCH role with Worrall in the RCH position and Ribs back in the LB slot. Do we need anymore CH's though? At this moment in time I have to say no we don't. 

I felt Gabriel had a decent game and it is good to know that he is as capable as Cashy was with the long throw in. Should Jenkinson or Darikwa have started instead of Gabriel? Who knows.