MATCHWATCH : Queens Park Rangers (h)

[leon]

I’ll be honest - we need to win and we need look more solid across the team.

[Snowflake Royal]

Moore has been jetting all around whilst Morrison and Holmes will have had a chance to work with Dann for 2 weeks. I'll be pretty annoyed if Moore comes back in tbh

Ejaria should play if fully fit.

Reckon it'll be

Rafael
Yiadom MM Dann Baba
Laurent Drinkwater
Halilovic Swift Ejaria
Puscas

Hoilett, Southwood, Moore, Holmes, Rino, Clarke, TDB

which is actually pretty decent. We're a handy side honestly, just need to pull it together

I'll be pissed if Rino is dropped and Laurent retains his place. Neither have been great but Laurent has been pish

[NathStPaul]

Moore has been jetting all around whilst Morrison and Holmes will have had a chance to work with Dann for 2 weeks. I'll be pretty annoyed if Moore comes back in tbh

Ejaria should play if fully fit.

Reckon it'll be

Rafael
Yiadom MM Dann Baba
Laurent Drinkwater
Halilovic Swift Ejaria
Puscas

Hoilett, Southwood, Moore, Holmes, Rino, Clarke, TDB

which is actually pretty decent. We're a handy side honestly, just need to pull it together

I'll be pissed if Rino is dropped and Laurent retains his place. Neither have been great but Laurent has been pish

He hasn't been right since the transfer speculation has he? Agree he is the one who should miss out.

[Stranded]

Moore has been jetting all around whilst Morrison and Holmes will have had a chance to work with Dann for 2 weeks. I'll be pretty annoyed if Moore comes back in tbh

Ejaria should play if fully fit.

Reckon it'll be

Rafael
Yiadom MM Dann Baba
Laurent Drinkwater
Halilovic Swift Ejaria
Puscas

Hoilett, Southwood, Moore, Holmes, Rino, Clarke, TDB

which is actually pretty decent. We're a handy side honestly, just need to pull it together

I'll be pissed if Rino is dropped and Laurent retains his place. Neither have been great but Laurent has been pish

He hasn't been right since the transfer speculation has he? Agree he is the one who should miss out.

I would go the other way - Laurent v Stoke was the best player on the park but has definitely let his standards slip due to the transfer speculation - Rino unfortunately peaked at average so far and gone backwards. I also think his style of play would fir with Drinkwater's better than Rino's would. Tough call though.

[NathStPaul]

I'll be pissed if Rino is dropped and Laurent retains his place. Neither have been great but Laurent has been pish

He hasn't been right since the transfer speculation has he? Agree he is the one who should miss out.

I would go the other way - Laurent v Stoke was the best player on the park but has definitely let his standards slip due to the transfer speculation - Rino unfortunately peaked at average so far and gone backwards. I also think his style of play would fir with Drinkwater's better than Rino's would. Tough call though.

Guess you could play all 3? Push Swift up the pitch a bit to support Puscas and in turn it will give Swift a little less defensive responsibility.

[Snowflake Royal]

Think Laurent is only narrowly behind Moore and Yiadom in players who need a massive kick up the arse.

[morganb]

He hasn't been right since the transfer speculation has he? Agree he is the one who should miss out.

It is since the transfer speculation but this also coincided with him winning Player of the Season last year (too big for his boots?), since Olise left (made him look good?) and playing in front of crowds (a bit shy?). Has Pauno asked him to play a different style this season?

[CountryRoyal]

He hasn't been right since the transfer speculation has he? Agree he is the one who should miss out.

I would go the other way - Laurent v Stoke was the best player on the park but has definitely let his standards slip due to the transfer speculation - Rino unfortunately peaked at average so far and gone backwards. I also think his style of play would fir with Drinkwater's better than Rino's would. Tough call though.

Guess you could play all 3? Push Swift up the pitch a bit to support Puscas and in turn it will give Swift a little less defensive responsibility.

A 4-3-3 could be an option if it wasn’t for a manager who is so dead set in implementing the already turgid 4-2-3-1 persistently incorrectly.

[RG30]

Will be keeping an eye on all the QPR fans in G4/G5 celebrating when they score

[Stranded]

I would go the other way - Laurent v Stoke was the best player on the park but has definitely let his standards slip due to the transfer speculation - Rino unfortunately peaked at average so far and gone backwards. I also think his style of play would fir with Drinkwater's better than Rino's would. Tough call though.

Guess you could play all 3? Push Swift up the pitch a bit to support Puscas and in turn it will give Swift a little less defensive responsibility.

A 4-3-3 could be an option if it wasn’t for a manager who is so dead set in implementing the already turgid 4-2-3-1 persistently incorrectly.

There isn't really a massive difference between the 2 formations. With the latter, you may well have 2 players a bit closer to Puscas but it is still essentially filling the team with attacking midfielders and probably weakening the defensive shape even more.

We should stick to 4-2-3-1 and just have the 2 staying put most of the time - a front 4 of say Ejaria, Halilovic, Swift and Puscas should create more than enough esp. if the full backs join in on overlaps to create more space.

[Winston Biscuit]

is this the biggest talking up of an away crowd since the halcyon days of the 01/02 season when Brighton claimed to be bringing somewhere north of 12,000, right up until they didn't.

[Barney]

is this the biggest talking up of an away crowd since the halcyon days of the 01/02 season when Brighton claimed to be bringing somewhere north of 12,000, right up until they didn't.

Pray tell WB. Are the fakes suggesting they have bucket loads of fans who are purchasing tickets in the home ends ? Because they won't.

[Snowflake Royal]

I would go the other way - Laurent v Stoke was the best player on the park but has definitely let his standards slip due to the transfer speculation - Rino unfortunately peaked at average so far and gone backwards. I also think his style of play would fir with Drinkwater's better than Rino's would. Tough call though.

Guess you could play all 3? Push Swift up the pitch a bit to support Puscas and in turn it will give Swift a little less defensive responsibility.

A 4-3-3 could be an option if it wasn’t for a manager who is so dead set in implementing the already turgid 4-2-3-1 persistently incorrectly.

If anything 4-3-3 would be less attacking in shape. We currently have 4 attackers. Not sure where on earth you'd put Swift in that... he's bobbins wide left or right and he's hardly going to improve on Puscas as the target man.

[Zip]

Moore has been jetting all around whilst Morrison and Holmes will have had a chance to work with Dann for 2 weeks. I'll be pretty annoyed if Moore comes back in tbh

Ejaria should play if fully fit.

Reckon it'll be

Rafael
Yiadom MM Dann Baba
Laurent Drinkwater
Halilovic Swift Ejaria
Puscas

Hoilett, Southwood, Moore, Holmes, Rino, Clarke, TDB

which is actually pretty decent. We're a handy side honestly, just need to pull it together

I think Moore will play and Morrison will be dropped. Otherwise as per your side assuming there are no injuries....at least we now have a strong bench.

[paultheroyal]

Genuinely excited to see the team line up on Saturday and how we perform. A win and the league table followed up by another game on Tuesday could look very different. For me, the new signings need to be in particularly Dann and Drinkwater. Laurent and Rino partnership clearly not working for a number of games and going back to last season. To comfortable, lets freshen it up. Ejaria is also back which will really make a difference.

Pauno needs to be brave with his team selection.

[RG30]

QPR’S plans to host a beamback of Saturday’s away fixture at Reading live at Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium have been rejected by Reading.

Owing to the potential for a number of QPR fans to access home areas of the Select Car Leasing Stadium, the club conducted a survey regarding showing the game in our hospitality lounges and received a positive response from our supporters.

QPR sought the necessary approvals to put the event on – which was endorsed by the Metropolitan Police due to the public order concern – but our request has been rejected by Reading.

The host club would not sanction the beamback without QPR covering the cost of a number of away hospitality packages.
QPR CEO Lee Hoos said: "This is hugely disappointing.

"After selling out our away ticket allocation and being unable to acquire further tickets, we were very keen to provide our supporters with another way to watch the game together.

"We were also trying to help alleviate potential problems with away fans in home areas but have been unable to proceed without Reading’s consent."

The club urges its supporters not to purchase tickets in the home areas of the Select Car Leasing Stadium.

https://www.qpr.co.uk/news/club-news/reading-beamback-rejected-090921/

[leon]

Think Laurent is in the queue with the rest of the players - they need a massive kick up the arse.

More like.

[Barney]

QPR’S plans to host a beamback of Saturday’s away fixture at Reading live at Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium have been rejected by Reading.

Owing to the potential for a number of QPR fans to access home areas of the Select Car Leasing Stadium, the club conducted a survey regarding showing the game in our hospitality lounges and received a positive response from our supporters.

QPR sought the necessary approvals to put the event on – which was endorsed by the Metropolitan Police due to the public order concern – but our request has been rejected by Reading.

The host club would not sanction the beamback without QPR covering the cost of a number of away hospitality packages.
QPR CEO Lee Hoos said: "This is hugely disappointing.

"After selling out our away ticket allocation and being unable to acquire further tickets, we were very keen to provide our supporters with another way to watch the game together.

"We were also trying to help alleviate potential problems with away fans in home areas but have been unable to proceed without Reading’s consent."

The club urges its supporters not to purchase tickets in the home areas of the Select Car Leasing Stadium.

https://www.qpr.co.uk/news/club-news/reading-beamback-rejected-090921/

I do assume that both QPR football club, and their fans, are aware that you can't just rock up and pay on the day. And indeed you need a nembers card before you even purchase any ticket. It is highly highly unlikely that more hand a handful would bother/try.

[Pepe the Horseman]

Wtf would anyone want to watch a Reading v QPR beamback anyway? Have they not seen our games on Sky over the years?

[Hendo]

So this is totally QPR's oxf*rd up and we've basically said "get oxf*rd". Good.

Based on previous sale figures for this fixture these tickets were immediately placed on general sale, and subsequently sold out.
This was a mistake and the club would like to apologise to all our loyal supporters who were unable to acquire tickets for the game.

https://www.qpr.co.uk/news/club-news/reading-tickets-statement/