Match Day Thread Brentford v QPR

I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt here and taking your comments as simply playing devil's advocate.

If not...........I despair!!

 

Not exactly but the reasoning behind each appointment at least had some logic, no one could really have predicted how they would turn out. But Les' role isn't just picking managers he's doing solid work along with Lee Hoos in making our club more efficient and sustainable, thanks to Les we are now investing properly in our youth players. Of course we should expect better results on the pitch but you can't lay that swuarely at Les' door.

 

Who ever hired the managers is to blame imo

 

It's not rocket science, but why did he not get the extra points to make us safe and then try different systems/players.

 

The 'myth' of 50 points being safe is a false one, Peterborough went down with 54 a few years back. The last six games always produce surprise results as the scramble to get away from the bottom intensifies. Many teams that are safe switch off or experiment but usually when mathematically safe, it's simple prudence rather than believing you'll be safe because you are 10 points clear of the drop...

 

Blackburn have to beat Villa at home, and Brentford away. Two mid-table teams with little to play for, players looking forward to the summer break. It's doable.

I wouldn't bank on us beating Norwich at Carrow Road last game, so the Forest home game on Saturday is crucial, and it's vital Holloway puts out our strongest team.

 

Agreed but do we even have a strongest team? Ollie clearly doesn't know.

 

See you there Col. Perhaps we should organise a wake.

 

Do the changes really make that much diffference? The core of the team is the same and the players train all week together surely playing together for far more than the 90 minutes we get to see. Whoever is selected ought to know well their given role and responsibilities within the team and those of their teammates too.

I think it is more the hoofball tactics employed than the team selection. With the exception of say, Goss and Petrasso, who I do not believe are quite yet upto speed, all the others should be good enough.

Notes: the above comments are made without prejudice to the possibly obvious footballing ignorance/naivety of the author. The aforementioned comments have been prepared without the benefit of physical attendance at a number of away fixtures, Brentford included. Despite previous posts the writer seeks not to endorse nor accept the performance of the executive management.

 

Exactly. What I been saying since we got to the 50 points.

 

The best attacking football I've seen us play this season involved Pawel playing wide right getting in good accurate crosses to Sylla. Don't get why Ollie uses them both so infrequently and why when he plays Pawel, he seems to hold him back and more centrally.

 

I cant wait for all the

 

And some want to give him a pre season fk that!!

 

Absolutely, not many teams play with proper wingers any more, I'm sure there's more goals in Smith and Sylla if we used Pawel properly.

 

The bookies have us at 66/1 for relegation, and Blackburn at 4/9, fill your boots boys

 

Agreed. The problem is that now he's messed around so much every week, our strongest team, whatever that may be, haven't played together as a unit and will undoubtedly not be as effective as they would had the retard kept a settled side, at least till we were safe!

See you there mate. I really fear that we may drop. Saturday is huge, so at least there should be a bit of an atmosphere (at least till we go behind!!).

 

The way I see is that Ollie thought we were safe at 50pts as we were 11 pts from the drop and at least 6 teams below us, he's decided to start experimenting thinking we will be well safe.
I don't think he's actually thought the teams below would pick up pts as they have... (I know he should have).
2 games left and the permutations are there if Blackburn draw or lose to Villa on Saturday we stay up, if Birmingham lose to Huddersfield we stay up. Bottom line we just need to beat Forest and that's really all they need to be thinking about. They haven't won away since November so I guess we know what will happen

 

I find that reassuring and worrying simultaneously.

I think we will be ok but then, as a fan, I would think / hope that anyway.

The bookies are rarely badly wrong but 66:1 is not 5000:1 like Leicester's title bid!
The glitch is that Forest need the win and I am concerned about the 'not won away from home since November'. I am not in any way superstitious but we do seem to have helped clubs break those sorts of records on a far too regular basis.

The Ollie issue hinges around one simple piece of information. If he thought we were safe at 50 (naive but I can forgive that) and the tinkering has been with an eye to who stays, who goes then that is just about acceptable. If he's been trying his best,then just not good enough!

As others have said, it will be a cracking atmosphere to start with and I hope it will fire the lads up for a good display.

 

Next season and goal line technology can't come soon enough.