Match Day Thread QPR vs Birmingham City

A roller-coaster of a game which now feels like two points lost.

We are 9 points from the play-offs and 10 from the drop zone. I guess we are “mid-table”?

 

Decent game overall in the conditions. Feel it would have swung more in our favour if they didn’t have the luxury of being permitted to use hacksaws on Eze and BOS. Weird refereeing performance and the linesmen weren’t our friends.

I know there’s a growing theory that Pugh offers something defensively but I don’t honestly see it on the box or live. Bloke was dire in the first half and your nan would’ve scored from there.

Don’t get why we don’t go goal side at corners. Seemed to not be marking Hogan two yards from goal out of choice. Presumably to try and catch him offside. Great plan.

 

I thought Pugh was good all over the pitch. One of our best today with BOS and Hugill. We were far better with Pugh, than with Chair.

 

I don’t honestly recall anything coming off for the guy apart from the goal. He was getting a lot of stick first half. Second half my eyesight is bad enough that I struggle to tell him apart from Eze.

Most of the game seemed to be on their left and our right.

 

Pugh seems to be the latest player to get criticism from the armchair pundits .
He's undoubtedly a good footballer, but I fear his legs are definitely going.

 

Cheeky sod I have never said anything about him and I am an armchair this season due to work.

 

Lol

 

Maybe. Maybe he’s just ****.

 

Well I suppose we have to have one scapegoat......personally I blame Karl Henry for today's result....

 

We all see the game differently. As Eze has been so good recently he rightly won’t get much flak but was poor today and wasted two excellent chances trying to do something difficult when an easy finish was on.

Barbet is on another level to the rest of our centre-halves including Leistner.

 

Yes. Eze should have scored or won a penalty.

 

Maybe that is why he gets subbed after 60 or 70 minutes. I'd like to see stats that show how far players run per minute played in a game, I think Pugh would have been top of them or close today.

 

I'm not going to criticise Warburton as we've waited a long time for a manager who really values attacking flair but you really don't want to come to HQ with a heart condition anymore. Cruising with 15 minutes to go but with a hard earned lead at stake, we bring on Chair as a third flair player for Pugh a dogged (and today, very effective) midfielder instead of shoring up to preserve the lead. The league's worst defenders against set pieces then leave two players high up the pitch for a corner rather than covering the posts. I think I approve of this brave and exciting approach to the game but today certainly won't be the last time we drop points after easily outplaying the opposition.

 

I wasn't at the match (I'm on holiday) but, as I've said before, we seem to use a hybrid of man marking and zonal marking at corners. Hopefully, one day, Warburton will look at the stats and see that IT AIN'T WORKING.

 

I dont often disagree with you Col regarding football matters, but I dont think Pugh is a good footballer. He has scored 2 tap ins for us and pretty much has done **** all the rest of the time. He often looks to be running in quick sand. I truly dont understand what he brings to the team. This is my opinion on watching him live and on the box.

 

Bet he cant run as far as Mo Farrah yet I wouldnt want him in the team either. I dont dislike the bloke, hes a good cook but I just cant see what he brings to the team, oh apart from running far!

 

Fair enough mate and I certainly wasn't describing YOU as one of the 'armchair pundits'. You know your football for sure.
I agree that Pugh's legs seem to have gone, but I do think he was once a decent player.
We all see this stuff differently at times eh?
There are still fans on social media who don't rate Eze!!!

 

Every team needs the 'water carrier', you can't have 10 outfield artisans. Best example we had was Ollie who was Wilkin's gofer...