Game 32: QPR 1 Hull City 1 (19.02.22. Chair. 14,945)

Just reading the comments after posting. Really surprised at how many aren't liking Field.

He was one of the only players sticking a foot in and getting tough tight.

He doesn't offer much going forward but he keeps the ball, breaks up play and gives us more stability.

Ball, Johansenn etc don't do that. They run around like nutters leaving space in behind which gives us zero protection. I remember Millwall in August with Ball and Johansen pairing, Millwall ran at the heart of our defence many times and we had no protection.

Field is a DM by trade and you need that, even if you have 3 cb on.


There's a different argument as to if we needed 3 cb on when Hull clearly didn't want to leave their half. But you still need someone holding.

For me what is clear as day is when we play at a higher tempo and a bit of forward intent (2nd half) we look a decent side and a match for most sides. When we Fanny about moving ball slow we look distinctly average and an easy side to play against.

I personally don’t mind the sideways passing as there is a plan behind it if it’s done effectively but you have to do it at pace as the intention is to move opposition about and out of position so you open up a gap to play forward or until the forward gets fed up closing and you bring ball forward therefore creating gap when next player comes to close. I’m cool with it And I get it but we do it way to slow and way to deep. All our passes go via a middle man when sometimes got go one side of the pitch to the other missing out Dunne. We’re to slow and conservative doing it in recent games and it shows in results and performances. Second half we moved it quick and CBs done it on the half way line and you see the difference

He scored but slowly going off chair. He needs four touches before he lifts his head up or decides what to do before he’s slows it all down and goes backwards.

Not an awful performance same time lots to question including managers starting tactics. They had one shot and it goes in off crossbar we score perfectly good goal and it’s ruled out as Albert is actually blocking player playing him on but that’s pisd poor from lino. Thought ref was bang average too

Austin is finished at this level. Will nick a goal here and there and those that love him will be class is perm but it’s all BS. Love him for his first stint with us but now he offers nothing, seems his sole intention is winding up oppo fans or niggling players on pitch. It’s actually sad to watch the decline. Like Dykes simply has to offer more on the pitch if he’s not scoring. Each week if one of them starts we’re effectively starting with 10men

Finally on luck they should have been down to ten men end of first half. Since when has violent conduct and kicking out deliberately been a yellow card?

I did too but I was wrong

But your question was what was unlucky and the goal not given was. Seeing photo or not is irrelevant, decision was wrong and unlucky

Ok what about Red card 🤣😂

Moron. Nice.

It is very true that Field is an ok player. Frankly, it`s more about whose playing in front of him. Ball and Stefan J have never functioned, and on the subject of creativity, we played so much better when Chair and Willock interchanged vertically and hence drifted from side to side creating space for themselves and others.  

I know I tease you oN Occasions but I’m genuinely intrigued by that response and I’m genuine in asking this question. But if a yellow given for a red and a perfectly good goal ruled out is not unlucky what do you class as unlucky as those two decisions are entirely out of our hands to influence is that not bad luck?

On if we played another 90 we would not find a way to beat them I would argue your totally wrong as we did find a way to beat them in the 96th minute Albert scored a perfectly good goal and it was only the officials failing to do their job which cost us a win.

I thought we were dominant second half and especially last 25mins and had that game had another 10mins let alone 90 we would have scored again imo

If you were arguing we could have played better then I would not argue with you and would agree 100% but I honestly can’t see your argument we were not unlucky and would not have found a way

I’m not saying he’s a bad player,he rarely gives the ball away like Dom but I question why he was afforded so much game time yesterday.

Agree with every word of that.

Thought that was just a tactical sub?

Looked seriously upset when subbed. Clearly angry with himself at his performance.

Probably. Needs a decent run of games.