League Cup 3rd Round: QPR 1 Palace (17.09.24. Field 13,945)

Field then. Poor defending. Shot went between Walsh legs but I don't think he had any time to react. It was from very close range.

How's Ashby doing?

ok defending given it away alot going forwards

Him Cook and Varane are doing OK.

Regarding the lump up front can we play the back up to the back up? Saito OK too.

If you thought Dykes was lazy and not involved in games what we thinking of Celars effort so far.

Pretty much. Get to final third and look lost. They defend as a team though. Hard to break down.

Half time not disgraced ourselves we’re in the game but they are streets ahead of us.

They do everything in two touches at pace and play forwards we in comparison look a bit one paced and everything goes backwards. Look s bit frightened to take a chance and attack.

Smyth is having a Smyth performance, has he even touched the ball and Celar wonders about.

Ashby's been involved a lot, in good and bad, losing possession far too often. Same with Field. Saito's end product as good as Smyth's. The latter has been poor as have Celar, Madsen, Bonner-Dixon. Bit disappointed with that easy goal, otherwise we have played strong 6/10.

Madsen is hardly involved at all.
I hope his game improves with time. We paid a lot for this fellow by report.

It may be that Celar is more of a striker who needs a true number nine to feed off.
Of course that would only work if we went 352 or 442, which Marti does not seem inclined to do.

Seen that replay it was Dixon-Bonner who lost his man.

Looks like reasonable crowd in the end.

Celar is poor isn't he?

Great goal urrs