QPR vs Wycombe Wanderers behind-closed-doors friendly @ Heston 10/10/24

Basically our first team 😂🤦🏻‍♂️

another friendly, another defeat.

As said previously, I don't like his preferred formation with this seasons staff.  I also think there's a massive attitude problem, I want to see the sweat drip from every pore (white stripes ref). 

I wouldn't place too great an emphasis on a friendly tbh.

I'd normally say the same as that, but when you're seeing a very strong side against a side from a lower league and still losing and not scoring on the back of some really poor league form the alarm bells do ring.

Portsmouth must be licking their lips.

Neither would I usually, friendly results pre season mean bugger all. This one's in the middle of what's become a pretty dire one, so for me a win might've boosted some confidence. Against Wycombe too 🤦

QPR'S Squad got valuable match minutes under their belt in a behind-closed-doors friendly with Wycombe Wanderers at the club’s Heston training ground on Thursday afternoon.

With no fixture this weekend owing to the international break, head coach Martí Cifuentes used the opportunity to give plenty of his players game time against the Chairboys.

Encouragingly for Rangers, Ilias Chair came through 60 minutes while Morgan Fox played the full game as the pair overcame injuries which have limited their involvement so far this season.

Chair made his first outing of the season as a late substitute against Hull nine days’ ago while Fox’s first appearance followed at Derby on Saturday.

The match against Wycombe finished 1-0 to the visitors with Fred Onyedinma scoring the only goal of the game after 16 minutes.

Rangers started the game brightly with Daniel Bennie seeing his early effort fly narrowly over the bar following good work from Kader Dembélé on the right.

Dembélé was at his creative best again in the eighth minute, picking out Fox with a great ball to the far post, and the defender was unlucky to see his header hit the crossbar.

Sixty seconds later, again Dembéle was the architect, this time playing a perfectly-weighted ball behind the Wycombe backline for Alfie Lloyd to latch onto.

The R’s striker did well to round visiting keeper Shamal George but was unable to convert from a tight angle.

Joe Walsh pulled off a fine save in the tenth minute but could do nothing to stop Onyedinma scoring the opening goal of the game just after the quarter-hour mark.

Rangers responded well, with Lloyd forcing another excellent save out of George after Dembélé had once more unlocked the Wycombe backline.

As the game drew on, Wycombe grew more into the match, and Walsh had to be at his best to stop the Chairboys grabbing a second, diving full stretch to his left.

Shortly before half-time, Sam Field almost levelled matters but saw his fierce drive from 15 yards brilliantly tipped onto the bar by George.

Ten minutes after the restart, Kieran Morgan’s powerful low drive was well gathered by George after good work by Hevertton Santos down the right.

Wycombe enjoyed good periods of possession during the second half and almost finished off an excellent move with a diving header from eight yards, while Elijah Dixon-Bonner and Jimmy Dunne went close late on for the R’s.

All in all, it was a useful workout for Rangers prior to the blank weekend before preparations continue for the arrival of Portsmouth to MATRADE Loftus Road on 19th October.

QPR: Walsh; Santos, Cook (Dunne, 46), Fox, Ashby (Friel, 80); Field (Dixon-Bonner, 46), Morgan (Madsen, 61); Dembélé (Andersen, 61), Chair (Saito, 61), Bennie (Shann, 81); Lloyd (Frey, 61).

Game where we would have gone through the motions and just kept the legs ticking over during break.

Can’t say we won though💁🏼‍♂️

Yeah resting those players for Palace cup game worked out well!

Exactly. Can’t stand this “good work out” crap. We lost and have a losing mentality

but we don’t go through the motions every week if we’re honest. We had a blinding end to last season and a tough start to this one.

We lost to Wycombe in a nothing game 🤷🏽‍♂️ do I think if we had won that would have gone on great run after break? No. equally don’t think we will be any worse against Portsmouth.

I have be honest and say few fans have wet themselves a bit early this season and think a few would generally pull the trigger if they could. It’s been poor but my god Coventry most season are around relegation zone in December and play offs come may. Two wins and you sniffing playoffs again there is nothing in the league this early.

Marti first manager I’ve had any faith in since warbs. Hold your nerve he will sort it out.

Talking of Coventry. Did anyone else read Coventry looking to bring in an experienced assistant for Mark Robin’s. Name in the frame, none other than Chris Ramsey

I think that's what gtleigh was saying, we're shit