QPR 1 Sheff Wed 2 - FA Cup 4th Rd (24/01/20. Wells. 11,871)

Hugill's poor finish was the chance to get us back into the game. Terrible finish and he really has to make the keeper work. Thought Masterson was excellent and BFG and Ball not far behind. The first goal was poor from the initial header from Manning and the three players on the right switching off then finishing off with Lumley not keeping it out. Thought Kane put in a performance as bad as I have seen in a very long time at Rangers.

Didn´t mean we started very well, but apart from the stupid errors surrounding the throw in and goal, it was a fairly boring and even first half. Think we looked better (not Lumley) second half, and especially after BOS came on. Think we edged the second half in chances and shots, and that´s all I´m saying. We continued with plan A, did it better, created more chances, but fucked up anyways.

On the conservative lineup, I actually think it was less defensive than we usually set up, with only Ball holding. Normally we would have two with him and then Amos, Scowen or Cameron in a 4,2,3,1 This was more 4,1,4,1 wouldn´t you agree?

Can't forget we have Blackburn away on Tuesday, I'd imagine they will all start that game, and he wanted to make sure they were ok for then. That lineup was good enough to win the game, no question about it. The tactics? Well, questionable would be putting it mildly.
I'm hoping he was giving Lumley one last chance to show him something, and it's not an indication that Kelly won't be starting on Tuesday.

We had 3 decent chances at 1 nil and failed to hit the target with any of them. Kane, Chair and Hugill in the penalty area and the keeper never laid a glove on any of them. Tactics and line ups come into it of course but miss 3 chances like that and you really do not deserve to win the game.

Fair enough hubbs. I thought it was a pretty strong lineup for a QPR cup game, but could have been even better of course.
 
MW: "You have to trust your squad" "It´s a squad game" 😂

You can only trust the squad if the squad is good enough DK. I don't think ours is too bad, but we are thin on the ground in a few positions. I don't think we can afford to keep switching between the 2 keepers anymore. Everyone can see who the best option is there.

Up front is also a worry. For me, you can tell with Hugill pretty early on in a game what you are probably gonna get. He didn't look at it at all tonight. We missed Nakhi badly.

We also missed a cutting edge with the 2 wingers selected. Pugh is neat and tidy on the ball, but pretty ineffective from out wide from what I've seen. Maybe the legs have gone a bit. And Clarke just looked off the pace.

Maybe just a bad day at the office but when things are quite clearly not working as was the case tonight, the manager needs to be able to adapt. Warburton seems to struggle with this.

Can you send the next Haaland R way before he cost 400000000000000 and sick squid. Just seen he banged in two more

I hand on heart don’t think that performance was any worse then most of our efforts this season. Only difference is we never took our chances.

73 mentions the missed chances you can add to that Pugh first half, three from Eze second and the one from Chair which he put wide when should have tested keeper

Take any of those chances we probably win two or three one and there is no forensic analysis of performance or Warburton. Yesterday we were wasteful, Cardiff and Swansea we were clinical that’s the difference

And believe it or not I’m going defend Lumley for the first, but do accept he let soft one in. But I’ve hammered Manning this season for not doing the first part of the job right which leads to later mistakes and goals and as I say keep first ball out and game/defending becomes easier.

That first goal was example of us failing to do first job of defending right which then leads to Lumley fluffing lines, should he save ball yes on reflection he should, however, if we don’t switch off and turn our back on throw taker then Lumley don’t face that shot. It goes out for corner or goal kick. Three of our players to there one and next thing he’s one on one with keeper. That’s sloppy!! If we do the first job right then there is no need for someone (Lumley) to do the second job

Saw it the same myself. Dreadful finishing and not doing the basics right again has cost us the game. Lumley should save the first but is his mistake any worse than the centre forward shooting 6ft wide in the middle of the area or Chair who is a very skillful playing dragging his shot wide.

he’s been that way all season and I honestly have no idea why he was so highly rated by fans and why it’s taken so long for people to see he’s actually average at best and start questioning him

It was the infamous ollie Brentford cup game, think two seasons ago, when I looked at him and thought your not up to this level and never will be and your acting at being a footballer.

For the life of me I don't understand why he keeps picking Manning and Lumley over Wallace and Kelly. The difference in ability / form is so painfully obvious 😩

Lumley - I think was played with aim of a win and good performance would have got some confidence back. Kelly will and would have played next week, no question.

The player we really missed is Amos. Pugh, Chair.....similar players and can’t do the role that Amos does for us.

Other positive is I think the 3 fit centre backs are looking alright. It’s the goalie and full back position that kills us. That and when Amos doesn’t play, we lack quality in the middle.

Team he put out last night was capable of winning that game tho 72. Helps if you have a keeper that can catch a ball just before half time and would have helped if W had realised earlier that it wasn't going to be Jack Clarke's night. 90 mins of BOS terrorising the full back would have paid off.

I’m not sure that’s fair. He’s had less money than all our previous managers. He’s had to completely revamp squad. The brand and style of play from jfh, Ollie and McLaren was awful and yet we’ve been higher in the league this season than under those guys. He made mistakes yesterday but he’s the best we’ve had since Warnock