A massive factor has to be the limited budget. When you're only looking for bargains, it's a bit hit and miss and you're often buying players who are far from the finished article. For example, I think Conor Washington has proven to be not up to Championship standard, and that's a big disappointment; had he lived up to his promise, things might be very different right now. But he hasn't. Apart from that, I think JFH and Les have done fairly well with the bargain acquisitions. The problem is some of these players still need time and I think that shows. When all the players are fully fit and up to speed, especially the new signings, then we can judge him more fairly.
Tactically, I think he's been trying a system that seemed to work very well at the start of the season, but has gone off the rails a bit. I'm not exactly sure why. Whether the players aren't up to it, they're still not fit enough, I don't know. The problem is, JFH's options have been fairly limited, especially in the striker department. We just don't have a class finisher. Polts has done bloody well to step up and fill that role, but he's no Charlie Austin. And as I said before CW has been a disappointment. I think he's done very well to bring Shodipo on and into the team, but maybe he's protected him a bit too much when he could have played him more. For me, despite all the gnashing and wailing that's been going on especially since the 0-6, there's still a good chance Jimmy will turn it around. When Sylla is fully up to speed along with the Polish lads and Yeni Ngbakoto, I expect to see better performances.
The Sandro situation, however, remains a complete mystery. Why we have a player of that class totally ignored I just do not know and it seems futile to speculate. Henry is a a pale imitation of Sandro in the DM role and has also been disappointing of late, despite a good start. Perhaps it's a form thing. All teams and individual players have their ups and downs. This could just be a collective 'down'. Although being so reliant on Henry has not looked good for JFH and the sooner Borysiuk takes over the better.
All in all, I'd give JFH a 6/10 because he's been handed a difficult situation financially. I'd prefer to judge him once all the new players are integrated. If there's no change after that, then clearly he's not up to the job.
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JFH took over a team on the up built by gary rowell. hes come to a club struggling after a few jokers in charge and hasn't been up to the job. poisoned blood through his Chels'# connection and would love to see him gone.Leave a comment:
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It's a good team I reckon with the potential to do well. But as others have said, they are not setup to win games, to attack to press, or most importantly, to adapt.
So, I think JFH was destined to failure from the outset, if he stuck to his steadfast belief of the tactics he's been using, which he has.
It is baffling how you can play one up front and then not have wingers running at their man, getting to the byline, or firing in crosses at every opportunity. It's baffling how teams across the world are trying to play the 'total football' style of play, walking the ball into the net after long periods of build up possession. Sure, teams like Man Utd or Chelsea can play that way, but QPR can't, unless we're a top 6 side and can afford 50 million squids on a mid-fielder.
He can easliy resolve the situation, he's clearly a manager, he's clearly got a brain, it's just not being used right now, clouded and foggy.Leave a comment:
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Where has jfh gone wrong?
JFH came to us with a very good reputation.
He did really well at Burton Albion and gave us high hopes that his success would continue at The Bush.
He has had two transfer windows in which to buy the players that he thought were right for the QPR team.
They have not gelled into a team and do not play attractive football and also do not seem to
understand what their job is on the pitch. How much longer can JFH last with the shambles he has created?
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