On my way home

[SheepRanger]

I was in the San Siro many years ago and I seem to remember netting that extended from the upper tier to stop things getting thrown onto those below in the lower tier. There were metal poles with lose netting attached.

We just need the same in the upper school end, so the whole of the lower school end can be used by home supporters.

[72bus]

Doesn't the whole away end combined hold 3,018.

[Romford Hoop]

How about giving the lower rows to away supporters and saving the top for ours?

We would not meet required 10% or 2 k allocation, whatever is smaller for away fans.
lower tier only holds 1200 instead of the near 1800 required.

[Undecided]

Quite a few of the lower school end rows are covered and not used to avoid the away fans above throwing things down onto that area.

How about giving the lower rows to away supporters and saving the top for ours?

[SheepRanger]

I believe the QPR end pretty much sells out every week, its the away fans that doesn't.

https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/queens-park-rangers/attendances/2023-2024

I could be wrong but I feel like most of the time the lower away end isn't available and my googling tells me the upper away end holds 1,850, so i'm guessing the lower is about the same and thats often there or there abouts what we are short from a complete sell out according to that link.

Quite a few of the lower school end rows are covered and not used to avoid the away fans above throwing things down onto that area.

[LordLoftus]

I believe the QPR end pretty much sells out every week, its the away fans that doesn't.

https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/queens-park-rangers/attendances/2023-2024

I could be wrong but I feel like most of the time the lower away end isn't available and my googling tells me the upper away end holds 1,850, so i'm guessing the lower is about the same and thats often there or there abouts what we are short from a complete sell out according to that link.

[daveshads]

Might be an idea to do that. As you say players should be able to deal with such an issue but for defenders it makes it easier still. This is our experience.

[SheepRanger]

I posted separately about the size (narrowness) of our pitch. Slightly disappointingly I only got 3 responses. I think it's a real factor in our dreadful home form and it isn't going away. We are so much better away on a regular basis. This has gone on so long now that it has to be considered a factor.

Professional players should be able to operate in slightly tighter spaces.

We very rarely sell out, so if marty thinks its a problem then we would take out the first five rows of ER/SAR and widen the pitch.

[daveshads]

I posted separately about the size (narrowness) of our pitch. Slightly disappointingly I only got 3 responses. I think it's a real factor in our dreadful home form and it isn't going away. We are so much better away on a regular basis. This has gone on so long now that it has to be considered a factor.

[Steptoe]

Agreed lack lustre sat need to be quicker and go through channels more
actually think we missed colbeck this game

[72bus]

What's happening at home isn't good enough and it's plain too see.
Think we could of gone 2 up front against one of the weaker teams like Millwall.
Tippy happy 5 a side at the back is lazy play and boring to watch as we are slow at it , predictable and will eventually get caught out .

[shaggy24]

It’s ok playing out from the back if you have can with the ability to cut open a defence with 1 ball we don’t and don’t have a cm capable of it either

I’d rather press further up the field as soon as we play into midfield we lose it so often

[FurtiveFox]

Main improvement for me under Marti is we are generally grinding out points even when playing badly. Unfortunately mainly draws!

The frustration for me is we are still generally poor at home and have been for ages. On paper we have a sold base and some decent attacking/creative options but create nowhere near enough. I get we need to gel but most teams are in the same position. We are not unique although I do accept we have recruited heavily from abroad so may take a bit longer.

Two up top at home should be tried. Obvious problem with that is we only have two first choice strikers ...

[SheepRanger]

It's a good point David, I mean growing up in the 90's England had strikers like Robbie Fowler, teddy sherringham, Les Ferdinand, Ian Wright, Andy cole, Alan shearer, Stan collymore, Michael Owen to pick from. What do we have now harry kane, solanke, Toney and Watson. The main reason we don't have a pool of decent strikers is because of the obsession of premier league teams playing 1 up front. Arsenal play 2 upfront but very few teams are allowed to play it these days which is a sad state of affairs and this mentality drops down into the championship, packing out the midfield and as Dave says playing out from the back.

Liverpool's keeper used to kick the ball into their half under Klopp. If it's good enough for them then we can stop this tippy tappy nonsense at the back. Way too much snobbery in football these days.

[WeAreQPR12]

We should play 2 up front from the start and get the ball forward as quickly as possible.

Forget this dumb playing it around our area, the opposition goal is 100 yards away.

Call me old fashioned but you do not get many goals playing one two ‘s with the goalie.

Don’t most goals come from just 3 or 4 passes?

It's a good point David, I mean growing up in the 90's England had strikers like Robbie Fowler, teddy sherringham, Les Ferdinand, Ian Wright, Andy cole, Alan shearer, Stan collymore, Michael Owen to pick from. What do we have now harry kane, solanke, Toney and Watson. The main reason we don't have a pool of decent strikers is because of the obsession of premier league teams playing 1 up front. Arsenal play 2 upfront but very few teams are allowed to play it these days which is a sad state of affairs and this mentality drops down into the championship, packing out the midfield and as Dave says playing out from the back.