On my way home

[cross it Dave]

Had we drawn with 2nd place Stoke and Beaten oxford would the reaction be the same? Similarly had we drawn away to Wrexham and then beaten Oxford.


11 points from the last 5 games gets you 99 points over a long season.

Spot on, I’d take 99 points.

[DJ Hooper W12]

This resting players nonsense is doing my head in! Two games against middling oppositi9n and what's the narrative? Does the manager target going all out for six points to gatecrash promotion spots or does he spend the week blathering on about resting and rotating players? He's pissed away some gettable points with his unnecessary tinkering, fiddling and applying the handbrake to a team that had got into top gear and was starting to soar. He is a damn fool in my view.

Even the way we started smacked of players being told to take it easy, pace yourself and dont overdo it early on - absolutely disgraceful against a team like Oxford that offer little aside than hard work and hard running.

If we put in a barnstorming all-action performance on Saturday and take 3pts I'll apologise and wind my neck in. But, I strongly suspect we have lost precious momentum and will put in a turgid Marti-esque lightweight shot-shy effort.... will have to wait and see.

Totally agree Abs might regret throwing those points away bit later in the season

[SheepRanger]

Had we drawn with 2nd place Stoke and Beaten oxford would the reaction be the same? Similarly had we drawn away to Wrexham and then beaten Oxford.

11 points from the last 5 games gets you 99 points over a long season.

[3London]

It's interesting I think we have about 70% of fans just happy to stay away from relegation so consider a draw at home reasonable then you have 30% that expect us to be doing a bit more against bottom half teams

Had we drawn with 2nd place Stoke and Beaten oxford would the reaction be the same? Similarly had we drawn away to Wrexham and then beaten Oxford.


11 points from the last 5 games gets you 99 points over a long season.

[FurtiveFox]

Very tight division. My view is given the recruitment we need to see an improvement and that needs to be comfortable mid table and with a fair wind maybe even top 10. We have been carp for years now but last season was important in improving the squad as was the summer. We still need improvement but have lots of options in attacking midfield positions and potentially our best striker in years. The bench looks strong so no excuses for not being able to play well over full 90 minutes.

Would have liked to have won last night but both Oxford and Sheff Wed have got decent results against teams better rated than us and Oxford not lost by more than one goal all season I think so have made teams work hard.

We still have Poku and Chair to come back who both have the ability to make a difference to us. Can we be play off dark horses? Not impossible but big ask. At least we should hopefully avoid another depressing relegation scrap.

[WeAreQPR12]

It's interesting I think we have about 70% of fans just happy to stay away from relegation so consider a draw at home reasonable then you have 30% that expect us to be doing a bit more against bottom half teams

[Hope & Faith]

Was at the game and rewatched the game when i got back - i don't think we were as bad as some are making out. Sure Shot on target is the headline stat! but Oxford defended superbly and with a few better choices in the pen box we could have won the game.

the mid week fixtures alone have proved how even the championship is this season 8 of the 12 games were draws - keeping an unbeaten run going is always going to be important and its going to come down to fine margins.

5 changes is too much but in theory we have the stringiest bench we've had for a while so we should be able to change and adapt.

But as fans we love to deal in the extremes we are either promotion bound or Dire - there doesn't seem to be a middle ground.

Good post mate and I agree.

i thought Oxford did well, and closed us down well too.

Disappointing, but we’d have lost that in the past. Still 5 undefeated

[cross it Dave]

Or, playing devils advocate, unbeaten in 5, with only 3 goals conceded after being thrashed by Coventry.


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[Jeffqpr]

The 2nd half team well when the subs came on should’ve played from the off, Madsen was badly missed & now should be playing all games as he’s so improved & does create like no one else can

[Banbury]

I hope supporters who #### Chair off understand that this was the kind of Championship game that he offers something different,until Madsen came on we didn’t really create anything..Chair wud of .

[Abseits]

This resting players nonsense is doing my head in! Two games against middling oppositi9n and what's the narrative? Does the manager target going all out for six points to gatecrash promotion spots or does he spend the week blathering on about resting and rotating players? He's pissed away some gettable points with his unnecessary tinkering, fiddling and applying the handbrake to a team that had got into top gear and was starting to soar. He is a damn fool in my view.

Even the way we started smacked of players being told to take it easy, pace yourself and dont overdo it early on - absolutely disgraceful against a team like Oxford that offer little aside than hard work and hard running.

If we put in a barnstorming all-action performance on Saturday and take 3pts I'll apologise and wind my neck in. But, I strongly suspect we have lost precious momentum and will put in a turgid Marti-esque lightweight shot-shy effort.... will have to wait and see.

[WeAreQPR12]

Not sure why we had to change the side. Apparently we need to rest players. We've played 6 weeks of a season. I don't remember Manchester United dropping Beckham, Keane, Giggs Scholes or Neville back in the day when they won everything

[Qpr staines]

Cook had a decant game thought he was our best defender last night and fizzed in a great cross second half that someone should of been on the end off

[DJ Hooper W12]

Agreed, had we (somehow) managed to score then it would have been seen as a composed sure footed performance. We dominated but couldn't break down their defence. Credit to Oxford who did enough to stiffle any creativity.
Not a great game to watch, and to get only 2 points out of two teams in the relegation zone is disappointing, let's hope we can step up and get a result on Saturday.

Agree these really should be winnable games especially at home. Wasn’t confident when l saw the line ups. Stick with your best eleven until situations demand a change. They can’t be tired this early in the season. Remember George Best saying you only get tired when you’re losing. Play seven days a week when you’re winning. Showing my age now

[Darkranger]

Was at the game and rewatched the game when i got back - i don't think we were as bad as some are making out. Sure Shot on target is the headline stat! but Oxford defended superbly and with a few better choices in the pen box we could have won the game.

the mid week fixtures alone have proved how even the championship is this season 8 of the 12 games were draws - keeping an unbeaten run going is always going to be important and its going to come down to fine margins.

5 changes is too much but in theory we have the stringiest bench we've had for a while so we should be able to change and adapt.

But as fans we love to deal in the extremes we are either promotion bound or Dire - there doesn't seem to be a middle ground.

Agreed, had we (somehow) managed to score then it would have been seen as a composed sure footed performance. We dominated but couldn't break down their defence. Credit to Oxford who did enough to stiffle any creativity.
Not a great game to watch, and to get only 2 points out of two teams in the relegation zone is disappointing, let's hope we can step up and get a result on Saturday.