Qpr v Coventry | Match Thread

[Sleeping Giants]

If Frey is injured, I think that's the team I would have picked bar Saito instead of Smyth but I'm in 2 minds about Paal as well so I'm talking rubbish...come on u Rs!!

[WeAreQPR12]

Frey must be injured, shame could of done with him tonight

[SheepRanger]

Any rumours on Frey's absence from the squad?

[LoftusRoadLad]

Lets hope this team can do it !!!!

[LoftusRoadLad]

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[SheepRanger]

Varane, JCS, Celar & Smyth start.

Fox on the bench........Frey no where!!

[70sQPR]

I wouldn't write off fox either , we all have bad days and he was just to slow against Pompey, and let's face it he doesn't really have much competition for his place.
celar just doesn't seem up to it , he won't jump and looks lost.
Saturday he and Frey seemed to get in eachothers way .
Bottom line is we need 11 out there tomorrow that are prepared to run themselves into the ground and we may have a chance , as said Coventry are not as good as recent seasons.

Yes,Fox should stay in with Field , Varane and Morgan in at the expense of Dembele -to brought on later?

[SheepRanger]

Morgan to start.......please!

[daveshads]

Good luck lads and all the loyal fans who keep turning up during these difficult times. Really mystified personally. I don't believe that we have a bad side so why, at least occasionally, we don't look good, I am at a loss to explain. People, including myself, have put forward loads of ideas but truthfully none of us can be certain. Let's hope for a good night, maybe a little luck, and some light ahead.

[Jeffqpr]

No choice but to push on now and play two up front. We can’t keep setting ourselves up to win by a lucky goal. Frey works his heart out but he’s never gonna make much progress against two CBs. The worry for me was seeing Celar come on last Saturday and follow Frey round the pitch - they look too similar to play together . If we’re going to get the points we need we need to have a threat up front

I would okay Lloyd up front with Frey

[Dedders]

No choice but to push on now and play two up front. We can’t keep setting ourselves up to win by a lucky goal. Frey works his heart out but he’s never gonna make much progress against two CBs. The worry for me was seeing Celar come on last Saturday and follow Frey round the pitch - they look too similar to play together . If we’re going to get the points we need we need to have a threat up front

[Jeffqpr]

Team for Cov :

Nardi (picks himself)

Dunne (can only play well at RB)
Cook (picks himself)
JCS (fingers crossed he’s fit)
Dev Squad LB (Paal and Fox not good enough)

Morgan (Good, solid debut on Sat)
Field (Only 1st team CMF worth picking)

Dembele (fingers crossed he’s fit)
Chair (hopefully fit enough to play 90)
Lloyd (give him a start, no one else good enough)

Frey (picks himself)

No where near this first team and definitely not good enough to grace our wonderful shirt are the following :

Ashby
Santos
Paal
Fox
Madsen
EDB
Anderson
Smyth
Saito
Celar

They’ve all had chances, been very disappointing and in my opinion, just not good enough for this level of Championship football.

Shocking Summer recruitment! Most brought in via data analysis…what a heap of horse sh*t! The game isn’t played on a computer, it’s played on grass on a football pitch not in the comfort of your office or arm chair! Why weren’t these players scouted properly through a network? What’s wrong with sending scouts out to the lower reaches of English football and finding some gems like we used to? There are plenty of very good, young, English players out there who’d give their right leg to play at such a high level. With a bit of coaching, nurturing and developing, we could turn these into good players at this level and they’d probably be more accustomed to the fast pace and vigeurs of this league!

We are in an awful position. Injuries to Morrison and Colback aren’t helping matters, but something has got to change soon or as results go and if we carry on losing at the current rate, we could be cut adrift very quickly and then there’d be nowhere back from this!

You forgot Varne as he’s available tonight & would probably play him, also should give Morgan a game as he looked composed Saturday

[72bus]

I wouldn't write off fox either , we all have bad days and he was just to slow against Pompey, and let's face it he doesn't really have much competition for his place.
celar just doesn't seem up to it , he won't jump and looks lost.
Saturday he and Frey seemed to get in eachothers way .
Bottom line is we need 11 out there tomorrow that are prepared to run themselves into the ground and we may have a chance , as said Coventry are not as good as recent seasons.

[lincoln ranger]

Fox had a mare but I thought he looked pretty solid when he played last season and whilst Stoke let him go he played something like 43 out of 46 games that season and has good experience at this level.

We need to try two up top from the start which would also give Celar a chance to get some minutes alongside someone. Get balls down the channels and attack the oppo defence.

It would be very disappointing if all we see is more of the same. Good teams can change things around. Poor teams don't and are painfully predictable and ineffectual, like us so far this season.

I’d love to see us go 2 up front mate, with 2 x wide players giving us width and pinging crosses into the box, but I just don’t trust Celar to come good! I think in him and Madsen, we’ve wasted good money on a couple of duds! Jury is out on Varane, but from the little I’ve seen of him he could be another!

If we had 2 x decent strikers to pick, then I’d be all for this. Sadly we don’t! We could try Dembele or Lloyd alongside Frey? The lack of goals in this squad is bewildering! How on earth did the powers that be think there’d be enough goals in this squad to survive this season? And then let Dykes go for a paltry fee??? Absolutely gob smacking decisions that will come back to bite us on the ‘arris!

[FurtiveFox]

Fox had a mare but I thought he looked pretty solid when he played last season and whilst Stoke let him go he played something like 43 out of 46 games that season and has good experience at this level.

We need to try two up top from the start which would also give Celar a chance to get some minutes alongside someone. Get balls down the channels and attack the oppo defence.

It would be very disappointing if all we see is more of the same. Good teams can change things around. Poor teams don't and are painfully predictable and ineffectual, like us so far this season.