Boro v QPR | Match Thread

[72bus]

I know you don’t rate marti harrow but if he’s not involved into recruitment as much as nourry then it’s that side holding us back more than marti

Were either great to watch or couple of sh it I’m not of fan of possession football as we ain’t prem top 4 and most players lack the technical ability to do it well

having so many out of contract don’t help and squad depth is poor we’ve been crying out for 2x full backs for what 3-4 seasons at least paal i find a complete liability and dunne our best rb who’s a cb even the loan Ashby is l1 level

Nardi id like to come for crosses better but same could be said of Dieng and begovic

As for Marti I can’t see anyone else doing much more with what we’ve got playing staff but I would like him to change set up and we play with a lot more pace and aggression

That's it in a nutshell , no pace or aggression.
No intent to get it forward quickly.
It's boring safe football continually passing it backwards allowing oppo to get into shape.
I was frustrated and bored at wba and left 5 mins early ,( I knew we wouldn't score) and I never do that .

[Dono77]

Just thankful that we had a short run to get some points in the bin or we’d be in a proper relegation scrap. Big summer for the kid in charge and his magic laptop

Nourry needs to leave his laptop at home..let the grown ups who know football make the decisions. He is clueless. Can we not find someone who has some experience and can find decent young lads in league 1 and 2?

Why are we wandering around Scandinavia looking for lads who are not ready for championship football.

wake up belk and nourry!!!

[Dedders]

Just thankful that we had a short run to get some points in the bin or we’d be in a proper relegation scrap. Big summer for the kid in charge and his magic laptop

[topperharley]

I agree very much with Harrow QPR. No obvious plan.
Keeps playing Paal mysteriously. Hopeless footballer.
Awful entertainment win, lose or draw. The situation is difficult but not dire due to our little run.
I'm a bit lost for words actually.
Football under Marti, is no longer a spectator sport I fear.
It is so lucky for Marti that the Hoops mean so much to so many. Otherwise why would you watch that?
I would certainly not rule out replacing him.

While you're right, no obvious plan, I'd counter that most 'total football, play out from the back' teams lack a plan on the surface. We seem to want to invite the press, but then do very little to exploit the space gained when it works. Then if the other team hold back we lack the ideas to effect regular chances.

I just think we're lacking in quality, grit, poor opposition, our our plans coming off on afew occasions, and afew lucky moments have gotten us this far, i do think trusting the process is the way to go here.

Not looking foward to Leeds though.

[daveshads]

I agree very much with Harrow QPR. No obvious plan.
Keeps playing Paal mysteriously. Hopeless footballer.
Awful entertainment win, lose or draw. The situation is difficult but not dire due to our little run.
I'm a bit lost for words actually.
Football under Marti, is no longer a spectator sport I fear.
It is so lucky for Marti that the Hoops mean so much to so many. Otherwise why would you watch that?
I would certainly not rule out replacing him.

[Harrow QPR]

I know you don’t rate marti harrow but if he’s not involved into recruitment as much as nourry then it’s that side holding us back more than marti

Were either great to watch or couple of sh it I’m not of fan of possession football as we ain’t prem top 4 and most players lack the technical ability to do it well

having so many out of contract don’t help and squad depth is poor we’ve been crying out for 2x full backs for what 3-4 seasons at least paal i find a complete liability and dunne our best rb who’s a cb even the loan Ashby is l1 level

Nardi id like to come for crosses better but same could be said of Dieng and begovic

As for Marti I can’t see anyone else doing much more with what we’ve got playing staff but I would like him to change set up and we play with a lot more pace and aggression

I would love to be proved wrong about Marti but i just don't see any plan in our play , we very rarely play well even when we win. Most of the time we nick a win , especially away from home. I would say Luton and Plymouth away were the only games i could say we deserved the win and maybe Watford away. Even Derby at home we struggled and it was only after the first goal we settled. With the type of small so called flair players in our team we should be playing more on the front foot and passing about in the oppo half , rather than passing it about between defenders and keeper then hoofing it and losing possesion, Marti is a boring negative manager, i believe with our squad and a decent manager we would be higher up the league. The standard of teams in this league is very poor bar the top four with all the money so we could be a lot higher with a decent manager.

[shaggy24]

I don't agree and think Nardi is bang average.
We were poor before Marti arrived yes but i did'nt expect any different with Ainsworth as manager and i said it at the start of that season.
Marti has been here 18 months and we are still poor and the only people that talked about us getting in the play offs were some fans on this message board.
Can you tell me Marti's plan , pattern of play for our team because i don't see a plan and any improvement.

I know you don’t rate marti harrow but if he’s not involved into recruitment as much as nourry then it’s that side holding us back more than marti

Were either great to watch or couple of sh it I’m not of fan of possession football as we ain’t prem top 4 and most players lack the technical ability to do it well

having so many out of contract don’t help and squad depth is poor we’ve been crying out for 2x full backs for what 3-4 seasons at least paal i find a complete liability and dunne our best rb who’s a cb even the loan Ashby is l1 level

Nardi id like to come for crosses better but same could be said of Dieng and begovic

As for Marti I can’t see anyone else doing much more with what we’ve got playing staff but I would like him to change set up and we play with a lot more pace and aggression

[Harrow QPR]

Nardi is a great keeper at this level. As for not rating Marti, cast your mind back to where we were when he arrived. Lets not forget we were doomed to League 1 at that time, now we have been talked about (not quite got there) as play off contenders to the Prem only 12 months later.

I don't agree and think Nardi is bang average.
We were poor before Marti arrived yes but i did'nt expect any different with Ainsworth as manager and i said it at the start of that season.
Marti has been here 18 months and we are still poor and the only people that talked about us getting in the play offs were some fans on this message board.
Can you tell me Marti's plan , pattern of play for our team because i don't see a plan and any improvement.

[DJ Hooper W12]

The pleasure of watching this side has disappeared yet again. What happened to the enthusiasm and fight we had in our little run. Players-tactics-manager all useless without some fighting spirit. They look like a side who will be dreading Saturday instead of relishing the challenge

[topperharley]

Smithie added drive forward. Deserves his place back. Fox added balance. Dembele added more than Ilias. First half we were playing with no urgency. End of day Paal very bad miss and Nardi fluffed header . Have to score these type of chances.

I don't think we can be too harsh on nardi for fluffing a header.

Agree on smyth, work rate alone for Championship level he does deserve his spot. Given we're now afew points from mathematical safety we need to get some on the board asap, then focus on next year. Does that mean Smyth or Yang start?

[Stanfan]

Smithie added drive forward. Deserves his place back. Fox added balance. Dembele added more than Ilias. First half we were playing with no urgency. End of day Paal very bad miss and Nardi fluffed header . Have to score these type of chances.

[topperharley]

I've certainly seen worse performances this season, it was just devoid of ideas and threat. we were not as terrible as we were in the first third of the season, where that would have counted as a good performance.

I would like to see the heat map of our posession, i don't think i saw a single passage of play from us in the centre of Boro's half all game, EVERYTHING of what little we did do in attack was on the flanks, and then only one one flank with any intent.

Boro did a great job of closing down room for Saito, they clearly saw hil as a threat, and instead of changing our pattern of play Chair just went out there to help. We did not use Ilias in the centre or Yang on the right enough, Yang had tons of space in the first half.

Frey was never in any attacking forward positions when we were in posession. The fact our best 2 chances came from our left back and goal keeper says alot doesn't it.

That all being said, could easily have been 2-2, and we be thankful. Boro however did come close more often than we did, Jimmy and Paal both had poor games and let them cut in far too often, they nearly scored the same goal 4 times i counted!

[daveshads]

Hard to keep a level head after another such performance. I begin to fear that we are right amongst the worst teams in this league. Heaven knows how we went on that run, but thank God we did. I am beginning to feel that Marti may have had little to do with it. Why don't you ever see him angry? He has every right to be. His persistence in choosing Paal for any/every match, must go down as a real black mark against Marti.
Watching us is pretty regularly a horrible way to spend an afternoon or evening.
Sad about Ilias being injured again. On his day he is a fine player and has been a great club servant. However as has been mentioned before, the way he plays, does tend to pull the forward line out of shape. I get a feeling that Chair and Frey together is not a good plan..
His absence will prove interesting. Now for Leeds!!! What's the plan Marti??

[Sleeping Giants]

I don't particularly rate Nardi either , not a bad shot stopper but poor with commanding box and coming for crosses. Also i would'nt be bothered if Cifuentes went as well , i don't rate him , he's only won 30 percent of games in a #### poor league and been crap in the cups , also playing boring , slow football.

Nardi is a great keeper at this level. As for not rating Marti, cast your mind back to where we were when he arrived. Lets not forget we were doomed to League 1 at that time, now we have been talked about (not quite got there) as play off contenders to the Prem only 12 months later.

[Harrow QPR]

Just heard MC interview. Is he taking the ####? Quite a close game?! Did their keeper have to make a save?
He makes out like we were unlucky. He looks out of ideas and I wouldn't be suprised if he walks during the summer. He doesn't last long at clubs.

Typical football manager speak , they all talk #### , i would be happy for him to walk , i don't rate him.