what did we think of nick ward then?

[larus]

Does anyone know if he would be available at the end of the season, or do QPR still want him as 'one for the future'?

 

[trueblue]

He also kept drifting into the centre in the first half leaving the flank unprotected which is why I think Wilkins changed formation in the second half.

Doubt it. Surely the whole point of a playmaker is that he is more effective in the centre, and he'd been told to move inside when we were attacking. Not much point being stuck out on the wing.

Wilkins said the change in formation was to get more bodies in the middle where we were losing out.

The puzzle for me was why Hammond ended up as the holding player when he's one of our best attackers..

 

[7:18]

The problem is Ward wants to play in the center of the park, but with us we really need him on the right flank.

 

[Knightsworld]

I thought he had a useful first half, a bit disappointed that he didn't shoot from just outside the box early on in the game when he was under no pressure, chose to pass the ball wide instead.
Second half seemed to drift out of the game a lot more. Not a bad debut though.

 

[Ernest]

To be honest I thought he was crap and we have enough of that in the team already

 

[Stoaty Ferret]

Looks very promising. One of the main things we have lacked so far this season has been someone to play a killer pass to our striker. On yesterdays evidence Ward is the player to provide this and set up our two best chances.

 

[Frutos]

Does anyone know if he would be available at the end of the season, or do QPR still want him as 'one for the future'?

Probably a case of crossing that bridge if/when we come to it.

 

[eastlondonseagull]

Best player in the first half, bit anonymous in the second.

Agree with that.

 

[SpidersLegs]

Looked promising in patches. Played a couple of balls thru where he thought Jakey would be but Jakey didn't read them. After a couple of games they might click a bit better.

 

[Napper]

looked good to me , prefered him out wide and most our attacks came down that side which this season has been a rarity except when harty plays

 

[graz126]

from what i have read on here all the signings (that played) looked ok. so hopefully they can all start working together in training and become a good team by gelling quickly.

 

[Gritt23]

I thought he looked really good. He faded in the 2nd half, and I think that's what went wrong with out performance, because for me EVERYTHING we did well, everything that looked promising, in the first half, was going through him.

Verdict. Good start, let's see if he can build on it and give us a 90 min performance.

 

[Yorkie]

Looked promising in patches. Played a couple of balls thru where he thought Jakey would be but Jakey didn't read them. After a couple of games they might click a bit better.

That sums it up for me.

 

[perth seagull]

Thought that some early vision from Ward highlighted Jakes inexperiance runs and positioning. Got to work hard together in training to get some understanding of each other

Ward has less experience at first team football than Jake. Two years ago he was a youth team player. He had one successful season at Perth Glory and then signed for QPR at the start of this season. So Ward has pretty much had only two seasons of first team football, and this season he hardly played for QPR. But the progress he has made in a relatively short period of time makes Ward a promising player.

 

[Les Biehn]

Wouldn't say I was overly enthused. He has potential with some of his passing but looked like a rich mans Doug Loft. Will wait and see though.

 

[Seagullible]

The QPR fans I know all rate him very highly

 

[Man of Harveys]

I think he, along with the other debutants looked excellent - some excellent passing and good vision. OK, he faded a bit in the 2H but generally he was making passes that made Mssrs el-Abd and Robinson look a bit sluggish in comparison. Hopefully they'll rise to his level - he could be a very, very fine player for us indeed.

 

[byf]

Best player out of the new ones brought in...had a really good 1st 30 mins and then faded prob due to the fitness thing...looked a level above our lot for 1st half though..

Will be a quality signing I reckon

 

[SJ's Love Monkey]

The QPR fans I know all rate him very highly

Another one who knows QPR fans? Sorry i don't believe you

 

[ali jenkins]

I thaught he could have had a few shots from outside the box, but apart from that i think he had a really good game.