[NSC] QPR Friendly away 3 August

[chaileyjem]

Of course, but we’ll see if the tinkering was too much, we are one game from the start of the season. Do YOU have a clue what the starting 11 will be?

Hopefully FH does but I am struggling to recall a pre season where we were making so many changes with one game to go before the season kicks off whilst missing so many of the previous season’s starters

Yes.
4-2-3-1

Or close to this at least

Steele/Verbruggen
Veltman Dunk JPVH Barco
Baleba Wieffer (or Hinshelwood)
Minteh Welbeck Pedro Mitoma

Enciso/Ferguson /Milner / ACD /Lamptey/Adingra / Igor

involved depending on fitness.

 

[Han Solo]

Not for me, they WERE poor.

However, our pressing was exceptional

Was a good opponent to test the pressing. QPR under Cifuentes are one of the best teams in the Championship at building from the back and we destroyed that part of their game. I agree with chaileyjem that it was a case of us making them bad, we gave them no chance to play the kind of football they like to play.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Yes.
4-2-3-1

Or close to this at least

Steele/Verbruggen
Veltman Dunk JPVH Barco
Baleba Wieffer (or Hinshelwood)
Minteh Welbeck Pedro Mitoma

Enciso/Ferguson /Milner / ACD /Lamptey/Adingra / Igor

involved depending on fitness.

I would hope Hinshelwood starts over Veltman.

It was but a decent team would have buried us on the counter attacks QPR had. I will be happy with loads of 4-5 or 5-4, will you?

No, however I don’t care how we win, just as long as we win.
Webbo was off-form today, very sloppy with his passing.

 

[pocketseagull]

Just going to leave this here

 

[Deadly Danson]

That was poor and we'll be lucky to stay up this season. Massive jury out on Hurzeler so far from me.

There is literally nothing he could have done at this stage that could deliver a proper verdict either way. Literally nothing. Even if we had won all 4 games (oh wait we did) it means very little. We won't know until well into September when the full squad has been assembled and assimilated. Even RDZ taking over a winning, mostly fit team took a while to get going.

 

[Reddleman]

That was poor and we'll be lucky to stay up this season. Massive jury out on Hurzeler so far from me.

Is this a joke?? Grow up for god sake.

 

[Flounce]

There is literally nothing he could have done at this stage that could deliver a proper verdict either way. Literally nothing. Even if we had won all 4 games (oh wait we did) it means very little. We won't know until well into September when the full squad has been assembled and assimilated. Even RDZ taking over a winning, mostly fit team took a while to get going.

True and we do have a massive squad to pick from as things stand, which may not be helpful for a new manager. It’s a bit Chelsea imo, hopefully without the egos.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Was a good opponent to test the pressing. QPR under Cifuentes are one of the best teams in the Championship at building from the back and we destroyed that part of their game. I agree with chaileyjem that it was a case of us making them bad, we gave them no chance to play the kind of football they like to play.

Yup. Won the ball up top a lot. Over a season that gets you a lot of goals. And that was basically a free practice.

 

[Zeus]

Agree Milner is starting. And Steele in goal. Not what I’d have hoped for tbh.

i really hope you’re wrong. Milner looked the very definition of huff and puff to me.

 

[S'hampton Seagull]

That was poor and we'll be lucky to stay up this season. Massive jury out on Hurzeler so far from me.

You'll have to mix your troll game up a bit more if you're going to force your way into the top 10 WUMs on here.

 

[Luke the Lucky]

I was at the game completely sober and honestly came away feeling pretty good about the whole thing.

At the end of the day we dominated possession and looked to move the ball forward in positive manner rather than sideways or even backwards which I felt became too commonplace at times in the second half of last season.

We saw flashes of quality from some of our new signings, Minteh is looking especially exciting and was great to see players back from injury.

Appreciate we didn't have the quality in the final third to get the goals and our set pieces looked pretty dire but at the end of the day it was a friendly with 21 different players getting a run out, still missing some key players, some not fully fit etc.

Overall I'm positive and excited to see what comes when we get our full strongest 11 out there for 90 minutes.

Give Hurzeler a few competitive games at least before writing him off!

 

[dazzer6666]

Was a good opponent to test the pressing. QPR under Cifuentes are one of the best teams in the Championship at building from the back and we destroyed that part of their game. I agree with chaileyjem that it was a case of us making them bad, we gave them no chance to play the kind of football they like to play.

Agree….they simply couldn’t get out, either wide or through the middle.

 

[Midget]

Can someone confirm the lyrics to van hecke's chant.

Follow, follow, follow....
... He's better than cannavaro. It's Jan Paul Van Hecke, theres nobody better, he's the best looking dutchman I know

Nearly - 2nd half was

There's nobody better
Than Jan Paul Van Hecke
The best f*cking Dutchman I know

 

[Coldeanseagull]

I was at the game completely sober and honestly came away feeling pretty good about the whole thing.

At the end of the day we dominated possession and looked to move the ball forward in positive manner rather than sideways or even backwards which I felt became too commonplace at times in the second half of last season.

We saw flashes of quality from some of our new signings, Minteh is looking especially exciting and was great to see players back from injury.

Appreciate we didn't have the quality in the final third to get the goals and our set pieces looked pretty dire but at the end of the day it was a friendly with 21 different players getting a run out, still missing some key players, some not fully fit etc.

Overall I'm positive and excited to see what comes when we get our full strongest 11 out there for 90 minutes.

Give Hurzeler a few competitive games at least before writing him off!

You do realise that's not how things are done on here?

 

[chrisg]

Yes.
4-2-3-1

Or close to this at least

Steele/Verbruggen
Veltman Dunk JPVH Barco
Baleba Wieffer (or Hinshelwood)
Minteh Welbeck Pedro Mitoma

Enciso/Ferguson /Milner / ACD /Lamptey/Adingra / Igor

involved depending on fitness.

Dunk and Pedro haven’t played 90 minutes since May have they ? And not in pre season yet. ( Pedro started last week maybe).
Can’t see either starting at Everton.

 

[Baldseagull]

Pretty sure some guys were singing the Bissouma song too for no obvious reason.

It's now Mitoma's song.

 

[Luke the Lucky]

Nearly - 2nd half was

There's nobody better
Than Jan Paul Van Hecke
The best f*cking Dutchman I know

Thanks!

 

[Guinness Boy]

Nearly - 2nd half was

There's nobody better
Than Jan Paul Van Hecke
The best f*cking Dutchman I know

*writes that down for Everton*

 

[Gully Forever]

There is literally nothing he could have done at this stage that could deliver a proper verdict either way. Literally nothing. Even if we had won all 4 games (oh wait we did) it means very little. We won't know until well into September when the full squad has been assembled and assimilated. Even RDZ taking over a winning, mostly fit team took a while to get going.

Ah crap, I knew it. The Borg are here.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Yup. Won the ball up top a lot. Over a season that gets you a lot of goals. And that was basically a free practice.

Be interesting how we get on against Villarreal with that tactic.

QPR were poor, every time the had the opportunity to work the ball around us, they overhit the pass. Their movement was abysmal, and they’re one week ahead of us. Their forwards were cumbersome, defence were very ponderous.

BTW Cozier-Duberry’s touch when he pulled the crossfield pass down, was moment of the match for me. That was brilliant……