Rate AN v QPR

[AlbertTatlock]

8 From me

Another patched up starting 11 but well organsied and looking like a team at last.

Gouranga.

[Bera’s Beano]

7

Reasonable game, struggling with an unbalanced and injured squad.

Loses any chance of an 8 by not only playing Smallbone, but leaving him on all game.

I do like the fight and fitness we seem to be showing since he's come in.

[moon]

8

A point gained, good first half, not so good in the second but we deserved a point. Could’ve nicked it at the end with Campbells chance and the penalty shout.

A lot of square pegs but he has them performing, a big difference from the end of MON’s tenure.

[scfcwebby]

First half 8
Second half 4

Average 6

[HarryTheHat]

7

[Deleted]

Seven.

More than happy with four points from the last two away games.

[chiprockets]

6. performance was horrific after half time.

[stokesupporter]

7

Good first half, then the house of card tumbled down and we had a lot of problems. Good away point though and players put up a good fight.

[wearestoke80]

8 good point against a good side away from home

[cvillestokie]

6.

6.5 for the first half.
5.5 for the second.

He didn’t change much around to make us look close to winning that. We were very leaky and they were wasteful.

[stokeson]

7 .We now have a defence set up and working for each other....

[supersimonstainrod]

Sept 17, 2022 15:59:30 GMT Bera’s Beano said:

7

Reasonable game, struggling with an unbalanced and injured squad.

Loses any chance of an 8 by not only playing Smallbone, but leaving him on all game.

I do like the fight and fitness we seem to be showing since he's come in.

Those flicks round the corner from Smallbone that just gave possession straight back to QPR....

Thought he should've gone off instead of Thompson.

[thedeadlyshart]

6. First half was good, second half was not. Good result given the run of play.

[FullerMagic]

7.

Decent point. Either side could've nicked it, but they obviously more than edged it in the end

Turned into a bit of a disjointed, backs-to-the-wall Pulis away low-blocky performance second half on a cramped, tight pitch, which probably suits that back three.

Not a great watch, but a battling point banked with a back 5 that literally nobody would ever have thought would have had to play together.

Nice to see 2 back-to-back decent Bursik performances

[mtrstudent]

Sept 17, 2022 16:05:35 GMT cvillestokie said:

6.

6.5 for the first half.
5.5 for the second.

He didn’t change much around to make us look close to winning that. We were very leaky and they were wasteful.

I'm going 6 too but better first and worse second. First half was bedding in a bit of a ramshackle team. I was hoping that Foundation would lead to a strong second but we got fucked a bit.

I made my main complaints during the game: smallbone needed yanking and Fosu was getting fisted defensively so needed bailing out. Maybe by going to 4 at the back. He didn't do it and it could have cost us.

[st3mark]

Probably an 8.

Tactics were right on the day and we dug in well at a traditionally difficult ground for us and between flint, Campbell and the penalty shout we could even have knicked it.
Made the right subs at the right time also.

Two good away performances in a row.

The trouble is our next three games are Watford, Burnley and Sheffield United. Massive tests coming up.

[Deleted]

6



Didn't think we were great v a side we should have caused more problems against.


Bit disappointed

[roylandstoke]

7: needed to change the midfield earlier.

[cvillestokie]

Sept 17, 2022 16:20:10 GMT mtrstudent said:

Sept 17, 2022 16:05:35 GMT cvillestokie said:

6.

6.5 for the first half.
5.5 for the second.

He didn’t change much around to make us look close to winning that. We were very leaky and they were wasteful.

I'm going 6 too but better first and worse second. First half was bedding in a bit of a ramshackle team. I was hoping that Foundation would lead to a strong second but we got fucked a bit.

I made my main complaints during the game: smallbone needed yanking and Fosu was getting fisted defensively so needed bailing out. Maybe by going to 4 at the back. He didn't do it and it could have cost us.

Agree with all of that.

For me, there’s maybe one or two teams in this league where I’d be “happy with a point”. We should beat most of the clubs in this league (and most should beat us as well), it’s a tight league.

So, I start at 5. A draw at home is 5. Away it’s +1. Home win is +2, away win is +3. There can be some general modifiers to that (the size of the win, the entertainment value etc), but mostly an away draw against a meh team is going to land a meh rating from me.

[chuckrocky]

7.

First half was fine, just lacked any kind of quality from the many decent positions we got into.

Second half was awful but we stuck at it and could have nicked all three points at the end.

I have absolutely no doubt that if we’d have faced the kind of pressure QPR put on us second half under the previous manger, we’d have crumbled.

[theonlooker]

6.

When he walked through the door he said he was a manager that would pick a side to suit the circumstances. With no wing backs, sticking to a back 3 without any real right wing back or even a converted striker there, and no real left wing back without Tymon, it seems daft to not try a back four with Fosu and DWP as wide men in the short term, especially on a tight pitch today. Wilmot at wing back is crazy.

The end result was a stodgy performance that yielded next to nothing.

Take the point all day long though. 4 points from two away games is not to be sniffed at.

[Deleted]

Good solid point away from home although we were pulled all over the place 2nd half.

7 out of 10.

Leaving Smallbone on was a strange one, as was putting Powell up front.

[gingerninja]

I thought Wilmot at RWB was our most dangerous player👍

[pretzel]

7 but I'm going to give him an extra point for getting fired into the ref at the end of the game.

[haway]

You’ll find that the fitness will look a lot better compared to MON’s team. He made us a lot more fit when he replaced LJ last season.

[shrewspotter]

Sept 17, 2022 17:12:14 GMT haway said:

You’ll find that the fitness will look a lot better compared to MON’s team. He made us a lot more fit when he replaced LJ last season.

you must be pleased with how Mowbray has started

[haway]

Sept 17, 2022 17:13:31 GMT shrewspotter said:

Sept 17, 2022 17:12:14 GMT haway said:

You’ll find that the fitness will look a lot better compared to MON’s team. He made us a lot more fit when he replaced LJ last season.

you must be pleased with how Mowbray has started

Aye mate, he’s doing a solid job. Wasn’t my first choice but can’t complain so far, we’d likely finish mid table but always the potential to aim higher. Seems it’s only Sheff United who are running away with it at the moment.

[shrewspotter]

Sept 17, 2022 17:14:42 GMT haway said:

Sept 17, 2022 17:13:31 GMT shrewspotter said:

you must be pleased with how Mowbray has started

Aye mate, he’s doing a solid job. Wasn’t my first choice but can’t complain so far, we’d likely finish mid table but always the potential to aim higher. Seems it’s only Sheff United who are running away with it at the moment.

I think quite often when a manager gets poached it's because his team are don't well, it doesn't usually start falling down for some weeks after

We will see but after Christmas will be a good indication for me, that said good luck to him

[gawa]

Has to be a 6 for getting a point away in London. And then 3 points on the road midweek too. 4/6 is good going.

3 big games after the international break. So let's see how we get on there.

[lancer]

Sept 17, 2022 16:04:08 GMT chiprockets said:

6. performance was horrific after half time.

Or QPR were a lot better.