What do we do now?
With Tommy Williams returning to Peterborough and Ben Watson going back to Wigan, it leaves us with space to make some potential loan signings.
With Tommy Williams returning to Peterborough and Ben Watson going back to Wigan, it leaves us with space to make some potential loan signings.
When you’ve had a poor run of form and results and if you need to get your season going again, it doesn’t really matter how you win so long as you do and this victory was just what we needed.
This was Sheffield United at their best. It was a professional performance from them and although I wouldn’t call it dirty by any stretch, it shows they leave no stone unturned. They wasted time fairly whenever possible and didn’t retrieve any balls that were not for them, allowing them to get back into position and shape themselves for the ball coming in.
This was a good point given the circumstances and despite a brave and committed performance, it was always on the cards when you concede so much possession and try to ride out a result in the way we did here.
I thought Tom Cleverly was very good for them and deserved his goal at the end.
It was a limp performance all around and I didn’t think Watford were that fancy either. But what it showed was when there were any moments of quality from them, we couldn’t deal with it.
That’s twice now, that for no apparent reason, we’ve decided to wind up an opposition striker who later had the last laugh. We did it to Andy Cole back when he played for Burnley and despite leading 2-0 in that game, he hit three in a 4-2 win at Loftus Road. This wasn’t quite the same, but it felt similar and we got beaten up by Leroy Lita and his Boro team-mates.
I’m not really sure what to make of it anymore, but I’d like to thank Jim Magilton and John Gorman for their efforts and wish Paul Hart and Mick Harford the best of luck. They’re going to need it, because the chances of a manager surviving at any professional club are bleak as it is, but as we’ve seen over the past couple of years, it’s become a serious problem at QPR.
John Gorman is going to be a real big miss. He’s a proper football man whose personality and experience can change the entire atmosphere and mood around a club and it’s difficult to find those kind of people who can make all the things you don’t see tick.
And in the current climate, you’d have to say that you need your head examined to come and manage here (or come back as in Harford’s case), because we’ve a Board that want results, players that can get you sacked and fans who may not want to give you a chance before you’ve started.
I’ll stand up first though and say I’m behind the manager all the way. He’s a good footballing man whose been around a long time and has plenty of experience. And boy, he’s going to need to use all of it if he’s to be successful here.