We could have played until the cows came home and not scored.

3 Responses to We could have played until the cows came home and not scored.

1. Iain Stuart says:

   November 28, 2024 at 11:02 am

   Another good report Paul and many salient points made.

   I said to my mate coming out of the game, that we could have played for another week without scoring, such was the lack of penetration & quality of our attempted finishing.

   It was also incredible given our lack of quality in the QPR box, that Reindorf wasn’t at least given a chance to change things. As you say, it could have shaken things up a bit.

   Also disappointing, was the reemergence of our poor passing & lack of retention of the ball when it mattered. Far too often, like earlier on this season, Colwill, Tanner, Ng and O’Dowda ended up down blind alleys only for QPR to come out with the ball, with no end product from us. Very frustrating.

   Hard to see where the next point is coming from at the moment.
2. Dai Woosnam says:

   November 28, 2024 at 5:59 pm

   Paul, compadre,
   Thanks for doing the hard yards, as ever.

   Reading the reports in WOL, and reader comments, I spotted one very special one and wrote this: “I salute 27Red for this zinger of a line from him, viz… ‘Seems like we’re back on the Bulut train, only someone else is driving.’
   Brilliant, and so true”.

   After last night’s snorefest defeat to QPR, my first thought was for those contributors to the WOL site, who less than a month ago were urging the club to give the job to Omer.

   I hope they feel suitably ashamed now. Methinks some of them six months ago were the same people who were clamouring for Bulut to get a new contract… and we all know how THAT worked out.

   When you consider that this season even Hull City crushed us by putting three goals past us… then let’s be realistic, we will need a miracle to avoid the drop.

   I point a finger at our close season recruitment. What world does WOL’s Glen Williams live in? I see he says Chambers had a ‘sound game’ last night. Eh?

   Chambers may have a not unimpressive CV, but to me he has always been a journeyman player at best… and even then, a better full back rather than a central defender.

   And don’t get me started on Willock: money down the drain. Same thing for Turnbull.

   The clue to knowing how good a player is when you sign him, is to always make a beeline for his former club’s fans forum… and see how many fans lament his departure. In the case of those three, I could not find a single one.

   Personally, I would not give five bob for the three of them collectively.

   And Robertson is no Tommy Doyle… or for that matter a Gavin Rae.

   His near namesake Robinson irritates the heck out of me. For a striker he doesn’t cause any headaches for his opposing defenders, and finds it impossible to rough them up, like a true striker can. To boot, he is hopeless aerially, and I’d get a taxi for him tomorrow.

   Tanner has not enough pace to be a class winger… but as soon as I say that, I try to breathe the words back in… for I remember the great cigarette smoking John Robertson… and know immediately that ‘speed in itself is not what makes a winger’.

   Michael Reindorf looks a real prospect who needs to be brought on every game around the hour mark. The boy Kanga should be given a one-way Wizz Air ticket to Berlin. And Méïté a National Bus ticket to Reading… what a disappointment he has been.

   The Colwill brothers clearly have great qualities… but people should stop whispering in the elder brother’s ear that he is the new Ivor Allchurch. It is going to his head with all his flicks and flourishes. He has a long way to go to be LEN Allchurch, let alone Ivor.

   Were I Vincent Tan, then I would think that only O’Dowda and Alnwick are the real deal… and in the case of Callum, only in wide midfield… and not as a defensive left back.

   As for the new manager…
   Me? I would give the top job to Ramsey. He is finished as a player… and is currently stealing a living. Would he save us? Not sure. But at least he would not be on the treatment table all the time.

   TTFN,
   Dai.
3. Roger Blandford says:

   November 28, 2024 at 6:15 pm

   Another new low in the club’s history last night for me. After more than 60 years following the club I asked myself this morning whether any of the present team/squad would last anytime at all in the memory of the fans…..I think NOT
   There have been very many over the 60 years that were a pleasure to watch and caused a sense of excitement on the way to the ground. We have had some fantastic captains and leaders of men proud to wear the shirt. Don’t feel this is the case any longer and see no signs of it changing soon. The complete lack of a striker of any consistency or real ability has been evident now for some time and yet nothing has been done to rectify this. Furthermore we have allowed some players go who were in a different league to those on the books now. The excuse of bad luck with injuries doesn’t wash.
   The hierarchy that exists is similar to those in the WRU in very many ways. Blaming or changing the manager every year or so will in my opinion not improve matterrs. There needs to be a far more professional approach to bringing new players to this club otherwise relegation is inevitable.