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Match Thread Queens Park Rangers - Coventry City Match Thread - Saturday 31st Jan (2 Viewers)

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Otis

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  • Jan 27, 2026
  • #71
JSL said:
Thomas needs dropping after last nights performance. He looked half arsed
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Only just recovered from injury hasn't he.

Probably rusty as much as anything else.
 
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coop

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  • Jan 27, 2026
  • #72
Just watched the highlights of our win over QPR what a difference. In that performance we moved the ball quickly one touch passes playing through midfield Rudoni staying in the lines of both 18 yard box's.
 
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coop

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  • Jan 27, 2026
  • #73
We are to slow in our build up piss about with it at the back and want loads of touches instead of passing it through seen a bit of this second half against Leicester when Rudoni was getting in pockets of space between the box's. Grimes is far to deep and we keep trying the long switch ball from left to right.
 
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Hobo

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  • Jan 27, 2026
  • #74
coop said:
We are to slow in our build up piss about with it at the back and want loads of touches instead of passing it through seen a bit of this second half against Leicester when Rudoni was getting in pockets of space between the box's. Grimes is far too deep and we keep trying the long switch ball from left to right.
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Considering you feel Grimes plays too deep, it is surprising how many crosses into to box he puts in. Far more than EMC or Dasilva. When teams are building from the back it is not unusual for the main playmaker to sit deep because they like to have all their options in front of them. As we progress up the pitch so does Grimes. He is often hovering just outside the opponents penalty area.
 
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coop

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  • Jan 27, 2026
  • #75
Hobo said:
Considering you feel Grimes plays too deep, it is surprising how many crosses into to box he puts in. Far more than EMC or Dasilva. When teams are building from the back it is not unusual for the main playmaker to sit deep because they like to have all their options in front of them. As we progress up the pitch so does Grimes. He is often hovering just outside the opponents penalty area.
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Yes and it's always a loop left peg to the far post.
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Jan 27, 2026
  • #76
Lessons have to have been learned from last night and we can't be so gung-ho leaving so much space for teams to break into.

Can't decide between two options:

1. Keep our current shape, but bring in Eccles for BTA. Move Torp into the 10 (or just let him play where he was against Norwich as it was high anyway) and have Eccles playing closer to Grimes as an 8.

2. Go 3CB's and move Grimes higher up the pitch so he's closer to the attacking players that way.

If he's fit enough, I'd consider KKH at LB, purely because he has more pace to recover in a similar fashion to mvE. I seem to remember he's also capable of a long throw so if FL is going to persist with that tactic, at least we wouldn't have all the players out of position when MvE has to trot over to the left to take them.

And if we're in need of a goal, bring Simms on alongside Wright rather than to replace (unless Wright is having one of those games where he seems offended to have been asked to play a game of football.)
 
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Cally Fedora

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  • Jan 27, 2026
  • #77
I’d go with
Rushworth
Thomas Lats Kitching
Van Ewijk Dasilva
Eccles Grimes
Saka Wright EMC
 
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Macca

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  • Jan 27, 2026
  • #78
Nothing here, the resurgence hopefully starts after this
 
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marrrkjay_ccfc

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  • Jan 27, 2026
  • #79
Didn't we go to a back 5 away at Charlton and looked absolutely awful?

Anyway, this is how I'd set us up for QPR:



Subs: Wilson, Latibeaudiere, Bidwell, Allen, Rudoni, Sakamoto, Mason-Clark, Thomas-Asante, Wright

Eccles and Torp under strict instructions not to leave Grimes isolated.
 
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Martw

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  • Jan 27, 2026
  • #80
Cally Fedora said:
I’d go with
Rushworth
Thomas Lats Kitching
Van Ewijk Dasilva
Eccles Grimes
Saka Wright EMC
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I think Esse deserves to keep his place
 

Hobo

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  • Jan 27, 2026
  • #81
coop said:
Yes and it's always a loop left peg to the far post.
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They are still good balls in that are there to be attacked. EMC puts one good cross about every two games, yet is a dedicated winger (before EMC fans get on my back, he has his strengths, but crossing isn’t one of them).
 
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CovValleyBoy

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  • Jan 27, 2026
  • #82
marrrkjay_ccfc said:
Didn't we go to a back 5 away at Charlton and looked absolutely awful?

Anyway, this is how I'd set us up for QPR:

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Subs: Wilson, Latibeaudiere, Bidwell, Allen, Rudoni, Sakamoto, Mason-Clark, Thomas-Asante, Wright

Eccles and Torp under strict instructions not to leave Grimes isolated.
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Simms ahead of Wright.
Please No.
 
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Matt smith

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  • Jan 27, 2026
  • #83
Markelo hat trick
 
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marrrkjay_ccfc

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  • Jan 27, 2026
  • #84
CovValleyBoy said:
Simms ahead of Wright.
Please No.
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Just think with that formation and team I've gone with, Simms would be better suited, but Wright has looked better recently.
 

StrettoBoy

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  • Jan 27, 2026
  • #85
I assume we will play the usual 2-0-8 in possession and 2-1-7 out of possession.
 
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CovValleyBoy

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  • Jan 27, 2026
  • #86
CovValleyBoy said:
Simms ahead of Wright.
Please No.
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Ellis lack of a challenge for that late cross ? its hard to accept that it's the best he can do ?
 
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coop

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  • Jan 27, 2026
  • #87
Hobo said:
They are still good balls in that are there to be attacked. EMC puts one good cross about every two games, yet is a dedicated winger (before EMC fans get on my back, he has his strengths, but crossing isn’t one of them).
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Because EMC wants about 10 touches to get around a defender hs a chance to put it in but chops again then loses it.
 
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Hobo

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  • Jan 27, 2026
  • #88
coop said:
Because EMC wants about 10 touches to get around a defender hs a chance to put it in but chops again then loses it.
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He rarely gets a shot off when he cuts inside either. His main threat is in the air at the far post and in and around the six yard box.
 
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Johhny Blue

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  • Jan 27, 2026
  • #89
SkyblueTexan said:
Must win. That’s all there’s to it.
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Must show up
 
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SkyBlueCharlie9

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  • Jan 28, 2026
  • #90
alexccfc99 said:
I thought they were an okay side, better than the the table would have you believe and only 2pts off Boro in the form table since their manager got the gig

It is not a gimme that Boro win
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Norwich defence looked there for the taking to me on Monday. Boro will score plenty, they are right on it. Hope I'm wrong.
 
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Otis

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  • Jan 28, 2026
  • #91
Johhny Blue said:
Must show up
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Yup. We need to reform and fill the team with right wingers.
 
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wingy

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  • Jan 28, 2026
  • #92
Saddlebrains said:
Cant see anything here. We have a good record at Loftus Road but if he sets us up the same with space for Icon of the seas to be in the middle then we lose again
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Who's this Icon fella?
 
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AFCCOVENTRY

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  • Jan 28, 2026
  • #93
Need a clean sheet

Rushworth
MVE Thomas Woolf Lati Kitch Bidwell JDS
Grimes Eccles
Wright
 
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Balli001

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  • Jan 28, 2026
  • #94
marrrkjay_ccfc said:
Didn't we go to a back 5 away at Charlton and looked absolutely awful?

Anyway, this is how I'd set us up for QPR:

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Subs: Wilson, Latibeaudiere, Bidwell, Allen, Rudoni, Sakamoto, Mason-Clark, Thomas-Asante, Wright

Eccles and Torp under strict instructions not to leave Grimes isolated.
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Playing wing backs and no kesler Hayden on the bench? And I doubt either of yang or markelo don't make the bench
 
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oneofourown

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  • Jan 28, 2026
  • #95

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Sky_Blue_Daz

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  • Jan 28, 2026
  • #96
marrrkjay_ccfc said:
Didn't we go to a back 5 away at Charlton and looked absolutely awful?

Anyway, this is how I'd set us up for QPR:

View attachment 48748

Subs: Wilson, Latibeaudiere, Bidwell, Allen, Rudoni, Sakamoto, Mason-Clark, Thomas-Asante, Wright

Eccles and Torp under strict instructions not to leave Grimes isolated.
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Like the look of this but think Wright will get the nod over Simms
 

shmmeee

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  • Jan 28, 2026
  • #97
Think as it stands I’d go:

Rushworth
Lats Thomas Kitching
MvE Eccles Grimes Dasilva
Torp
Wright Simms

And just try and keep a clean sheet to start. Can bring on all the fancy players who don’t track back/cant defend if we’re behind.
 
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Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Jan 28, 2026
  • #98
shmmeee said:
Think as it stands I’d go:

Rushworth
Lats Thomas Kitching
MvE Eccles Grimes Dasilva
Torp
Wright Simms

And just try and keep a clean sheet to start. Can bring on all the fancy players who don’t track back/cant defend if we’re behind.
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No room for 2 in 2 Esse?
 

shmmeee

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  • Jan 28, 2026
  • #99
Mucca Mad Boys said:
No room for 2 in 2 Esse?
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See the comment
 

clint van damme

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  • Jan 28, 2026
  • #100
shmmeee said:
Think as it stands I’d go:

Rushworth
Lats Thomas Kitching
MvE Eccles Grimes Dasilva
Torp
Wright Simms

And just try and keep a clean sheet to start. Can bring on all the fancy players who don’t track back/cant defend if we’re behind.
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Torp should be nowhere near the team after Mionday.
 
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David O'Day

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  • Jan 28, 2026
  • #101
oneofourown said:

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Esse can't play that deep
 

shmmeee

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  • Jan 28, 2026
  • #102
clint van damme said:
Torp should be nowhere near the team after Mionday.
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Well hopefully we sign a CM then cos not sure who else there is. I wouldn’t play Esse centrally he’s far too raw and doesn’t add much off the ball.
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Jan 28, 2026
  • #103
When is Rudoni back?
 

AFCCOVENTRY

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  • Jan 28, 2026
  • #104
Rushworth
MVE Thomas Kitching JDS
Grimes Eccles
Tatsu Esse EMC
Wright
 

clint van damme

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  • Jan 28, 2026
  • #105
shmmeee said:
Well hopefully we sign a CM then cos not sure who else there is. I wouldn’t play Esse centrally he’s far too raw and doesn’t add much off the ball.
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I think dropping Eccles in alongside Grimes as you've suggested will shore things up a bit.
I'd be OK trying Esse at 10 but personally, if available, I'd play Rudoni there with instruction to operate in the width of the 18 yard box and stop going out wide.

Though I don't see how you can drop a plater thats got 2 in 2 though Lampards done it before
 
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