Holloway: Sylla and Smith got it wrong

Ian Holloway said Idrissa Sylla and Matt Smith got their positioning wrong after Smith was brought off the bench during QPR’s loss to Sheffield Wednesday.

Target man Smith was sent on for the final 15 minutes of the game at Loftus Road, where Rangers boss Holloway switched to three up front in an attempt to rescue a point.

But he was frustrated that both strikers were frequently on the same side of the penalty area as balls were pumped towards the box late in the game.

Holloway said: “When we’ve got the two big ‘uns on, and you’re running out of time, you need to play them on opposite sides so that wherever you are you can drop a diagonal ball in and get Conor Washington and other people running in on it.

“It caused all sorts of issues. You can’t have Matt and Sylla on the same side!”