QPR collapse ‘unacceptable’, says Warburton
Mark Warburton described QPR’s late collapse against Nottingham Forest as “unacceptable”.
Rangers were beaten 4-0 at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium, where they conceded a sloppy early goal and shipped three in the final nine minutes.
Manager Warburton said: “Up to 81 (minutes) we’re in the game. That’s how I saw the game.
“It was a really poor (first) goal to give away. It’s a set piece – defend your goal. We went 1-0 down and gave ourselves a problem.
“That was the only thing our keeper had to do in the first half. We had lots of the ball and lacked quality with the final ball.
“All night I thought we lacked quality with the final ball in from the wide areas, but we had Jordan Hugill on and I thought we were in the game.
“Up to 81, yes absolutely. But 81-91, no. That was unacceptable. Childish goals. Schoolboy goals.”
The R’s were not helped by the sending-off of Lee Wallace, who was shown a red card for pulling down Joe Lolley five minutes into the second half.
“It was exceptionally harsh. Did it change the dynamic? It has to,” Warburton said.
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28/11/2019 @ 11:57 am
“It was exceptionally harsh. Did it change the dynamic? It has to” Forward through on goal hauled down by the last man…I’d say it changed the dynamic.
I feel for you QPR fans, you’re having to deal with the same Warburton school of “fine margins” that we had. We used to dominate games having 70% possession and no end product too. Pretty football when it works (rarely) and dismal no product possession play when it doesn’t.
I’m grateful to MW for keeping us up when he did but shed no tears when he was dismissed after serving up the most inept display I’ve seen in nearly 50 years with a home defeat to the worst team in the division (at the time – Sunderland).
Good luck to QPR, I’ve always had a goo time with your supporters when I’ve been in the capital but take MW’s whining with a pinch of salt.