da aposte e ganhe： It’s been almost two weeks since QPR lost away to West Ham, but as a Hammers fan I’ve still not quite gotten over what I saw.
da pinup bet： When looking at the statistics from the game, the match looks pretty even – both shots and possession are more or less equal. However, I can think of very few performances that have been as bad as QPR’s that day. Don’t get me wrong West Ham were wasteful and would have been punished by the majority of Premier League sides but it was so comfortable for the East London club.
Harry Redknapp is very good at playing a “FIFA” type game with the squads that he manages. He signs a decent bunch of players who by no means make a decent team. Ask any Sports Psychologist what the most important aspect of a team is and they will tell you it’s ‘cohesion’. Two synonyms of the word cohesion are; unity and togetherness. Neither of which QPR displayed against West Ham.
I can tell you now that West Ham fans that are naturally confident when it comes to supporting their side are hard to find, and many thought it was just their luck that Redknapp would come back to Upton Park with some ex-Hammers (Ferdinand, Zamora, Green) and take away the three points, despite looking dismal in past weeks. That’s why there was some surprise as to how easy West Ham found it to brush QPR aside. I’ve never seen such a lack of passion in a side and although a lot is said about Joey Barton and his misdemeanours, you have to say he has the passion to pull a weak side like The R’s together. Barton was missing two weeks back through injury and although it’s hypothetical, I think the game would have been a closer battle had he been involved.
There are many things wrong with QPR at the moment, from the players up to the Chairman – too many to discuss in one place.
Harry Redknapp looks destined to take his side straight back down to the Championship as the large amount of money and low amount of cohesion turns QPR into a ‘yo-yo club’. The players need to build a togetherness with the manager, they need to aim for working as a team rather than relying on their individual qualities. Their side is by no means the best in quality but that isn’t always needed to survive, after all, sides worse than QPR have beaten the drop through sheer bloody-mindedness.
I’m not sure that Redknapp has the ability to get his side pulling in the same direction but Joey Barton certainly does. Just two years ago QPR and Redknapp were relegated from the Premier League and Barton was as outspoken as ever about the deadwood which was at the club, and he was right. The shameful thing is, the squad is once again filled with players who have individual class but never seem to work for the team; Adel ‘Three Stone’ Taarabt and Kranjcar to name just two.
To survive in the Premier League effort must be valued over ability and the sooner Redknapp applies that to his side the better. Of course some teams just don’t have the quality necessary to survive, but if you get 11 players trying hard for each other on the pitch at the same time you’ll increase your chances immensely.
That’s what needs to be done but I don’t know if Redknapp has what it takes to introduce it. The sooner Barton returns to lead the team on the pitch the better but will it be enough?
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