To be fair to Duffy both the keeper and defender did a good job closing him down and

the ball coming to him bounced high. Imo a striker would have had difficulty putting it away, let alone a central defender.

Posted By: Pixelman on December 30th 2024 at 12:40:48

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Having rewatched the highlights I think there is some overreaction (NCFC) - Jim, Dec 30, 08:26:46
- I agree that there are grounds for optimism (NCFC) - Kev, Dec 30, 15:02:40
- Think we're playing okay (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Dec 30, 13:27:41
- Fair comment (NCFC) - APB, Dec 30, 13:14:58
  - Think there'd have been a lot of booooos if we hadn't equalised (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Dec 30, 13:19:11
- kind of see it as a plus we played poor and created so many chances (n/m) (NCFC) - Gazzaman, Dec 30, 12:18:20
- Did not play particularly well but there was no fundamental problem. (NCFC) - Boyer, Dec 30, 11:09:52
  - Not playing particularly well seems to be the default approach for us these days (n/m) (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Dec 30, 11:16:22
    - Relentlessly negative do you remember farke season one … (NCFC) - loz, Dec 30, 11:24:19
  - You fucking what? (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Dec 30, 11:11:47
    - You're actually more chilled out these days! (n/m) (NCFC) - JD3, Dec 30, 12:00:45
    - 😄 (n/m) (NCFC) - norwaay, Dec 30, 11:22:33
- Yes, just a little bit short of quality in the final third (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Dec 30, 10:20:26
  - And very short on urgency and tempo in the first half (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Dec 30, 10:45:43
    - Maybe, but we still created some decent chances (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Dec 30, 10:58:35
      - With a right winger we'd have created much more (n/m) (NCFC) - paulg, Dec 30, 11:08:52
        
        The right side was really good against Millwall. (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Dec 30, 11:21:45
- Agreed- we should have won very comfortably (NCFC) - paulg, Dec 30, 10:10:03
  - QPR are a shithouse team, in the words of Wes (NCFC) - APB, Dec 30, 13:17:26
  - Schwartau and Fisher both always cut inside or play it inside (NCFC) - jamesward, Dec 30, 10:49:12
- Majority of chances coming from set plays. Lots of nice passive passing. (NCFC) - WalksietheReturn, Dec 30, 09:40:17
- Yeah I thought the same (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Dec 30, 08:57:37
  - Agree but I guess it’s promising that whilst not at our best we are still able to (NCFC) - Jim, Dec 30, 09:02:00
    - Dominating a home game against a depleted QPR team (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Dec 30, 09:20:33
      - What does count as dominating (NCFC) - paulg, Dec 30, 10:12:51
      - You seem permanently negative … (NCFC) - loz, Dec 30, 09:28:39
        
        says the account that spent most of last season (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Dec 30, 12:49:16
        
        VMT (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Dec 30, 10:59:38
        
        I like the third kit (n/m) (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Dec 30, 09:38:14
    - Just need to improve our away form … (NCFC) - loz, Dec 30, 09:06:50
      - Yes. Don’t fancy us at Luton as they will get in our faces (NCFC) - Jim, Dec 30, 09:08:05
        
        Is xlxl16 back for the game? (n/m) (NCFC) - Lager top, Dec 30, 09:53:31
        
        They are really poor though… (NCFC) - loz, Dec 30, 09:13:54
        
        They are really poor away from home yes. Not at home (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Dec 30, 11:17:23
        
        They’ll press high up the pitch (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Dec 30, 11:05:35
        
        Qpr's midfield was very sharp in the tackle- quite impressive (n/m) (NCFC) - paulg, Dec 30, 11:10:06
        
        Yes I thought they were well organised and sharper than us. We looked leggy (n/m) (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Dec 30, 11:23:26
        
        Without Sargent our press can look a bit half assed (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Dec 30, 11:17:54
        
        Was so easy for QPR to play out first half (NCFC) - jamesward, Dec 30, 11:26:42
        
        Quite often when Borja goes and they can play it past him out wide (NCFC) - JD3, Dec 30, 11:56:13
        
        If qpr hadn't been such cheating cunts (NCFC) - paulg, Dec 30, 11:29:42
        
        Tbf Andersen got pelters for going down and then got subbed straight off (n/m) (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Dec 30, 11:31:37
        
        True (NCFC) - paulg, Dec 30, 11:33:51
        
        Any player who goes down in agony, thrashing their arm (NCFC) - jamesward, Dec 30, 12:20:59
- Tbf we did smash them (NCFC) - SCC 28, Dec 30, 08:57:18
  - If you think back thru the chances, it does feel like that (NCFC) - paulg, Dec 30, 10:16:44
    - He had a half second to react tbf (NCFC) - mr chimp, Dec 30, 12:46:22
    - The cross was somewhat blocked. Not getting it on target was poor (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Dec 30, 11:02:04
      - I've watched it now- slightly more tricky than I'd thought (NCFC) - paulg, Dec 30, 11:21:06
        
        Everyone, himself included, probably thought he was offside! (NCFC) - JD3, Dec 30, 11:53:31
        
        To be fair to Duffy both the keeper and defender did a good job closing him down and (NCFC) - Pixelman, Dec 30, 12:40:48
  - When the question is asked, you answer it. (NCFC) - norwaay, Dec 30, 09:57:49
- Sargent improves the whole team as he makes … (NCFC) - loz, Dec 30, 08:31:37
  - We're desperate for a right winger (NCFC) - paulg, Dec 30, 10:18:02
    - We have one Hernandez (NCFC) - CityJack, Dec 30, 11:19:58

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