Bettor.com analyzes why the Hoops have struggled to come out of the drop zone this season despite having strengthened considerably in the summer.
The look on the player's faces at the start of the game in May said it all. Manchester City were fighting for the Premier League and their opponents, QPR, for a place in England’s top flight.
Mark Hughes’ men narrowly escaped relegation after other results went their way and the tactician vowed to sign quality talents during the summer and ensure that something of this sort would never occur in the future.
Loftus Road saw a number of stars arrive, with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Julio-Cesar-c19961 becoming the latest members of the ‘project’.
Hughes was visibly confident as the season began and waived away defeats, claiming that his squad needed time to gel together.
Two months have passed and the best performance the London giants delivered was a hard-fought draw against a 10-man http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Everton-c13019 side at home.
Clearly the team is struggling to sprinkle their stardust on the field and with the pressure increasing day-by-day, Hughes may need another http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 soon.
Skipper http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Adel-Taarabt-c3610 is a forlorn and controversial figure amongst the QPR faithful and although he was once regarded as ‘Judas’ for trying to leave the club last year, he seems to have redefined himself with a couple of sensational outings.
The experienced Moroccan has also backed his manager’s notion that the players need some time to adjust, but time is running out and the supporters will not tolerate another torrid campaign in the relegation brawl.
Midfield is perhaps the strongest asset the club have at their disposal, but surprisingly that is the same area where they have struggled to carve out any chances of note.
Taarabt, Park and Granero are highly rated in the Premiership, but their inability to form a constructive partnership has been a major cause of concern for the QPR owners, who have invested a lot of cash in reshaping the squad.
Even when taking on Everton, their performance showed that they cannot boss the middle of the park as of yet and still need to rely on external factors to grind out three points.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rangers-c40314 were robbed of an easy win because of their own inaptness.
“I thought we played well for the duration of the match and were very unlucky not to get the three points that we’re craving right now. We were relatively happy with a point against a very good Everton side, but I felt on the night we deserved more. We’ll
keep working hard to get more points on the board and we showed again against Everton what we are capable of when we click into gear.”
“It was tough for us when they went down to ten men because they got two banks of four across the middle and made it very difficult for us to break them down,” said the forward.
The situation is far from ideal at QPR and but they have the players and manager who can deliver results, which in this case means securing Premier League status for another year running.
However, whether do it the easy way or the hard way is totally up to Mark Hughes and the assortment of talent he has assembled.
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