Gallowgate Toon

Krul Santon Taylor Colo Fergie Anita Jonas Cabaye Ben Arfa Cisse Ba 2-0.

Unlucky.

Need a little more creative spark.

Obertan looks really up for it.

So close!

Quite a few of their lot hanging round town at half 8 this morning, one of them shouting 'suck my balls' at some woman on Northumberland street provided an interesting start to the day.

Completely agree. I miss the days when Cheik was simply our destroyer, it's like he's now the heart and soul of the team's 'fight'.

Just depends on how we set up, we tried to play the offside line in that one and got punished. We rectified that in the return leg mind, hopefully we set up the same.

Not surprised Johnson's not doing well for them, incredibly overhyped and predictable player.

Isn't the man to fill Tiote's boots over the next 3 games as he lacks the power to play in a 2 man midfield, Perch is very good there. I think he'll be excellent for us but only in either a 3 man midfield or at RB.

He's a good player but somehow has been elevated way above his station within the squad. He came here as a defensive midfielder and has been turned into some all action engine room and labelled a 'warrior'. It's not really his fault but I think he's fallen for the hype himself or is just trying too hard to be what's expected of him. The coaching team simply need to go back to basics with him (and with a few other things as well), he's not been the same since Pardew's comments a while back about him being much more than just a defensive midfielder.

Worked really hard and provided a couple of nice moments. Was never going to be a match that showcased his attacking talents after Tiote went off.

QPR are lucky to have Granero.

So good today, made Fletcher look the mediocre jock he is.

You could see Shola is a much better fit with the 4-4-2 from the off, that contributed to a decent performance in that period but it's still not the way forward IMO.

Actually I thought his decision to not change a completely shagged Ba was risky, we needed some fresh legs up there but I thought he was spot on apart from that.

I could see his thinking today and thought it was fair enough comsidering the occasion but I hope from now on, he goes with a more attacking approach. We need to start progressing.

Need to get HBA on it a bit more too, give them something to think about.

I didn't think that was a sending off, yellow would have been fair enough. Decent performance although a little too negative since we scored, they look so toothless.

Disappointed with how we've lined up even it was entirely predictable. 1-1.

Expecting the usual line up and a proper scrappy game as a result. 1-1.

Very, very good player but I think Scholes and Viera are/were better.

Would just do what we did last year but switch Cisse left and put Ba central. They can alternate during the match but the man who's in form should start in the middle. Either that or move HBA to CAM and keep the 2 Dembas up top but I think that would leave us very vulnerable at the other end even with our best defenders out.

I don't think it's Ba, I think Pards has shown with Ben Arfa that he's not afraid to do what's best for the team in terms of dropping or playing players out of position. I agree with Otter's post that since the Wigan game, AP's been afraid of taking a beating, I think that game and the Fulham one reinforced in his head that we're too vulnerable defensively like that.