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I think the commentator said Swansea have the highest average possession in the league with something like 66% - but they're 17th. Meanwhile according to Transfermarkt we have the lowest overall average possession in the league at just 41% - and we're 2nd.

Watching QPR Vs Swansea. Swansea remind me of us last season - tons of possession with little to show for it at the end.

Was a superb shot from SG. Spun and hit that absolutely perfectly, from an awkward position as well. That's why he needs to be played down the middle, not on the bloody wing!

What a difference having Trav back in the team makes. Especially in a gritty game like that. His influence has been underrated this season.

Well done lads, superb win with a really depleted squad.

I really don't like how deep we're sitting. We're playing like the extra stoppage didn't happen and there's only 5-10 minutes left.

Still a good 20 minutes left with that stoppage included.

Yes Gally 😎

Tbf Boro could arguably have had two pens so at least he's been equally shit for both teams tonight.

The standard of refereeing in this division... Jeez.

Wtf was that header? Do we even practice corners?

Absolutely. You saw it with Man Utd all the time when they were in their prime. People called it luck, blamed it on bias referees, suggested match fixing, but it's nothing to do with any of that. It's having a will to win which persists until the very last second of the match. It starts from the manager but requires every player to buy in and contribute. Seems QPR have that at the moment.

Just read Gallagher's stats, fuck me. 41% pass completion. 0 key passes. 0 dribbles. 0 tackles. 0 blocks. 0 interceptions. 0 shots. 0 assists. 0 goals. 0 fouls. 0 fouled. 0 offside. Seriously, if that's accurate he might as well have not been on the pitch at all. An absolute non-entity.

Can he add the refereeing performance from Wednesday's match to the complaint? It was bad enough to be illegal.

Whilst I appreciate JRC wasn't fit, his performance wasn't just about lacking match fitness. He looked like he hadn't kicked a ball in years. He could barely control the ball, he couldn't tackle properly, I counted at least three times where he miskicked an attempted pass/cross completely, and he was positioning himself like he'd never played right back or indeed 11-a-side before. Now in fairness he has not been anywhere close to that bad in previous outings, so I'm not going to say that was normal for him, but it was still an atrocious performance and impossible to ignore. Probably a one off, but even so, I'd agree that he needs some serious injury-free time in the u23's before being recalled to the first team.

It's not the first time Gallagher has had an absolute mare in that position and sadly I very much doubt it will be the last. When it comes to Gallagher and RW Mowbray is a complete idiot who keeps trying the same thing over and over even though it never works.

We'd have had some go against us too, for sure. I just think the balance would be in our favour. Could just be my own bias clouding my view though!

I don't really watch much of the PL so I can't really comment on how it's utilised there. When I've seen it used in the Champions League and WC it's seemed fairly reasonable. Considering the EFL would be in charge of it... yeah, it'd probably be a total disaster.

I suppose the only potential positive (and I'm grasping here) is that if the ref had given us a pen, sent the Hull player off and we'd gone on to scrape another win Cardiff-style Mowbray may have incorrectly assumed he'd made the right decision. As it stands, even with the refereeing shananigans taken into account, there's no question the manager picked the wrong line up. We can only hope Mowbray recognises that and sorts it out for the next match.

Whilst our performance was poor, the referee remains one of if not the biggest factor in tonight's scoreline. It's not often I would pin a result on a set of officials, but for me that decision in the first half is as bad as it gets and changes everything about the match. Allowing the second goal was bad too, but that first terrible decision was a genuine game-changer. People complain about VAR, but if it existed in the Championship I imagine we'd have had more positive results from it than bad this season.

No doubt we've been riding a crazy wave of momentum with a largely settled side high on confidence. Now that our momentum has dissipated, forced changes are being made to the starting line up and confidence is dropping we'll see how capable we really are of sustaining a realistic promotion push. It's the kind of period teams who get promoted find a way to push through, until some stability and confidence returns again. We may not have the depth or the quality, ultimately, but it's been a fun ride and I desperately hope it doesn't end with a death spiral. That would be pretty crushing after the past few months.

Every time we say that Mowbray will surely play Gallagher as a target man this time we end up with something like Buckley as a false 9 instead.

The concern for me is that this is our third 'bad day in the office' in a row. For some the FA Cup is an irrelevence but we played a decent team who looked poor against a League One side, we got away with it at Cardiff and then again tonight very poor and a second defeat in three. This match feels more like a continued decline than a one off to me. I really hope I'm wrong on that though!

He gave the ball away countless times in the first half, and a fair few times in the second half too. A couple of times in very dangerous positions which would have really cost us if we were playing a decent team. Second half he was a decent attacking outlet, but overall his performance reminded me of Bell. Struggled to defend, struggled to pass but looked useful going forward without actually achieving anything.

At this point if Gallagher starts it is purely to justify his wage and new contract. It's clear that he unbalances the side when he's in it, and at best he should be an impact sub. I suppose it's possible he plays through the middle on Monday with BBD absent, but I never feel comfortable ascribing a logical decision to our manager. We'll see. We basically need Boro to be like us tonight and not be up for it on Monday, if we're to have any chance. With Wilder at the helm I sadly think that's highly unlikely.