it is only a championship match, but you can’t have it all. it’s hard to believe that with the exception of thursdays (?) you can catch some sort of football match every week. the quality is good too. granted it’s only one game, but i would say the quality compares favorably with m.l.s., maybe more physical. the attendance was 10,918. i would have guest more, but it was a wednesday. thankfully, the temperature is getting better as it was about 10c. a large improvement from watching a game at 0c.
in some ways, i would think it could almost be preferrable to support a championship league side. they seem more community oriented and down to earth. there’s not all the money and push for global brand recognition that comes from top premier league sides. however, i would expect it to be even harder to hang on to good players.
as far as this match, qpr were doing well going a goal up, but then blew a pk. that’s gotta hurt since stoke city came out strong in the second half and equalised with a successful pk. they later went up with a decent game winner. i didn’t get any particularly good pictures, but here’s a couple. the first is before the match and the other is the missed pk.
the win for stoke city pushed them above qpr in the league standings to 13th. of the two, stoke city seemed to have better play. qpr self destructed in the second half. there problem was mainly not having there skilled players making the offensive passes and create chances. far too many times, it was the poor right back making long balls. not good. i believe his name was bignot. he’s my anti-man of the match. there excellent left midfielder lee cook did not see nearly enough of the ball. i could see him or their center defender and captain shittu playing in the premiership.
at any rate, i’m going to attempt to see crystal palace v watford on friday. it should be a good match and comparison since they are ranked 5 and 3 in the league respectively.
I really wish stadiums here would be designed like that. At least the smaller ones anyway. I realize that a 90,000+ seat stadium probably can’t be designed in that fashion efficiently and the bowl is a necessary evil.
Ian David would be jealous as he is a QPR fan. As far as the next game goes, Jay DeMerit(American) plays for Watford and Andy Johnson(big time goal scorer last year in EPL) plays for Palace.