I would be surprised to see Warnock make any changes to the starting line up from Saturday but think Lee Cook will return to the squad as long as he is fit enough after having a cold over the weekend. The return of Cookie was excellent during our shocking spell in January and February, he has so much love for this club and gives 100% every time he puts on the shirt. If only the other 10 players had shown this all season there is no doubt we would have been in the playoff places and the managerial roundabout wouldn't have been spinning out of control. The fans, who pay good money, just want to be entertained and feel that the players want to be out on the pitch. Any fan would give their right arm to be where these professionals are and Warnock is passion personified. This leads to us fans feeling passion and determination is back at our club from top to bottom with Amit Bhatia showing his desire every time he is interviewed.
Akos Buzsaky will be facing his former club tonight and it wouldn't surprise me at all to see him put another one in at the Loft End but perhaps with a little more intent than his 40 yard goal at the weekend! That goal was a great bit of luck that we haven't seen all season and just shows that with an excellent delivery into the danger area anything can happen. Speaking of anything can happen, Adel 'tricks' Taraabt. Opinion over him is so vast. I find myself loving him one week but pulling my hair out over him the next. There is no doubt he is a very talented young player with more tricks than the mug who wears number 9 for real madrid but he isn't a team player. My main feeling is that he is best used as a substitute for the last 20-25mins of a game when the opposition defenders are tiring out. He is exceptional with the ball at his feet but needs to learn when to pass the ball or Warnock will have no problem with screaming at him from the touchline. This will either go 1 of 2 ways; Adel sulks about it, as seen earlier in the season, or he knuckles down and respects Warnock and does the things he is asked to do. Tracking back is another one of his weaknesses, although from the highlights on Saturday I did witness him back in our back 3rd picking off a loose ball and giving it easy. So perhaps he is turning the corner. A permanent deal in the summer??? It seems unlikely to me, he is more suited to playing in Spain and I expect a team such as Real Zaragoza to come in for him for about £2.5million. He isn't going to move to a top team over there and his future at Spurs seems to be waning.
I hope we get the best out of him from now on til the end of the season but first and foremost we need enough points to stay up. I am going to be very positive and predict we have a great first month under Warnock with him getting the manager of the month prize for March. This is the month where QPR fans will look back on and say 'that is when I began to believe again'.
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