Tanner was one where I felt surprised how quickly he was thrust back into the first xi, Williams I feel may be one who is more naturally prone to injuries (regardless of medical staff). As for the remainder, hard to say...
I think, the further back in the team you are, the more likely you are to be exposed in that any mistakes will more likely lead to a goal. Perhaps why people will talk more about Towler, Max, etc...
I don't know whether it's an OTIB thing, or a football fan thing, or a human nature thing but people seem to get so so low after a loss and equally can get quite carried away with a victory. What people don't seem to do as easily is step back and reflect on the overall league position and/or take a GJ approach with blocks of 10 games etc and assess what the trends are. There was a ground swell of support for a lower midtable finish at the start of this season and yet if you were to read the matchday threads whenever we concede, anyone would think we were rooted to the bottom of the league and not...could we imagine it...just as predicted....in lower mid table!!!
Scott shows what an exceptional talent you need to be to look the part at a young age in the Championship. Maybe a loan down at Yeovil or with GJ at Torquay would be of value for Ryley…
I think, in that context, ‘noise’ relates to distractions from the core business of preparing for, and winning, football games. A tangential consideration, emanating from outside the day to day pursuit, if you will.
A predictable outcome. Ref not great, but Andy King must have taken leave of his senses for that second yellow, really poor from an experienced pro. Not a bad performance overall, and battled really hard with 10 - can’t fault the lads for effort. 11v11, second half QPR would have been there for the taking (or as much as any team can be ‘for the taking’ when having the fortune to play us).
On another note, Max scares the poop out of me when attempting to come for crosses/corners.