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da bet7： QPR midfielder Dominic Ball has spoken to the media following the 2-0 loss to West Brom on Saturday, and his words are full of sense, maturity and realism.
The 24-year-old – signed on a free transfer back in the summer after leaving Rotherham – has emerged as a key cog in Mark Warburton’s side in a defensive midfield role, and has specifically helped the duo of Eberechi Eze and Ilias Chair thrive ahead of him.
Ball has made five Championship starts so far this term, and is a player who Mark Warburton knows well having worked with the 57-year-old at Watford and Rangers.
What did he say?
Ball told The Kilburn Times: “Going up against West Brom, I think we can critically analyse ourselves and say ‘you know what, we’re not there yet, we’ve got to improve in a lot of areas’ and that’s what we’ll be doing in training this week.
“I think we’ve had a very good season so far. As a team we still know we’ve not had a 100% performance.
“We’re still a new team, we’re still developing and finding out about each other.”
Sensible comments full of perspective
It’s very easy in modern day football to go overboard after a loss and feel like everything is all doom and gloom.
Contrastingly, Ball’s comments have seen him take a metaphorical step back, analyse the context of the situation and give a sensible assessment on where QPR are at right now – there really is no need to panic, at all.
Put it this way. The R’s are still pretty much in the infancy of Warburton’s reign, and signed a number of new players in the summer – the drawing board was well and truly ripped up in the summer and replaced with a new one.
Because of that, things will need time to gel – it hasn’t even been all that bad, with the Londoners winning four Championship games on the trot before losing against Slaven Bilic’s side.
It’s easy to get carried away after going on such an impressive run so early into a new manager’s tenure, but with a player as level-headed as Ball in the side, one would assume that no-one in that QPR squad is going to get lost amongst the clouds this season.