Holloway keen to change QPR style of play

Ian Holloway says he is keen for his team to play more of a passing game.

The QPR manager has been heavily reliant on long balls to target man Matt Smith this season. [phone]

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But Holloway believes the emergence of young players such as Ebere Eze and Paul Smyth is part of a process that will see Rangers become less direct.

Holloway explained: “Because they’re so young, when Nedum Onuoha has got it or Robbo (Jack Robinson) has it they’re (other players) are not making the right angles so they get a little bit caught.

“The crowd (then get anxious), but wait a minute – it’s not their (the players’) fault. We’ve got to keep working at it, because I want to be a possession team.

“And when you’ve got Ebere, you can’t keep hitting Matt Smith on the head, because it’s a battle then.

“We’ve got to work it into him (Ebere) and he’s got to learn how to get it more.”

Holloway has recently switched from a 3-5-2 to 4-3-3 formation in an attempt to accommodate 19-year-old forward Eze, who scored the winner against Sunderland on Saturday.

“A change of formation and the space is in a different area and they don’t know that yet. But I’m loving what they’re doing,” Holloway said.

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