Joey Barton reckons QPR are their own worst enemy.
The Hoops captain was inconsolable after the club’s 11th straight defeat in the Premier League this season at Stoke yesterday.
Only Liverpool 61 years had a worse record of 13 – and Hoops are fast catching that dubious milestone.
Rangers started well and then three mistakes, the first from Karl Henry, the second from Eduardo Vargas – and ironically the third a misplaced header from Barton undid all the good work, including Niko Kranjcar’s fourth goal in six games against the Potters, as well as Barton’s free-kick in the second half, which thumped the bar.
The skipper said: “You know what Stoke are all about on a cold, windy day. “And you make a difficult task almost impossible when you give away the goals we did. But we’ve got to pick up ourselves and go again.”
Even a consoling word over Rs decent showing both at the beginning and in the second half did little for Barton’s ire.
“It doesn’t make me feel any better, you saying that,” he added.
“We’ve got be a lot harder to beat. It’s the same story at Burnley, and at Stoke, and I can tell you there’ve been umpteen times this season when we’re our own worst enemy – and it’s just not good enough.
“Why did we have decent away record last season? Because we weren’t playing sides with Premier League quality – it’s as simple as that.”
