MARTI Cifuentes admitted his side’s performances this season have “not been good enough” after their 2-0 defeat to Derby County before the international break left them in the relegation zone with just seven points from their first nine games.
Curtis Nelson headed home in the 54th minute before Marcus Harness added the second 76 seconds later to earn the promoted Rams their fourth Championship win of the season in front of a 29,305 attendance at Pride Park.
QPR have lost their last three games and are winless in five.
“It’s not been good enough so far,” Cifuentes said.
“When things are not going well, it’s very easy to point fingers. But the most important thing is how we react.
“Now we have an international break which is going to be tough for us, because we know we have two weeks of feeling bad about how we’ve done this week, in terms of results and performances.
“It’s a time we need to use properly to look at what is missing and what we are failing at currently.
“We have to make sure that we come back stronger, because it’s very disappointing, not only for the players and staff who are working hard, but also for the supporters.
“We had over 2,000 here and I’m very sad that we couldn’t deliver a better performance and result.”
The R’s have conceded sixteen goals – the third-worst in the division – with set-pieces a weakness.
Cifuentes said: “It’s my job to try to fix that.
“We knew that they are a good team from set-pieces. Unfortunately, we weren’t good enough from them. We also had nine corners to their six and still we weren’t good enough to take our chances.
“We know there are areas we need to improve in and we mustn’t lose our heads – we need to be good enough to understand what we’re missing and keep on working.
“Last season, we were in a similar situation at the beginning and managed to turn things around. We’re disappointed to start in this way.
“But I’ve been in these situations before in my career and I will work my best to make sure we get out of this situation.”
