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Reply | The Palace vacancy
at 16:15 12 Nov 2026
This has to work for Frank.
It currently looks like he was holding Brentford back rather than being the great manager he saw himself as, with a lovely glass of red.
Another failure here and he'll be looking for work on the continent.
Worryingly for Palace, they're conceding over and over on set pieces, which I believe was a huge problem for him at Spurs. |
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Reply | Manchester United
at 14:00 9 Nov 2026
Horrible, nasty club with entitled fans who are fine if they're winning, but if they lose three in a row start getting the green and yellow scarves out. They soon disappear when a cup is won, mind.
I was thinking yesterday - back in the 90s we used to sing 'we support our local team' because of the vast swathes of Cockney and Essex reds absolutely everywhere giving it the big one all the time. The atmosphere used to be febrile in the mid 90s because of it. But United didn't care, and neither did their fans.
But the chickens have come home to roost now for the club and their fans. It's not a club anymore. It's a debt ridden shell run into the ground by the Americans who must be absolutely delighted that nasty halfwit Ratcliffe has turned up to do even worse than them and - into the bargain - give them a ton of money to take all the blame for it! And what is their ground now but a tourist attraction? Yes there are boos and angry chants and green and yellow flags - but there are still people there who've come to take pictures of their remaining star players (arguably, only one of them left now, and he will be desperate to leave) and spend all their money in their superstore.
I despise them more than City. Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to see them go down, although obviously I'd be sad for all the minimum wage staff Ratcliffe will then sack to help pay for his own total, arrogant, idiotic incompetence. |
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Reply | Next block of seven games
at 10:22 9 Nov 2026
This is a good point.
I'm not a fan of January signings, but clubs struggling will make them and teams doing well will 'freshen up for the run in' too. If you stand still, you go backwards.
If we're serious, we'll need to add one or two (only) in Jan. We are extremely light in central midfield, so I'd hope we'd get something there - even if it's a loan. Then depending on Burrell, who has basically been injured for the best part of a year, possibly another striking option. If he's playing by then, then perhaps just a midfielder would help. I guess you could argue for a right back too if Lamptey continues to be stop start, as there is no cover at all for Adamson at the moment and I'd be loathe to move Jimmy. |
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Reply | Shin pads
at 10:15 9 Nov 2026
I think the reasoning these days is that shin pads impede your movement and the fact is, if you get a leg breaker, a bit of plastic ain't going to help. |
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Reply | Match Thread: will QPR show NEW METTLE or will LINCOLN PARK the bus?
at 18:40 7 Nov 2026
no, your view was that we were poor and that the win wasn't worth celebrating. That's what they objected to.
Don't try and back off saying 'i thought it was below par' and make yourself look reasonable after the fact from what was objectively a weird post. |
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Reply | Four-year plans – Preview
at 11:32 7 Nov 2026
Don't get me wrong, he's a kind of dream owner for sure. But it shows how hard it is even with a dream owner was more my point. |
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Reply | Four-year plans – Preview
at 10:44 7 Nov 2026
Re: the mention of Steve Gibson in there among great owners. And of course, he is a great owner. But when everyone moans about our stagnation and incompetence I do look at Boro and think - he's been there 30 years and after the Juninho glory years, have they really done any better than us? They're about the same. Occasionally in the prem. More often slagging about in the Champ. I think this shows how hard it really is and the accusations of incompetence at our owners is rather harsh (especially when you look at Clive's list of fallen clubs).
Anyway, 0-1 today in the fog I'm afraid lads.
Wrap up warm. |
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Reply | Greatest loan R
at 13:59 6 Nov 2026
He was ok.
Gave us what we needed, some experience and a bit of bullying.
But outstanding is a bit much. We were still dreadful. |
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Reply | Frustration rather than fireworks as QPR fizzle against Burnley – Report
at 11:30 5 Nov 2026
Maybe.
I'd say it's not about mentality, I don't think there's much wrong with this lot's mentality. More that the ones with the rapier thrust weren't there.
Back 4 all fine. central midfield adequate defensively. but as you say, not enough killers further up - I think that's more availability than mentality. |
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Reply | 1-1....take that all day long.
at 09:55 4 Nov 2026
it was a 0-0 game that had two goals thanks to two flukey efforts.
We looked ok at the back but weak up front, with none of the front four showing anything at all.
With a first choice front 4 that was actually fit, we would have won.
A disappointing performance, you can't be happy with it. Burnley looked absolutely awful. |
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Reply | Injuries
at 13:34 2 Nov 2026
These days the evidence on whether warming up has much of an impact on sustaining injury is very much up for debate. So, unlikely you can blame that. So your former point (not 100% right) is more likely. |
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Reply | Who'd be a ref?
at 11:02 30 Oct 2026
Yeah and every week you get people on here saying our players 'should be in the ref's ear more', 'we're too nice' and all that.
Balls to that nonsense. Have some respect. |
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Reply | Chapel Arms Southampton
at 09:34 28 Oct 2026
Also, pour your own pints and rinse them afterwards. And sweep up. Also, can you delegate two people to lock-up when you leave. And then obviously someone will need to take over the management of the bar until the next home game, and then up to you how you want to hand it all over from there. Cheers. |
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Reply | Ted Hendrix / RIP
at 09:31 28 Oct 2026
Very sad news indeed. RIP to Ted and condolences to the family. |
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Reply | C'était formidable – Report
at 09:43 26 Oct 2026
I had a parenting thing.
I may never forgive my son 😂
I’m glad everyone had a great time.
I so rarely miss a home game but my last hat trick remains Chas v WBA.
Gutted.
Word of warning: teams very often follow big v wins with a damp squib. That’s the next test. Last season Cov followed their demolition of us by losing in the cup to Millwall and only drawing with oxford. |
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