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Reply | Frank Beard - RIP
at 13:44 19 Aug 2026
Saw them quite a few times over the years. Their gig at the Hammersmith Odeon in 1981 on the El Loco tour was incredible. One of my top five live gigs.
The audience were all drunk and smoking stuff and completely riotous. They played for 2.5hrs and the playing and sound was off the scale. They literally lifted the roof off the Odeon.
Gibbons is a supreme guitar player but Dusty and Frank were a rhythm machine. |
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Reply | Old Oak Common
at 19:18 16 Aug 2026
One of the most insane decisions on HS2 was to outsource a huge chunk of the project management and design to India. No wonder it’s taking so long to finish.
It has almost bankrupted a huge amount of excellent contractors. Payment terms were in excess of 190 days.
I could go on….. |
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Reply | Fitness / Injury Culpability
at 15:00 28 Jul 2026
Are there any stats from last season showing how many development players played more than six games for any Championship side?
I suspect the number is low.
I watch a lot of step 4&5 non-league football and s few development players let go try to keep playing. It seems a lot of these development players just drift off. |
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Reply | England Thread 🏴
at 09:57 16 Jul 2026
Can you imagine Klopp in the dugout last night? He’d of pushed England on the front foot after scoring to finish the game off. That’s an elite manager. |
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Reply | Aircon
at 07:30 11 Jul 2026
Got a Toshiba a/c unit fitted last year in our main bedroom. £2,500 incl installation was a brilliant investment.
It can literally cool most of the top of my house, it’s quite and costs circa £0.50p a day to run. |
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Reply | Social media ban for under 16’s
at 15:41 15 Jun 2026
Musk is not long for this world.
He’s the J.D. Rockefeller of our times. You don’t march around the globe attempting to shape society and governments in a way that he sees fit and proper without deadly repercussions.
He’s a full on megalomaniac with psychotic tendencies all fuelled by various potions. |
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Reply | Fan sites meeting with Christian Nourry
at 22:11 17 May 2026
Clive - some of us are fortunate to remember the incredible ownership under Jim Gregory in the 70’s.
Self-made millionaire who loved the Rs and allowed Sexton to build that incredible team. |
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Reply | Cargiant site
at 11:52 17 May 2026
The big pension funds are awash with cash as our many of the private investment banks. It’s all about timing. Sometimes you have to look at what is awaiting planning permission and the scale of proposals.
The investment narrative that “West is Best” in London still holds sway to some extent. However, as anyone in construction (and there is many of you on this site) there are challenges with supply chain and Labour.
Wasn’t in the least surprised to hear Nourry say “no comment “ when asked about the car giant site. Ruben has more than enough financial backing to be a player on this and I assume they are seeing development/investment partners. |
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Reply | Sweaty socks
at 14:14 16 May 2026
Hearts keeper is top draw. |
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Reply | Cargiant site
at 13:22 15 May 2026
Your last sentence is on the money. It would be foolish and irresponsible to comment on any QPR involvement at this time. |
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Reply | Cargiant site
at 09:02 15 May 2026
Been involved in these RE investment opportunities in my past professional career- now retired. I would be astonished if the club are not partnering with this initiative. Ruben will not get another opportunity in west London like this again and I’m sure his investment partners are all over this.
Important to remember that it’s highly unlikely the club will comment any time soon given the highly confidential planning and financial details involved.
We should perhaps look out for Ruben creating a new investment venture in amongst his other business interests. |
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Reply | Holidays planned this year....
at 09:20 7 May 2026
Been travelling in and out of NYC with work since the early 90’s plus numerous weekends etc. I was there in January and I was shocked by how expensive the City had become over a short period of time.
Bars and restaurants now offering payment in cash with a 10% discount as merchant fees on cards have become too expensive for small businesses.
Great place to visit but almost taking the piss. Enjoy your trip and the Met Life experience. The stadium is literally anchored in between major highways and is notoriously difficult to get to. |
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Reply | Anatomy of a season – Report
at 13:49 27 Apr 2026
Great report and so accurate.
I can’t believe Ruben will allow the mis-management of player welfare to continue. Three managers in a row all saying the same thing. Eventually the “penny” has to drop.
He rarely travels to the U.K. so something must be afoot. Does he agree a change in another manager or decide to shake up the under performing management team currently burning through £22M of his money?
What do you think? |
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Reply | Cook 100 and out
at 14:17 20 Apr 2026
Top bloke and a top professional. He still has a season or two left in him. |
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Reply | Cargiant site
at 21:23 17 Apr 2026
Clive - how much longer should we expect Ruben to write out a £22M cheque pa? His benevolence is beyond reproach. At some point the magic money tree has to stop “flowering”.
This is an opportunity for him to turn that unwavering financial support into something meaningful. I know the site reasonably well and most architects will have a work around. Plus the investment opportunities are off the scale.
I’d be amazed if the Board are not all over this. |
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Reply | Cargiant site
at 13:24 16 Apr 2026
I’d be amazed if the Board are not interested in the site. Forget about the football for a second and look at the investment opportunities.
Ruben is chucking huge amounts of cash to keep us afloat. It’s obvious that LR is a bottomless pit and it’s futile to keep throwing money at a failing facility.
The Board probably have a valuation of circa £90M on the sale of the LR site probably for luxury residential development. It’s feasible the club could create an investment vehicle to pursue this sale and the acquisition of the car giant site.
It won’t be just about throwing up a new stadium on that footprint. It will be about leveraging the whole site and its surroundings in a major redevelopment.
Ruben has vast wealth and no end of very willing investors in joining him in a major development. I can’t imagine they won’t miss out on such an opportunity so close to home. |
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Reply | Spurs Belivie
at 14:47 23 Mar 2026
When they were last relegated,they finished third and came straight back up. At present,they have relegation written all over them, if they stick with current manager.
If they go down, it would be a must return in the first season, otherwise they face a financial crisis. No PL, European or TV money. Yes, parachute payment, but given the financial leaverage the club must have to pay for that stadium,Championship match day prices won’t pay their huge bills.
They look absolutely shot and their better players don’t give a shit as they’ll be off the minute they are relegated. |
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Reply | That time of year – Preview
at 13:00 14 Mar 2026
As Clive has mentioned previously we have form in treating our players ex or present poorly. Cook comes across as a consummate professional and has probably seen it all. So whatever made him react must have been either dis-respectful or downright shitty or both.
Since he’s arrived he has literally carried the team on so many occasions. |
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