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Reply | The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread
at 14:47 4 Jan 2026
That was the most unconvincing 3-0 I have ever seen, looked like a 1-1 was likely for much of the second half until Kolli stepped up.
Amas at left back for SW was the best player on the pitch and only a teenager.
Shame about Burrell, but Kolli now gets the chance he has been waiting for.
For me, Varane being out for a while is a god send. Offers nothing. Hayden and even Morgan are far better options, bemused by what JS sees in Varane. |
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Reply | The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread
at 14:32 4 Jan 2026
He knew he was having a bit of stinker, it was a look of relief and frustration that something had finally come off for him. Looks a proper footballer to me. Needs a run in the team now, which he will get with Burrell out.
Varane out for a while now. Good. |
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Reply | The Barry Bannan Master Class Match Thread
at 17:41 3 Jan 2026
So what do you suggest, putting the footballing leviathan Varane back in to ponce around for 90 minutes without laying a glove on Bannan or anyone else?
The underbelly of this team is so soft it is dragging across what’s left of the ice rink of a pitch.
The lack of grit and determination beggars belief. It’s there for everyone one to see and JS has finally woken up to the reality that is QPR.
Unless they dig deep tomorrow and win the most winnable of games, the “hyperbole” will go into overdrive. |
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Reply | Gaffer on today's defeat
at 20:16 2 Jan 2026
I quite enjoy watching the look of bewilderment on JS’s face. He now knows he has his work cut out.
What he won’t be able to do is solve the problem overnight. There are many variables at work putting a successful team together, many of which will not be solved on the training ground alone. I strongly suspect he will be making plans to revamp the squad into something more to his liking.
We are 2/3 windows and another season away from being anywhere near competitive enough to trouble the play offs. Hope he lasts long enough to see it through. |
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Reply | Is anyone else feeling a bit depressed this evening?
at 18:03 2 Jan 2026
Our strikers and wingers have looked exactly what they are for the last 3 games. League one standard.
Burrell has been excellent for most part, work ethic, pace, pressing, but that boy cannot control a ball to save his life and is now looking burnt out.
I think Poku will improve but it will take a run of games. Desperately need Chair back and Hayden should keep his place in midfield.
Norwich just looked physically much stronger than us, but then, everybody does.
Felt for Morgan, he didn’t deserve that deflection. Will be a good player….in a couple of years. |
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Reply | Where are the Coal Mines
at 22:00 1 Jan 2026
Fair Francis. Hayden was much better than Varane. More aggression and had good legs to get around the pitch. Some great tackles as well.
We look absolutely knackered. Can’t expect to perform at any level when you’re playing on fumes.
The effort was there, the quality wasn’t.
Kolli deserves more mins, Kone, Saito and Burrell need an extended break. |
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Reply | Baggie ball bags - Match Thread
at 17:41 31 Dec 2025
Vale was a disaster. The boy played like his laces were tied together. Control the ball, pass it. Couldn’t manage that. The lad has potential and probably wasn’t expecting to get thrown into the mixer.
And yes, I have seen some shite in my time, supported this lot for 40 + years. Not hyperbole, just lamenting yet another league two standard performance to go with the many others our lot are capable of.
There has been improvement this season, but we are still a long way from a strong, consistent and professional outfit that we once were.
It was a poor performance whichever way you look at it, selection and fatigue probably played a big part in it, but boy, it was a painfully frustrating watch and confirms my belief that we are unlikely to trouble the play offs. No big deal, no expectation we would.
We move on…..no shitting the bed here. |
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Reply | Baggie ball bags - Match Thread
at 10:59 31 Dec 2025
I’ve seen plenty of lamentable, lame performances that lacked any desire or effort on our part, but this was definitely more about our inability to do anything positive or with quality.
Varane, Saito, Kone couldn’t win a header, win a tackle, pass the ball or beat a man all night. Poku offered next to nothing, although in fairness it was his first start.
Vale typified the performance of the team in general. Every touch was a disaster. Never seen a performance like it IMO. Amateur hour. |
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Reply | Baggie ball bags - Match Thread
at 18:53 30 Dec 2025
This was different. The effort was in evidence, it was the lack of quality, passing, control, decision making across the entire team, throughout, particularly, the second half.
I was gobsmocked by just how poor the standard of basic footballing standards were. It looked like they were playing under the influence of magic mushrooms. Utterly bizarre. |
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Reply | Baggie ball bags - Match Thread
at 18:38 30 Dec 2025
He’s actually played in about 6 of those 50 appearances. The other 44 he was just a spectator.
Fail to see what he contributes that Field doesn’t. |
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Reply | Baggie ball bags - Match Thread
at 22:01 29 Dec 2025
You can question the tinkering, changes and formation all day long, it’s the players that have to perform.
League two standard football from all but Dunne and Morrisson. The lack of quality was mind boggling. Horrible performance. |
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Reply | Dunne rescues QPR from more Boxing Day blues – Report
at 20:03 28 Dec 2025
I get what you’re saying Paddy and this season has been infinitely better than many before it.
However, what does budget availability have to do with phoning it in against Pompey in that first half?
Mentality is the issue, regardless of whether you’re a million pound signing or a 100 million pound signing. Effort and application should come as standard. You pay for levels of ability.
JS has stated that the first half was unacceptable. He was correct. His job is now to rid this club and squad of the single biggest impediment to our progress. Apathy.
Most supporters can accept losing games with grace, providing the team has shown intent and effort to try and win the game. We just rolled over in that first half and let Dozzell, of all people, take the piss and dominate midfield. He must have thought all his Christmases had come at once and I bet the Pompey supporters thought “is this the team that gave Leicester a shellacking last week”?
Same players, different attitude (with one notable exception). Until a rollicking at half time woke them from their stupor. |
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Reply | Dunne rescues QPR from more Boxing Day blues – Report
at 17:44 28 Dec 2025
I have no doubt they got the hair dryer treatment at half time, but find it odd that our captain was the only one up for it in that first half, but failed to berate any of his fellow team mates, despite them clearly showing no spirit or endeavour.
Personally, as the captain, I would have been chewing a few ears during that first half and not be satisfied waiting until half time for the manager to do it. |
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Reply | Pompey match thread
at 14:14 27 Dec 2025
When you have Dozzell bossing the game from the centre circle unencumbered, your game plan is simply not working.
Pompey looked good because we gave them the freedom and space to do whatever they liked. Our passive approach was mind boggling. We can’t boss a game for 90 mins, but we have to show more grit and determination than that entire first half.
Varane never appears to move out of second gear to me. |
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Reply | Chair
at 09:59 27 Dec 2025
What I find most frustrating and which JS mentioned yet again yesterday in his post match, is the lack of intensity in the first half, and this runs across the entire team. We were playing so deep with little or no press, simply allowing their keeper to come out with the ball 10 yards outside of his own penalty box, time after time.
My 23 year old ( Man City supporting) son came round to watch the game with me but left at half time, utterly stupefied by the performance, particularly having watched the Leicester game last week.
These tap on, tap off performances are our Achilles heel, although this lack of consistency runs throughout the Championship and is not confined to us alone. To make real progress, JS needs to find the answers to what in truth, is the holy grail of successful football teams. Consistency.and mental fortitude. |
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Reply | Chair
at 22:13 26 Dec 2025
The wait to see them together in this team seems to be taking an eternity. Agree that when both are up to speed, Saito and Dembele will be benched. Both poor today, although Dembele improved in the second half. |
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Reply | Pompey match thread
at 16:02 26 Dec 2025
Cannot believe how utterly abject and disinterested we look. Even worse than Leicester did last week.
Changes absolutely needed. If JS wasn’t disgusted by that, he never will be. Embarrassing. |
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