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Reply | Kone goal
at 13:10 21 Dec 2025
I'll be surprised if the goals don't flow again.
(Mostly) he's carried on doing the right sort of things even when he's not beens scoring, and Burell has certainly benefitted a few times.
Strikers can go through hot streaks and dry spells, it's a little early to call whether his run of 4 in 7 (6 starts) or the run of none in nine is the "real" Kone. |
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Reply | Things you don’t hear in football ground anymore
at 23:53 18 Dec 2025
I imagine that allegation came from some Neanderthal or other in the South London Nazis.
Le Saux isn't in fact gay and has spoken about the remarkable fact that he was subject to homophobic abuse on the basis that he read books and suchlike so by definition had to be queer. |
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Reply | So Cifuentes ?
at 12:56 18 Dec 2025
I still look back to that year we didn't have a single striker on the books.
It's taken years to address that, with several false starts or stop-gap loan solutions. Without goalscorers, every good performance is really just creating the conditions that might lead to more goals than the opposition and hoping for the best.
If anyone was a miracle-worker, I reckon it was Cifuentes and it's why I still have time for him.
OTOH I think we have to give credit to Nourry for finally sorting the striker problem, and for whatever reason Cifuentes couldn't work with him, so [shrug] |
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Reply | Slowly improving.
at 20:05 14 Dec 2025
One thing that I think is an improvement (but still a way to go) is that we got the "consolation" goal.
Back in August I reckon 'Borough could have just taken their foot off the gas and seen the game out for 3-0 or maybe got a late 4th.
Obviously lots to do to avoid getting over-run in midfield in the first place and to be able to press for an equaliser. But the attitude seems decent IMO and that's the start. |
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Reply | Digital Post Box
at 19:59 14 Dec 2025
The nearest box to me's been converted.
Haven't used the digital bit yet but a thing to watch out for is that where the usual post box slot was has now incorporated a sort of drawer thingy for you to put your parcel in.
If you just want to post a letter in the old school way, you still can, it's just the part of the slot for that is now much thinner and it took me a couple of secs to even se that it was still there. (Works just fine, though.) |
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Reply | What are people’s thoughts on the Club pulling out all the stops in January ?
at 00:24 12 Dec 2025
I like the side, I like the coach. Don't want to change much.
Don't really care if we go up into the world of wonga, bullshit and VAR or not.
Don't mean we shouldn't try, that's what competition's about. I just think that I wouldn't want to be Man City if we could, if I did I'd be a Citeh fan
So I'll be OK if we sign someone flash, wouldn't mind Handsome Ronnie back because I reckon he's one of us. But not fussed if we don't, either.
I want us to be us as hard as we can, that's all.
But I want a cup run, because in spite of all evidence to the contrary, I don't accept that being shite in the Cups is "us". After all these years, I'm still more Mark Lazarus and Terry Fenwick than Vauxhall Motors. |
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Reply | A Morgasm – Report
at 23:50 11 Dec 2025
Well.
There's a whole industry of people writing about football, commentating about it on TV, podcasting. I dunno what next.
No-one else is as good as this. |
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Reply | Julien Stephan - He is doing quite well !!!!
at 12:39 10 Dec 2025
I really liked Warburton and Marti and thought we were crazy to ditch both.
At the time, on paper (and not having anything else to go on) I thought JS looked a better coach than we had any right to expect.
The next bit is pure speculation, but I think any coach looking at QPR's history, our finances and fanbase, the squad and the way the club has been run, would see us as a gamble. Lower mid-table in the 2nd tier is about par, relegation (or at least fighting it) more likely than promotion (or challenging for it.)
Clearly JS was willing to take the gamble. I think he's played it very canny - keeping his mouth shut when it might have been tempting to shoot it off and win likes on social media; not pissing off the owners, but keeping some distance from them too.
Think he's reaping the rewards now. Current league position is enough to keep fans happy, so is the way the side plays (good mix of pragmatism, muscle but decent amounts of skill too.) Think he's made himself some room for manoeuvre with Nourry. Has maybe been lucky not to inherit a financial black hole and need to sell his best players (all too frequent here.)
I have to wonder what he thinks about the Furlong/Dev Squad issue - does he see that as part of his turf? Maybe it's just not his priority in his first year, but I feel that eventually any head coach/manager worth his salt is going to want to know that side of the club is functioning in a way that meets his needs. |
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Reply | nardi
at 00:51 10 Dec 2025
I like Nardi.
I don't mean that I think he's a great keeper, or that we shouldn't try to upgrade on him.
I just think that he buys into the club and does his best, and I think he's been shabbily treated but hasn't let it affect his commitment. So I'm always pleased when he does well.
(Appreciate this isn't really the point of those who have criticised him on this thread, who have done so reasonably and proportionately. But I think it needs to be said.) |
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Reply | Are you Madsen?
at 00:03 10 Dec 2025
Very brave and honest of you, Jevlar.
I am always very reluctant to write a player off so long as they are wearing the hoops. Even if they are cr*p, they're our cr*p and you've always got to look at who else we have got to play in that position.
But I can't pretend I always believed in him, I had reached the point where I just didn't think he would cut it, and it's a delight to be wrong.
PS It's also a position and role that we've lacked in for donkey's years.
PPS when we first signed Madsen, the curly hair had me thinking of John Gregory. Starting to feel like that's not far off. |
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