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Reply | Rest of the Championship thread 25/26
at 01:52 11 Jul 2025
Nor do most teams get relegated.
Increasingly it's about how close you come to one or t'other. At least in this division. It's fever dreams or nightmares.
Personally I try not to think about 'up' or 'down.' It's the ninety minutes in front of you twice a week that matter. Football's about the moment not the season.
Until April comes at least. |
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Reply | Home opener question
at 05:47 9 Jul 2025
Cheers. That sounds great! It's been 47 years since I stood in the Loft. |
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Reply | Home opener question
at 00:21 9 Jul 2025
Not really fussy as to where we sit. If it's really sunny South Africa Road can get uncomfortable. OTOH in Ellerslie you run the risk of a pillar obstructing your view. I thought the Loft was members only, or has that changed? |
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Reply | Home opener question
at 21:39 8 Jul 2025
Just a couple. I'd just like to get it out of the way before the chaos of packing takes over. |
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Thread | Home opener question
at 20:28 8 Jul 2025
I'd like to take in our match against PNE. Does anyone know when tickets are likely to be on sale? I'd like to buy them on-line before I fly if poss. |
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Reply | Ziyad Larkeche contract extension
at 16:40 2 Jul 2025
Who was it who said "Forwards are born, defenders are made?" (Besides me!) If so a longer contract for a young defender makes sense. I can just imagine the howls on here if after, say, two years, he was just coming into his own then his contract expired.
Dundee fans are currently in a better position to judge him than we are. They seem to see proper player there. Let's just give the kid a chance. |
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Reply | Saito, Yang,Ashby and Edwards
at 20:21 30 Jun 2025
I'm not sure those four players (with the possible exception of Ashby) were ever signable. They were with us for match experience only. I'd love to keep Saito and Edwards but it was never on the cards. |
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Reply | Amadou Mbengue confirmed (n/t)
at 02:03 28 Jun 2025
Agreed. We we live in a culture of instantaneousness though. If it doesn't happen right away then it's obviously worthless. [Post edited 28 Jun 2:03]
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Reply | More potential Premier League Nonsense
at 01:53 28 Jun 2025
Except at FT, HT, or between periods, I've never seen players interviewed during a game in the NFL, CFL, NHL, MLS or MLB. If you're subbed you're still on the bench and involved in the game. [Post edited 28 Jun 1:56]
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Reply | Eze
at 21:12 23 Jun 2025
I've wondered that too. He's from the area. Friends and family nearby could be important for him. |
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Reply | The QPR summer managers rumours thread
at 21:20 18 Jun 2025
Our Board has a strong American presence. Lee Hoos and Richard Reilly are from the US, and Ruben has experience at the executive level with LAFC.
My guess — and that's all it is — their intention, especially after the Ainsworth debacle, was to institute a North American style sports hierarchy at QPR. The line of authority in that is pretty rigid, it goes: President/Chairman > General Manager > Head Coach. If the latter is fired, the GM does it. If the GM is let go (less frequently) the word comes from the top, consquently GMs tend to last longer than coaches.
In QPR's case the fact that Cifuentes was hired three months before Nourry, and by most accounts did an excellent job in that period, is irrelevant but the "optics" are awkward. Marti turned around a titanic disaster on the pitch, winning over us fans in the process. So who the hell does this 27 year-old kid think he is?
Thing is when a GM is let go the Head Coach almost always follows him out the door, because, for better or worse, he isn't the new guy's choice. That's the way the system works. Sadly Marti's a just pawn in the game, not a Knight or a King. |
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Reply | The QPR summer transfer rumours thread
at 23:43 15 Jun 2025
This is piece about the NHL, but the points are relevant to any professional team sport:
First principle – does your team have a good culture?
Every club says they do, and a lot of them get nowhere near the Stanley Cup. A good culture isn’t a fun culture or a supportive culture. This isn’t a kindergarten. If you’re not winning, your culture needs fixing.
What does culture change mean? It isn’t finding the oldest, orneriest or most expensive player you can find and slotting him into a mediocre operation, which continues to be mediocre.
It’s finding the players who don’t just want to win, but need to do so. There aren’t as many of them as sports people would lead you to believe.
Many professional athletes do not experience true competition until they reach the very highest level. They are the kid who cruised through every level of schooling without having to do homework.
Now they’re surrounded by people who are just as talented as they are, some of whom had to struggle to get there. Some of those naturals will get better. Some won’t. A few will be good enough, but won’t care all that much and will coast. Some will stick around for the money. Some can manage great life balance. Some are terrible at it.
All of them are physically gifted, perpetually coddled 20-something men, which means they have no sense of mortality. It’s not until you hit your 40s that most people begin to feel time slipping by them. A person who feels like the good times will last forever is not the sort of person who feels any urgency to win right now.
The real challenge isn’t finding the guy with the quickest shot release. It’s finding the guy who thinks this could all end tomorrow. Not just says that, but feels it.
— Cathal Kelly Globe & Mail [Post edited 15 Jun 23:44]
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Reply | "Shoot" "Beano" "Roy of the Rovers"
at 17:49 13 Jun 2025
I remember the first issue of Tiger. It included a cardboard tiger head with a bit of string attached and a packet of rosin. If you dipped your finger and thumb in the rosin and pulled them slowly down the string the tiger roared... kinda! |
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Reply | The QPR summer transfer rumours thread
at 19:24 12 Jun 2025
“His arrival is the latest recompense for our staff who have so enthusiastically embraced the changes in pathway philosophy that is now seeing some of the brightest Category One prospects highly value interest from QPR."
Are we sure this isn't someone down the pecking order taking the piss? |
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