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swansea at home....match thread..
at 15:32 24 Oct 2026

This

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Edwards in midfield.
at 16:45 23 Aug 2026

Wasn’t at the game but going off the 9 mins extended highlights, Ronnie featured heavily picking the ball up and progressing it forward like a classy DM. He looked like a natural in that position.

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Today's strip
at 13:38 20 Aug 2026

Trying to think of matches where the Lilac will be used - struggling. This is all I could come up with

Burnley
Wolves
West Ham
Watford?

Maybe the teams who play all in red and given we used black when playing blue clubs am excluding those as well.
Doesn't seem like a well thought out 2nd kit again. I really struggled with the pink and black when we played Stoke/Sheff Utd etc last season.

[Post edited 20 Aug 13:39]

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Hitting the post/crossbar
at 10:54 26 Apr 2026

It might be my imagination but it feels like we have hit the post or crossbar and not scored an inordinate amount of times this season. Would be really interested to see if that is indeed the case or whether I’m just mistaken and it’s about average.
Where’s the stats masters on this?

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Steve Cook
at 17:16 25 Feb 2026

We should have played a back 3/5 last night. Those were the senior players available - if you are fit enough for the bench then you are fit enough to start.
We showed a distinct lack of respect (or naivety) to think we could show up to an in form Southampton team and play a wide open 4-4-2 using all the same players.
We've done this a few times this season.

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Parking at Derby
at 14:49 21 Oct 2025

Thanks for the advice.
It's a good point regarding getting away, have been stuck in numerous traffic jams trying to get out of car parks etc near to grounds. Looks like i'll be booking the official unofficial parking at the conference centre.

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Parking at Derby
at 12:29 21 Oct 2025

Not been before - coming from the North. As it's another soulless bowl in a retail park does anyone have any nuggets of where to park other than the official non-official parking that looks to be about 20 mins away and costs a tenner?
Cheers

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Shipshape and Bristol Fashion Match Thread
at 15:15 4 Oct 2025

Stream anyone? Gotta sort out this VPN thing soon.

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Overtaking National Express coaches – Report
at 09:59 3 Oct 2025

Great report as per usual.
For me it isn't necessarily the players that were wrong it's our quality and decision making that always let us down when we need it most.
Examples - fantastic ball from Madsen - Smyth gets to the byline perfectly and then just smashes it straight across the six yard box into nearest defender. Anything, and I mean even the worst scuff that goes backwards towards the penalty spot and we're 1 up. It's such a simple concept that will be regularly (like daily) drilled into wide players but we fail to make the right decision.
Strange square free kick to Mbengue - often works as it draws the first man out and you slip your free man in - here it was Saito just one easy pass from being in a glorious position to shoot on goal. What happens - wasted long shot that never had a chance.
The lack of quality on the final ball was ball-achingly painful as well. RND had numerous opportunities to deliver a whipped cross and managed 0 of any real purpose, often hitting the first man.
Smyth beats his man all ends up - is away and should be bearing down on goal - instead his second touch is so awful it sends the ball the opposite direction and is somehow tackled by the defender he's just beaten.
Frey making the wrong decision to shoot when he had 2 players in advanced positions and the defence exposed.
It feels like it is catching when you are watching it, like the players try to out do each other in who can provide the most wrong decision or least bit of quality.
I guess that's why I'm looking forward to seeing Chair back as soon as possible.

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Owl be seeing them in League One Sheff Wednesday Vs QPR match Thread
at 14:13 25 Sep 2025

Parked here last time for a fiver.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/xCyrd4

Able to get out pretty quickly after as well but I was heading North rather than back to good old London town.

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Team v Sheff W
at 16:20 22 Sep 2025

Last season at Loftus Road we put Morgan on Bannan in a man-marking role for certainly the first half and to be fair it worked, that is until they scored and we had to go chasing the game. Bannan plays so far back, the man marker is basically a 10 but I'm all for having specific plans for the opposition. Agreed - if you stop him from playing they lose 75% of any threat.

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A Kelmanation of errors QPR vs Charlton Athletic Match Thread
at 14:06 30 Aug 2025

In the States - Fawa not working - do I want to find a stream?

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A Kelmanation of errors QPR vs Charlton Athletic Match Thread
at 13:46 30 Aug 2025

What stream?

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The Biggest Loser
at 17:24 18 Jun 2025

Teams we have played a good number of times i.e. 25+, it's Man Utd & Liverpool - a pathetic 11-15% win ratio.

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Our crowds these days compared to years gone by....
at 16:20 24 Jan 2025

The bit that always grated on me the most was games against Manchester Utd & Liverpool in the late 80's through to mid 90's. Loftus Road would be full to capacity and then Barnes or Giggs score and the whole of the School End and basically 75% of Ellerslie would explode in celebration. We were nearly outnumbered in our own stadium - used to drive me round the bend.
On the flip side it was nice sticking it to them when we won the odd game.

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Saito's goal
at 17:02 22 Jan 2025

Willock vs Sheff Utd away under Beale?

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Clive meeting with Nourry
at 15:37 14 Jan 2025

Will it be a Patreon thing? If it is, can you give us any tidbits whilst we wait? Was it productive?

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Fog - FA guidance for pitch inspection
at 07:45 14 Jan 2025

Obviously completely moot now but I wondered how that match could have gone ahead based on the conditions at kick off.
Here is the official FA guidance for fog:
Fog creates its’ own problems. Use perspectives from ground level and the back of a stand – check forecast (remember that there is a responsibility to paying spectators).

If was farcical from what I could see and i don’t understand why the kick off wasn’t at least delayed and an orange ball played at the very least.

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SKY stat from last night
at 10:26 23 Oct 2024

At some point in the game SKY put up a stat I hadn't seen before and it blew my mind - can't quite remember the specifics but it basically had us as 2nd or 3rd in the League for shots and chances created and bottom for chance conversion at something like 6% - it summed our season up so far in a very telling way. Woeful.

That said I don't think I've ever seen so many of our shots blocked before - it seems like every game there are at least 5 good shots that end up being blocked and not even deflected - no luck with anything going our way. I've only managed to watch on TV but I've been incredulous at the amount of times tackles and half blocks have fallen incredibly kindly to the opposition in all the games as well.
Feels like the hex is back somehow.

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Greg Spires - recruitment blog
at 14:00 1 May 2024

Many of you might have missed the recent blogs from Greg Spires on potential recruitment - I think he does an excellent job and provides real food for thought on our current players' qualities and deficiencies alongside realistic identification of potential players who might/should be looked at.
I've linked to all of his most recent posts below:

https://medium.com/p/d0ce66869 - Defensive midfielders
https://medium.com/@greg.spire
https://medium.com/p/46b26ca2b - Right Back
https://medium.com/p/b0172a4db - Goalkeepers

I would definitely be interested in checking back on the recommended players at the start of next season to see where they have ended up if they have moved.

[Post edited 1 May 2024 14:34]

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