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5-0 what an incredible bounce back I love you all (3am here and glad I stayed up) Well done lads and credit to Richard Kone - what a way to mark your return. U R's
Reminds me of that Nigel Clough one for Forest against us in December 1987 — he scored three in about four minutes late on (81', 83', 85' pen) past Seaman in a 4-0. That one finished us off; this one has opened us up. After the quiet season Kone’s had so far, that was ridiculous. Hope we can hold it and make the late night worth it. U R's
Been up watching every game this season from Australia. This week has been hard after Birmingham and ongoing injuries but stayed up past 2am (so far) and I’m so glad I did.Kone – absolute monster. Hat-trick in 13 minutes. Goals: 2' (assist Smyth) 10' header (assist Poku) 15' penalty (Smyth won the penalty (again))
Stats worth knowing: First QPR hat-trick since Nahki Wells vs Cardiff on New Year’s Day 2020 Earliest hat-trick in an EFL match (completed by the 15th minute) since the Championship/League One/Two rebrand in 2004-05 Fastest QPR hat-trick in club history (14 mins 50 secs from kick-off) Only 13 minutes between his first and third goals (last QPR player to do one in a shorter span was Clive Allen vs Charlton in 1982) After a quiet season so far with the injuries and limited minutes, that was ridiculous. Proper statement. Hope we can keep it going and make the late night worthwhile. U R's
As of this week we’re without Madsen, Burrell and Lamptey until after the November international break, Mbengue is out for the season with an ACL, and Chair is still sidelined. That’s on top of various others managing issues, and it feels very familiar from the last couple of seasons. Rather than another general moan thread, interested in what people think is the main driver.
What’s the main reason for QPR’s recurring injury crisis?
It’s depressing to see another season start to go to waste for the same reasons. This has been a recurring pattern for several years now. Ben Williams gets credit for the strong availability in 2023-24. Everything since (the remote 2024-25 period when in Dubai and working with Brooklyn Nets and the full time return since last summer) has not delivered anything close. The current list — Mbengue season ACL, Madsen/Burrell/Lamptey out until after November, Chair still out, others managing — is the same cycle again. These are not all soft tissue overtraining cases. Risk decisions, recovery pathways and recruitment profiles need independent review with published days lost data versus the league. Internal reassurance from Christian Nourry has not improved the results. I believe a proper review is long overdue.
If we don’t sort this out, our standards are clearly not high enough. We risk losing a decent manager in Julien Stéphan if he can never consistently play his best team, and we risk losing standout players like Ronnie Edwards who has shown real drive and quality this season.
Good win and exactly what we need to be doing at home.
Less impressive second half.
We have a strong base of the team which is helping us enormously with higher standards now.
Kemper was excellent. Edwards is playing so well each game. Smyth has improved so much since Julien became manager. Kamara is doing a lot of good work in our midfield which may go unnoticed too.
Always a worry about these ongoing injuries we get. I hope Mbengue is ok but it did not look good.
No idea where the referee got so much additional time in both halves. That really deserved to be a clean sheet.
I rate Kolli highly and think he’s our best finisher, so I get why he shot rather than passed. Hindsight is easy though — Kamara’s made those runs a few times this season and not received the ball when he’d have been through on goal.
Kolli looked better than Kone when he came on. Kone still doesn’t look the same player he was when he arrived, hopefully he finds form again.
Would like to see Kolli start against Derby midweek and bang in a couple.
Third season running that injuries are holding us back from what this squad should be capable of.
Yes, the calendar is a mess and 24 team leagues + international breaks don’t help, but the same problems keep happening under different managers. Whatever we’re doing with recruitment, conditioning or medical isn’t fixing it.
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