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Reply | All these Players Praying to God !!!
at 13:00 17 Jan 2026
I'm not religious, don't mind if they want to thank god or whatever but the skeptic in me thinks it's more superstition than religious belief but each to their own.
It's the holy socks I have an issue with. |
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Reply | Traitors UK thread **WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS**
at 11:10 15 Jan 2026
"They over done it a little with , old friends/ family members/ contestants hiding jobs and backgrounds etc ." - Agreed. It was a one off in previous series, now it's like the producers will only select you to be on the show if you'll go on with some secret or another. Supposed to be an anomaly not the default. |
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Reply | Cat 1. Academy Plans
at 01:03 15 Jan 2026
I think the rumour was that we're looking at extending the training ground into a farmers field to get an accurate replica of the loftus road surface.  |
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Reply | Cat 1. Academy Plans
at 13:33 14 Jan 2026
I think it's just more expensive if you're poaching cat1 to cat1, but can still be poached.
I think the thought process before was that if a big club comes in for a youth player they're going to leave for the name of the club as much as the facilities. Unless you support QPR I guess it's better to tell people you were at Arsenal's academy than QPR regardless of which category it is, so does make some sense. But at the time our youth team operated out of an old facility rented from a college so not sure how they could conclude it was the draw of the big club rather than the much better facilities that was causing people to decide to leave.
Good news though and well done to the club for committing. |
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Reply | Burrel out until March
at 08:51 9 Jan 2026
I think you're right about Prav but think it was ACL injuries we seemed to get a lot of.
I'd like to blame the pitch but Sheffield Wed. Managed to get through the conditions without 4 changes by half time, so can't be the only factor.
The frustration is that these are the easier parts of the game that we should be able to rely on getting right to give the team a good chance to succeed. |
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Reply | Madsen
at 13:49 1 Jan 2026
I think I'd replace Madsen with Vale. I know it's not his recognised position but I think he has all the attributes and paired with an experienced CM like Hayden would probably be enough to get him through the game. |
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Reply | So Cifuentes ?
at 19:23 19 Dec 2025
If you look at points per game I don't think Ainsworth moved the dial enough to claim he saved us from relegation to be honest. I like the guy, I just think for whatever reason it didn't work here |
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Reply | So Cifuentes ?
at 14:31 19 Dec 2025
I think Madsen was part of the starting 11 when we started our winning streak last season. I always got the sense we had to play him due to other injuries, when it would have perhaps been better for him to be slowly integrated. He then put him back in the starting line up towards April when he was fit again.
So I didn't think there was any issue between him and the manager, just injuries and getting used to a different style of game. |
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Reply | What are people’s thoughts on the Club pulling out all the stops in January ?
at 09:49 12 Dec 2025
I would summarise the idea behind this thread as the plans working, let's change the plan.
To which we need a simple answer - no.
As a Nourry critic (not a hater, there is a distinction between not liking how someone runs something you've supported your whole life and hating them personally) I think it's a good test of his leadership. Les often seemed to get overruled by the managers and owners on spending big as soon as we got a sniff, so will be interesting to see if he can keep that in check. |
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Reply | fi
at 16:42 8 Dec 2025
The flip side of that is that it also doesn't allow the driver to take points off of him, assuming that anyone in the same car could. If Mclaren had say Perez as their No. 2 Norris would have been celebrating the championship from the summer break.
I think historically Red Bull have been pretty ruthless with the second driver as well. Sending them out on alternative tires to get info to inform Max's strategy. Pitting the second driver to lose them points in order for them to take fastest lap points from Max's rivals. It's felt at times his championship was more important then the constructors, which tends to be the other way around as you get more money from that. But Red Bull are masters of strategy as they've shown numerous times and sometimes that strategy needs Max to make stuff work that a lot of other drivers wouldn't manage.
Overall, pleased Norris won. |
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Reply | Furs leaving
at 11:40 29 Nov 2025
Wasn't having a pop at you, just responding to the point that Matt made. Why the reaction to the WLS article, because they've been around a long time and the fans trust them.
I think it's one of the things we should be proud of as a club with writing like Clive's and AKUTR's. As you point out, it allows people to keep connected to the club wherever they are and in whatever circumstances. |
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Reply | Furs leaving
at 11:34 29 Nov 2025
The article is about why the negativity towards the leadership, so I'm explaining why some people, like myself, can be negative about the leadership.
There are some positives but it's hard to get excited about it when we're still being run by people who you can't trust. Some of the examples I put show a pattern of getting obvious things wrong and having to be told which makes me question their competence.
It's a bit like the playoff final, walking down the steps at Wembley after celebrating the win my dad mentioned HR and I wanted him to be sacked before the start of next season. Short term wins shouldn't cloud the longer term picture and I don't the people running the day to day are competent. |
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Reply | Furs leaving
at 10:53 29 Nov 2025
In response to Matt's article, I had a few thoughts of my own.
The Transparency Myth
Injuries and contracts – It took the uproar to get them too loosen this up, their instinct was that they could get away with telling us nothing and it backfired. Kind of suggests they have a bad read of the situation they are in.
Martí on gardening leave – He was a popular manager and an asset that we paid to leave, could have been handled better after the last game of the season, again poor reading of the situation I would say.
This week’s uproar about Furlong – See Clive’s point about not needing to settle people leaving amicably.
Why My View Has Changed — And Why I Back the Leadership
“I see genuine progress, genuine competence, and genuine strategy.” I find it hard to agree that there is competence given the above.
For years, fans have said:
· “We need a club model that isn’t dependent on the manager.”
· “We need clarity about who’s actually responsible for decisions.”
· “We need to modernise our operations.”
“Well, now we finally have exactly that”. – We don’t, what do all these new head of whatever do? What does Ben Williams do? nobody knows.
We already had a DoF role, the issue wasn’t the structure so much as the owner interference as far as I could work out.
The Evidence: Tangible, Measurable Progress
Criticism thrives in the absence of information. So let’s focus on what we do know, using actual data and on-pitch evidence.
1. The Managerial Decision: Replacing Martí Was Spot On
“Stephan is a clear upgrade on Martí” He’s different but you’re not going to get a fair comparison when you compare his performance this season with actual strikers to choose from against last seasons squad.
2. Talent Acquisition: A Recruitment Structure That Actually Works
In the last two years, recruitment has transformed. The structure, the process, the profiles, all of it.
“The squad is more balanced than at any point in the last decade.” – Again it took having a very unbalanced squad last season to get to that realisation you can’t just keep buying 10’s. Learning on the job and we’re still short in some areas.
“The club is smarter, leaner, and far more strategic than during the Ferdinand era.” – There seems to be less interference from above. Not sure I’d say repeatedly telling players they’re free to leave then needing to rely on them is massively strategic.
“In two years, Nourry has achieved more with less.” – I’m not sure he does have less, some expensive seasons rolled out of our FFP window for Marti’s second season and we spent money on several players but ended up with the most unbalanced squad I can remember then this summer the Eze money. Why is this being framed as doing more with less?
3. Youth Structure: Real Progress, Real Results
Too early to tell, we’ve signed some exciting 18yo prospects that should be able to come through into the first team after some time in the development squad. But we did that with Eze, Manning, BOS, Walsh, Kelman, Lloyd previously with varying results, so not new.
4. Operational Decisions: Small Things That Make a Big Difference
Small things like how we treat our staff and players, sacking managers and coaches that are popular, telling players they can leave when we still need them, all bound to have more of an effect than who’s sat in the School end.
The Owners: Still Investing, Still Writing Off Losses
“People love to assume the owners are inactive or detached. Yet they continue to write off losses and keep the club afloat while moving us toward becoming as self-sufficient as possible. That matters. It’s real commitment, not PR.” – Not doubting the owners financial commitment, but they can still be hands off day to day, which is a concern if the people in charge start to put their own interests above those of the club.
So Why the Relentless Negativity?
See above |
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Reply | Furs leaving
at 10:24 29 Nov 2025
Personally, I put a lot of trust in what Clive writes and Dave Mc because they've been around for a long time and I'm fairly sure Clive has the best interests of the club as his main concern. So if they're telling me something, I'll take it seriously and if I don't like what they tell me, I'll probably react.
Is that so strange? Should I be waiting around for an official club response which will obviously be designed to make light of anything bad for the club just for balance? |
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Reply | (No subject) (n/t)
at 22:45 27 Nov 2025
I imagine it was similar to the start of Hot Fuzz "You've Been Making Us All Look Bad". Going around winning things, doesn't he know this is a project? |
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Reply | Furs leaving
at 13:50 26 Nov 2025
Being pedantic but I thought the compensation we received was basically getting most of the money we'd already paid him to leave back, rather than a "win" as Sam put it.
On a separate note, I like having people around the place who know the club, respect our history and show loyalty to us. I think we do better generally when we have people like that around the place because they make an effort and get the best out of other players. I don't think it's a coincidence that having those kind of characters around the place (Gallen,Bircham,Cook) causes other players (like Furlong and Ainsworth) who they played with to become supporters of the club as well. Not sure I'm happy with people like that being removed from the club on the whim of a group of people who'd probably walk away as soon as a better offer came calling, without a second thought for QPR. |
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Reply | EV’s to lose congestion charge exemption
at 19:49 13 Nov 2025
Just EVs on weight or all vehicles?
I drive an EV and it weighs less than a range rover, so should they pay more. What about Vans and Lorry's they're much heavier so should they pay proportionally? |
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