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Reply | Injuries
at 07:25 23 Oct 2026
Couldn't agree more that this season is really fair judgement time on Nourry (and the owners, really). We have to be sniffing the playoffs or this plan just is not working.
I'm so fed up with all this "next season" crap. Jam tomorrow. Blah blah. Never comes. |
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Reply | Cricket 2026 County/International Thread
at 13:16 22 Oct 2026
Brook is a sensational talent. He has it all at his feet if he applies himself in test cricket and just maybe Fleming will get to the bottom of him.
Much as I like seeing England do well, I still run pretty cold at swipe after swipe after swipe going into the stands. Give me the SA v Aus test any day, proper cricket. |
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Reply | Como
at 09:29 22 Oct 2026
spooky.... |
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Reply | Como
at 09:26 22 Oct 2026
Phil or Gary? Or maybe both as a dream team. |
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Reply | Como
at 08:27 22 Oct 2026
Hate the bit where they keep panning to the United away end and how it is emptying. "Best fans in the country", always so loyal, blah blah blah blah blah, getting soaked, blah blah.
Yeah, they travel to Como and other European places to watch Fernandes and Mbuemo.
What about going to Grimsby on a Tuesday night with Steve Slade upfront? I know who are the more admirable fans. |
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Reply | Injuries
at 10:23 21 Oct 2026
It's a fair point, TK, that I've gone early to call it a farce. But it's not looking good so far, is it? Of course he is quality. But what's the point in that for 1 game every two months and he could have lost us the game at West Ham if it wasn't for Charles? Naturally I very much hope we fix him and he comes good, but sadly the writing is on the wall and it is writ large.
I echo someone's point before on this thread. We're QPR, not Carshalton. We're an attractive proposition, love to throw money around, so can't we sign players who are both physically robust AND talented? Just means we have to sign fewer of them to keep within budget, no?
I just think we've got a bit stuck with this belief we can get great bargains on crocks. Hasn't exactly been a success yet, Field apart. |
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Reply | Injuries
at 09:35 21 Oct 2026
The thing is, of course the Lamptey signing was welcomed by the fans. It was a signing. Of someone we had heard of. That's all the fans want isn't it, these days? To "win" the transfer window. To be cooking. #announceanyone
I'm already reading that we need to sign strikers in January. We've got Kone, Burrell, Lloyd, Virat ... why on earth should we need to sign more? Are we Nottingham Forest?
I mean, with a cool head, the Lamptey signing was a total farce. Basically saying Fiorentina are morons and we have the healing properties of Lazarus. Is there really a "shot to nothing" in football? Are we not paying him? Is he not using up a squad place? Is he not meaning that we are ending games with 10 men?
How about a new plan of making fewer signings, using the extra budget to buy players who are...you know....fit? Durable? |
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Reply | Injuries
at 21:15 20 Oct 2026
The sight of Lamptey at West Ham being barely able to move to help his team mates in the last few minutes summed it all up for me. I mean I'm sure Fiorentina were totally shocked, having ripped up a 4 year contract on a £5m signing 3 years early.
I know he was seen as a worthwhile roll of the dice, but....we've gambled on signing crocks, we've gambled on keeping the same medical team in place.....and at the moment it's been about as successful as any of my accas.
It may be our strongest squad on paper for many years, but as the cliche goes, football is actually played on grass.
Still, I am sure we will go out in January and sign another ten players to keep the plan chugging on!
Totally unconvinced by it all. |
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Reply | Clinical Blues deliver Rangers reality check – Report
at 09:27 19 Oct 2026
Great report, thanks.
In such a packed season I really don't think a defeat at Brum is much to panic about, but it does make you fear for what's going to happen in the next two games. Swansea will obviously be very tricky, never mind Southampton away. We really need to win one of those to cement our place in the top half rather than slide down back towards our natural home and then feel the confidence draining out of the whole place in that inevitable "here we go again" fashion. Just feel like that with the real potential of having a better squad this time around, we need to keep believing and it will help if we keep in the top half for now, of course. |
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Reply | Blowing Bubbles Up The R's Match Thread
at 09:33 10 Oct 2026
May have dreamt it, but did I read somewhere he's never missed a penalty in professional football? Certainly looks like he has that confidence. It's odd, I really fancied him to score and I also fancied Charles to save the penalty. This is incredibly rare, not felt that since Fenwick and Smithies. |
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Reply | Cricket 2026 County/International Thread
at 12:13 9 Oct 2026
Jealous - you will have a great time. I heard Shaun Pollock moaning that England fans had taken all the tickets, but to be honest if you can't get more than 500 in the ground for this first day of a home test against Aus - then tough. Sell them where you can! |
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Reply | Man City - GUILTY
at 09:40 9 Oct 2026
On another Man City note, I wondered if anyone concurs with my gut instinct about the club and their fans. When I was younger, through the 90s, I always thought of them as a massive sleeping giant; huge support but pretty ordinary teams. Had an annoying habit of beating us when we far superior and knocking us out of cups with David bloody White or whatever his name was....with gazillions of City fans around Loftus Road. But this doesn't marry with modern day City where their support really doesn't seem the biggest, especially considering their players and all the success. Or has winning everything bored the legacy fans into submission? Or are they quite simply not the same club? Or did I have it wrong in the first place? Just feels strange to me. |
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Reply | Man City - GUILTY
at 09:19 9 Oct 2026
I wouldn't throw them out. The best punishment would be to take their five most recent signings - that they have farmed out on loan for development - and make them sell that player to the club they are currently at loan at. For £1. |
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Reply | Cricket 2026 County/International Thread
at 08:29 9 Oct 2026
Looking forward to S Africa v Australia tests. Pretty devastating to see about 12 people in attendance at Durban - I mean the World Test Champions vs Aus and it looks like Covid times. I hear the crowds in the winter are going to be mostly English, too. |
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Reply | Blowing Bubbles Up The R's Match Thread
at 06:43 9 Oct 2026
Loving the optimism in the prediction league; well over 80% predicting home win, 3 forecasting 5-0, two forecasting 4-0 and the most popular choice for our first scorer is....a centre back.
Never change, R's fans. |
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Reply | Julien Stéphan Interview
at 14:39 7 Oct 2026
Agreed, and he clearly loves Ronnie's versatility, so perhaps we could revisit the halcyon days of when Darren Peacock started up front. Or did I dream that?! |
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Reply | K155 OPR Car Registration Number
at 11:55 5 Oct 2026
In honour of Easter Monday, 1986, my Dad had S60 URS
Left it to me when he died, seems such a faff to get it on a car though, knowing little about these things! |
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