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EDB Signs new contract
at 16:34 11 Jun 2024

Thought that with Field too - also the fact we actually had a midfield so he wasn't desperately hauling players back who were breaking through the spaces left by a certain friendly ghost.

Must be a lot easier to not get booked when you are surrounded by players you can trust and rely on, and not sure he has ever said an angry word to anyone in his life so nice is he let alone a ref!
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Slovenia squad for the Euros
at 23:28 10 Jun 2024

He was utterly useless in the handful of games he played on loan from Brighton - think was the first Warbs season potentially?

Scored a load of goals as a teen in Slovenian league, signed by Brighton who quickly realised he was crap.

No pace, skill or strength and can't recall him doing anything of note - bombed out the team pretty quickly as not up to it.
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What is your second sport.
at 13:28 4 Jun 2024

Cricket for me - play, coach and volunteer with local club. Love playing in Sussex, just an endless array of beautiful settings to play the game in.

Cricket is probably my first sport really - I don't watch a great deal of football away from QPR anymore.

NFL as well - though largely to keep in contact with family over there, only thing I ever speak to my father in law about!
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Music that makes you cry.
at 07:11 3 Jun 2024

Great shout.

I loved John Prine, saw him at the Palladium towards the end of his life just before Covid and my mate and I shed a couple of tears.

"We lost Davey to the Korean War, and we still don't know what for, Don't matter anymore" always makes me think of a friend who died in Iraq.
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Music that makes you cry.
at 07:09 3 Jun 2024



One of the best songs written in recent years imo, gets me most times. The whole album (Process) is just stunning - processing his mother's death from cancer which he'd moved home to help care for her during her treatment.

Also, not got a lot of time for the guy but hard to look past Tears in Heaven by Clapton.

A few great versions of this song, and don't know who wrote it originally so I'll just use the GOATs

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Life changing moments
at 21:14 31 May 2024

Sobriety for me.

Got sober in my mid-20s thankfully. Early 20s were a mess of drink and other substances, couldn't tell you how many near death experiences I may have had during endless blackouts. Few trips to psychiatric wards and a spell in rehab and had my last drink late December 2013.

In the twelve step fellowships since, life is profoundly different and love the life I get to live today.

If anyone is struggling with alcoholism or other addiction and wants to chat send me a DM in here.
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Transfer rumours 2024
at 08:00 30 May 2024

At the wafer-thin level I like the signing of Bennie, having never heard of him before about 1pm yesterday.

His write-up re: great on the press, physically mature etc. seems a good fit for the Marti press. Scouting further afield and seemingly to a plan/vision of the type of player we want to be coming through for the system just seems a little reassuring.

Of course, he may never make it anywhere near the first team but it reads well on paper.

Plus if he's sprinting all over the place on the press we can all sing the Benny Hill theme.
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MUSICAL TOP FIVES - You HATE!!!
at 21:46 26 May 2024

How did I miss Mumford and Suns.

I vote for them five times.
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MUSICAL TOP FIVES - You HATE!!!
at 08:01 26 May 2024

REM are an interesting one - a song like Nightswimming is in my all time top 100 list, partly time and place and memories of it but it always moves me in a way few songs do. You then have crap like Everybody Hurts and Shiny, Happy People that I just can't stand.

Bands that I truly can't stand or just plain don't get...

The 1975
Squeeze - mostly cos Jools Holland irritates me
With you all on the Killers
Can I group all the terrible bands from the 2000s like the Wombats, Kaiser Chiefs and Pigeon Detective types. Bad time for British music.
Linkin Park. Effing rap metal boy band. Though RIP the singer.
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General Election Thread
at 22:58 22 May 2024

Lifelong Labour member, but living in Mid-Sussex constituency nowadays. Will be voting Lib Dem, a party I have never worked out what they stand for, but only party with a chance to oust this horrible and incompetent government.
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Transfer rumours 2024
at 22:42 22 May 2024

Think that was Troy Parrott with the Kinehans.

Must be due a thread on getting him in soon mind
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Crawley Town F.C.
at 17:15 21 May 2024

I was at Wembley as Crawley are my local league team, get to 2 or 3 games a season generally. Very glad we're not in the same division as them (from a pride rather than loyalty perspective.)

It's been a hell of a job by Scott Lindsay - they were borderline unwatchable last season when they nearly went down, but a brilliantly entertaining side to watch this season.

Liam Kelly has been brilliant - one of the best passers I've seen in league two. Was in the Reading team in Champ for 2-3 seasons - surprised he dropped to L2 to be honest.
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Transfer rumours 2024
at 21:00 16 May 2024

Makes sense.

Sure they've thrown a large wage at him.

Their wage bill for what they manage to achieve must rival some of our worst showings over the years.
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Departures in the development squad
at 13:44 13 May 2024

I remember watching that show following a few young lads in the Palace (I think?) academy - and one of the coaches on there being pretty honest that in most age groups there's one, maybe two, players they have any real interest in and a lot of the other lads are makeweights they're pretty sure aren't going to make the grade but you need the squad to have the team for the ones with a chance to develop.

Seems like Kolli the one out of this particular age group, and I do think he has a chance of making it if he comes back from the injury.
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Aaron Drewe
at 06:46 10 May 2024

I had a good mate in primary school called Phil Ifil. We tore every other Brent school team apart for fun using the timeless tactic of get the ball to Philip. The most sporting success I ever had those two years in the Gladstone Park Primary team.

He signed for Spurs when we were in Year 6. All the way through their academy, made a handful of first team appearances, loans at Millwall and Southampton in the Champ, went to Colchester for a bit and then disappeared into non-league.

Nobody else I've played with ever got close to his technique, speed and power as an II year old - it was terrifying playing against him. Always impressed me just how high the standards are that he didn't make it a higher level and drifted out the game.
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Transfer rumours 2024
at 16:53 1 May 2024

Don't think it takes a huge amount of money or idle speculation to change those next manager odds in general. Just look at the lists we've had over the years in our many managerial searches.
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Random Rs Moments
at 07:18 1 May 2024

Was at the Ziwa rhino sanctuary in Uganda in early 2023, not wearing any QPR shirts but got talking to our wildlife guide who randomly knew every last detail about QPR as his English club - and watched as many games as he could. He had an encyclopaedic knowledge of QPR and much of English football. Incredible.
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Some of the oldtimers here
at 20:32 29 Apr 2024

The Rivals days take me back to being a spotty 16 year old, nearing 40 now! I remember the coach to Cardiff for the playoff final, trying to eat a full English at a services coming down off one of my first er Class A experiences.

This message board in its various guises has been with me my whole adult life!

Congrats on becoming a grandfather, brilliant news!
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Work to do
at 12:27 28 Apr 2024

Would love Rudoni and Stansfield next season - probably a bit pricey though.

Haven't a clue who we'll sign. Hadn't heard of Lucas Andersen, Michi Frey or Joe Hodge really ahead of January. Not really paid enough attention to the wider world of football this year to know a great deal about lower league diamonds that we should be after but probably won't.

Should be another interesting summer with a busy transfer window, normally roll my eyes when we are signing most a new first team, but feeling much more confident we'll attract some good talent under the current management and coaching staff.
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Who do we want to get relegated?
at 19:57 27 Apr 2024

Any chance we could go in for Rudoni with Hudds basically down?

Imagine he'd be out of our price point now having missed him at Wimbledon, best thing about Huddersfield again today and seems to have the makings of a good 8 at Champ level.
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