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What have we learnt this week?
What have we learnt this week?
Friday, 27th Jun 2008 00:01

A weekly column of thoughts and rants that come to mind while chasing our silly football team around the country.

LFW end of season awards
Monday June 15 - With the fixtures out on Wednesday and all play offs decided the 2008/09 campaign is officially over. As a final look back here on LFW we name the winners and losers in the team and on this website over the course of the season.
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Having forced Magilton appointment on themselves QPR must now make it work
Wednesday June 3 - With former Ipswich gaffer Jim Magilton now confirmed as QPR manager LFW looks at just how and why such a wealthy and influential board were forced into appointing somebody with such a meagre CV and where we go from here.
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Championship bids good riddance to bad rubbish on weekend for nice guys
Friday May 29 - The Bank Holiday weekend saw the Football League season draw to a close with deserved victories for two of football's more likeable managers. It also saw the final airing of ITV's dreadful Championship highlights programme.
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LFW Full Term Report
Wednesday May 27 - Following our half term report on the QPR squad back in December LFW looks back at the individual player performances over the course of the entire season.
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Scraping the managerial barrel, but Briatore can be the ideal man to turn this around
Wednesday May 20 -A new day, a new terrifying managerial prospect linked with a move to QPR. It’s an inevitable result of the high gaffer turnover we have had for the last 18 months but there is still hope yet.
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Unable to net at right end, but QPR score own goal at annual dinner
Monday April 27 - LFW reports from the annual player of the year dinner where Damion Stewart deservedly stole the headlines by collecting the two main awards but ultimately the whole evening left a sour taste in the mouth and further highlighted the split between players, fans and club.
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Sousa departure damages brand further making next appointment crucial
Thursday April 23 - With the dust settling on Paulo Sousa's departure from QPR, LFW looks at the effect losing another manager has had on the image of QPR and at the importance of the next appointment.
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Taking account and reasons to be cheerful
Wednesday April 8 - The release of QPR’s latest set of accounts has prompted much discussion but how much can they really tell us about our present situation? And in amongst all this negativity we look at two things to be rightly chuffed about.
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Does it ever make sense to loan out your top scorer?
Wednesday April 1 - The decision to loan Dexter Blackstock to Nottingham Forest has left QPR with just two fully fit strikers for the remaining six matches - but have QPR actually made a shrewd move here?
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Taarabt catching the eye, but is there any point in him being here?
Thursday March 26 - QPR have shaken from a spring slumber with two impressive home wins in a week. To the fore against Bristol City and Swansea was new loan signing Adel Taarabt but could this exciting youngster be a bad thing for us in the long term?
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Blue, white and you. If you can afford it.
Thursday March 5 - Over the course of the last 12 months QPR have listened carefully to your feedback regarding season ticket prices and as a result…
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Hopes, fears, worries and Steve Brown
Wednesday February 18 - This week we look at some meagre aims for the rest of the season, and I bet yours are different, and the apparent departure of Steve Brown from the youth set up.
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Where and what now for Lee Camp
Wednesday February 11 - Rather than the two goals by Matteo Alberti or a ninth game unbeaten the big talking point to come out of the Forest game was the behaviour of Lee Camp during and after the match. So where does last weekend leave the young keeper?
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Lessons to learn from Ledesma
February 4 2009 - With Emmanuel Ledesma following Danny Parejo through the early exit door LFW examines whether the experiment of signing talented foreign youngsters was a success and looks for pointers to follow should we try it again.
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Ram watching provides tips and warnings for QPR
January 26 2009 - QPR fans who treat themselves to televised football as well have probably seen more of Derby County than Rangers this week – and it might not be a bad thing if Flavio Briatore has done likewise.
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Have QPR learnt from past mistakes?
January 8 2009 - As three more players arrive at QPR on long contracts LoftforWords cannot help but wonder if QPR are making the same Chris Wright mistakes all over again.
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Was Sousa right to rotate?
December 31 2008 - After wins against high flying Wolves and Preston QPR looked well set for an assault on the top six over Christmas. So what went wrong, and what do we actually want from 2009?
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Half term report – every player assessed
December 23 2008 - As we pass the halfway point in the season LoftforWords takes a look at how every player in the QPR squad has done so far charting the winners and losers in a squad that has already had three managers this campaign.
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Should QPR really go out of their way to sign Lee Cook?
December 16 2008 - With the transfer window fast approaching we look at what corners of the market QPR should be scowering for signings and whether Lee Cook should be one of the permanent new arrivals.
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Loan stars or millstones around our neck?
December 3 2008 - With two more loan signings taking QPR's total to six we take a look at what they're all bringing to the team and whether we made a mistake by not signing two of their predecessors permanently.
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Paulo Sousa; just what we need or a disaster waiting to happen?
November 20 2008 - Portuguese coach Paulo Sousa is the latest man charged with bringing success to QPR, as ever LFW is on hand with the best and worst case scenarios for our latest appointment.
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Is a 1-0 defeat ever a good result?
November 13 2008 - QPR's performance at Man Utd on Tuesday has been described as everything from courageous and brave to tepid and lacking ambition. So which is it, and can a 1-0 defeat ever be something to be proud of?
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Buzsaky the victim of a very English problem
November 5 2008 - With QPR goals coming along as frequently as Saturday night trains on the Hammersmith and City line are Rangers missing a trick by marooning Akos Buzsaky wide on the right
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Never the right appointment, but was Dowie sacked for the right reasons?
October 27 2008 - QPR are hunting for the fourth manager inside 12 months this Monday morning following the sacking of Iain Dowie. Here we look at the options to replace him, and whether he should have been given the boot at all?
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Bhatia’s admirable ticket price stance sparks power struggle rumours
October 20 2008 - QPR's climbdown on the ticket price rise issue and letter from Amit Bhatia to supporters is worthy of praise, but just whose decision was it and what does this mean for the future ownership of the club?
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Welcome breaks, non league football and Ticketmaster adventures
October 15 2008 - QPR return to action after a fortnight off this Saturday, a chance for everybody to start over perhaps, meanwhile there's another insight into how I spend my time off - watching poor football and arguing with call centre staff
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Rowlands asks for more support but is it all down to us?
October 7 2008 - Captain Martin Rowlands has asked for more support from the fans in his latest programme notes - is he right, or are people spending upwards of £30 for tickets entitled to moan if the product doesn't match their expectations?
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Damion Stewart - bigger than Jesus better than Shittu?
September 25 2008 - In what’s becoming a typical week for QPR fans this season, glory on the pitch and anger off it, we look at the rise and rise of Stewpeas and the ticket prices plus the timeless tale of the morbidly obese man and the deckchairs at Hartlepool?
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Same old Rangers, now officially taking the...
September 16 2008 - QPR have started the campaign well, and responded with an unprecedented mid-season ticket price hike?
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QPR clear winner in club v country battle
September 10 2008 - QPR are back in action this weekend after a needless break and thank God for that, but not before another impending disaster in Croatia tonight.
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Buzsaky, Aston Villa and the deadline day hype that passed us by
September 3 2008 - QPR remained quiet on transfer deadline day, which is more than can be said for the presenters on Sky Sports News, but with Akos Buzsaky ready to return we're nicely set ahead of a busy few weeks.
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Argentinian flags in the air but feet firmly on the ground
August 28 2008 - QPR fans have gone from the depths of despair to a state of complete euphoria inside seven days. Let's not get too carried away though eh...
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Basic football, Setanta Sports and what's happening to the pubs in Shepherds Bush?
August 21 2008 - Further reflection on QPR's collapse at Sheffield United plus a look at what you get for your money with Setanta and the demise of another watering hole in W12.
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Fans’ reaction should leave Dowie in no doubt over size of the task
August 14 2008 - The speed at which QPR fans turned on their own side during the Barnsley game was alarming, and not helpful to the team and our goalkeeper in particular.
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QPR deny reports of Dowie’s demise
August 6 2008 - Three days before the start of the season club officials are right when they say that stories of Iain Dowie's departure is unhelpful and unsettling. If there is indeed no truth in them, could this mark a watershed in the flow of rumours and leaks coming out of Loftus Road?
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Have QPR bid farewell to the ABC loan
July 31 2008 - It seems from a letter sent to QPR shareholders this week that the ABC loan is no more. Is it a case of better the devil you know or out of the frying pan and into the fire?
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Let’s all laugh at Luton?
July 16 2008 - Chances are over the past few years we’ve all wished ill on Luton Town at some point, but as the authorities condemn them to a meaningless season and non league future should QPR fans be rejoicing or taking their side?
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Let’s all laugh at Luton?
July 16 2008 - Chances are over the past few years we’ve all wished ill on Luton Town at some point, but as the authorities condemn them to a meaningless season and non league future should QPR fans be rejoicing or taking their side?
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QPR's forgotten men
July 10 2008 - Worried by the protracted and so far unsuccessful pursuit of our summer transfer targets? Me too. But fear not, think of the following four players and take a few deep breaths
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QPR, Blackpool and Norwich, sauce for the goose
July 2 2008 - Blackpool remain up in arms over QPR's pursuit of their centre half, but are they playing by their own rules?
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As many as seven new faces, but do QPR already have what it takes?
June 24 2008 - Depending on who you believe we’re in the market for anywhere between three and seven more signings this summer – but how many do we really need?
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What's hot and what's not this silly season?
June 3 2008 - Seperating the wheat from the chaff in the field of summer transfer rumours.
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Dowie returns to QPR, but can anybody afford to watch his team?
May 16 2008 - It's been a massive week at Loftus Road with a new manager, three new signings and the release of controversial season ticket prices.
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Meet the new QPR, same as the old QPR
May 8 2008 - The microphone disaster at Loftus Road on Sunday provided a reassuring hand on the shoulder for those who think our club is about change beyond all recognition
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Cardiff City and QPR, a level playing field?
April 30 2008 - The news that QPR had failed in an appeal against Damion Stewart's red card at Norwich came as no great surprise, but how did Cardiff manage to get Darren Purse off for a worse tackle?
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New QPR badge revealed
April 23 2008 - This week the message boards have been alive with debate over the new QPR crest which has appeared on the Government's trademark website
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McLaren and Allardyce in QPR link
April 16 2008 - The presence of Steve McLaren and Sam Allardyce at the Hull game struck fear into the hearts of QPR fans and gave the Sunday tabloids an easy two plus two story
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Thou shalt not leave a QPR game early
April 9 2008 - Do the early exiters at the Preston match point to trouble ahead next season? And just what can we learn from Neil Warnock?
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To boo or not to boo?
April 2 2008 - QPR fans have never been shy of getting stuck into their own players, but have the trips to Ipswich and Wolves shown us just how stupid this is?
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QPR return for Cook?
April 2 2008 - It's been an expensive week to follow QPR but the rumoured return of Lee Cook could lift the spirits of impoverished Rangers fans.
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Figo to QPR, Buzsaky to Portsmouth??
March 20 2008 - Silly season has arrived, with summer transfer window rumours gathering pace with each passing day..
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March 13 2008
A week where we blew a one goal lead and ended up hanging on grimly to a three goal one, but a week where we banished the midweek hoodoo as well.
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February 27 2008
A new goalkeeping coach, more woe for Buzsaky playing wide and fans being tortured at
Barnsley
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February 20 2008
The boys are back from
Portugal with two new captains in tow, you can’t tale your eyes off the net for a second, and Oll’s King Lear is in danger of turning into Brookside.
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February 14 2008
The importance of Martin Rowlands as if we needed reminding, an alleged list of summer transfer targets and
Campbell causes leukaemia.
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February 6 2008
Agyemang could be the prolific goal scorer we’ve been craving, we’ve all gone a little bit soft on the players and a Walkabout related rant
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January 31 2008
You can’t tell what’s going on from a radio commentary, the play offs are definitely beyond us now and a new phrase has been coined
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January 24 2008
Buzsaky is wasted on the wing, you need to see a player yourself before judging him and Ronaldo is a weirdo
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January 17 2008
You couldn’t get a cup of tea in our away end eight years ago, we like a centre half at full back and the youth team continues to disappoint
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