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Reply | Squad for Austria
at 18:48 9 Jul 2026
Just couldn't resist the 'cooked' reference!
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Reply | Squad for Austria
at 18:45 9 Jul 2026
Celar also missing.
Is his goose cooked too? |
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Reply | Summer transfer rumours 2026
at 20:36 8 Jul 2026
Goalkeeper is part of the "spine of the team".
One of the key positions.
We will struggle to hit the ground running with a big part of our spine missing.
I still think Nourry will pull a rabbit out of the hat at the last minute, before our first pre-season game.
But if he doesn't or can't then he needs to front up and explain himself. [Post edited 8 Jul 20:43]
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Reply | Summer transfer rumours 2026
at 09:33 8 Jul 2026
It's what we failed to do in the Warburton years.
If we had sold Dickie, Dieng, and Willock when their value was high and reinvested well (always the hardest part to get right) we could have spared ourselves a lot of the financial grief we had over the last few years and probably be in a stronger overall position now.
It's what Millwall has done in recent years, and it didn't stop them reaching the playoffs last season, and I am sure they will be fancied for another playoff push this season.
Brighton and Brentford did it before them.
It's a long hard road with no guarantees. But I think it gives us a better chance than going all-in every time we get a couple of decent players and hoping that the gods will smile on us this time. |
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Reply | Summer transfer rumours 2026
at 00:03 8 Jul 2026
I get that.
And I really would be happy to be proven wrong.
I just don't see that we're ready yet.
Nourry getting decent money for a couple of our better players and reinvesting in some decent replacements would be a step forward for me at this point, even if it blunted our chances of a top eight spot. |
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Reply | Summer transfer rumours 2026
at 23:44 7 Jul 2026
I know this is sliding off topic, but hey.
I don't get this Pollyanaish belief in our potential for next season that you and Hunter share.
- We have no GK
- A gaping hole where our centre midfield should be
- A RB who was signed as a CB and can't seem to cross a ball
- A LB who has never played in this country and who also didn't get many assists last season
- A near unhealthy obsession with young boys (you win nothing with kids!!)
- Probably not much money to spend, so we may need to sell one of those great strikers
On top of all that we have a CEO who has persistently pushed a possession based game we obviously can't handle.
I don't think we're ready for a top eight push yet. But that doesn't mean that I'm content to sit in 15th-18th forever more.
We're moving in the right direction, but some things can't be rushed.
You mentioned earlier that you have PTSD about the Beale squad. Well that all came about from us going all-in for Warburton's final season. And I have greater PTSD about that than the Beale and his young boys experiment.
I will be happy to be proven wrong but I think we are well short of a top eight push this season. |
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Reply | Summer transfer rumours 2026
at 23:24 7 Jul 2026
As Hunter says, the club rhetoric has been to favour our own players development.
But you still have to prepare players for the challenge.
Walsh was thrown in at the deep end last season. That was bad management of his development by the club. He should have been given the opportunity of a lengthy loan in League 1 first. |
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Reply | Summer transfer rumours 2026
at 23:17 7 Jul 2026
I think there might be a case for excluding GK from the development model.
Keepers tend to mature later, and even a development squad needs some experience in the mix.
But I would still prefer our own keeper to a loanee. |
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Reply | Summer transfer rumours 2026
at 23:06 7 Jul 2026
I didn't make a case for either Walsh or Cooper.
We're supposed to be developing our own players, not someone else's.
My criticism was about how we are going about our business rather than a comment about any one individual.
I take your point that being a development club doesn't mean we have to develop players for our own team. But if we can't get them up to mid-table Championship standard then either our recruitment or our development process isn't good enough. Either way we're not likely to make much money out of these players. |
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Reply | Summer transfer rumours 2026
at 22:38 7 Jul 2026
We're supposed to be a development club.
Walsh and Cooper are our keepers. Why would you bring in a loan keeper ahead of them?
Walsh and Cooper could/should have had half a season each out on loan in League 1 during Paul Nardi's first season. Then we would have had a better idea how they were shaping up and whether either has what it takes to step up to the Championship. |
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Reply | QPR Squad 2026/27
at 22:18 7 Jul 2026
What's the score if we take 'Trialists' on the trip?
I know we can't name them in the travelling party until they are registered as ours. But do we lists trialists in the travelling party or do they just pop up out of nowhere on match days?
I can't believe we would be going out there without a senior keeper.
I'm hoping we have at least one we are keeping under wraps or are working on getting the paperwork completed. |
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Reply | Summer transfer rumours 2026
at 15:22 7 Jul 2026
I don't know a huge amount about Pierce Charles.
But I do know that PC and Murphy Cooper had an identical save percentage in the Championship last season. Both had 68.9%
https://fbref.com/en/comps/10/
Maybe Charles has other attributes that make him a better prospect than MC!? |
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Reply | Summer transfer rumours 2026
at 15:15 7 Jul 2026
Firstly, don't quit forums. They need a wide range of opinions, even minority ones. And your views are valid as anyone else's.
Second. CEO is the most important role in any organisation. And Nourry may or may not also be de facto DoF.
When you choose to make everything about you it's inevitable that you are the focus of attention when fans aren't happy. Sometimes that viewpoint leaks into every discussion around the club. It isn't necessarily helpful but it doesn't mean there is some sort of organised anti-Nourry agenda.
For me, Nourry's lack of experience and credentials for such an important job have always been the issue and continue to be the issue. But I don't sit up late into the night sticking pins into a homemade Nourry doll.
If Nourry succeeds the club succeeds too. And we all want that. I think that's the bottom line for all of us, regardless of any doubts we hold about the man himself.
Finally, I know Clive gets rightly peeved when threads drift off-topic, so I will make this my final comment on this point. |
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Reply | Summer transfer rumours 2026
at 13:44 7 Jul 2026
Yes. I agree with that.
It would be good if there were meetings between the SAB and the fans, or ways for the SAB to canvass the opinions of fans on important issues.
And the SAB members do deserve credit for taking on such a big commitment. |
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Reply | Summer transfer rumours 2026
at 00:38 7 Jul 2026
Fair point.
What I meant was that I don't think Nourry would enough of a lemon to let four keepers go and leave us with an empty cupboard.
So I am assuming that at least one keeper has signed on the dotted line for us (I certainly hope so!)
Nourry did make some good signings last summer. The Burrell deal went completely under the radar. And landing Kone in the face of stiff competition was a coup.
But overall some of his squad development has been very questionable.
And as Hunter has said many times, the acid test for Nourry's wheeling and dealing will be when we start moving on players that he has signed for a decent profit. And we are yet to cross that hurdle. [Post edited 7 Jul 0:41]
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Reply | Summer transfer rumours 2026
at 22:57 6 Jul 2026
As things stand it's Walsh, Cooper, Nardi, and Hamer all leaving the club this summer.
Shedding four first team goalkeepers in the same window has to be some sort of record.
To be fair to Nourry he has seemed fairly astute in his transfer dealings so far.
In the circumstances I would be surprised if we haven't already sorted at least one new keeper for next season.
Now we just have to wait to see who that is. |
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Reply | Summer transfer rumours 2026
at 13:52 5 Jul 2026
If you look at the save percentages for all Championship keepers last season Murphy Cooper was our best performer, although he only played 8 games so it's a small sample.
56 goalkeepers played in the Championship last season. This is how our lot compared for save percentages:
21st - Murphy Cooper, 8 games, 68.8% save percentage
34th - Ben Hamer, 7 games, 64.7%
42nd - Joe Walsh, 23 games, 61.5%
47th - Paul Nardi, 17 games, 60.3%
Bizarrely some of our former keepers were even further down the rankings:
49th - Alex McCarthy, 7 games, 60.0%
52nd - Seny Dieng, 3 games, 56.3%
54th - Asmir Begovic, 11 games, 55.3%
Honourable mention for Joe Lumley who only played twice but finished 10th in the rankings with 72.7% save percentage.
There must be something in the Loftus Road water.
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