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Reply | FA Cup Replays Scrapped
at 14:10 18 Apr 2024
"If we're talking purely finances, then whoever covers the Cup (currently BBC and ITV) should be forced to be more interesting with their game picks. Maidstone should have been a live game the Round before they finally got on telly, for example, instead of one of the boring all Prem ties. In fact, all Prem ties should be banned from having full match coverage until Round 5. that TV money would be far better distributed to smaller clubs".
Good points. In the 18 years to March 2023, ManUre played 84 FA Cup matches. Guess how many of those UK broadcasters failed to pick up:
One.
Yes, one.  Seems fair, NOT.
Back in January 2013, former Macclesfield Town chief executive John Harris commented as follows when a Manchester United game was picked for TV coverage over Town's game:
“When we beat Cardiff City here in the third round, the scenes at our stadium were magnificent and a giant-killing could be on the cards again. No disrespect, but is Manchester United playing Fulham more attractive to a football purist?"
“For us, that money, £135,000, would be massive, it would save our season after relegation to the Conference, which was a huge blow. If David Gill [United’s chief executive] is feeling generous one morning and wants to divert that money down the A34 to Macclesfield, it would be very welcome.” |
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Reply | FA Cup Replays Scrapped
at 13:56 18 Apr 2024
Yep, sadly. This thread should've been labelled: "Off topic".  |
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Reply | Real Madrid observations
at 13:54 18 Apr 2024
City's director of football to the City board: "You fools! I told you you should've let us breach FFP 116 times. If we'd done that, we would've been in semis. I said all along 115 breaches wouldn't be enough".
Ancelotti: What a man, and to think he was once manager of Everton! |
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Reply | Lowe- our part in his downfall- match thread vs the Lillywhites
at 12:00 17 Apr 2024
Good on you for starting this thread 👏
I don't expect it will work but I am using some magical thinking for this vital game.
I have dozily booked a meal in a restaurant with my long suffering wife which clashes with the end of this "tea time game".
When I realised my schoolboy error, I thought about moving my booking but I often think that we do better when I am not watching, so to hell with it, I'll miss the end of the game and hope that in so doing, I'll improve the outcome for us.
Yeah, I know, that is utterly desperate but needs must. Cross those fingers!   |
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Reply | Begovic
at 21:09 16 Apr 2024
This appears to be a screenshot of what he posted, flagged up via Twitter:
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Reply | Begovic
at 18:34 16 Apr 2024
It is possible to disagree politely, without rubbishing other fans' comments, you know.
Being employed by an organisation brings with it an expectation of a certain amount of loyalty. My main issue is Begovic *actively promoting* what he did. He could have been discrete and used some emotional intelligence, just gone along and watched the game without bringing attention to what he was doing.
You wouldn't expect someone who worked for Lenovo to tweet pictures of himself having a coffee in the Dell canteen with a load of Dell employees he used to work with. |
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Reply | We Just Dont Get Enough From Our Strikers
at 18:23 16 Apr 2024
On reflection, I should have said *fundamental* skill. I was not trying to imply finishing was easy, and it was finishing - shooting or heading - I was talking about. Not creating the chance or anything else, although other things are clearly important, but just: You're in front of the net and you need to either kick it or head it in. Our chance conversion rate is killing us. This applies to all the outfield players.
I'm not expecting to turn them all into Olly Watkins or Haaland or some other world class striker. We simply have to become more clinical and frankly, I would like to think professional pride would spur some of our heroes on to put in some extra effort, on their own even, to get better. We hear stories about players doing extra training on their own to try to perfect a skill. That's the desire and effort I'd like, perhaps it is already happening, even though we're not seeing improvements yet.
Anyway, that's me done on that subject. I'm ranting  |
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Reply | Begovic
at 14:58 16 Apr 2024
It's one thing quietly going to watch a Chelsea game because you support them and/or used to play for them.
It's something all together different to proactively post on social media about it. That shows an astounding lack of sensitivity and self-awareness, especially when a) your team has been relegation fodder all season long b) you just made an horrendous error in a key game. |
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Reply | We Just Dont Get Enough From Our Strikers
at 14:51 16 Apr 2024
"...but ultimately this comes down to our formation, tactics and this seasons Managers".
A lack of personal responsibility and professional pride is also a factor. Putting the ball in the net is the most basic skill in football, yet our finishing is shocking.
Whether finishing is being given enough attention in the training sessions or not, our players should be working hard, at their own initiative, to improve because their profligacy is clear to see and is costing us a lot of points. |
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Reply | Begovic
at 14:38 16 Apr 2024
Many thanks. I am a novice when it comes to Instagram - I was forced to use it for work once and have barely looked at it since - but I can't see it and I have looked twice. I'm glad it's gone but even going to a Chelsea game, especially when QPR are in a relegation dogfight (and have been all season, sigh) and fans are in bits, let alone posting about it, shows a remarkable lack of sensitivity and empathy.
That's all compounded by the fact that he is the flippin' captain!
Very poor.  |
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Reply | Begovic
at 14:25 16 Apr 2024
Can you tell us on which social platform they are, please? I can't find them on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram. Many thanks. |
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Reply | Begovic
at 12:53 16 Apr 2024
Well, surely someone who is on our staff, or even Adomah, must have mentioned it? It is one of the first things that you learn when you start to become interested in QPR.
I know people say professional footballers are "in a bubble" but surely it isn't one hundred per cent soundproofed?  |
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Reply | Cricket 2024 County/International Thread
at 10:17 16 Apr 2024
If you like the IPL or T20 cricket in general, you might want to head over to the official IPL website later, to catch the highlights of Sunrisers against Royal Challengers.
If I tell you that there have been over 13,000 T20 games in history and that this game featured the most runs of any of those games, you'll get the picture.
As some witty commentator once quipped: "The spectators are fielding and the fielders are spectating". |
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Reply | Begovic
at 10:08 16 Apr 2024
Perhaps he went there with a bag of itching powder and a clutch of stink bombs 
On a serious note, that is pretty dim. Surely he must know, or have been told, that Chelsea are our bitterest rivals? I'd like to think that a warning to play down any Chelsea connections is in our code of conduct, but then I am a hopeless dreamer |
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Reply | Saturday's referee
at 09:41 16 Apr 2024
I cling to the hope that even some of the very worst refs occasionally have a decent game. |
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Reply | Thanks QPR fans
at 20:54 14 Apr 2024
After that "performance," it would've been helpful if it were the river Lethe, the river of forgetfulness
Much respect to the QPR fans who acted so kindly. That sort of thing makes me proud to be a Rangers fan. Thank you  |
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