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Reply | Rest of the Championship thread 26/27
at 15:17 13 Jul 2026
Hayden also grew up in Brentwood and I believe he lives around there, as does his family, which is a 20 minute drive to Orient's ground and 30 minutes to their training ground, so all kinds of very attractive lifestyle reasons for him to join Orient rather than be a squad player at Bolton or West Brom.
I think Os are in few exciting seasons. Recruiting well, got money, gonna extend the ground in all likelihood and will have learnt from last year's collapse. If QPR don't go up in next couple of years, I reckon it'll be a league derby. |
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Reply | Rest of the Championship thread 26/27
at 11:22 13 Jul 2026
Yeah, Hayden signed a two-year deal with an option for a third. Nobody above L1 is offering that for a 31-year old with his appearance history.
He'll be on 250k a year, for at least 24 months, gets to stay in London at a good club close to where he grew up and played at AFC academy, and can do his badges no doubt at same time. Good luck to him, great end to a career. Not sure why it's an opportunity to bash QPR, as you say we've no idea his contract at Rangers. |
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Reply | Pierce Charles confirmed
at 11:13 11 Jul 2026
RE: teeth gnashing over having two first team-worthy keepers...
QPR have often managed seasons with two keepers who wish to be number 1, sometimes successfully, sometimes less so, but usually harmoniously:
Between 1990 and 1994, Jan Stejskal and Tony Roberts shared the number one, first season JS made 26 league appearances, TR 12; next season ration was 41/1; 92/93 it was 15/23; 93/94 back to JS on 26 and TR on 16...
So the number 1 job share worked very well during one of QPR's most successful eras in the top flight.
The next season, 94/95, Roberts made 31 league appearances, Sieb Dijkstra made 11. This might be the split we see this year. We came 8th in 94/95, which would do us now.
There's also been Green/ Smithies in 14/15 (when we had four senior keepers on deck); we had the Lumley/Kelly season where both played to be dropped fairly routinely; Lumley/Dieng season...
Also worth noting that most years we also have two or three too old for Dev squad/not good enough for first team keepers. Developing keepers is incredibly hard purely because there's a finite number of jobs available. So cut the club slack over Salamon or Warren (or Walsh!). If they're good enough, they will find a way. [Post edited 11 Jul 11:24]
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Reply | Summer transfer rumours 2026
at 11:35 10 Jul 2026
In 2022/23, he had loans to Hampton, Dorking and Maidenhead. The idea that there was anyone in L1, L2 or National League willing to take on a 20-year-old virgin youth keeper to give minutes to him as their number one is fanciful, magical thinking. Each loan was an audition in itself. The clubs have agency and will sign who they want.
I think we need to stop worrying about happened in 2022. It's 2026 and he is on loan at his level, aged 24. He's got years ahead of him.
And we have new goalkeepers now. Inoltrare! |
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Reply | Summer transfer rumours 2026
at 08:48 10 Jul 2026
What does this mean: "Surely the masterplan would have been to develop Walsh, sell him at a decent £2m+ whack and then have tracked some £1m+ keeper and bring them in."?
He had a season as our number one. It was so-so. Now he's having a full season on loan with an ambitious promotion-chasing L1 club as their number one.
The order might not be linear. But there's no reason why at that end of it he isn't sold for a decent fee (or even replaces Charles at QPR). This seems to be exactly like development.
Would you rather have stuck with Walsh this season? Cooper has been developed and is leaving for a fee which is similar to that we have paid for Ward. We have to trust the scouting on that for now, surely.
As for the new keepers, we have seen Charles. We stuck three past him at LR last season. But Man City didn't offer £5-10m for Joe Walsh.
Keepers change fairly regularly. We have often had in the past two nominal number ones competing. The goalkeeping at QPR has been poor and a drag on the team since Dieng. Change was 100% necessary. I'm encouraged that QPR are addressing some of the glaring issues in last season's squad.
Midfielders next. Right back to follow. |
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Reply | Squad for Austria
at 22:31 9 Jul 2026
I reckon by time the window closes at least another four join. |
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Reply | Squad for Austria
at 21:28 9 Jul 2026
Think this year's travelling squad looks a lot closer to a Championship squad than we've travelled with for a while. For those of the "bit worried" persuasion, this is the squad for Girona last year...
Quite a few players who played no part in the season, lke Celar, Sutton and the likes of Hassan, Tuck, Akindileni, Pearman, Richards plus no Kone, Burell, Saito, RND yet, or Edwards of course.
We could start the season with what we have, but there'll be loads more in and out.
https://www.qpr.co.uk/news/202 |
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Reply | Stephan: new deal
at 14:49 9 Jul 2026
Genuinely, what/where is the insult?! Not my intention at all. Entirely good natured disagreement (about goalkeepers playing out, for goodness sake) on my behalf.
If you watch that video, he regularly by-passes defenders and hits wide attackers far up the field, or attacking midfielders.
Hope that this is not too rude or childish a response for you. |
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Reply | Stephan: new deal
at 11:53 9 Jul 2026
First of all, we didn't just play out from the back. We knocked it plenty.
Secondly, we look to be signing at least one keeper whose ball-playing and distribution is excellent.
So please do dismantle this straw man until next season's evidence can be gathered.
Hope this helps soothe your long ball appetite...
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Reply | Summer transfer rumours 2026
at 11:50 9 Jul 2026
Before season ended, I thought we must address:
1/ Left back
2/ Goal keeper
3/ Central midfielder
4/ Right back (less urgent)
If we are really working through this in this order, then credit where it is due. It appears we may be serious. |
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Reply | Stephan: new deal
at 08:43 9 Jul 2026
I definitely don't like 442, I prefer the "game model", but I like him, I like the way he conducts himself, and I like more the fact that there's apparent harmony between him, players and mostly important CEO. Because QPR desperately needs some of that to succeed. |
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Reply | Stephan: new deal
at 08:09 9 Jul 2026
He dropped the club-wide "433 or 4231, mid-block, possession-based game-model" (C Nourry, August, 2024) five games into his first season for a traditional 442 that sacrificed possession for solidity...causing no doubt deep consternation throughout the club, mostly I imagine for the recently appointed Head of Methodology whose job it is to make sure all teams play the same way, and in particular the man who appointed them both and set the template, C Nourry.
He's clearly not a patsy and is his own man. He was badly let down by injuries last season, but I'd be surprised if he doesn't improve each season with Championship experience. Harmony and continuity between the first team coach and the club upper management has got to be a positive, especially after the last five seasons or so of the reverse. No more change. |
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Reply | England Thread 🏴
at 15:32 8 Jul 2026
Agree.
If we heard of a thread on a Norwegian fans forum that said Bellingham's had a poor, injury-hit season and has only come alive against Mexico and DRC, Berge and Berg can handle him - stop Kane and it's in the bag, we' d rightly give it short shrift.
England should have too much, looking at it player v player at club level, but Norway have played very well in this tournament so far (France game excepted, but that was practice match). Definitely a team, not a one-man team. |
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Reply | Summer transfer rumours 2026
at 09:01 8 Jul 2026
I thought that last season was a wasted top ten shout because of the injury disaster.
This season, with a left back (done), midfielder x 2 (harder), high quality goalkeeper (imminent) and 50% better availability it's gotta be top eight. Kone and Burrell surely have 15 goals in them each, with two decent replacements behind them, which alone gives QPR a puncher's chance. I also believe in the Return of Chair.
Top ten is the base line. Let's get these two or three in, and let's go. The only things that can fail it are injuries and a philosophical belief that some of the U23 understudies are more ready than they really are, but let's keep everyone fitter and let's go. |
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Reply | Summer transfer rumours 2026
at 23:33 7 Jul 2026
He did say that about not taking loans. But he's signed four players on loan in the last couple seasons all the same, so who knows. Actions speaking louder than words and all that.
This conversation is reminiscent to the conversation about signing Ronnie Edwards on loan. I feel like there was handwringing about that halting the progress of Liam Morrison, who had just returned from injury. But maybe I'm misremembering that (maybe I said it even). |
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Reply | Summer transfer rumours 2026
at 23:20 7 Jul 2026
Carl Rushworth was not even a "Rushworth type" when Coventry signed him on loan. He'd had a great season on loan at Swansea 23-24, but the season before he joined Cov, he played twice for Hull on loan before being sent back. Last season made him. He hadn't played in a year.
Not sure what the difference between Vitek going to Bristol City last season after a few dozen loan games for Accrington and in Austria at 21 and Charles coming to QPR at 21 (other than Vitek is massive, which is definitely in his favour).
I dunno. I'm not really that bothered about Charles, but he's got a very good reputation, his distribution looks brilliant and I am open-minded about him being a loan. We had Nardi in his final year, Hamer on short-term contract last season so not sure there's much difference.
Respect your PTSD about Beale's loans but we've had good ones since, Saito and Edwards for example. If this allows investment in other positions, I'm fine with it. Suspect this season requires a bit more market compromise than last. |
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Reply | Summer transfer rumours 2026
at 22:53 7 Jul 2026
Being a development club doesn't mean you have to develop them to play for you necessarily. It means developing them for the market.
I've had a good look at Walsh and I don't think he's going to be a Championship keeper. He's gonna have a season in L1. Let's see where that leads him.
Cooper has has spent each of the last three seasons on loan at L2 and L1 so not sure what the complaint is. Do you think he should be QPR's number 1 next season? |
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Reply | Summer transfer rumours 2026
at 22:21 7 Jul 2026
Carl Rushworth was a pretty good loan for Coventry last season. Would you rather have had him on loan or our very own Joe Walsh?
I think if you can get a keeper who is out of your price range on loan, it's not a position he can hide in. As Rushworth showed, it's worth half a dozen points at least. |
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