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Reply | Paul Smyth up top
at 19:42 24 Oct 2026
Superb today. Sorry if this is a Spac, but when (if ever) did the same player win three consecutive pens for his club? |
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Reply | Kone
at 19:39 24 Oct 2026
I have defended Kone enough times on here over the past few weeks to feel comfortable saying ‘I told you so’ without being accused of using the benefit of hindsight. Kone is a quality Championship striker, who has gone through a rough time with loss of form and injury. What I couldn’t understand was the vitriol and abuse he was taking on here (and this is a generally ‘mature’ and ‘measured’’’ fan base so god only knows what was on Twitter) considering how well he performed last year. He was clearly a Championship standard player last season, so that was not going to suddenly disappear just because he was carrying a series of injuries and couldn’t buy a goal. If he’d had this game against Bolton when he could easily have had a hat trick then his season might be very different to date. I am delighted for Kone, as it is fully deserved. Funny how things work out - if Madsen had being on the pitch it is highly unlikely that Kone would have taken the pen even though he was on a hat-trick.
But my main point is to offer a word of caution about being too quick to write players off. One thing if they are ‘bad uns’ like Barton or never measured up like Celar , but Kone HAD proved himself to be a top notch Champ player. So why not give him time to rediscover his form, rather than dismissing him as not good enough. |
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Reply | swansea at home....match thread..
at 16:02 24 Oct 2026
Am I completely nuts to be still nervous? Worried that we will run out of steam for the last 30.. But they cant come back from that..can they? |
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Reply | Embarrassing Tourist Things
at 14:59 21 Oct 2026
Was in France many years ago, when you still had to ask directions to find a place. So my wife approached this coach driver that had ‘Liverpool Express’ emblazoned on the side and goes ‘parlez vous anglais’? [Post edited 21 Oct 14:59]
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Reply | Injuries
at 23:15 20 Oct 2026
We tried this twice in the recent past under Warburton and Beale. We crashed and burned each time, taking 2 or 3 years to recover. In fact this is one of the reasons why we recruit players with poor injury records. Apart from Eze we haven’t made any significant sales over the past ten years. We have had opportunities, Austin, BOS, Willock to name three, but each time either held onto the player too long in a futile attempt to reach the prem or allowed their contract to run out, before attempting to renew. As a result we have been hamstrung in our recruitment and this has been exacerbated by what looks like from the outside looking in, as poor medical strategies. |
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Reply | Ted Hendrix update
at 11:53 20 Oct 2026
What I enjoy (still determined to use the present tense) most about Ted’s post is the way he just cut through the bullshit. He could say in half a dozen words what others (including your truly) would try to say in 500 [Post edited 20 Oct 13:39]
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Reply | Mbengue
at 21:51 18 Oct 2026
Funny how things work out. Adamson must have viewed the arrival of Lamptey with some trepidation, but now it looks like he may be the main RB for the season. Best wishes to mad Ben. |
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Reply | More to life
at 14:44 18 Oct 2026
Delighted about the positive update, Mart. Your wife sounds like a remarkable woman. Tell her keep fighting and you stay as strong as possible |
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Reply | The team that spent the most.....
at 23:43 17 Oct 2026
Can’t agree with this Connell10. It’s too Rednappesque and doesn’t explain our dominant performance against West Ham just a week ago. |
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Reply | Amateur hour
at 09:30 17 Oct 2026
I think the general consensus that the club has improved a lot this season both on and off the pitch. Injuries continue to hold us back, but that has been debated to death elsewhere so no need to do it again here. One area that does need improvement though is injury seriousness and injury recovery time feedback. Personally, I haven’t seen anything on Mbengue since Wednesday on how serious the injury is, unless I missed it somewhere. Lamptey’s injury at West Ham happened over a week ago and again nothing. I was surprised (in a good way) that Kemper started at West Ham, because I was unaware he was fit to play. Occasionally we will get a block of information , like when Clive interviewed JS and we got to hear how several players were progressing, but there are still several unanswered questions around Saito, Burrell and the ones above. This is one area the club could do a lot better in and would help cut out the speculation |
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Reply | Rest of the Championship thread 26/27
at 23:03 16 Oct 2026
Two shocking teams, certainly nothing to fear there. I had so many laugh out loud moments at each team’s incompetence, that my wife came to check on me - lots of strange noises come out of my mouth when watching QPR or Ireland, but laughter is rarely one of them.
Just on Kyle Walker, obviously a soft spot for him after how he performed here, and I know hard to feel sorry for him as he seems a bit of a git, but my word, he is a shadow (a large shadow) of his former self. The yellow he picked up at the end epitomised his performance. Why on earth did he not quit before he got to this state? |
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Reply | By all means enjoy it - Preview
at 21:03 16 Oct 2026
Cheers as always Clive. I think that is an important reminder, this is the most fun we have had for years. Following QPR usually leaves us miserable/anxious so it is important to remember it is supposed to be an escape from our daily grind, not an extension of it.
Tomorrow will be a tough test, but we can’t really use the mid-week exertions as an excuse (a) because we were at home and (b) because we weren’t particularly exerted. Also, while not fully au fiat with the English infrastructural system, I would have thought Birmingham would be one of the more easily accessible places to get to.
As long as we remain competitive I will be happy enough. I harked on enough last season about how you would know in the first five minutes how we would play and that often our attitude was really poor. I feel somewhat vindicated by this when we hear JS saying he is constantly demanding higher standards from his players, which they all seem to have bought into - the ‘first five minutes blues’ seem to have been banished - long may it last
Our two games v Birmingham last season were at opposite ends of the spectrum. The home game, thrilling, full of purpose and THAT Morgan goal. The away game alongside the game at WBA utterly abject. We may well lose tomorrow - I feel it will be a low-scoring draw, maybe even 0-0 - but as long as we compete (and don’t pick up any more injuries) I will be satisfied |
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Reply | Alfie Lloyd - Well Done
at 13:33 16 Oct 2026
I looked up the potential Venables Sexton link and it seems they did work together at … ahem Chelsea in the mid-sixties |
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Reply | Alfie Lloyd - Well Done
at 23:45 15 Oct 2026
But did Venables even play under Sexton at QPR? I thought he and Jago left around the same time in ‘74? |
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