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50 years ago today
at 22:08 23 Feb 2024

My first QPR game. Away in SW6. Stan was the first R’s player I noticed. His performance that day mesmerised me. He had style, swagger, and the skills to pay the (bookmaker’s) bills. Every time he got the ball (I was in the Shed) the home crowd booed and called him every cuss under the sun - he didn’t give a fk. He was part footballer. Part rock star. Even before the first half finished he was my idol. The anti-hero. There were 11 (12?) QPR players on the pitch that day and I love ‘em and could (probably) name ‘em all but if there was no Stan there may have been no QPR for me. Stan was, is, and will always be the man 🙏🏼

Does anyway have any memories of the game? There’s no footage of it. I remember it being a proper humdinger ding-dong London derby. 3-3. Stan definitely scored. My (unreliable) memory tells me in spectacular fashion from outside the box.

Fifty years later and just another uneventful QPR day. Here’s to the next 50.

Yooo RRRsss!!! 💙🤍💙







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Corinthian Casuals - POSTPONED
at 15:44 14 Nov 2023

London Senior Cup Tie not happening tonight. Waterlogged pitch.
Yesterday Tolworth. Today Tolpuddle.
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Cifuentes - Specifically Saturday
at 23:21 31 Oct 2023

Like a lot of you, I’m sure, Ive spent the past 24 hours genning up on our man Marti. I’ve ingested so much tactical technical knowledge that it’s oozing from my cerebellum and trickling out of my ears. Inverted fullbacks, asymmetrical number eights, oscillating presses, semi-permeable through balls, gaussian set-pieces, roving pentacular midfield nano-presses, throw-ins! throw-ins that reach your team-mates!

I’m prepared to be patient and for there be a period of transition, but serious question, how much effective knowledge, which can be immediately applied, can he impart to the team in the four full days between being appointed and his first game away at Rotherham on Saturday?

I’m fascinated to know how we’ll line up Saturday and who will be the personnel. I’m just wondering how much info he can expect to give them in such a short space of time without people’s heads exploding.

Those in the know have said he’s half been expecting to be appointed Rs manger for some time so he’s been keeping an eye on our performances (his ribs must be aching) so possibly he has an immediate plan in place. I just wonder how much he can expect to transform the team in the space of four days? Just asking cos we could do with the points.
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Fifth & Most Important Norwich Cup game thread - You won’t believe etc.
at 10:57 16 Aug 2023

Any ST holders on the automatic cup game scheme? Have you been notified of anything? Is it being uploaded on e-season ticket or paper-one sent in post? I’ve heard zilch. Asking cos if it’s been sent in post I’ll go through all my unopened junk mail and bill-looking letters rather than contact the box-office.

Sorry to bring up a QPR request and interrupt the convos on ULEZ, Celtic, Steely Dan (FFS), Karl Read (whoever he is) and the Women’s football 😆🙏🏼
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Menagerie Town XI
at 09:55 25 Jul 2023

Following on from Ned Kennedy’s wish to have more players with animal surnames here’s a creature-based starting XI. This was more difficult than I expected but does have four Rs connections.

Tom Heaton
Mark Beevers
Morgan Fox (Go Foxy!)
Bobby Finch
Dan Gosling
Geoff Pike
Chris Eagles
Troy Parrott
Geoff Horsefield
Steve Bull
Andy Shr-Impey

Squad/ Squid keeper: Billy The Fish

Peter Bonetti ‘The Cat’ nearly made it. But if he’s in so is ‘Mad Dog’ Martin Allen.
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FOX !!!
at 23:35 24 Jul 2023



Fox related bangers.

Music not sausages.
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I’ve just accepted an offer from
at 10:38 20 Jul 2023



Saudi Third-Division side Al-Shukup. Money has played no part in this decision.The training facilities are top-notch. I’m a big fan of sand. And Elvis does the club song. Just too good to turn down. Seeya.
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Did you ever sit on a famous face?
at 10:29 23 Jun 2023

I’m wracking my brains but alas I don’t think I have. There must be someone on here who has.
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Championship Emoji Map 23/24
at 12:08 28 May 2023

In the spirit of Shoot’s League Ladders (which I never ever managed to complete) here is part 1 of the 2023/24 Championship Emoji Collection. Starting with QPR and the 5 nearest clubs.



Collect daily to build an interactive map of the Championship 23/24. This collection is exclusive to Loft For Words and is not available in the shops.
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BREAKING: Fernandes & Mittal to sell QPR to oil company
at 13:51 24 May 2023

Done deal.

A cannabis oil company. Typical QPR.



Nice shirts though.
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Like a dog listening to classical music
at 02:00 9 Apr 2023

In a pub earlier and saw the Haaland overhead.

Better than Rooney. Better than Ibra. Not even close to Trev.

Lyndon Dykes watching Haalan


Mllpp
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Will QPR be relegated? Last night I asked Artificial Intelligence.
at 10:57 4 Apr 2023






































































And there you have it. I don’t think the machines will be taking over just yet.
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GOAT
at 07:45 25 Mar 2023

When did people start using this? I mean why not …


GERBIL - Generates Enormous Respect Best In Land
SLUG - Sporting Leviathan Usurping God
STOAT - Statistically The Optimum Athlete Today
OWL - Obvious World Legend
CAMEL - Certainly A Most Excellent Legend
FLEA - Fcuking Legend Endof Alright
DUCK - Da Undisputed Classy King
BISON - Badass Init Should Of Noticed
IBEX - Is Best Even Xylophoning
COCKROACH - something something something something something of absolute champion heros

GOAT - Greatest Of All Time. I think you mean worst acronym of all time .
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Assistant to be announced
at 23:50 15 Feb 2023



Worked together before apparently.



Sorry … it’s how I cope.
[Post edited 15 Feb 2023 23:52]
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Defending corners and set-pieces.
at 14:42 13 Jan 2023

I noticed against Sheffield United we defended corners and set pieces with all 11 players behind the ball. I’ve never understood this. This isn’t a criticism against Critch - Sheffield United did it too. In fact most teams do it. Why? I feel as if all of football is under the spell of an analytics messiah-dweeb who has come up with data to prove that if a team defends a corner with all 11 players in the box there will be, let’s say, a 44.67% less likelihood of them conceding. Maybe so but if the defence does clear the ball there will be a 0.0% chance of mounting a counter attack and a 99% chance of being put under pressure again.

I wouldn’t leave one man up top, I’d leave two. One central on the half way line (Ilias) and another player with pace (hello Jamal) a few yards deeper and wider. The opposition would then most likely leave 3 men back to cover resulting in less attacking players for us to defend from the corner.

Packing the penalty area creates other problems too - randomness - if the ball is on the deck it gets pinged around like a pinball machine in a penalty area full of limbs … see Sheffield United’s equaliser.

I noticed the bloke before with the wart initially had all men back behind the ball for corners etc. and then changed tack after a handful of games leaving a player or two around the half-way line.

Of course what would help either scenario is if we just marked up properly but I still firmly believe defending with all players behind the ball at set-pieces, though appearing to be sensible and safe, is actually a false security and counterproductive. And it winds me up rotten.
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Garry Monk. You won’t believe his new job!
at 21:32 4 Jan 2023



Lamps to follow?









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