A different ball game - Preview Tue 20th Jan 2026 QPR's pragmatic/attritional/horrible approach to the Stoke away game at the weekend got the result it was designed for, but there'll be expectations for a lot more from Julian Stéphan's side away to second bottom Oxford this evening. |
Oxford putting trust in Bloomfield despite Luton failure – Oppo Profile Tue 20th Jan 2026 This time last season Matt Bloomfield took over a struggling Luton side few thought would go down and ended up in League One, so is he really the man to haul Oxford back from five points adrift to Championship safety? We asked U’s fan Adam England… |
Stoke breaking scary new ground under Robins – Oppo Profile Thu 15th Jan 2026 Stoke, infamously, have resided in the bottom half of the Championship ever since they got back here eight years ago, but Mark Robins is defying an injury crisis to have them a point from the play-offs and Ben Rowley (@benarowley) and Sam Harrison (@samjharrison) are as optimistic as we’ve ever heard our contributors from that part of the world. |
Tales of the unexpected – Preview Fri 19th Sep 2025 A Stoke side on a run of seven consecutive bottom-half finishes but starting with four wins from five, and a QPR team somehow combining its worst start in six years with its best start in four, meet in surprising circumstances at Loftus Road tomorrow afternoon. |
Has Robins finally released Stoke from Championship purgatory? - Oppo Profile Thu 18th Sep 2025 Stoke have surprisingly won four of their first five league games, prompting hope that Mark Robins may finally be the man to snap this club's seven-year stretch in the bottom half of the Championship. We spoke to Ben Rowley (@BenARowley). |
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