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Reply | Stephan
at 14:13 1 Mar 2026
So it appears that QPR are heading for yet another finish in the lower half of the table. The coach is not the problem. A lack of creativity by the board to generate new revenue streams, poor recruitment when we do have (Eze) money to spend, and extremely poor fitness rank way higher than the coach. Just ask the previous incumbents. |
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Reply | Our ‘goal’ today….why was it disallowed?
at 14:08 1 Mar 2026
You can't be in an offside position from the corner kick but you can be from the resulting header. The question then is was he interfering with play. |
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Reply | Esquerdinha
at 14:05 1 Mar 2026
I've seen Esquire play for the Development Squad and he was head and shoulders above most players on the pitch. However, he isn't ready for the Championship. He was thrown in at the deep end due to a combination of poor recruitment and Lakerche's injury. The lad's only 19 so send him on loan and see how he develops. |
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Reply | Esquerdinha
at 14:02 1 Mar 2026
I agree he's not ready but he does create overlaps. The problem is his runs are largely ignored by inverted wingers. |
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Reply | Warnock's QPR at their best - History
at 22:22 27 Feb 2026
Man, that team was decent. Some of football we played that season was light years ahead of the slop we're served today. |
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Reply | Should we recall Celar, Field, or Lloyd?
at 22:20 27 Feb 2026
Absolutely! Or sign half a dozen midget number 10s when the team is crying out for box-to-box central midfielders, 2 full backs, a goalkeeper, fitness, leadership, and pace.
But if you do sign a lemon and someone is kind enough to take him on loan what you don't do then is compound the problem by recalling him early in order to protect some misguided notion of reputation. |
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Reply | Should we recall Celar, Field, or Lloyd?
at 16:27 27 Feb 2026
When I consider our budget and think back to some of deals we've been on the wrong end of (e.g. Trevor Sinclair, Peter Crouch, Conor Washington, Taylor Richards, etc.) I'm more than happy for the club to take a hard line approach.
As I said earlier, if we can't recall the successful loans early then we shouldn't be expected to take the unsuccessful ones back. That approach would be financial suicide and mark the club out as a soft touch.
Frankly, anyone who believes otherwise waives their right to complain about the finances and PSR. [Post edited 27 Feb 16:40]
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Reply | Should we recall Celar, Field, or Lloyd?
at 16:20 27 Feb 2026
Your argument can work both ways. I don't see clubs unduly worrying about their reputation by refusing to send successful loans back.
A loan is a contract and each party has the right to insist it's adhered to. In many ways, I think it's reflects badly on the club trying to wriggle their way out of a loan early just because it hasn't worked out.
Ultimately, I don't think any of this will make a jot of difference to our reputation and clubs will still come looking for loans. It's the nature of the beast and you're over thinking it. [Post edited 27 Feb 16:35]
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Reply | Should we recall Celar, Field, or Lloyd?
at 13:37 27 Feb 2026
I disagree. It shows that the club has some teeth after all. Besides, if we can't take back the ones who are doing well why should we take back the ones who aren't?
It's football and business, not a charity. For every bad loan like Richards there's a good one like Eze. Clubs will always show an interest, it's down to them to their homework. |
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Reply | Madsen hamstring
at 13:29 27 Feb 2026
And it also helps if you don't sign players who have a track record of injury or are currently injured. |
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Reply | Who was the last owner of QPR who knew anything about footballl
at 13:00 27 Feb 2026
Yep, the very man. The same man who made a tidy profit on his shareholding but later lost High Court proceedings against Swindon Town after he tried to sell his shares to a US-company despite a co-owner having pre-emptive rights. |
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Reply | PCN
at 12:34 27 Feb 2026
That's great news. Your perseverance paid off. |
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Reply | Walsh
at 14:55 26 Feb 2026
Pretty much my feelings, too. A work in progress who should've been given a chance to develop in League 1 a la Eze and Chair. To the OP, Joe may have his weaknesses but one thing he certainly doesn't lack is height. |
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Reply | Five-star Saints whitewash wretched Rangers – Report
at 14:39 26 Feb 2026
There some truth to that, Mart. In the past, the internet knives would be out. These days there's more of a begrudging acceptance of such results and, in some quarters, excuses made. It's almost as if we've allowed our standards to drop, something that will not go unnoticed by the club.
For me the on-pitch issues (injuries, recruitment, etc.) is endemic of a wider problem; the lack of vision and creativity of our board. It continues to explore out-dated strategies that, even if they were to succeed, won't move the needle much. Applying analytics to an old strategy doesn't make it a fresh idea.
Whether we like or not, modern society has moved on and to succeed you need to embrace it with more creative strategies (such as those deployed by Birmingham and Wrexham). Indeed, the restrictions posed by PSR demands it as, bar a few exceptions such as infrastructure, rich owners can no longer spend personal wealth on their clubs.
I had hoped that one of the few advantages of hiring a young and inexperienced CEO would be that he'd bring fresh ideas to the table. However, that's proven not to be the case. Now that's not a slight on Christian's performance as ultimately he's an employee who takes direction from the board. Both boards (club and message) needs to pull its collective socks up. We need to be less accepting of low standards and the club needs to embrace and come up with modern ideas for modern problems. [Post edited 26 Feb 14:49]
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Reply | Five-star Saints whitewash wretched Rangers – Report
at 14:10 26 Feb 2026
I've been flagging this issue for some time now. Dig a little deeper and look at the number of goals conceded inside the first 10 minutes as well as either side of half-time. Southampton's first 3 goals were scored in these periods, effectively putting the game out of QPR's reach. Mentality minions. |
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Reply | Injuries
at 19:12 16 Feb 2026
The prosecution begs to differ. Just pint to the evidence... |
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Reply | Next season’s squad
at 19:09 16 Feb 2026
Whilst I agree that we need at least 2 full-backs and a solid keeper, signing them won't transform the midfield. We need at least 2 box-to-box midfielders. Folk who can impose themselves on a match and dictate the tempo. |
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