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Reply | Southampton A on sale Friday
at 19:53 15 Oct 2026
I think I'm in for ten tickets.
Fifth in the league, unbeaten away, 4-1 last night, these are the good old days etc.
Let's get a bit excited mate come on  |
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Reply | Alfie Lloyd - Well Done
at 18:38 15 Oct 2026
I had a really good look at Adamson playing underneath me last night. He barely put a foot wrong, nobody really went round him, he kept it very simple and looked assured.
The thing I'm interested in as we move forwards and he gets more games... Is he (quite reasonably) being instructed to play like that? You're new to the league, you're young(ish), it's a big step up, for the first 20-25 games just keep it nice and tight and steady. Don't let your winger come inside, don't get caught up field, just tuck in nice and narrow next to Jimmy, do the basics, defend your box.
ATM we do lose a little bit going forwards with him on that side because, well, at the moment he doesn't. Not in the same way Kemper, Cirkin, Lamptey and Mbengue have licence to. I wonder if he's been told to just hang back on that for now and as he becomes more settled he'll be permitted to be a bit more ambitious going forwards.
Not a criticism by any means, just a little nugget about Stephan's coaching/man management perhaps. |
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Reply | Alfie Lloyd - Well Done
at 18:31 15 Oct 2026
I think it's a great sign of a positive squad culture that we've got two players in Lloyd and Adamson who none of us would have had anywhere near our preferred teams in August and they've played their way in through commitment, dedication and form. QPR have fawned over 'names' too often since the money arrived, I absolutely love Stephan's approach that he doesn't care who you are or how old you are if you deserve a shirt you'll be getting one, even if that means leaving a more prominent squad member out. |
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Reply | Charles's gambit
at 18:01 15 Oct 2026
I'll try and tee something up for the international break mate. |
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Reply | Charles's gambit
at 17:50 15 Oct 2026
We talk about fitness and injuries a lot with our lot, fck me what a state Derby are in. How big is Morris now ffs? |
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Reply | Charles's gambit
at 17:34 15 Oct 2026
Derby blinked first on that one and we scored almost straight away. Szmodics was absolutely steaming with somebody. |
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Reply | Farewell Webbo
at 14:56 15 Oct 2026
A lifer escapes. Thought they'd carry him out of that place in a box.
One of the nicest and most genuine people you'll ever meet and deal with. Big loss to the club. |
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Reply | Smyth
at 14:54 15 Oct 2026
I reckon at this point it is literally just three or four kids on Twitter that have a weird thing about him. It's just they're very prolific and the algorithm is primed to send you nonsense that will wind you up. |
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Reply | QPR post TikTok AI video ahead of Derby
at 14:26 15 Oct 2026
That actually sums up the online world quite well - who cares how much of a complete cnt you look as long as 1m people get to see it. |
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Reply | That Boy Kemper
at 14:23 15 Oct 2026
Big fan. Aggressive. Doesn't pis about. |
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Reply | For your next test – Preview
at 01:31 15 Oct 2026
That, tonight, is actually a good example of why it doesn't matter in isolation. Wholly dominant, much the better team, 4-0 up, the possession was around 60-40 on 80 mins. Mbengue goes off, we play with ten, referee adds 10 mins, Derby ponse about with it, ends up 48-52 and the stat continues. |
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Reply | For your next test – Preview
at 16:19 14 Oct 2026
I think you, and Gaz, are perhaps confusing my point here - which is my fault for not making it more clearly.
If we never win with more possession than the opposition again, I don't care. I far prefer watching, fast, exciting, counter attacking football to Russell Martin's death by 1,000 passes.
But what has been our problem so far this year? Bolton at home, Preston at home, Charlton away... breaking down teams that just give us the ball and sit there. Winning when we're expected to win. West Ham on Friday actually suits us a lot better.
And it's been a problem for a while - one win in eight home games, and yet unbeaten away so far this season. For us to have gone 70+ games without a win with more possession is highly, highly unusual.
I'm not desperate to see us hold the ball for the sake of it, but we need to ice these Oxford type games (0-0 both times last year) where it's on us to have the ball and dictate the play. The possession stat is not a problem in an d of itself, but it's an indicator of an actual more serious issue. |
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Reply | Football Finances
at 15:24 14 Oct 2026
As Steve rightly says higher up, it's all wages. It's not even transfer fees (though they are utterly ridiculous now), it's wages.
I don't know how you get a hold of that because clubs have committed to contracts for the next 3/4/5 years, so you can't suddenly turn around to them and say right we're imposing a salary cap etc. You'd also be immediately challenged (and probably lose) by the PFA for restricting their members' earning potential.
There was an amazing opportunity to grasp this when ITV Digital went bust. Clubs like Tranmere, Port Vale, Grimsby, Stockport who were First Div at the time basically went to the wall immediately and have never recovered. That could have been a moment. Man City and the regulator might be another moment but it's tricky.
Some levers I would pull...
- Ditch parachute payments, spread that money across the EFL. They were once needed as protection against a financial cliff edge, now teams coming down can sell all their mediocre players for big money anyway so it's just a massive unnecessary extra advantage for them. West Ham and Southampton have sold £400m worth of players since they were relegated.
- Ban leveraged takeovers. As much as Man City are the bad guys now and deserve everything coming to them, what's gone on at Man Utd is far worse for clubs and for the sport. Burnley have gone from a debt free model Premier League club to £80m in the red at the bottom of the Championship.
- Completely ditch and re-write the EPPP laws which encourage a tiny group of Chelsea-type clubs to hoard all the young talent in giant youth academies with little ambition to ever play them in their first team. Force young talent to stay at EFL clubs for longer, and properly compensate them when they leave. We'd be able to bridge the gap a lot easier if a few of those Harvey Elliott and Alfie Gilchrist types had gone for proper money.
- Debt to equity. Let owners spend what they like, but if it goes wrong it's on them. As long as you're converting debt to equity, and losing your money, owners should be allowed to try and build their clubs up with their money. |
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