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Reply | Our ‘goal’ today….why was it disallowed?
at 14:31 1 Mar 2026
That was my immediate first thought on seeing the replay from the linos view Streatham. When you see it from another view/angle it’s not quite as simple, seemed he fell into the goal with minimum contact from Smyth - looked like the usual push and pull that is sadly allowed to go on by refs these days. |
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Reply | Stephan
at 14:28 1 Mar 2026
The problem is injuries - for two seasons now we’ve had this. Deal with the problem and give the coach and the players the best opportunity to be the best they are.
Surely that’s not rocket science. Sort out the problem QPR board. This performance team has had two seasons now and managed to provide a slow start and a nigh on impossible finish to the season.
Time for a new performance team Lee and Christian. What is the data telling you?? Where are the best fitness coaches in this league or league 2. Time to do the homework and sort it out by the end of the season so the new team are ready for pre-season.
If you don’t, then expect more of the same next season.
And don’t expect to have your best assets fit to sell on to make your/the strategy work. |
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Reply | Positive takes from the day only THREAD
at 09:37 1 Mar 2026
1: Kone. Worked hard despite being heavily strapped up. He has improvements to make but he could have sat back wuite easily in this game and didn’t. Big heart.
2: Walsh showing Varane how to pass the ball forward and create an attacking situation after Varane passed the ball backwards with all 9 other players ahead of him (ok, I did sneak in a negative there too - sorry)
3: Mbengue improved us coming on. So did Smyth to a lesser extent. Hayden played better in his short period than all of time at Southampton.
4: Morgan not accepting the fore-arm lock from behind by SU player and giving him some back. |
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Reply | Stephan
at 09:07 1 Mar 2026
Agree Bongo. His body language and way he responds shows, for the first time publicly, his inner frustration(s). JS has done an admirable job protecting his teams, and the club, but he’s pushing water uphill at the moment. Two bad team performances in a row has hit fans hard and JS too - I think we all expected more from the players in that first 45 minutes.
We didn’t get it and we don’t see any players coming out, stepping up and saying what they need to do to get through this period of weakness through injuries. I said elsewhere that I was disappointed in JD after the first goal went in, his head was down and he needed a captain to pick him up - except he IS the captain and he needs to lead this team. I’m a big fan of Jimmy but he really needs to lead this team on the pitch right now. I get it’s a young team and we won’t have a depth of experience to deal with this type of situation, it’s really tough; but as the saying goes “when the going gets tough …” |
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Reply | Stephan
at 16:39 28 Feb 2026
All cop out to be fair SE. No names offered. |
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Reply | Stephan
at 15:32 28 Feb 2026
I’m interested to hear who your suggested names are SE. In my world it’s fine to criticise but should be countered with solutions. Just saying the manager is crap and should go doesn’t really fix anything really. It just leaves us without a manager and looking at what is available and yet again waiting to see how they change everything (yet again) - and from what I’m sitting there isn’t anything around that’s any better really - see post above!
Personally, I’m firmly in the camp of giving JS more time. He deserves it with what he’s had to cope with.
And you didn’t offer any actual names interestingly SE. Any names to share with us? |
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Reply | Stephan
at 09:14 28 Feb 2026
Still genuinely interested to hear SE… |
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Reply | Stephan
at 23:27 25 Feb 2026
So out of interest, who is your choice for our next manager SE?
Not a contentious challenge, I am genuinely interested to hear. |
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Reply | Stephan
at 14:46 25 Feb 2026
Exactly! |
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Reply | Constant Calls for Changing Managers ad Infinitum
at 14:42 25 Feb 2026
If we’re a 16th place team squad then surely you would have a 16th place manager. I personally think JS is better than that, so we should keep him and give him time. I’m in your corner numpty let’s stick with him and give him a proper multi-season run at it (with a fit squad too).
Now … talk about the fitness and player performance director and that’s a different topic! He’s had his run! |
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Reply | Walsh
at 09:27 25 Feb 2026
He had a shocker, no doubt. Plenty will be saying he’s useless but that’s harsh on the guy.
He has been improving since coming back from his injury and needs to improve more for sure. He’s also part of a defensive core and while he was let down badly last night, he also let that core down too.
Not sure I agree he should be binned but it’s hard to defend the guy after last night. I’m sure he would accept his big part in an extremely poor game. |
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Reply | I've not started a match thread before, but I thought f*ck it, why not? v Saints
at 09:16 25 Feb 2026
What a depressing watch that was. Two huge moments in the game was the loss of Madsen and that awful second goal. The team looked lost when Madsen went off. Looking for leaders then and there weren’t any. For me that second goal was a Walsh error. That ball, once past Dunne, had goalkeeper 100% all over it. A truly shocking error and took everything out of that team.
The result was then a disaster. We were awfully awful.
All made even worse by being made to walk all around the ground and through happy Saints fans to get back to the car.
A real shit show. Another bad day at the office. Stephan has an uphill climb for Saturday.
We’ll lose games. Drop points. But that was a poor performance from a scratch team due to injuries. So much wrong. So depressing but it’s one game and we move on. But people at the top can’t hide.
Someone has to discuss performance with the performance director. We’re supposedly a data driven club and it’s time for someone to look at the data and come to some hard decisions because it ain’t working. It’s affecting players careers. It’s making the manager manage on the back foot. It’s screwing our prime strategy of selling on players! |
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Reply | Kone first touch
at 09:42 24 Feb 2026
He does have some improvement to do on his first touches, often lets it get away from him. That said when he’s got it he can often lay off some nice intuitive touches. He’s been a bit slow on pace but to be fair he looks like he’s in need of a rest at some point (if the backroom boys could help out and get another striker fit please!).
Big positive is he’s getting the odd goal in his first season and has a way to go. Think he’ll get better. |
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Reply | Club Accounts
at 08:17 24 Feb 2026
After Saturday just seen a job post on HQ for “Chief Scout” in Binjiwunyawunya. First priorities are creative midfielders and strikers aged 20-23.
All good. We’re moving forward on ‘the plan’  |
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Reply | This season Vs last - progression
at 07:50 23 Feb 2026
Sorry JB, down-voted you by ‘chunky finger syndrome’, didn’t mean to.
Agree it’s been a much better season so far. No gigantic lucky season, just progress. Oh my God - progress!!! Yes please. I like Stephan, as you say he seems divisive but I wonder how much that has to do with Marti and Nourry. I like his approach, he’s had a lot of challenges with new players and injuries but he keeps doing his best. He makes his share of mistakes, like all of us, and still he has given us a better season than we’ve seen for a long time - even if it is just average. He mixes things up now and again; tries different things. Fck it, why not!!
Been a good step up this season for me. Can we do it again next season? Yeh, come on, let’s do it. |
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Reply | Kone
at 07:33 23 Feb 2026
It’s tough watching a new kid stepping up isn’t it. Like watching your kid who’s too good for his own age group but struggles up a level (and you hear people around you moaning). Then you see them do something good and your pride comes out and it’s “fck it, there you go”.
Kone is adjusting. He’s doing some really good work in patches. You can see he’s a finisher. Deft touches to make opportunities for others. You feel his second season will see him move up. If there’s any concern it’s his pace, sometimes I think time has slowed down, but with Rumarn all he needs to do is find the right place to be and he’ll get his opportunities. Know where Vale is going to find the space and be there. See Koki heading for the by-line and get in the box pronto.
Most exciting forward we’ve had in a long time. Feel he does need a rest though, he looks shagged, poor kid. |
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Reply | Kone,s back flick
at 08:29 5 Feb 2026
Come on … that is just a thing of pure beauty!
Nothing more needs to, or should, be said!! |
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Reply | No loans in January - Confident in our Squaf Depth
at 08:25 5 Feb 2026
Agree with the first sentence.
Our youngsters are coming in and getting the real experience they need to settle into a match day squad - not just fannying around on the training ground with the big boys. Other young players (at the club and outside the club) are seeing a real pathway to first team football if they put the effort and drive required to make it at our club. |
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Reply | Cooky Monster
at 09:51 1 Feb 2026
Cookies been terrific at the back partnering Jimmy. And at 35 too! I too thought he was going to be in and out with the foot injury from last season but he’s come through it in style. Wages will be the big issue I think. If that can be sorted it will be a tough conversation.
I think we need to move on though. Those wages could give us two other players easily. We need to look to the future and get Jimmy and Ronnie paired up equally successfully.
PS Cookie is one of my favourites so will be gutted to see him move on. True pro and bloody good player. |
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