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Out of the darkness – Report
at 13:56 1 Sep 2025

What really set apart the impact of Saito versus our other attacking starters (bar Kone), was how quickly he moved the ball.

We're at our best when we move it around quickly. Not to dig him out too much, but Dembele will take half a dozen touches every time he gets the ball and it eats up time and momentum.

To be fair to him, Madsen is good at two touch play as well, and will play a quick early pass when the chance is there - his splitting pass for Smyth the best example.
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It's only August and Julien is already being sent to Coventry - Match Thread
at 10:54 24 Aug 2025

I wonder if this is Walsh's 'Matt Ingram' moment. Jettisoned and barely seen again.

Coincidentally, after we got pumped by 7-1 WBA in 18/19 we then brought in Schteve's 'team of men'. That went well...
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Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred
at 17:06 16 Aug 2025

Awful first half, far better second.

The Field chance towards the end was the one. He wastes too many of those sorts of opportunities.

There's still not enough moving the ball quickly. Lots of holding it up and taking extra touches when passes are on and runners have gone into channels.

When we move the ball, we're sooooo much better.
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Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred
at 17:03 16 Aug 2025

Sounds ludicrous, but why didn't Chair roll it to Walsh who broke into the box and was there with everyone around him.
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Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred
at 16:00 16 Aug 2025

Madsen is not the man to sit in the middle and connect everything. Too powderpuff and lackadaisical.

Hook him for Varane if fit.

Chair coming deep leaves a huge gap and Burrell is isolated. We need to pack the midfield, give up the width.

Go two up top.
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Bright Osayi Samuel available now on free transfer
at 12:53 4 Jul 2025

I appreciate it should be taken with a massive pinch of salt as these things are never public, but one of the click-baity sites says he was on circa £50k-per-week in Turkey.

Birmingham paying anywhere near that will see them in bother sooner or later.
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Catastrophe, ou formidable? Stéphan steps into Loftus Road hot seat - Column
at 15:38 25 Jun 2025

Oh, right. I didn't know that. I was under the impression he was a Les/Belk/Other appointment, given we supposedly tried to hire him before Beale.
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Catastrophe, ou formidable? Stéphan steps into Loftus Road hot seat - Column
at 15:12 25 Jun 2025

Love these deep dives, always a good read.

Intrigued is definitely the word for this appointment.

I'm still lukewarm on Nourry, but it's clear that he has a vision and plan for how the club should be structured and operate, and a coach like this is an important cog in that.

I don't think the whole 'project' lives and dies by Stephan's success, but if it clicks, we could have a fun ride. I respect the approach we're taking to this.

I still think Marti was the right guy, but given the structure and direction of travel, would he have even been on the considered list of candidates under this regime if we had never hired him to begin with?
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25/26. New kits
at 14:18 9 Jun 2025

I think Errea have done a decent job. Some really nice shirts during their time that will get better with age.

If we switched manufacturers, I wouldn't mind someone like Hummel - they've created a lot of nice kits for their stable of clubs.
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The QPR summer transfer rumours thread
at 13:03 6 Jun 2025

I was wondering the other day whether this was a possibility. He's only got a year left at Chelsea, has the same agent has Harvey Vale, and crucially plays in a position where we desperately need a solution.
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Varane being sold?
at 14:32 2 Jun 2025

This is the model in action, which is exactly what we want.

Fee feels too low for the potential the player has, but selling at the right time (something we rarely do) and reinvesting is the only way we realistically move up in this world.

I do wonder what the number is that we'd entertain for him - especially given Espanyol are supposedly getting a wedge for their goalkeeper.
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End of Term Report 24/25 – Goalkeepers
at 13:48 19 May 2025

I like Nardi and agree that he's had a solid debut season. A big improvement on Begovic and I feel confident with him between the sticks.

On the Walsh point, I wonder what stopped the club giving him the starting spot this season and electing to bring Nardi in.

From the limited games of his I've seen, I quite like Walsh and would earmark him as a starter in waiting. But if the coaching staff don't see it by now, will they ever?
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Sky Sports Breaking News
at 18:05 27 Apr 2025

Yeah, I recall Ainsworth being caretaker, while still a member of the playing staff, for a vile 0-0 with Reading.
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Marti, stick or twist?
at 19:23 23 Apr 2025

In Marti we trust.
In Nourry we rust.
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QPR v Derby match report suggested headlines
at 10:17 15 Feb 2025

Destruction Derby
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Ronnie “ beckenbauer” Edwards
at 11:18 5 Feb 2025

Ronnie was absolute class last night - my MOTM hands down.

I really liked his driving runs forward, but I couldn't help thinking that was more out of a necessity to break the lines as Chair wasn't coming deep (where Varane/Field would usually occupy that space).
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Vale lifted on QPR’s risky recruit – Signing
at 11:09 4 Feb 2025

I mean this in the nicest way possible, but he sounds little like Marc Pugh and how we deployed him in 19/20.

But rather than being run on diesel, he's like a hybrid or EV.

I liked Pugh for what it's worth.
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A Shrew Appointment
at 19:18 13 Nov 2024

I hear that Maori chap is buying his return train ticket as we speak!
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Now it ´s started, Gregory Vignal
at 17:11 12 Nov 2024

For a bloke so keen to control the message and information that gets out, it's hilarious (and worrying) that this appears on one of the sites connected with Nourry.

I wonder how long it will be until our benevolent, yet foolish, owners wise up to this charlatan.
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Savage amusement - Report
at 13:35 11 Nov 2024

In Marti we trust.
In Nourry we rust.

Time to get the bedsheets out, gang.
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