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Personally I try to ignore anything to do with Nourry, because I'm an old git and I don't want to have to care about what goes on off the pitch.
But reading this I suspect half the problem is Nourry's age.
With an old pro you know they have a track record, so you trust them to make good calls, and when they get it wrong it's easier for them to own up because they know no-one's perfect and have confidence in their own record.
With so little experience or track record to go on, Nourry's justification is his understanding of the theory. So he has to parade that all the time, every decision has to be justified as "part of the project", explained by reference to zones or whatever, statistics waved around.
I suspect that he'll also be reluctant to depart from the theory, because he doesn't have the experience to judge when it is best to do that. That's a weakness, let's hope it's not fatal and that he grows out of it.
Personally I think it's about bleeding time that there was a project at QPR, a plan to move the club and team forward, instead of floating about in the bottom quarter of the Champ in a much-loved hovel while every other club in London disappears out of reach.
Writing off Cup games as a glorified friendly for the Development Squad grinds my gears, and I agree with everything Burnley says about that, too, but it isn't exactly new, is it?
I'll judge them on whether we make any progress but at this stage I wouldn't be hanging out the bunting if we'd won those two games either.
Well, whatever happens to them this season, I'm really pleased for Nardi and Kolli that they're both making an impact here. Maybe a message is being sent.
I never minded white sleeve with the Adidas stripes. Didn't hurt that it was a great time to be an R.
Without them and white shoulders it does maybe err on the side of too much white but overall a very nice kit indeed, and I'm quite a fan of the chequerboard.
I don't see that losing v France (making Game 2 a Must Win), and the starting line-up being on the verge of elimination in both the QF and Semi-Final (0-2 at 79 minutes and 0-1 at 90 minutes) before the game is swung by subs qualifies as "a clear plan" that has worked.
I'd say it's evidence of strong team spirit and a good bench (and, fair play, of making the right subs.)
It doesn't follow that those subs should start, but the starting XI has not done the job against the stronger sides.
As I understand it, that is completely missing the point - the idea is to give the body a horrible shock so that all sorts of desperate measures kick in which are supposedly good for you. Basically, you kid your body that it's got about 10 seconds left to sort out all that booze, cake and lying on the sofa that you've been throwing at it for years.
Sounds bloody awful to me but that's healthy living for you.
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