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Reply | Former player photos
at 15:12 3 Sep 2025
Don’t know if this is any good to you mate but there’s a nice pic of your uncle in the QPR home programme v Liverpool 12/11/77. You can usually find old progs on eBay and specialist footy programme sites.
Good luck and regards to Brian. |
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Reply | Rangers v Celtic
at 14:00 3 Sep 2025
One and only trophy?
Er … League Cup, 7 (SEVEN!) League Titles. 1 play off-winner. Ibiza Cup, Trofeo Bortolotti, DryWorld Cup, London Evening Standard 5-A-Side Trophy x (lost count), Premier League Cup - I could go on but I’ve got to get back to work. |
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Reply | The box-to-box 8
at 01:33 3 Sep 2025
Bollox did Barton “dragged us up to a prem under Redknapp”. He pussy footed around doing the very minimal. We were at that time the most expensively assembled Championship/2nd tier team in history. We should have steamrollered that league but we didn’t. That cûnt Barton took every fking corner and set piece and hit it to the first man and did Redknobb ever pull him up on it. No. We went up that season by the very skin of our teeth not because of but inspite of nematodes like Redknapp and Barton. The only number I’d ascribe to Barton is a big shining number 2.
Signing off for now
General Hatred xxx |
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Reply | The box-to-box 8
at 15:02 2 Sep 2025
If I was playing against chatGPT I’d go in two footed leaving a mess of broken transistors, silicon, and semi conductors all over the pitch. “Over-aggressive challenges in the mid-park can lead to the refereeing official issuing a sending off dismissal commonly facilitated by inserting his adjudication hand in either his shirt or shorts pocket and displaying a small yet clearly visible rectangular shaped quadrangle coloured red”. I’d hear fading into the distance as I walked off for an early shower. |
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Reply | The box-to-box 8
at 13:15 2 Sep 2025
Great post. As I see it the more defensive of the 2 mids is similar to a sweeper, or (another of my favourite terms you don’t hear any more) the libero except instead of sweeping behind the defence the player is sweeping in front of the defence. Cos I’m pretentious and known for my continental flair, I’m calling this role the progressivo libero.
Decent players who are comfortable on the ball such as Issac Hayden and Ronnie Edwards can interchange between central defence and holding mid/ progressivo libero comfortably and play in either role. The best Rs player I’ve seen who was adept at this was Glenn ‘double shuffle’ Roeder. Interesting some are saying Hayden will now give Varane the opportunity to venture further forward. If so I’d suggest he get’s more shooting practice in as he’ll be getting more opportunities from outside the box. I’m sure he’s put a few away already but he’s put a few in the stands too.
Edit: Varane has scored just the 1 goal for the Rs, which I’m pretty sure was at Leicester in the fog. Get ya shooting boots on JV! [Post edited 2 Sep 14:39]
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Reply | 3G artificial pitches
at 10:59 2 Sep 2025
The European bureaucrats just want to stop our kids playing football. Fortunately we’re out of it and dont have to follow all that EU health & safety nonsense no more. Seriously though modern life is fking rubbish. This has really depressed me this one. |
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Reply | Repugnant footballers
at 02:15 2 Sep 2025
Carragher has gone along way to atone for his past actions doing loads of unpublicised work in the community cheering kids up in Children’s Hospitals along with lovable 80s glove puppet ‘Spit the Dog’ |
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Reply | The box-to-box 8
at 01:10 2 Sep 2025
No one uses the word trequartista anymore. I liked that one. Very musical sounding. Naturally as it’s Italian. And on the subject of pointless jargon if one thing comes good of 7-1 day it’s that some commentators are saying it’s proved that xG is broken and is a pile of bollox and will soon be obsolete. The football stat equivalent of quantitative easing. I suspect there’s a better economic metaphor.
The Money Programme. That had a great theme tune. |
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Reply | The box-to-box 8
at 23:05 1 Sep 2025
No disrespect to anyone or possibly I’m being massively disrespectful to everyone but I find this use of numbers when talking about football positions a tad dubious. Feels a bit pseudo to me like some one trying to sound like an expert after they’ve read some ‘reinventing the wheel’ internet-guff about football tactics. And some of those midfield numbers are ambiguous anyway specifically 4 and 6. Could be midfield. Could be defence. Depends on the formation. Depends on the era.
Like Hooparoo I played a lot in centre-mid too and organisation, awareness, and communication are key. I was always looking to attack but if the play has brought your midfield partner forward then you’d more than likely drop a bit or possibly stay level with him depending on what’s going on around you. So many variables happening at any time which is the beauty of the game. A wonderful description I think made by Brian Glanville of Glenn Hoddle was he had an innate sense of the ever-moving geometry of the game and that for me sums up a chief attribute of the best midfielders. Either way you had to be prepared to run box to box for 90 minutes. Oh man I’d love to be playing again. I’m gonna stop there before I go full jumpers for goalposts. Enjoy it while you can kids. |
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Reply | Absentees
at 15:17 1 Sep 2025
Colback: Ginger Marmite. I quite liked him. Helped see out a few wins and away draws with his experience. I’ll take Issac Hayden over him though. A player we badly need to balance the squad. Great composure on the ball. |
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Thread | Kone’s goal yesterday as executed by every R’s striker since 2015.
at 10:14 31 Aug 2025
It was fantastic yesterday to see a QPR centre-forward go through on goal, and though he still had a fair bit to do before putting it away, it felt as if the whole crowd had total confidence in him. It’s been along time since that has happened. I don’t think enough has been made of Kone’s first touch - it was perfectly weighted and left him with the best chance to finish. And a delightful classy composed finish it was. Also pleasing was first touch was left foot, second touch (shot) was right foot. More power (and goals) to you Richard Kone.
But the point of this thread is we had a convo in the pub after on how each of our previous centre-forwards (since coming back down to the Championship) would have taken that chance and here are the conclusions. You just won’t believe number four!
Conor Washington
A bad first touch lets the defender back in the game but CW keeps on running with the ball, running running running. He’s taken it past the keeper but he’s left himself a very tight angle due to the fact he’s now in the first row of the lower loft. Conor doesn’t score. Which is a shame cos he just needed that one goal for his confidence.
Seb Polter
Takes a surprisingly good first touch then smashes the ball straight into Batman Close
Matt Smith
Having just come on as a sub Matt’s old legs haven’t quite warmed up yet. Shins his first touch straight to the keeper.
Idris Sylla
Gets the ball caught under his legs giving both defenders time to recover and put a challenge in but somehow he eludes both. Now one on one with the keeper he again gets the ball stuck under his legs. Arms and legs all over the place he tangles with the keeper who knocks the ball off Sylla’s knee or is it his elbow and it’s in. GOAL!
Nahki Wells
Maybe one out of only one or two of the bunch who would have scored in a similar way to Kone
Jordan Hugill
First touch not too pretty but he’s still left himself with a decent chance and he hits the ball with venom. Which is unfortunate for the 10 year old in the Upper Loft who gets it full in the face.
Marco Ramkilde
Your guess is as good as mine.
Macauley Bonne
The ball falls into his path nicely but Bonne is distracted - he’s just discovered new Yuzu Lemon Jaffa Cakes (a real thing) and he’s shoving them down his cake hole. Referee signals for VAR. VAR!? And there’s a tense wait while the boys at Stockley Park check on every conceivable angle to decide whether they’re cakes or biscuits
Charlie Austin
Chaz is out of position as the ball gets played through. In fact he’s sitting in the Ellerslie Road / Stan Bowles Stand having a sulk. Austin mark 1 circa 2014 would have buried it in a carbon copy of Kone’s goal.
Lyndon Dykes
At full stretch Dykes’s acrobatic diving header from just past the half-way line doesn’t trouble the keeper.
Andre Gray
Another that on his day probably would have put that one away.
Sinclair Armstrong
Cheeks puffing, eyes bulging, Sincs over-hit first touch lets him down but he keeps on running and smashes into the keeper, dives, and claims a penalty. Not given. But the Charlton keeper is hurt in the collision and after an extended time for the physio to patch him up Charlton equalise in time added on.
Chris Martin
(See Matt Smith)
Jamal Lowe
Good first touch but shot is more of a pass to the keeper.
Charlie Kelman
Who are ya!?
Michi Frey
Bad first touch then pulls hamstring running after the lost cause.
Žan Celar
Great first touch. Takes the ball round the keeper and slots it past him. Žan arms aloft celebrates with the Loft but alas after going past the keeper the ball hits the post and off for a goal-kick. Genuine best of luck in Germany. Que sera sera. |
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Reply | In Advanced Talks With Edwards
at 10:55 28 Aug 2025
After you’ve put your knob away dmm I hope you’ll be apologising to everyone in the chip shop 🤣🤣🤣 |
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Reply | Any Brighton Rs....
at 08:21 28 Aug 2025
See QPRHibs message - 5 posts above. The Guvnor’s moved on. Bit of a pity, was a great place to watch the Rs and a great crowd altogether. |
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Reply | The Safe Space
at 23:57 27 Aug 2025
For most parts of last Saturday afternoon QPR were entirely stationery |
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Reply | Protesting together
at 11:40 24 Aug 2025
It’s called the DUBAI. The QPR fan’s answer to the POZNAN. |
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