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at 15:14 13 Jun 2025

That's fair comment.

But it's Lassel who made the claim about Nourry's family.

My point is that he hasn't been able to stand it up.

Instead he deflects onto another spurious claim he also can't stand up.

I'm very sceptical about most of what Lassel contributes. I think a lot of it is calculated guesswork rather than genuine knowledge. Which is why I challenged him on this claim about family connections.

I'm not saying he's wrong because I don't know that he is wrong. But he hasn't convinced me he's right.

But if that's taking things too far and stepping out of bounds then fair enough. I will leave it there.
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at 14:51 13 Jun 2025

Where are you getting that from?

I'm not seeing it:

https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/CVqNROy2ysgz

BTW - it's Clifford Chance, not Chase. Think "chancer", it might help you remember :-)

And AI also doesn't make that connection:

"The Retexo Group directors are Charles Gould, the Founder, and Camryn Dyke, the Chief Strategy & Growth Officer. Charles Gould also co-founded Rexana Ventures with Camryn Dyke. Additional figures mentioned in connection with Retexo include Martha and Greg Walker, Retexo co-founders, and Denise Anne Shoker, a director of Retexo Consulting Limited. "
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at 13:57 13 Jun 2025

That doesn't say anything about a family connection.

What makes you so sure they are father and son?

Or are you just guessing because it's a fairly unusual surname in this country?
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at 19:04 11 Jun 2025

Gets my vote

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at 12:15 11 Jun 2025

Apparently Thorup now 5/1 for the Plymouth job.

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at 11:51 11 Jun 2025

Denver and Rotherham.

Both get very cold in winter.

Might explain a lot.....
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at 11:50 11 Jun 2025

No worries.

It's not like we've been getting anything substantial in the way of manager updates.

Meanwhile all the other Championship vacancies are getting filled.

At this rate we'll be left with Gordon Brittas

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at 11:37 11 Jun 2025

The article is two years old. And they don't say where they got their data from.

You should probably be grateful Allam didn't think to sell one end of the ground to Sainsbury's.

The MKM wiki says:

Pitch
The size of the playing surface is 114 x 74 m (125 x 81 yd)[8] and made of rye grass with a 3% additive of artificial grass.[23] This provides ample room for a FIFA-regulation football pitch of 105 x 68 m (115 x 74 yd)[8] and a standard rugby league pitch of 100 x 68 m (109 x 74 yd), plus the minimum 6 m (6.56 yd) long in-goals at each end.[8] The playing surface has an automated watering system and below-surface heating.[8]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MKM_Stadium
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at 11:30 11 Jun 2025

This is doing nothing for my inferiority complex

Rotherham @ 6,666 square meters. That's the place for me.
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at 10:56 11 Jun 2025

I don't think we've got much to boast about on length or girth.

Still, size isn't everything.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
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at 10:46 11 Jun 2025

It's not a massive myth.

This is from two seasons ago but only Rotherham and Birmingham had smaller pitches than us in the Championship:

https://www.footballfancast.com/efl-championship-stadiums-pitch-sizes-ranked-big

Our pitch is 6,732 square meters. (102m x 66m)

Hull has the biggest at 7,696 square meters (104m x 74m)

So Hull have an extra 964 square meters to play in.
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at 19:20 9 Jun 2025

Power to the people :-)

Just a shame Wolfie supported that lot down by the river

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at 15:13 9 Jun 2025

If you look at daveB's post above where he goes through the 4-4-2 questions you will see the line about struggling to spell Esquerdinha is actually his.

I was just quoting it to make a lame joke!
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at 12:25 9 Jun 2025

I would agree with most of that.

Only quibble might be over the young player.

Sutton is probably too young and Kelman at 23 maybe a bit long in the tooth for that label.

Rayan Kolli will be looking for a breakout year with the World Cup on the horizon - assuming we don't sell him to the Saudis.
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at 12:18 9 Jun 2025

"Look out for (young player who could break through)
The Brazilian left back whose name I can't spell"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esquerdinha_(footballer,_born_2006)

Just call him Joao Silva :-)

Translates as John Silva, or Long John to his friends

[Post edited 9 Jun 12:19]
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at 22:45 8 Jun 2025

You're on your own mate.

Best of British :-)
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at 22:39 8 Jun 2025

Beale made no secret of the fact that we were just a little stepping stone on his path to greatness.

Marti's career path to date should have made it obvious he had similar ambitions.

We're a development club. For now and the foreseeable young players and managers will be coming here looking to make a name for themselves before moving on to something better. That isn't going to change anytime soon.

Comparing Marti to JET is an interesting take. I would order myself a pint of whatever you're drinking but I'm not sure I have the constitution for it. Have you found the key to Father Jack's drinks cabinet!?

[Post edited 9 Jun 8:58]
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at 22:29 8 Jun 2025

Strangely enough I seem to remember Mick Beale's priorities being the other way around.

I'm sure he gave an interview fairly early in his time with us where he said the Premier League wasn't necessarily the only way for a young manager to get on and that success in Europe would also open opportunities with bigger clubs.

Probably had visions of himself managing Real Madrid one day. He certainly wasn't lacking for confidence and self-belief.

And it's probably why he was so keen to wrangle a return to Glasgow and guaranteed European football - where he got the reality check he was probably needing!

QPR aren't in a great place right now. And it will probably take a few years of steady progress before we have the quality and squad depth to seriously think about a top six finish.

Bristol City and Millwall have both shown it can be done. They have both been stuck in the Championship almost as long as we have but they were both pushing for top six this season. So it can be done.

I think we need to keep believing that we can get there. But it is going to take time and we will probably have to say goodbye to a few players and managers along the way that we would really like to keep.

Ultimately it shouldn't be a problem that an ambitious young manager wants to move onwards and upwards, provided we get properly compensated for it.

So it is quite worrying that the club has allowed this position to develop where there seems to be a stand off between the club and the manager and it's difficult to see how any of us benefit from it.
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at 21:55 8 Jun 2025

"Good managers don’t look to leave organisations they think are on a great trajectory…."

Not much wrong with Hammarby's trajectory since Marti left.

They finished second in the league last season and they are second again this season at almost the halfway point:

https://uk.soccerway.com/teams/sweden/hammarby/2147/

Managers and players will move on if they think it will advance their career. Which is fine if you're a development club and your model is to buy low and sell high.

Cashing in on Marti would be no different to cashing in on a player.

We're Marti's fourth club since 2018. Looking to move on is what he does.

I don't have a problem with that as long as QPR benefit.
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at 12:43 8 Jun 2025

Gardening leave is only used when notice has been given - either by the employee or the employee.

It is not used as part of a disciplinary process and is not a suspension:

https://plotkinandchandler.com/when-would-you-be-put-on-garden-leave

"When would you be put on garden leave?

An employee may be put on garden leave during their notice period. During garden leave an employee will typically not be expected to be present at the workplace or to undertake work. However, the employee may be expected to respond to phone calls or emails from their employer.

Whether or not garden leave would be an appropriate course of action would depend on the particular circumstances, and it may well be useful for the organisation to obtain professional advice to ensure that everything is done correctly, and the process runs smoothly.

Is garden leave the same as suspension?


Garden leave should not be confused with suspension. Being put on garden leave is not part of the disciplinary process, and therefore is entirely different from being suspended.

Where it is thought that an individual may be responsible for wrongdoing, the matter should be dealt with in accordance with the organisation’s disciplinary procedure."
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