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Reply | Betis
at 18:11 29 May 2025
Watford were awful to watch under Taylor in the 1980s, it was all long ball stuff, the total anti football over the lovely stuff that Venables QPR played. But it was effective and got Taylor the Aston Villa job and then onto England, but Taylor struggled I think with better quality players and his lack of system and strategy as a top level football manager caught him out for an England team under Robson who were at a much better level than they had been for many years. Watching a Taylor Watford gave you neck ache from the ball being up in the air so long, although he did discover a gem in John Barnes. |
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Reply | Betis
at 22:03 28 May 2025
Cole Palmer a gem of a player. Think Chelsea are on the up again. Tuchel needs to build England around Palmer, look at his impact in last year's Euro 2024 got England back in the game against Spain, when he came on. Second half against Betis he just turned it around with two brilliant assists. |
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Thread | Crystal Palace Beer Festival
at 10:12 26 May 2025
Went to the annual beer festival at Crystal Palace on Saturday, it was a great event, good vibe also helped by their FA Cup win. The stadium especially the Holmesdale end is so much improved since my last visit with QPR in the 1980s. Just sort of shows how much when you invest in stadium and facilities it must pay back, I know they are an established Premier League club and the money has no doubt helped, plans for new stand as well I understand. Mate says it holds about 24,000 and plans to expand, they don't seem so constrained by the footprint of houses being hemmed in so much like us, but it sort of shows what can be done. |
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Reply | The QPR summer managers rumours thread
at 08:37 26 May 2025
Might be a good option, not sure Gary O'Neill will be available to us. Not really getting the vibe for the ex Norwich boss and please not Tom Cleverly. I do quite like Rob Edwards think he would be a good fit for QPR. |
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Reply | Rest of the Championship thread
at 18:50 24 May 2025
Yes but family trees are important it dictates our past and our future. Quite like the fact I can trace my male line to the early 1700s and how my family arrived in east London in the 1860s. |
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Reply | Rest of the Championship thread
at 17:20 24 May 2025
Well done Sunderland, I have connections pre-mid 19th century and a bit of a soft spot for them. |
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Reply | The QPR summer managers rumours thread
at 13:16 20 May 2025
As much as we need more positivity on where we are with a new manager (personally not convinced with ex Norwich manager), we need to see a positive announcement on the future of the club i.e. what is proposed with the stadium. The training ground announcement in 2021 was a real up tick after years of the Osterley thing and infrastructure was improved and built within a couple of years and maybe that is paying dividends with the Development team etc.
In my own mind been evaluating what Marti has really achieved in his 18 months at the club, really only just getting us out of slipping into League 1. Physically as a football team we look lightweight in this division and how we have come to have a midget forward line is worrying whereas the oppo always look larger and more physical than us and for me that has been a continuing theme for a number of seasons. |
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Reply | Eze
at 17:52 16 May 2025
Totally agree, so pleased he has done so well and that QPR gave him that chance, where others failed to take a gamble. It was a pleasure watching him play at LR in those 3 seasons until he left in 2020. Probably his best moment in a QPR shirt was that away goal at Stoke on the opening game of the 2019/20 season, it was fantastic. |
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Reply | Offside ref
at 19:33 15 May 2025
Very good point, it was only a matter of time before a serious injury happened and it has.The whole offside rule is a right old mess. |
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Reply | Rest of the Championship thread
at 22:49 13 May 2025
The Championship the gift that keeps on giving. The benefits of Sunderland going to the final as yet another northern team going up. If Orient, Charlton or Wycombe come up and with the 3 relegated sides coming down the Championship is not looking so dominated by teams located in the North, re-balance to midlands and the south. |
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Reply | Rest of the Championship thread
at 22:16 13 May 2025
Agree with this, just how I see it with Palace, they deserve to win something and I hope they can beat Man City on Saturday. |
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Reply | Famous people you have met on a plane
at 05:55 13 May 2025
Not a plane meeting, but on a train between Watford and Milton Keynes a few years ago sat next to Jo Wiley, she was on her way home from her Radio 2 show, we had a lovely conversation about music and especially David Bowie, as back in the day we had both seen Bowie at his famous Serious Moonlight gigs at the MK Bowl in 1983.
On a plane subject last year at Malaga Airport, noticed Gus Poyet as we were going through security and said hello to him. |
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Reply | Eze
at 15:36 11 May 2025
Our chance on getting the Eze sell on fee might be more realistic, if Spurs try and get Glastner as their manager, he would most likely want to bring Eze with him. |
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Reply | Charlie Kelman’s Leyton Orient
at 13:46 10 May 2025
He has never done anything for us in a QPR shirt, I know he has had limited chances, but never any sign at Championship level that he could do it at this level. But you never know, assume he will probably be sold to Orient if they go up. If we are clever should put a sell on clause in the sale, just in case he does make a stab at it in the Championship. |
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Reply | the mythical 20 goal a season striker
at 17:11 5 May 2025
Can't have a midget forward line in this league, physicality is what it is all about. It might not be pretty but it is effective. Generally think Frey has been pretty good, but his injury record is why he is at QPR. |
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Reply | NO MENTION
at 22:41 3 May 2025
Sorry but have to say a bit disappointed that Luton have gone, would rather have seen Stoke, Hull or Preston relegated. Enjoy our matches with Luton, home and away. |
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