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Reply | Dembele
at 09:54 3 Oct 2025
Well let's hope he avoids reading this thread then, eh?! |
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Reply | Dembele
at 09:53 3 Oct 2025
I found a lot of the comments on this thread a little disappointing to be honest. It adds a lot of weight to the 'there must always be a scapegoat' theory.
He's 22 and has bags of ability. He has shown flashes of that ability but hasn't managed to turn it into consistent nor all round performances yet. That's about all there is to say about Dembele.
When Chris Willock arrived he took quite some time to click into what he eventually became before the injury. Not this long granted, but he was also exposed to way more minutes than Demebele has. Last year Madsen looked like the worst midfielder I've ever seen in a QPR shirt. He appears to be COMPLETELY turning that around this season. I found myself on Weds pretty desperate for him to come on when we needed a goal. What he's so far managed to do this season is really quite a remarkable turnaround.
So we KNOW people take time to adapt and click etc.
We've employed a coach with a demonstrable reputation for developing players. That's clearly what the club is trying to do. So just be patient and let JS develop him. If he can do it with Madsen, turning Dembele into an asset should almost be a formality.
I'm glad he's here and think he'll turn into an important player for us. |
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Reply | Bircham isn’t happy
at 11:20 22 Sep 2025
This is just sort of what happens these days though isn't it? Guardiola brought goal kicks taken by centre backs to the GK to the English game, Klopp brought us this.
Plus we had a spell where we won about 3 home games in about 15 years and somehow managed to score -1 goals in the Loft End in 5000 games so sod the grumpiness and get it in my veins.
Eccentric characters tend to do well at QPR. Mbengue has QPR written all over him so probably best to just strap in and enjoy stuff like this and him nicking a flag off a Junior R in the goal celebration rather than coming across like a grumpy uncle. [Post edited 22 Sep 11:20]
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Reply | No threads about JS?
at 10:29 22 Sep 2025
It's a bit of a weird psychological phenomenon, this. I'd imagine someone qualified would know exactly what's going on.
I adored MC. I loved him. That love affair started immediately and suddenly at that Preston away game. From that moment on I wasn't willing to listen to any negative comments about him.
I have loved being a QPR fan for the last three weeks. I've really gotten a buzz out of it that I can't remember having for a long long time. I guess since 'that' Leeds game. Yet here I am somehow not getting all smitten with JS (yet). If this carries on I'm sure that will change but for some reason he's having to work a lot harder to earn that puppy love than Marti did.
I'm guessing it's likely because MC brought something positive as an immediate and stark change to what had consistently come before, completely unexpectedly. We were crying out for a hero at that point... and there he was.
Stephan comes in at a point where a large section of our fans (me included) didn't believe we needed him. Even in the face of what's beginning to look like clear progress, it's just somehow not the same level of idolisation.
What a job he's done over those last three games. Charlton a fantastic show of guts and character. Wrexham first half a masterpiece. And Saturday a calm and pretty measured plan and performance which reaped reward.
Carry on like this and it will come, for sure. He surely, surely deserves massive credit. |
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Reply | Can we get excited about this team and our squad depth too
at 10:09 22 Sep 2025
Great post Nump. I had similar thoughts on Saturday.
One huge difference about this season to any others that I can remember is the fact that JS has options, especially from an attacking POV. As you say, Chair, Saito, Dembele, Kone, Poku, Burrell, Frey, Smyth, Kolli, Vale all essentially vying for 4 positions. In the past we've basically hung off of Chair and Willock to be our attacking outlet(s) and when they haven't done well or been available we've defaulted to offering basically nothing. These days, JS can pick horses for specific opposition courses, he can make changes between Saturdays and Tuesdays to keep the first XI fresh and hopefully we'll also be able to cope with a few injuries without imploding too.
That alone might well be the difference between our last three seasons and mid-table. If some of these lads carry on improving I can see a route to it being even bloody better than that. It's been a long time since I've been able to say things like that either to myself or out loud.
If you want to look really hard for negatives... I think it comes at full back depth, where we have the exact opposite problem. I worry how well we'll be able to cope when RND and / or JD aren't available.
I've been wildly critical of all things CN over the years but right now the trajectory of our fortunes is only going in a direction of serving humble pie. The new coach is even getting a tune out of Madsen FFS. It's like a fever dream. [Post edited 22 Sep 10:12]
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Reply | Madsen
at 23:37 20 Sep 2025
Thought he was fantastic today. Really, really encouraging performance. Won the ball a couple of times in their third, often looking to go forward and I found myself urging the defense to give him the ball as often as possible.
Can't believe I'm about to type this but I think I agree with Ned K. It looks like Stephan is getting far more out of him than Marti ever managed too. Long may this continue. I'm beginning to get a bit gooey about this Rangers team. What is happening? |
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Reply | Nourry In?
at 13:00 15 Sep 2025
Which Eminem song is this from? |
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Reply | Revolving Door
at 15:41 12 Sep 2025
In our defense, we had 5 in less than 18 months when the lunatics were running the asylum before Warnock. Take those out and we're knocking on the door of the playoffs. |
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Reply | Kieran Morgan
at 15:29 12 Sep 2025
This brought a tear to my eye. Fantastic stuff. I'm really proud of that, as the club should be and Kieran himself of course. |
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Reply | CONTRARY to FIRM BELIEF
at 14:47 1 Sep 2025
So Dunne is only able to set an acceptable standard within a match when he's playing well?
Surely that's the entire point of a captain or any hierarchical structure within the squad. We constantly hear and talk about the squad badly missing leaders, then our captain acts like one and he gets criticised too?
In any case given that Madsen is now being anointed as Platini / Zidane mk ii after one decent game (or two thirds ish of one anyway) perhaps the bollocking from his captain is exactly what he needs in order for him to show for the ball, pass it forwards and occasionally threaten the opposition with a tackle. |
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Reply | In Advanced Talks With Edwards
at 14:34 1 Sep 2025
Just to point out we're dropping an estimated £15.8m loss off the 3 year rolling P&S cycle this year. Last year's estimated P&S loss was £9.3m. That would give us an allowable loss of £17m this year to comply with the rules... or an additional loss of £7.5m more than our last published one. That's BEFORE the Eze money is accounted for.
I know it's not quite as simple as that but we HAVE lost a massive spending year off of that three year cycle which must create P&S headroom. I think it's conceivable that transfer business to date has been done upon that basis and we haven't yet invested any Eze money.
Also to point out that Eze money only appears on the accounts for that three year period... After that point it's just cash that can't be reinvested. They have a duty to invest it on the squad on players whose values are likely to ascend. It's the entire strategy. [Post edited 1 Sep 14:35]
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Reply | Have you ever caught the ball at a game?
at 09:53 1 Sep 2025
Having read this thread before going to sleep last night I dreamt that I caught the ball... away at Newcastle! No idea how the bloody hell it got all the way up to Everest base camp levels above the sea but I assume it must have been one of our efforts on goal rather than theirs. |
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Reply | CONTRARY to FIRM BELIEF
at 09:01 1 Sep 2025
Without a doubt the cringiest thread I've ever seen on here.
If his name weren't Gary I'd assume he were a teenager in his bedroom, furiously masturbating over all the rage he's trolled. But given his name is Gary, he must be at least 40/50. Very sad really. [Post edited 1 Sep 9:10]
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Reply | CONTRARY to FIRM BELIEF
at 11:43 31 Aug 2025
What's the word behind the censorship here? Counts? Chants?
But yeah sure, it's all of us that are 'uneducated'. |
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