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Reply | Knob End Match Fred
at 11:24 9 Aug 2025
Feeling nervous about this one to be honest. New manager, lots of injuries, thin squad, PNE look a poor team but coming here with low expectations might mean less pressure on them. Think we’ll go with something like:
Walsh
Adamson
Morrison
Mbengue
Larkeche
Vale
Field
Poku
Chair
Dembele
Celar
Which does not, in the kindest way possible, feel like a team that’s likely to steamroller a canny, physical side like Preston. I’m saying 1-1 with Burrell to score for us off the bench, but even that feels a tad optimistic. Hope I’m wrong. |
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Reply | Squad numbers out
at 11:04 9 Aug 2025
Echoing what others have said, but this really does underline for me how thin our squad is. I felt optimistic when the club got Poku and Mbengue in early, on the basis that there’d be two or three more additions at least. The fact that nothing’s materialised since then is concerning, and leaves us desperately short of quality in key areas. I still reckon we’ll get a striker, midfielder and fullback in before the deadline, but if the squad still looks like this in September I’d be seriously worried. |
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Reply | OASIS
at 14:31 4 Aug 2025
I'm sure they did! I'm not trying to discredit that in any way, although I do feel like all three of those acts are doing the same sort of thing, really.
I just see so many people claiming over and over again that the 90s were all about Oasis and bands like them, and that their reunion has taken on this massive cultural importance, when (aside from them obviously being hugely popular) I honestly don't think that's a particularly accurate or exciting reflection of UK culture either in the 90s or today. [Post edited 4 Aug 14:32]
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Reply | OASIS
at 12:57 4 Aug 2025
Yeah I mean… look, I’m obviously not a fan, but I don’t want to be needlessly argumentative or look down on people for liking what they like.
At the same time, I do find some of the chat around this tour a bit strange. Seen plenty of comments about it being unique and boundary-breaking, how Oasis are the only band who could achieve something like this, or words to that effect, when plenty of other artists have sold out bigger runs and had equally rapturous receptions in recent years.
I think there’s always been a bit of an exceptionalist streak with Britpop in general and Oasis in particular, where it’s seen as “proper” music while other stuff doesn’t really count. It feels like that’s come back to the fore very strongly with this reunion. Obviously people like what they like, but I personally find all the hyperbole a bit odd.
Edit: sorry, one more thing! Your mention of Oasis being “the sound of the 90s” I think encapsulates what I’m trying to say with all this. I’m sure that sentiment’s true for lots of people, but the 90s were absolutely stacked with incredible, groundbreaking music of all kinds, from all over the world Reducing it all down to four blokes with guitars riffing (however effectively) on older and more familiar sounds feels quite limiting. [Post edited 4 Aug 13:09]
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Reply | OASIS
at 11:17 2 Aug 2025
Surprised, given how varied the debate is on here across so many topics, to not see a single dissenting opinion on Oasis!
Don’t want to take away from anyone’s enjoyment, but I find the whole thing pretty puzzling. Loads of people paying hundreds if not thousands of pounds to watch a band whose last decent record was 30 years ago, whose best songs all sound like they were made 30 years before that, and who - with the best will in the world - haven’t always been the most reliable live act.
Been interesting to watch the videos of their performances though, and see how they’re basically just massive singalongs. Feels like most people are there to connect with their own nostalgia, rather than necessarily watch the band. Which is all good, obviously, just interesting. |
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Reply | The new kit
at 11:35 1 Aug 2025
Really like it, clean and classic. Definitely a little too much white on the shoulders, but that’s nitpicking. Still think the 21/22 Ashville Holdings home shirt is our best of recent years, but this is a close second for me.
I know a lot of people don’t like the pink and black halves, but you can clearly see the commercial thinking behind it, and I think they’ve done a relatively tasteful / competent job, regardless of personal taste. That Norwich shirt is absolutely grim, and a useful reminder of how bad things could be. |
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Reply | Kelman:Here We Go
at 12:32 28 Jul 2025
Would have loved him to stay, and think he’ll do well for Charlton, but if he wasn’t going to sign a new contract then selling is absolutely the right call, and £3.5m is a great fee.
Possibly some questions about how we’ve handled his time here - could we have got him to his current level a bit sooner, and given ourselves more options? - but I think on balance, given what he’d shown prior to last season, there’s not too much you can criticise the club for here. |
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Reply | England women’s team
at 20:06 27 Jul 2025
Yep, she’s been a weak link all tournament but absolutely brilliant today. Had the Spanish CF in her pocket for 120 minutes, barely made a mistake all game. Particularly happy to see her prove the doubters wrong after all the abuse she’s received from idiots. |
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Reply | England women’s team
at 19:54 27 Jul 2025
Incredible stuff, Spain by far the better team in extra time but the mentality of the Lionesses is just unmatched. First England team of either gender to win an overseas tournament as well, absolutely stunning achievement. [Post edited 27 Jul 20:17]
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Reply | Ball Boys
at 10:30 26 Jul 2025
If this wasn’t a tired sub-Jeremy Clarkson attempt at a joke, and a broadcaster did actually unironically use the word “talisperson” then I will eat my hat. The thing about all the “you couldn’t make it up!!!” brigade is that they almost invariably do make it up.
With all the sinister and regressive abuses of language going on in the world, I’m baffled that people continue to work themselves into a lather over this sort of thing. The language might be inelegant but it’s fundamentally well-intentioned, and costs us nothing. It’s not the 1950s any more, women and girls are involved in public life, including (shock horror) football, and our language should probably reflect that. |
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Reply | New 3rd Shirt…
at 11:26 25 Jul 2025
Yeah, this is what the home kit will look like, isn’t it. I like it, but I feel like the white shoulders and lack of hooped sleeves are even more noticeable than the green version. They’re both very decent efforts, simple and timeless, but those missed details stop them from being classic imo. [Post edited 25 Jul 11:29]
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Reply | Reggie Cannon/QPR update
at 13:09 11 Jul 2025
Interesting that it has concrete figures for what we were paying for his wages: £3.5k a week in his first season with us, rising to £10.5k in his third if he’d stayed with us. |
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Reply | Pink and Black halves
at 13:05 11 Jul 2025
Agree with people saying it feels like more of a 3rd kit, but I think it looks alright - not our best away kit of recent years but far from our worst, and I reckon it’ll sell decently. Talk of pink being for “pansies” comes across as a bit Alf Garnett in 2025 though, sorry, |
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Reply | Online Dating Apps (*NON QPR)
at 19:04 9 Jul 2025
If there’s any aspect of human endeavour in which Stainrod doesn’t consider himself an expert - and isn’t willing to explain in excruciating detail how the rest of us idiots are getting it completely wrong - then we’re yet to discover it. Truly the greatest to ever do it. [Post edited 9 Jul 19:05]
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Reply | Online Dating Apps (*NON QPR)
at 18:38 8 Jul 2025
Brilliant advice in here, agree with everything you’ve said. Thame_hoops, listen to this guy!
I went on the apps for the first time in my mid 30s, having been in a long-term relationship since before they really became a thing, and have generally had a really good experience with them.
I think as long as you throw yourself into it in the right spirit (would particularly echo the numbers game point, being respectful and also just having fun with it, approaching things positively rather than expecting them to fail) then they can be a really positive thing - they certainly were for me! |
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Reply | Taylor Richards finally going?
at 18:11 7 Jul 2025
Agree with almost all of this. If he's fit, engaged and performing to the required level, then I don't see any reason why he shouldn't play a part this season.
At the same time, I think a bit of wariness is probably healthy too. He's barely played any first-team football for three years, and has shown that he can't be relied on, whatever the reasons for that might be. If it turns out to have been a mental health thing then that's rough on him, but given his availability thus far you'd have to hope that the club have already ruled out giving him a new contract, however well he might perform over the next few months.
Best case scenario would be for him to be a decent squad option this season, before we either shake hands and part ways next spring, or get him off the books on a free at Christmas. Anything else would be way too much of a risk given what's gone before. [Post edited 7 Jul 18:24]
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Reply | Glastonbury 2025
at 22:00 5 Jul 2025
Very slow to reply to this, but did all 5 days, and a couple of panel discussions (seeing my name on the lineup, even 500 stages down from the headliners, is a top 10 life moment).
Pulp, Olivia Rodrigo, Ezra Collective, DJ EZ, Snapped Ankles, Alanis all brilliant. Best Glastonbury I’ve been to, up there with the best weekends of my life, got a lot of “U rsss” while wearing my shirt, a very drunk Burnley fan told me we’re going up this year. I guess we’ll see if he’s right. |
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Reply | Friday Choons - Summer Hols
at 12:01 20 Jun 2025
Bit of a tangent, but I recorded this radio show earlier in the week, interviewing a soundsystem / DJ duo called Nzinga Soundz and playing some great old reggae tunes.
Went for a coffee afterwards, ended up talking about Notting Hill Carnival and growing up in West London, I mentioned that I was a QPR fan, and she said that Leroy Rosenior is her brother!
Thought the Rangers connection, or the show as a whole, might interest people:
https://soundcloud.com/rinsefm/ed-gillett-nzinga-soundz-17-june-2025 |
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