 | Forum Reply | Julien Stephan - Word of warning at 13:22 19 Aug 2025
Possibly put Chair back on the left ? Donât want that myself but itâs a possibility despite the head coach saying he prefers him at 10 |
 | Forum Reply | Steve bould at 09:40 19 Aug 2025
The decision , and it might be SBâs choice or decision of course, to not have him on the bench on match days , with his experience , seems very peculiar. Like Lewis Hamilton signing for Ferrari and deciding he only wants to be in the pit crew . So much match day experience to tap into yet he is sat in the stands. Iâm sure he will have some sort of communication but thatâs just waste of him being there and seeing things as they happen and reacting and giving orders . Typical Rangers really . |
 | Forum Reply | Familiar learnings and fresh frustrations as QPR lose at Watford â Report at 19:28 18 Aug 2025
Bugger. Downvoted in error . Apologies . I thought it was a great interview and little bit of good PR by the club to do that interview with Madsen in pre season. He came across as a genuine and good guy who clearly struggled with nerves or pressure and confidence. Made me warm to him immediately and as I say , I really want him to do well . I donât think he is lazy , itâs just not his game to tear around smashing in to people . But there is no excuse for hiding . And unfortunately we saw it again on Saturday where he can easily step away from an opponent to be available and itâs like heâs tethered , he doesnât have the confidence. After the game v Preston I walked to my car an hour or so after the game had finished. I was walking close behind Madsen , Adamson and a member of staff going to a car . Adamson was buzzing that heâd made his debut . Madsen was shuffling , shaking his head , complaining (couldnât quite make out what he was saying ) and his body language was like someone had died. I think he was going over Prestonâs goal . Canât be 100% sure. But I felt like grabbing him and shaking him and saying âcome on man! Itâs ok . Put it behind you and letâs go again next week â But I fear he canât . On a human level thatâs really sad for him. But itâs not a charity (although it feels like it at a times). He needs to snap himself out of it because I still think he can give something to this team . But the fans turning on him already will just kill him off . Thatâs a shame . |
 | Forum Reply | Familiar learnings and fresh frustrations as QPR lose at Watford â Report at 15:54 18 Aug 2025
Very good post . Only slight caveat is that it isnât âjust 2 gamesâ though is it as far as Madsens concerned. I genuinely would love him to succeed , but that might involve putting him at 10 and moving Chair wide left but he canât press either so what we do about it I just donât know . At some point , not sure when , we may have to admit defeat . |
 | Forum Reply | Julien Stephan - Word of warning at 19:13 17 Aug 2025
Wow . Itâs worse than I thought . X is a bonkers place isnât it ? I think people have to also consider and accept that football fans are reactionary after games . Thatâs part of why we love this sport . For me itâs the equivalent of going into the pub after the match with my mates and chewing the fat about who played well, who didnât , why did the coach make that decision, god the ref was crap, what a goal by whoever âŠ.. QPR mates have all moved on . I donât go to the pub after games âŠso you lot have become âthatâ. At times I think , blimey I shouldnât have said that in hindsight . But , saying that , I see people who are letâs say âmore optimistic than others â about the current set up saying things like âdrama queensâ , âold fartsâ etc etc . â2 games and youâve written the head coach offâ No one has done that on here . If we as fans are not allowed to chit chat about what we think are good and bad , right and wrong then I think Iâll walk away . You can have the sanitised football club and fan sites. There is stuff going on that seriously makes me think about it anyway . Add now we have âfan pagesâ on social media and on sites like this popping up and all saying the same thing . All with exactly the same thoughts and language . Whatâs happening ? That stuff said about Clive is horrific . And that ainât the half of it . How he doesnât just jack it all in Iâll never know . I for one am very thankful that you donât . But nobody can put up with that for too long. And the really worrying thing is where itâs originating from. Fans should be more concerned than they are . |
 | Forum Reply | Julien Stephan - Word of warning at 12:34 17 Aug 2025
Even with 5 subs on we fell off a cliff . Substandard preparation. Who to blame is another question . However , if the fitness comes together and the injuries dry up (big if) , we will all be in no doubt who will take the credit. |
 | Forum Reply | Madsen and Field midfield at 12:29 17 Aug 2025
Agree Terry . We continue to get the very basics of the game so badly wrong at times . |
 | Forum Reply | Just back - Watford reflections at 10:50 17 Aug 2025
Whether Nourry is picking the entire team is probably unlikely . Whether he is dictating certain things is much more likely . And he is absolutely no experience to do so |
 | Forum Reply | Just back - Watford reflections at 10:47 17 Aug 2025
Yes . Perhaps reserving my judgement until September 1st would be best admittedly , but we shouldnât be in a position that 1 injury to 1 player ( Jimmy) causes so much upheaval . Thatâs a squad not assembled properly. But again , accept it might look different in a couple of weeks. In the mean time though , we are dropping points ..again. |
 | Forum Reply | Just back - Watford reflections at 10:42 17 Aug 2025
All very well but do you think a coach as experienced as Stephen is , with all his experience, would try to win the game on Tuesday by putting on 2 16 year olds ? Not Rooney and Owen in their teenage pomp , but 2 kids who hadnât even trained with the first team until Monday . And a 17 year old added to the DS squad and Nardi âŠ.to try to win a cup tie? So itâs not GB suggesting it . Itâs front in front of everyone if you want to see it |
 | Forum Reply | Just back - Watford reflections at 10:15 17 Aug 2025
Lots of really good posts on here dissecting ,what as fans , we can see that needs desperate surgery before the transfer window ends really . Fantastic point about Esquirdinha . If you prepare for the season with Larkeche as first choice and Esquirdinha as back up , which is clearly what pre season suggested , and donât get anyone else in , then why not play Esq. when itâs necessary? I would suggest that StĂ©phan thinks he canât trust him yet (away from home against wingers) , so straight away we are in the same situation we were this time last year , when the head coach wasnât happy with the squad he was given . We might get loans in , but as Hunterhoop said, we have already started p*ssing away games (only 2 league games admittedly âŠbut the squad is full of holes ) whilst the head coach tries to shuffle this lop sided , weak , unfit and leaky squad . Certain players canât play more than a half , certain players play just to cover the weakness elsewhere (Smyth played ultimately to help Mbengue âŠalmost sacrificing his game âŠitâs mad). On the other side Dembele gives a Morgan no cover and at times Morgan gave Morgan no cover đ , giving Morrison to wide an area to cover . And I could go on . Cook looks as stiff as board and either frightened of his injury or itâs affecting him. Everything he does is at its most basic . Mbengue was good last week . Put Vale in there at left back . He has played there before . I bang on relentlessly (Iâm sorry ) about the pattern of play (ok Methodology đ€ź) , but it has such serious flaws. Another is our wide men being so wide that it leaves huge chasms of space that 2 in midfield , especially Madsen, canât cover . We are so open itâs embarrassing and I felt embarrassed yesterday. Not at the performance particularly, but the way we play , the squad assembled and the square pegs in round holes all over the place . If I was Burrell this morning , Iâd be quietly reflecting and wondering if iâd made the right move . Played in 3 games (albeit not full games ) and only 1 half chance created alongside Kone being the main striker . Which leads me once again back to that last question aimed at the panel at the fans forum . Is there a plan B? For me that. Caught them out and there was no real answer . Will Burrell get to play alongside Kone? We cannot just be so rigid in our âplan Aâ. I donât want to hark back to Marti , because he has gone , only because he was the last coach , but he tried this and it didnât work , so he done his thing and clearly the CEO didnât like it . Why rest Adamson in midweek if not to play him , even for a bit on the Saturday . Because it was a tick box excercise in midweek. A cup match thrown away to use statistics down the road . Thereâs no other explanation. And if the head coach feels he isnât ready then once again the recruitment hasnât been good enough and around and around we go.. I fear history repeating itself here . I hope Iâm wrong . I desperately hope Iâm wrong . |
 | Forum Reply | Just back - Watford reflections at 21:48 16 Aug 2025
We have been screaming for strikers for what feels like decades . And rightly so. We have a couple of decent (not proven though so letâs not get carried away) ones at the club now . Along with Frey and Celar and Kolli too . But until we tweak this f*cking club methodology and way of playing , tweak it , not ditch it , and start creating chances for our strikers , in areas that will hurt the opposition, then Kone and Burrell might as well be Hale and Pace âŠit doesnât matter , they will all look the same . Chasing around a lot , some more than others but ultimately not really affecting the game . Itâs no coincidence. Itâs the way we play and it means we donât create enough . It really doesnât matter who is up front at the moment. Drives me nuts [Post edited 16 Aug 22:30]
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 | Forum Reply | Wat's the chances of a high scoring draw - match fred at 17:49 16 Aug 2025
Talking off kick offâŠ. What the hell is that kick into touch about l? Itâs not even hidden with any players half heartedly going for it . Even my Mrs said âwe arenât playing rugby, whatâs that ?â For me it gave a glimpse into the mindset for that first half. And as I said before , I felt slightly embarrassed. Weâre better than that ainât we ? |
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