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Reply | Eze watch - Cup Final
at 08:51 25 May 2025
To save starting a new Eze thread, just located the most recent one to say he's now being linked with Bayern as they lost out to Liverpool on Wirtz.
Would love to see him play with a big European club rather than one of the usual PL suspects. |
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Reply | The season 25-26 squad thread
at 22:01 20 May 2025
Thought I'd edit this with an update and add players as they're signed / extended so we have an at a glance view of the squad as it mutates through the summer... |
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Reply | Spurs v Man Utd Europa League Final
at 08:32 15 May 2025
Crazy that after such abysmal seasons, one of them will get rewarded with CL riches...but gotta be Spurs for me, as you know they'll still go on being Spursy and won't build on it...but equally I find all the "how long since they won a trophy" stuff boring, so stops that.
The United car crash is hilarious, Ratcliffe / Ineos only making it worse - the thought of them not in any form of european competition whatsoever, and thus any player worth their salt who's even on the fringes of 'elite' not wanting to join them is just delicious. Especially if their rejects continue to flourish, eg McTominay gets to win Serie A, Rashford gets a move to a CL club, and even Antony, not a likeable character I grant you, looks like playing Europa League next season. |
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Reply | Trent Alexander Arnold being booed
at 16:56 13 May 2025
Every fanbase has a vocal minority who boo / single out certain players for abuse, for all manner of often quite tenuous reasons...always have, always will.
I still cringe when I think back to the Loft singing "Sealy must go!" at Tony Sealy. Just imagine how that must make you feel. Was chuffed when he shoved it down the boo boys' throats as top scorer in the following promotion season. All manner of other decent Rangers players (personality-wise as well as football-wise) have received unmerited stick but managed to turn it round - Furlong, Barker, Leach etc
Trent, albeit it at a far higher profile / level, has arguably "done a Manning / BOS / Willock" - suspect it's as simple as LFC fans wishing he'd "done a Cook / Eze". Cunha at Wolves and Murillo at Forest could well both go this summer, but signed mid-season extensions so their club didn't feel shafted - so it can be done.
Never feel comfortable witnessing a public pile on onto a certain fanbase / club / city. Every fanbase / club / city has all sorts under its umbrella - the bigger the fanbase / club / city, the more they'll have of everything - including those who boo or act in what could be construed to be an entitled manner.
We have all sorts on this board, which in turn, as is often pointed out, has a far different spread of opinions to QPR Twitter. Just can't tar all with the same brush anywhere. |
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Reply | Players who you thought would be brilliant but ended up being bang average !!!
at 07:01 13 May 2025
Blimey, half a team's worth in Ollie's first spell - must admit I was never convinced by Oli and Bean, but seriously thought Donnelly, Burgess, Baidoo, Pacquette, Bailey, Kanyuka, Murphy and one not mentioned yet, Wes Daly, had serious potential.
And Adam Miller - not homegrown, but we signed him young from non-league. |
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Reply | cook extension official ✅
at 06:47 13 May 2025
"That’s a lot of wages tied up on players that won’t play the majority of games..."
...and that's a lot of assumptions about likely appearances tied up in one post. Understandable caution / cynicism re JCS, but Cook's record over the years is solid. |
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Reply | Jimmy Dunne
at 12:48 8 May 2025
CharlieB's thread is like the Jason & Uncle Bryn's Fishing Trip of LFW - we must never speak of it again...but awkward silences will always ensue when someone accidentally references it. |
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Reply | Jimmy Dunne
at 11:43 6 May 2025
...I'm also not convinced he sees himself as a right back so that's something else he'll be factoring in...and whoever the new manager may be, with Morrison and JCS tied down contractually and rumours re a Cook extension, he's far from guaranteed as a starting CB if he re-signs with us. |
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Reply | A couple of your favourite games 24/25
at 07:32 6 May 2025
Sheff U away, for the way we turned it round after being mullered in the first half, for the excitement Dembele and Saito brought to the table, for equalising when the sending off looked like it had finally put paid to our stirring second half comeback, for Lyndon signing off with such an uncharacteristically classy strike...all against promotion favourites whom we'd gifted a two goal lead...and while the sun was still shining and hope was still high.
Luton away for all the reasons others have said...again early enough for the hope to still be high; and before we realised Luton were a bit $hit. |
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Reply | Rangers read the room, finish on a high at Sunderland - Report
at 07:25 6 May 2025
The bar raised yet again this season Norf, an unimpeachable season's worth of high quality writing - reports, previews, oppo analyses, the hilarious awaydays - the standard never slipping. The journalistic gods' answer to the AI scourge.
Enjoy the well earned break...after the squad ratings, obvs. |
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Reply | Season perspectives
at 14:56 5 May 2025
That’s all fine & reasonable Ned, no problems with any of that.
But my point was lassel did give us a back story and an indication where he got his info from. We could then each decide if we thought, plausible or bollox.
This is what Charlie has thus far avoided doing. |
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Reply | Season perspectives
at 12:18 5 May 2025
By a similar token...if we ask a question about the (new) claims in your op, can't we expect an answer, instead of deflection?
The likes of Clive, Dave Thomas, the WLS guys etc have got track records, journalistic nous, experience...they've earned trust & respect, they can show their receipts.
Tbh all new posters giving it the ITK schtick get questioned in a pretty full on manner. How they respond quickly determines whether it gets more full on or not- - eg lassel got a fair bit of stick initially, but when, after a while, he did hint at a reliable source, was cut a lot more slack.
You present your op as just some out loud musings, then drop your ITK bombshells, and think you'll just get an, 'ok mate, carry on...' |
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Reply | Season perspectives
at 08:20 5 May 2025
Ok, I'll try the benefit of the doubt approach.
"I do hear and read stuff but no more than most of you..." - can you please then share with those of us who haven't heard that Cifuentes "wasn't well liked behind the scenes" and that the Ben Williams situation is being sorted, where you heard this.
We can then make our own judgments and quietly move on.
They were two statements that jumped out from your opening post, and over however many pages we're at now, with however many posts from your good self, you've not added any clarification on those points. |
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Reply | the mythical 20 goal a season striker
at 07:12 5 May 2025
Norwich had two of the Top 5 and finished one point ahead of us.
Sharing them out's the name of the game these days, imho.
Look at Frey & Kolli's goals per minutes played ratios, both would have been double figures had they stayed fit / played more. Chair usually good for 7 or 8 a season if fit, he's also our main assister - his absence was keenly felt. |
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Reply | Season perspectives
at 22:08 4 May 2025
Thing is Ned, you said we shouldn't all pile on asking Chazza the same questions re where he got his (ahem) intel from - but after several pages,for all his many ongoing thread contributions which go from sarky to hurt to 'bantz' and back again...he stii hasn't told us how he "heard" that Marti "wasn’t well-liked behind the scenes either. Stubborn, slow to adapt, quick to deflect when things went wrong – and very happy to take the praise when they didn’t"; and where / how he "heard that’s now been addressed for next season, which is good news" ref the Ben Williams farce.
So people don't feel inclined to give it a rest until he does so. At least the likes of lassel give some idea as to where they've got their info from.
So whether he's a genuine fan, a QBlockPete style stooge or someone who just fancied spending his Sunday doing a massive wind up - he's asking for grief. |
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