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Reply | Live at Trellick Tower
at 16:09 17 Sep 2025
Listen to a lot of Robert Elms. He sold up his house in Camden a while back to move into a flat in the Barbican.
He properly eulogises living in a tower block. I didn't like it one bit. Communal areas were dirty and poorly maintained. What I remember most were the tiny red ants that lived in the concrete |
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Reply | An exciting group of players
at 15:11 15 Sep 2025
I'm worried that we have created some mental contracts, where payrises will be handed out in years two and three of the contracts.
Didn't we do something similar for Frey last year to squeeze under P&S rules?
As a side note, I read Conor Coady is on £70k a week at Wrexham, even with all their extra income how do they work that out? |
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Reply | Worst flight / service / food etc on a plane?
at 15:07 15 Sep 2025
Landed at Lukla once in Nepal. Didn't find out until years later that its the most dangerous airport landing in the world!
Although I thought takeoff was more scary, as its like being in a lift with the cable cut |
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Reply | Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh
at 14:41 12 Sep 2025
100%
for what its worth, even if Les was an appointment to appease fans and didn't know what he was doing he ended up with a pretty tough job!
That dressing room was known to be toxic, players contracts all over the place.
Footballers on mega contracts happy to play in the reserves.
This did all get sorted out from what I could see on the outside. |
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Reply | Julien Stéphan talks dreams, transfers, and that Coventry game – Interview
at 13:16 11 Sep 2025
Well done Clive, the fact that you are worried about how you ask these questions prove that you are the right type of person to do this.
On the Hayden signing, I'm not convinced it was a reaction to the 7-1 and a change of tactics. I think it was probably linked to Colback dropping off the payroll freeing up the budget to cover him. As a like for swap it makes more sense. Almost like that old "homegrown" players rule for the CL. QPR's game model allows for three older pro's in the team (or similar).
Personally I'd still prefer three or four Kieran Morgan type signings for the same wages, as there is always a chance one of those prospects could be a great player. |
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Reply | Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh
at 10:31 11 Sep 2025
I feel bad re-reading some of my comments.
I thought Charlie was a great player first time around. Couldn't believe we managed to sign him and thought he was one of the most natural goal scorers we had for many years.
I loved seeing that Soccer am video of his training, I think it showed how hard he worked. As he mentioned he would play through injury, remember seeing how much strapping he used to have on his shoulder.
It never sat well with me how he left the first time. He and the club let the contract run down and Southampton got one of the best English strikers on the cheap. A similar move to Manning and others...
When he came back on loan he was great, and as everyone mentions kept us up, seemed to mentor Dykes and get a tune out of him.
Once that deal was perm he and Johanson dropped off a cliff.
I never linked this with money before, but after listening to that maybe it was?
Anyway, I'm sad he didn't like Les. I'd hoped there would be some bond there, where Les might impart wisdom into other players, especially #9's who he should understand the most. I thought that assuming he was retired was perfectly fair, but I wasn't in the room so I don't know how it was discussed.
Anyway, good luck Charlie, loved that little interview with Kone. Its a shame that you didn't get the same from Les, who also had a similar journey and could have given a younger Charlie similar advice.
Les also played a season too many (didn't he finish at Bolton?) ;D |
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Reply | Football's Financial Shame (BBC Documentary)
at 17:07 10 Sep 2025
Did you notice how many of the ex-players had done podcasts like Undr The Cosh?
I missed the start, what was the jump in point for these players? Were they trying to invest their wages to reduce their tax?
Always think its weird the way footballers would spend their money. Someone would come to the training ground to sell them watches or a car.
-- like they can't go to an actual shop! |
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Reply | Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh
at 16:56 10 Sep 2025
I 100% understand how that goalkeeper injured him. I imagine even Craig Bellamy would have found him a bit too chippy |
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Reply | Charlie Austen on Under the Cosh
at 16:48 10 Sep 2025
There is a difference if you love your job. Otherwise, who would work in the NHS, or for charity? |
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Reply | Charlie Austen on Under the Cosh
at 21:54 9 Sep 2025
Yeah, it was probably a fair shout. Charlie mk2 looked semi retired, as he and Johanson saw out the last few months of their contracts. Same with Nedum, who was outraged by the offer from QPR, then had to drop to Canada to beat it |
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Reply | Charlie Austen on Under the Cosh
at 16:07 9 Sep 2025
100%
Very shocked to hear that all the players got weighed in under Warburton, it seems like bonuses drove that great finish to the season.
Reinforces my belief that a lot of players are only interested in days off and money |
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Reply | Quick question for any HR experts
at 16:05 9 Sep 2025
I reckon they are covered if they said it would be in September payroll and you finished in August payroll.
Morally you deserve it, as you were employed at the time they noticed the pay gap.
Maybe a case for a tribunal, if they are a large company they might sh!t it and pay you up without you having to do anything |
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Reply | Have you ever caught the ball at a game?
at 10:52 4 Sep 2025
I remember Ray Wilkins making a tackle and sending the ball into Ellerslie right into someone's face.
It must have been near HT, as he came back out again to speak to the person later.
I think he gave them something to say sorry.
What a nice person he was, I know everyone says it! |
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Thread | Odemwingie - Undr The Cosh
at 13:34 3 Sep 2025
Another QPR related episode.
We got to hear the other side of the Odemwingie saga.
Sounds like he was messed around by 'Arry quelle suprise
-- but mostly agent related nonsense.
Can't help but think we dodged a bullet though, another player on big wages with the best parts of his career behind him.
Came across better than I thought though, I thought he was more of a Diouf character before that |
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Reply | The box-to-box 8
at 10:18 3 Sep 2025
The only positive thing he did was to bring in the mentality coach after the club went on a massive slump and looked like they wouldn't even make the playoffs
-- With, as you rightly say, the most expensive squad assigned to the Champ ever.
Wasn't this the same team that caused us all the FFP problems in the first place?
Embarrassing, that team should have had over 100 points easy |
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Reply | Taylor Richards gone…thank god.
at 18:35 2 Sep 2025
Why do you think Colback has the inside scoop on the details of negotiating Richards early release from his contract? |
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