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Madsen interview
at 18:58 15 Jul 2025

I want to like Madsen, as a player and, if not, as a man, but sweet Christ, does he need an injection of oomph! But then, when I look at somewhat comparable cultured/crafty players who've either not made it here or just done OK/blown a bit hot and cold, etc. etc. in the past, i.e. not setting the bar that high (Fillery, Osborne, Buzsaky, King, Brock, Langley - choose your own), I'm struggling to think of m/any I can remember I'd put below Madsen at this level for both creativity and industry. It's criminal to be a supposedly ballplaying midfielder and yet have so little influence (and balls) anywhere on the field. You can tell a lot from people's voices as to where their passion resides, or if they have it, and for me, listening to his interview, though I guess there's a bit of decent honesty in it, there's also a major cojones deficiency in the guy's acoustics. Even Andersen did better than him last season.

If he somehow steps up under Stephane and I have to mange mes mots, pour me a kir aperitif in wintry November and I'll gladly tuck in to my divisive lexis. But, to quote Roy Keane, your eyes don't lie to you. For me, it ain't happening.
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So what's the new song ?
at 14:48 14 Jul 2025

*sung to the tune of Robin Gibb's 'Juliet' *

Julien, oohh Julien,
The night was magique when you came in
Julien, oooh Julien
You know you taught us to fly
You take us clear to ze sky
And all za people around za world can stand aside
For me and my bebe, Julien

Fighting with destiny, fortune and fame
But kept losing
Playin' a joker's game,
Only myself I was foolin'
I was an average guy in a world of empty dreams
You've broken down all the walls with your love . . .'
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Kolli
at 14:39 14 Jul 2025

Like all our strikers then, none of whom scored a lot of goals against anyone, but especially the better sides! Why single out Kolli?

And why is the 'hype' his fault, or anything to do with him? He's just a young, talened player making his way in the game, and needs . . . games, either with us or out on loan.

His injury record is worrying, I'll agree, but everyone and everything worries me about QPR.
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So what's the new song ?
at 21:14 13 Jul 2025

'New Song' by the 80s synth wizard from High Wycombe, Howard Jones.

('Don't you crack up/Bend your brain . . .')

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What's your prediction for this season?
at 21:03 13 Jul 2025

What's your prediction for this season?


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Castellon Friendly
at 05:40 13 Jul 2025

Give me strength - again!
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Castellon Friendly
at 01:04 13 Jul 2025

On all points, how do you know?
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Castellon Friendly
at 23:34 12 Jul 2025

I don't like bullshit, or being taken for a mug - which is probably a problem for me when it comes to watching professional football. I guess you have lower standards.

Maybe try to grow up a little in pre-season, cultivate a little empathy, and think about passion can make a man grumpy?
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Castellon Friendly
at 19:28 12 Jul 2025

So he's 'disappointed' by the score, but he also 'doesn't care about the result in pre-season' as it's a 'process'? If we'd won 6-0, I'm fairly sure it wouldn't have been a 'process'. Perhaps he doesn't care about the performance either - in which case, why play the game at all? Either way, the interviewer was so unwilling to press him he might as well have been Jan Celar!

With coherence, pride and clarity like that, my buckles are well and truly swashed!

Sacre bleu!
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Marti to Leicester…maybe
at 12:06 10 Jul 2025

I was, but as usual you didn't notice.
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Marti to Leicester…maybe
at 21:33 9 Jul 2025

As Morrissey put it, everyone's offended by something/someone these days. What I find amusing here is that those who accuse me of causing offence are frequently those who clearly believe they never do. Which is offensive in itself, if you think about it.
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Following on from the dating thread……
at 21:30 9 Jul 2025

Sorry - have I time-travelled back to 1974?
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Marti to Leicester…maybe
at 18:07 9 Jul 2025

Another who conflates the poster and the point being made/contested (and laughs to himself about it, unamusingly). Meanwhile, the odd adult engages.
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Online Dating Apps (*NON QPR)
at 22:38 8 Jul 2025

People 'date' online via photos, smartphones, and snippets of personal propaganda etc, and then seem surprised when they're catfished! You couldn't really make it up, except that's the 'real (read unreal) world nowadays.

It's not a 'numbers game'. If you're look for something serious, have a little think about those cliches.

Here's a radical idea. If you want to meet a man/woman, make friendly, authentic conversation in public places, join a club or course that reflects your interests, and be your best self at all times. The best people for you will be drawn to you. After that, leave it to fate - the most powerful force in the universe. If you're still alone, you're probably supposed to be (and there's a lot to be said for it).

Alternatively, hand your life over to an algorithm, meet potentially dangerous strangers with often unstable personalities and/or terrible baggage, jump into bed/church with them, and in the meantime treat looking for a partner like you're ordering pizza toppings.
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Marti to Leicester…maybe
at 22:28 8 Jul 2025

I find your view frankly bizarre and perverse (no offence).

So our ex-manager, who was always telling how much he loved us/the club etc., sounds out alternative employment (either directly or through his representatives) and the club/our CEO is supposed to suck it up (instead of, rightly, feeling upset/ bewildered/ dishonoured)?

Instead, you somehow spin it into more evidence of CN's supposed industrial psychopathy, while bleating 'poor Marti' to anyone who'll listen!

Bizarre, as I say! Are you working for him or something?
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Marti to Leicester…maybe
at 22:24 8 Jul 2025

Eh? Didn't we sack him in effect?
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Fans Forum
at 22:23 8 Jul 2025

That's what I suspect too. People who make great emphasis on being honest and open and loving their customers etc. are usually over-compensating for my experience.
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at 18:13 8 Jul 2025

I'm as old school/old-fashioned as I've been told I am, but I am genuinely flummoxed how anytone at QPR other than the manager/coaches gets to decide what formation we play or anything else on the footballing side (and how any self-respecting coach goes along with it - I know I wouldn't)!
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The season 25-26 squad thread
at 18:09 8 Jul 2025

Right now, I see us as potentially producing some watchable approach play from midfield, but I just don't foresee that we're going to score anything like enough goals with our current crop of misfiring/injured/unproven strikers. Two more competent/cover strikers are a minmum adition to the squad for me. If we fail to manage that again, mid-table is as high as my optimism reaches.
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Source (credibility) effect
at 19:09 7 Jul 2025

I could write a book on all of this, but thankfully have better things to do. The sociological self-commentary would fill one in any event.

In the meantime, one of my apparently multiplying number tried to follow the point of your post from my allegedly indefatigable loftiwordiness until I realised there wasn't one.

Poster who has a professional/creative life (shock, horror) mentions in passing he's writing an article for context! It's utterly shameless, isn't it? With vanity like that, how one earth for I squeeze my head through my front door?

One or two noble execeptions aside: Good Faith Posting 1, Pointlessly Resentful Inverse Snobbery 6.
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