| Kolli 18:14 - Nov 1 with 48062 views | connell10 |
Is the lad dead ? |  |
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| Kolli on 16:08 - Nov 6 with 3647 views | BazzaInTheLoft |
| Kolli on 15:16 - Nov 6 by BAWHoops |
Ben Williams in the canteen with a Samurai sword |
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| Kolli (n/t) on 18:25 - Nov 6 with 3375 views | mart_Goblin |
| Kolli on 15:39 - Nov 6 by KensalT |
In that case the Head of Player Welfare should have intervened or at least followed it up when tempers had calmed to ensure that it was an isolated incident and it didn't happen again.
But if no one complained then it probably didn't go any further.
However the events as described do raise some concerns.
If the club wants to freeze a player out then I guess they are within their rights to do that, and it has certainly happened before, but that player still has the right to progress his career.
If the club aren't going to play Kolli (and break that news to him in front of all the other staff!) then they should be giving him the chance to leave at the earliest opportunity and should be helping him to do that.
If he isn't made available for loan or transfer in January and can't even get a game in the DS then he needs to get onto the PFA to get some answers from the club.
To be honest I found the way Williams (allegedly) conducted himself to be more worrying.
When Williams returned to the club it was in a new role but if you look at the blurb on the website his role is still rooted in sports science. It does not say anything about him being involved in team selection.
https://www.qpr.co.uk/news/2025/june/19/ben-williams/
If there's a medical reason why Kolli can't play then Williams is entitled to have a say.
Otherwise Williams should stay out of it.
Publicly humiliating a player in front of the staff and telling him he isn't good enough is not on.
He also undermines the manager who has the ultimate say on who does and doesn't play. |
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| Kolli on 18:27 - Nov 6 with 3369 views | BristolR |
| Kolli on 12:09 - Nov 6 by Silverfoxqpr |
It's good but not as good as 'Coconut Dwarf Assault' or 'Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of Death'. |
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| Kolli on 18:37 - Nov 6 with 3346 views | 1JD |
| Kolli on 13:31 - Nov 6 by Esox_Lucius |
James Grant (Loft flags) spoke with him before the game and part of the conversation was "So, what's going on with you?" Rayans response was "I'm fit, I'm training hard, I'm ready to play". There is nothing wrong with either his commitment, attitude or personality so one can only assume he is being unfairly punished for things outside his control. I have also spoken to him on three occasions previously and all he wants to do is play in the first team and do well, he is proud of being a QPR player and I fear nonsense such as that posted on this thread and other social media will mean we never get to see him in his prime. I started watching him when he was just fifteen playing in the U16's and was soon in the U18's because he is a very technically gifted footballer with a good football brain. Scapegoating him feels very, very wrong to me. |
I too have spoken with him on two separate occasions before he made it into the first team. He is an extremely down to earth lad, with QPR at heart. Having watched him, and the academy for over 10+ years, he is a stand-out talent in the same talent category and potential as Eze and Chair before him.
I watched both of those in the 23s and commented on here at the time we had 2 x real talents on our hands. Rayan is 100% only the 3rd player id placed in that bracket over all this time - whereby we have another top young talent coming through. No one else in the setup before or after comes close.
99% don’t ever make it as a professional footballer in the QPR academy, let alone at championship level. Rayans ceiling is premier league, and someone above Christian Nourry and sidekick Ben Williams, must step in, and sort this ego nonsense out for the good of the club. |  | | |
| Kolli on 19:37 - Nov 6 with 3195 views | Lblock |
| Kolli on 13:39 - Nov 6 by nick_hammersmith |
It's strange, as I do agree with some of the decisions made by the new CEO.
I like that we are not keeping U21 players on the books once they get past 21 if they have no chance of being near the first team. It felt like before we were just willing the youth to be successful and keeping players around just in case. Which actually hurts their careers.
I also agree that we shouldn't be picking and playing younger footballers who are actively running their contracts down.
With the information being scare to most fans, we do not know that Kolli signed a new contract fairly recently, so we can only assume he's not left out for this reason.
If it was Ben Williams declaring that Kolli won't play again in the canteen, when he has no jurisdiction on team selection that's mental! You can forgive Kolli for airing a grievance in public. I've only ever worked in TV, so I'd compare Kolli to on-air talent.
So, in my experience the talent would be allowed to blow up in this way, but if senior management did, there would and should be serious repercussions |
Quick Bazzare…. He named names!!! Get Kiers Stazi on the case and have him banged up!!! |  |
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| Kolli on 21:02 - Nov 6 with 3029 views | numptydumpty |
Crikey been reading through this thread of intrigue.
If alleged canteen incident involving BW and RK with alleged words saying you won't play for us again in front of many playing staff, whatever the background a senior member of staff saying this, that's a serious disciplinary offence in HR terms, pretty much close to dismissal unless an apology to all concerned is made.
Was Kolli against his injury treatment or had he said something to BW previously. Otherwise the words between the two make no sense. There must be more to this than is evident.
As said the lad seems a good lad and eager to learn and play.
From all I have heard, his dad has done him no favours by publicly bigging him up, when he has not as yet done anything in his career. His dad is a twit no doubt.That is a polite name for him.
Kolli absolutely should be getting minutes, and be on the bench too.
But he has been absent ever since, quite bravely in my view, was open to chatting with fans at the Coventry game
Subsequently, been metaphorically sent to Coventry by the club ever since (Pretty proud of that funny.. genius i am lol !!!
Seriously though its something that shouldn't happen, but does in all workplaces.
I dont see Kolli as some jumped up teenager at all. Think BW has acted poorly if all is true, and I know which of the two I would prefer to stay if it was a question of either or, but think BW must have some dirt on Nourry, Hoos, Amit et al ,as he got a great gig last season, failed miserably and still got another great gig this season and yet still plenty of injury setbacks in training and the guy is still in prominence.
I wasn't against him at all, but thought last season was weird that he had the position he did, considering his living arrangements and additional employments, but still was prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt but the patronising comment on the fans forum, I won't explain myself as they big biological words, as if all fans are morons, incapable of comprehensible speech, and then the comment, appreciate you all want to see your favourite players, as if we were all stuck still in needing to swap three Emlyn Hughes for one Terry Mcdermott panini cards !!!
I wish I could see this as gossip and false but got a feeling its around the mark of what happened, and if a few on here are ITK of the events and other inside knowledge, it could explain why Rayan has been frozen out.
Tbh, if the club are talking about transparency then please can we have answers around this, because it currently is producing an Odour that is not palletable and we wish to know the circumstances for Rayan.
Is he going to play or has BW injured the young man in the treatment room irreparably???
At least, it gives us a chance not to focus on how cr*p, we have been in the last few days !!!!. [Post edited 6 Nov 21:07]
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| Kolli on 14:52 - Nov 7 with 2474 views | Match82 |
| Kolli on 14:44 - Nov 6 by Hunterhoop |
I’d heard the new Head of Player Welfare (I think that is the title) was in the canteen when it happened!! |
To be fair, aren't the head of welfare, head of methodology, head of strategy, head of analytics, head of youth, head of not youth and head of broccoli all Nourry? |  | | |
| Kolli on 15:45 - Nov 7 with 2375 views | kensalriser |
Whatever the truth, it all sounds highly unprofessional and (aside from the bullying angle) recklessly negligent to destroy the value of one of our better youngsters. |  |
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| Kolli on 15:57 - Nov 7 with 2337 views | daveB |
It should be pointed out Ben Williams isn't a fitness coach at the club, his new job title upon return is Director of Sporting Operations which is pretty much Director of football role
he has a lot more power and control at the club than I think people realise with hardly any of the scrutiny that people who have had that role before enjoyed |  | | |
| Kolli on 16:11 - Nov 7 with 2293 views | mart_Goblin |
| Kolli on 15:57 - Nov 7 by daveB |
It should be pointed out Ben Williams isn't a fitness coach at the club, his new job title upon return is Director of Sporting Operations which is pretty much Director of football role
he has a lot more power and control at the club than I think people realise with hardly any of the scrutiny that people who have had that role before enjoyed |
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| Kolli on 16:23 - Nov 7 with 2239 views | KensalT |
| Kolli on 15:57 - Nov 7 by daveB |
It should be pointed out Ben Williams isn't a fitness coach at the club, his new job title upon return is Director of Sporting Operations which is pretty much Director of football role
he has a lot more power and control at the club than I think people realise with hardly any of the scrutiny that people who have had that role before enjoyed |
I'm not saying you're wrong about Williams and the power he wields but when he returned to the club Nourry described his new role as still being rooted in sports science. There was nothing about Williams being de facto Director of Football or having anything like that much authority.
If that really is how things are then:
1. What are his qualifications and experience for the role?
2. Why wasn't this spelt out at the Fans Forum and what does it say about the club that someone with that level of seniority could put in such a half-arsed and disinterested looking performance that evening?
3. What (if any) input is he having on player recruitment?
4. If he believes publicly humiliating a junior player is acceptable then are there any other disciplinary techniques he might have picked up in the army being used at the club?
(That last one might seem a bit OTT but in the context of how Williams is alleged to have treated Kolli I think it becomes a fair question)
https://www.qpr.co.uk/news/2025/june/19/ben-williams/
CEO Christian Nourry said: “I’m delighted Ben is in a position to return to the football club in a full-time capacity.
“In a sport and a league that is becoming more competitive than ever, this role will allow Ben to continue to oversee our sports science and medical departments whilst also strategising on how we can put our staff and athletes in the best possible conditions to succeed by curating and maintaining a high-performance environment at our TSG Training Centre and MATRADE Loftus Road.
“Ben will also have an eye on the medium term in supporting the design of infrastructure projects that the club may wish to embark upon.” [Post edited 7 Nov 16:32]
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| Kolli on 16:42 - Nov 7 with 2161 views | aston_hoop |
Fck sake Ben Williams, Kolli is one of my favourite players and I want to see him play |  |
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| Kolli on 18:18 - Nov 7 with 2014 views | daveB |
| Kolli on 16:23 - Nov 7 by KensalT |
I'm not saying you're wrong about Williams and the power he wields but when he returned to the club Nourry described his new role as still being rooted in sports science. There was nothing about Williams being de facto Director of Football or having anything like that much authority.
If that really is how things are then:
1. What are his qualifications and experience for the role?
2. Why wasn't this spelt out at the Fans Forum and what does it say about the club that someone with that level of seniority could put in such a half-arsed and disinterested looking performance that evening?
3. What (if any) input is he having on player recruitment?
4. If he believes publicly humiliating a junior player is acceptable then are there any other disciplinary techniques he might have picked up in the army being used at the club?
(That last one might seem a bit OTT but in the context of how Williams is alleged to have treated Kolli I think it becomes a fair question)
https://www.qpr.co.uk/news/2025/june/19/ben-williams/
CEO Christian Nourry said: “I’m delighted Ben is in a position to return to the football club in a full-time capacity.
“In a sport and a league that is becoming more competitive than ever, this role will allow Ben to continue to oversee our sports science and medical departments whilst also strategising on how we can put our staff and athletes in the best possible conditions to succeed by curating and maintaining a high-performance environment at our TSG Training Centre and MATRADE Loftus Road.
“Ben will also have an eye on the medium term in supporting the design of infrastructure projects that the club may wish to embark upon.” [Post edited 7 Nov 16:32]
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i'm sure his role is rooted in Sports Science, but his job title is Head of Sporting Operations which suggests a much broader range than what he was doing before.
I'm not saying thats a good or bad thing really but it does seem to have gone under the radar a bit | | | |
| Kolli on 18:26 - Nov 7 with 1989 views | KensalT |
| Kolli on 18:18 - Nov 7 by daveB |
i'm sure his role is rooted in Sports Science, but his job title is Head of Sporting Operations which suggests a much broader range than what he was doing before.
I'm not saying thats a good or bad thing really but it does seem to have gone under the radar a bit |
Must admit that I had missed that.
And given that QPR only play one sport it does sound like he's Director of Football! | | | |
| Kolli on 20:05 - Nov 7 with 1784 views | Wegerles_Stairs |
Shouldn't he be Director of Cycling? | | | |
| Kolli on 21:24 - Nov 7 with 1696 views | KensalT |
| Kolli on 20:05 - Nov 7 by Wegerles_Stairs |
Shouldn't he be Director of Cycling? |
Some football clubs in Europe also have a basketball team.
Maybe Nourry thinks the Hoops brand would be too good an opportunity to miss.
Williams has a whole season of phoning it in from a different continent on his CV for that one. He's practically over qualified compared to some of our senior executives. | | | |
| Kolli on 21:39 - Nov 7 with 1634 views | wombat |
| Kolli on 21:24 - Nov 7 by KensalT |
Some football clubs in Europe also have a basketball team.
Maybe Nourry thinks the Hoops brand would be too good an opportunity to miss.
Williams has a whole season of phoning it in from a different continent on his CV for that one. He's practically over qualified compared to some of our senior executives. |
So if that is the case we have two very senior figures in charge of most of the football with bugger ll experience in football , only at rangers ! |  |
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| Kolli on 22:15 - Nov 7 with 1557 views | 7374Ranger |
| Kolli on 21:39 - Nov 7 by wombat |
So if that is the case we have two very senior figures in charge of most of the football with bugger ll experience in football , only at rangers ! |
Totally nuts.
If only Rueben knew more about football or at least had contacts that do, then he could appoint someone else to run the club that he is spending millions on each year.
Kolli should often be be in the matchday squad and Stephan should be the one to decide who plays. I think he should be insisting on this . | | | |
| Kolli on 22:42 - Nov 7 with 1509 views | PlanetHonneywood |
| Kolli on 20:05 - Nov 7 by Wegerles_Stairs |
Shouldn't he be Director of Cycling? |
Think you'll find that's one of Nourry's roles. |  |
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| Kolli on 22:54 - Nov 7 with 1491 views | mart_Goblin |
Not sure if the altercation they had some weeks ago now is relevant to what’s happening regarding Kolli’s non selection , but something is a miss for sure.
I don’t think Kolli should be starting games for us, but he’s done enough to be on the bench occasionally.
I mean , that Norwich game last season alone suggested that if you play him up front he has an eye for goal .
His crowd interaction after Cov seems to have rubbed certain people up the wrong way .
I also noticed that home game against Millwall he warmed up continuously throughout the second half . Continued even when we had no more subs to make which is a little odd and even when the ref blew for full time , he continued to sprint up and down the touch line for a short time.
Maybe these are little shows of petulance ? I’m totally guessing, but if they are I wonder if it’s again, rubbing certain people up the wrong way .
But we know Esquerdinha has showed petulance on social media , yet he plays , albeit in more peculiar circumstances.
We also know that the CEO stopped Marti playing him before .
Why couldn’t it happen again?
Starts the first game of last season then banished to the youth team club photo only a couple of weeks later ?
It’s unprofessional and appears to be hugely influenced by the enormous egos of the young middle class men we have at the front and centre of our football club right now.
The length of these continuous threads about Kolli are not really about him , so much as they are about the way ‘the club’ seems to be treating a young asset who I think has something different to offer . | | | |
| Kolli on 23:37 - Nov 7 with 1401 views | connell10 |
| Kolli on 16:42 - Nov 7 by aston_hoop |
Fck sake Ben Williams, Kolli is one of my favourite players and I want to see him play |
Fck sake Ben Williams just fck off, sporting quacks are 10 a penny , whereas young talent at Rangers is extremely rare. | |
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| Kolli on 23:40 - Nov 7 with 1393 views | Hunterhoop |
| Kolli on 22:54 - Nov 7 by mart_Goblin |
Not sure if the altercation they had some weeks ago now is relevant to what’s happening regarding Kolli’s non selection , but something is a miss for sure.
I don’t think Kolli should be starting games for us, but he’s done enough to be on the bench occasionally.
I mean , that Norwich game last season alone suggested that if you play him up front he has an eye for goal .
His crowd interaction after Cov seems to have rubbed certain people up the wrong way .
I also noticed that home game against Millwall he warmed up continuously throughout the second half . Continued even when we had no more subs to make which is a little odd and even when the ref blew for full time , he continued to sprint up and down the touch line for a short time.
Maybe these are little shows of petulance ? I’m totally guessing, but if they are I wonder if it’s again, rubbing certain people up the wrong way .
But we know Esquerdinha has showed petulance on social media , yet he plays , albeit in more peculiar circumstances.
We also know that the CEO stopped Marti playing him before .
Why couldn’t it happen again?
Starts the first game of last season then banished to the youth team club photo only a couple of weeks later ?
It’s unprofessional and appears to be hugely influenced by the enormous egos of the young middle class men we have at the front and centre of our football club right now.
The length of these continuous threads about Kolli are not really about him , so much as they are about the way ‘the club’ seems to be treating a young asset who I think has something different to offer . |
Not sure “Middle class” is entirely accurate, Mart.
I am genuinely astounded that anyone in a senior role would let their own ego diminish the value of an asset, weaken the overall quality and depth of the team, and ultimately potentially harm the thing they are accountable for. It’s proper cutting nose off to spite face. |  | | |
| Kolli on 23:59 - Nov 7 with 1354 views | queensparker |
Where I sit in Ellerslie there was a time when youth team players used to sit behind us for games, and Kolli was one of them (he had the hair even then so you couldn't really miss him)
Even as a young kid watching the games he came across as passionate and part of the club and a leader of his contemporaries. Also opinionated about a few players but IMO you want that in a good young kid and I'm not going to grass him up on what he said.
Bombing him out is a real shame, as others have said he feels like a potential part of the Eze/Chair/Adel history and it looks like we're abandoning a genuine youth product for politics [Post edited 8 Nov 0:00]
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| Kolli on 06:40 - Nov 8 with 1136 views | JamesB1979 |
If this Williams story has any kind of truth in it, then he should go, that’s ridiculous. Why is he even a voice that matters? Surely it’s JS and then some of the coaches. Not the glorified physio….. no offence to physios. I had always assumed that Williams role wasn’t that important and had been overinflated. He came across as a bit of a dick at the forum. Always some issue at Rangers. | | | |
| Kolli on 06:44 - Nov 8 with 1131 views | PlanetHonneywood |
| Kolli on 23:59 - Nov 7 by queensparker |
Where I sit in Ellerslie there was a time when youth team players used to sit behind us for games, and Kolli was one of them (he had the hair even then so you couldn't really miss him)
Even as a young kid watching the games he came across as passionate and part of the club and a leader of his contemporaries. Also opinionated about a few players but IMO you want that in a good young kid and I'm not going to grass him up on what he said.
Bombing him out is a real shame, as others have said he feels like a potential part of the Eze/Chair/Adel history and it looks like we're abandoning a genuine youth product for politics [Post edited 8 Nov 0:00]
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Footballers as with any other profession, have opinions about their colleagues. The real issue, is whether you can put them aside for the greater good.
Quite frankly, I am sure Kolli's views on whomever it was, are probably in accord with the majority on here! | |
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