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Reply | Kone
at 05:30 2 Jan 2026
So you'd drop the Champ's third top scorer, who might hit double figures against Wednesday, to nurture a peripheral, if promising striker who doesn't look nearly quick, clever, or clinical enough for this division - or at least not for several weeks now?
Your other point about our system is a serious one, however. 4-4-2 just isn't working for us right now, so I think Stephan has to change it. On that basis, I wouldn't be averse to trying it with Kone up top and Burrell benched for the rest it looks like he needs. Chair should then be accommodated as a roving 10 as soon as he's fit, which would also keep Varane out. |
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Reply | Kone
at 03:32 2 Jan 2026
And you're the boring one that doesn't! [Post edited 2 Jan 5:24]
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Reply | Gaffer on today's defeat
at 02:24 2 Jan 2026
It's called standards - I grew up on excellence at QPR.
If you prefer mediocrity, good luck! |
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Reply | Gaffer on today's defeat
at 01:37 2 Jan 2026
Whatever else Julien is, he's not exactly a visionary, is he?
TV and Dave Sexton will be turning in their graves. |
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Reply | Gaffer on today's defeat
at 23:19 1 Jan 2026
I'm a sucker for two up front (Stainrod/Flanagan and Allen, Allen and Goddard, Byrne and Bannister - sigh) - just not our two, I'm afraid! |
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Reply | Kone
at 23:17 1 Jan 2026
Strikers don't have to have pace to excel in the Champ or even PL - look at Charlie Austin! They just need to be good players. |
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Reply | Kone
at 23:15 1 Jan 2026
Thanks for the latest parody! |
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Reply | Jaded, disjointed, and the management team
at 21:59 1 Jan 2026
No, that's all very well expressed, and you're right, of course. These players lack what Gerry Francis called footballing intelligence - as well as everything else.
Allow me to modify my previous, probably unbalanced position, in light of your post:
The manager and players are as bad as each other. [Post edited 1 Jan 23:13]
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Reply | Smyth
at 21:54 1 Jan 2026
Why didn't he just swap wings with Dembele for a bit? He/we couldn't have done any worse! |
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Reply | Gaffer on today's defeat
at 21:44 1 Jan 2026
Nail on head with Xmas glitter all over it!
Like that of his players, the manager's performance seems to be seriously on the wane.
He and we need an abolsutely stonking 90 mins performance against Wednesday. Not 45. Or 25. No excuses. They lost 3-0 at Preston today. We should be absolutely burying them.
If I see Bannan being given the freedom of HQ to ping it around (and probably engineer the winner again), JS can take the first Ryanair flight back to France. [Post edited 1 Jan 21:48]
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Reply | Gaffer on today's defeat
at 21:37 1 Jan 2026
So why even bother with going through the charade of post-match interviews/pressers at all and asking him semi-intelligent questions?
I'm sure you're right though - saying something honest, clear, and authentic like, I don't know, 'We may have to change it in games sometimes by putting an extra body into midfield and creating a 10 when it's not sticking to our top two - but it was hard to do that today, as we don't have Ilias to call on. It's my job to work it out with the players, though, as we really let our fans down today, and they deserve so much better from all of us. I'll be thinking carefully about our approach to the Wednesday game, and making every moment we have count in our preparation. Without disrespecting them, we really have to be looking them to put to the sword, given their record this season, and, thinking of last time out, we especially need to come up with a cunning plan to deal with Mr Bannan', would surely give all our opponents all kinds of tools to relegate us and make us all feel much worse. [Post edited 1 Jan 21:42]
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Reply | Smyth
at 21:23 1 Jan 2026
You'd think that's so basic the coaches would be getting the message to the players after 15 minutes, wouldn't you? Obviously, they're idle too - or just stupid. |
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Reply | Kone
at 21:21 1 Jan 2026
I'm not sure. I've seen him miss some really good chances this season, both with head and boot. Whether it's specialist coaching he needs, or the whole team set-up (and how he's serviced/not serviced) needs looking at, or both, or something else, I'm not sure, but JS is paid to work it out - and it's just one of the many things he's failing at right now.
Right now, Kone's regressing as a player, and his value's if anything decreasing. Once again, if you're the Board, you can't be happy with that. |
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Reply | Is anyone else feeling a bit depressed this evening?
at 21:16 1 Jan 2026
I'm one who can empathise, man. This afternoon was a real downer.
Personally, I'm like most fans, I suspect - I mainly want to see our players play for the badge, with heart and passion, in a shape and set-up that, at least some of the time, works in a way I can make some kind of sense of, backed up by a professional coaching set-up that gets the club, gets the Champ, and doesn't insult the intelligence of fans. Basically, that's right, a professional football club.
Clearly, I'm delusional.
I've watched QPR for half a century now (and it felt like today's game aged me another half), and I don't think I'm (that) stupid.
What do I get instead? A team that you don't know what you'll get from from one game, and even one half, to the next, phones it in when it's a bit cold or they're north of Watford (or just at Watford), and a manager who shrugs his shoulders and smiles professionally while showing a complete inability to change things proactively in a game that aren't working or tell us what he's going to be working on to improve things. And, if it needs to be said again, the constant special pleading, now embedded to a point of perverse organisational pride and deliberate downward management, about too many games, too much travelling, the wrong travelling at the wrong times, plus (just to make it clear to us how unimportant we truly are to them) misinformation and/or no information about injuries (don't get me started on JCS) and contracts etc.
All of which is why, if I still lived in the UK and could watch them more than now and then in the flesh, I'd be picking my games very carefully, and at least some of the time voting with my feet.
If I had to compare QPR to a woman, I'd describe her as someone I'm still reluctantly in love with, but who as often as not makes me feel worse about myself, because she just doesn't give it back and may well be mentally ill. [Post edited 1 Jan 21:56]
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Thread | Kone
at 20:51 1 Jan 2026
He's not doing it, is he?
Is he up to it?
If not, where do he/we go from here? |
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Thread | Smyth
at 20:49 1 Jan 2026
I'm a confirmed fan of Smythy, but, seriously, what the f*ck was that first-half? He might have been on his 'wrong' side', but I was hardly even aware he was playing till he was subbed off.
If that's what signing a new contract does to you, Paul, perhaps we should tear it up now? [Post edited 1 Jan 20:50]
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Reply | Norwich Reflection
at 20:47 1 Jan 2026
A sh*tshow on the pitch and clueless manager in the dugout, as he showed in his post-match interview. How can virtually every player be so sub-par? It's professionally incredible.
What a way to see in 2026 - thanks for nothing, Rangers! I've got a hangover, and I haven't even had a drink. |
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