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Jimmy Dunne
at 22:13 21 Dec 2024

He's not the new Alan McDonald by a long shot but...he is the closest we have to him in the current team by far.
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Out Of Contract
at 14:39 20 Dec 2024

Fingers crossed we can give him enough practise catching good crosses on the training pitch!!

Whenever someone directly mentions my username on here it makes me think I really ought to change the same name I've used since joining as a 15yo in the early noughties Rivals days haha.
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Out Of Contract
at 11:19 20 Dec 2024

It's really interesting how different opinions we can all have - and I have a general respect for so many of your opinions.

For me Nardi has been a breath of fresh air in goal. On games played so far looks like the least rick prone keeper we have had in years. A very different keeper to Dieng but really struggling to think of goals that have come about because of his poor ability - beyond perhaps one of the West Brom ones on day one. We've let a lot of goals in but not sure we can place many at his feet.

Looks a genuinely excellenet Champ level keeper to me.
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Out Of Contract
at 08:58 20 Dec 2024

I would love to keep Cook purely because as a, not very good, defender myself in previous days I love watching someone who just knows how to do it. Sitting by the goal this year it is genuinely a joy watching his positional play and awareness of when a team mate might be in trouble - and still has ample pace to get across to cover at short notice. It must be doing Morrison's development wonders playing alongside him at the moment - though of course if JCS ever gets fit again you'd ideally be playing him and Morrison as a longer term option.

Not keeping someone like Dunne who provides cover, and one of our bigger attacking threats wouldn't make sense to me. He's a wonderful ambassador for the club compared to some of the eejits that have worn the Hoops.

There's clearly a lot of talent with Kolli and would like to see him stay. Has shown he may have more goal threat than any other forwards who have flattered to deceive in that role over the years. I wouldn't begrudge Chair a move - have felt like that for two years though as he has fully carried the team for extended periods and deserves a chance to play in a better side imo. His moment may have passed however - he seems settled in London and no real desire to move but always thought his game might suit the Spanish league.

Paal - it is a shame how it seems to be working out. We'll miss the Paal before this season - as we saw with Bidwell, don't knock a solid 6 sometimes 7 out of 10 player.

Fox, Colback, Anderson and Frey is a big cheerio from me.
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Most dramatic fall
at 08:10 18 Dec 2024

It was quite serious mental health issues with Diakite wasn't it?

Clive did a good piece on him on a match preview last year - not the Daily Mail stuff but witch doctors and general struggles with reality.

Pretty sure someone on here bumped into him at a game at Loftus Road a couple years ago and he said he still comes to watch when he is in London? Strange, strange player.
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Best Sports Films
at 17:56 13 Dec 2024

Friday Night Lights is a sports movie I genuinely enjoyed. The TV series is also pretty decent.

Also thought King Richard was a great film!
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Paul Nardi
at 10:05 13 Dec 2024

He looks to be a superb keeper and a great example of the scouting Europe model working.

For my money he is a better keeper on what we have seen then Seny Dieng is. How many mistakes has he made leading to goals this year? Very few. Seny is definitely not a rick-less keeper - and has let a few soft goals in for Boro this year already from what we've seen. I'd only really rank Seny as the better keeper in terms of playing out from the back based on the first few months of the reign of Nardi. His kicking is a little dodgy let's be fair.
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Joe Gelhardt of Leeds United
at 10:02 13 Dec 2024

6 goals in 84 career appearances to date according to Wiki?

We've got our own strikers that don't score thanks.
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4 Clean sheets in a row
at 00:00 12 Dec 2024

Can't see him making at Newcastle if he's wearing gloves on a mild December night in London!
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Chair
at 18:18 10 Dec 2024

The club have an option on Chair's contract so he is effectively under contract to Summer 2026 tbf.
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Chair
at 11:56 8 Dec 2024

I don't disagree that Chair goes straight back in the team.

Not so much yesterday but away at Watford there were a few moments where we got great opportunities and I thought that it wouldn't have happened if he'd been on the pitch as it was based on winning the ball and playing quick, incisive balls forward which is not one Ilias's fortes as a player. Of course he'd likely have created other different opportunities had he been playing.

In the current team we do seem to have players (at least in the last two games) who will make those quick darts forward that have been sorely lacking in recent years. It will be interesting to see if he can play a little quicker within this system.
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Madsen today
at 11:28 8 Dec 2024

In his ITV interview Jimmy mentioned that a player sat in house house for four hours this week while a plumbing issue was being sorted out - to help him as he couldn't be there with his personal difficulties. Mentioned it was Nicolas that did that so presuming he meant Madsen - which is at least a sign he's a good bloke.

Be interesting if we wound up playing Kolli up top, with Chair, Dembele and Saito behind him at some point this year. Would surely be the shortest ever frontline if it did come about.
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Madsen today
at 19:46 7 Dec 2024

He's definitely noticeably quicker over 5-10 yards and getting stuck in a lot more.

Could do without his attempts to play clever flicks in our own half though - get us into trouble more often than not.

Clearly is some talent in there and the best option there. Feel optimistic about him.
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QPR v Naaaarwich Match Thread
at 18:42 6 Dec 2024

Given my track record in the prediction league I have gone for a Norwich win which means a guaranteed three points for the Rs
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Domo origato Mr Saito
at 06:46 3 Dec 2024

I really enjoy watching him - and his lack of end product is rather more to our finishing ability really isn't it.

He's out of contract at Lommel at the end of the season isn't he - so a contractual free for all? I imagine there'll be suitors aplenty but would love him here permanently. Big if re: our staying up in there of course.
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Villains Who’ve Supported QPR
at 17:46 2 Dec 2024

Dunno about him being an R but I grew up over the park from Melrose Avenue where the first bunch of his murders were and my parents knew him to say hello from Labour party meetings in the late 70s/early 80s.
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Where Are They Now?
at 15:18 29 Nov 2024

Gavin Peacock is up there with David Icke for me. Absolute lunatic.
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Fat Frank
at 11:59 29 Nov 2024

Crazy decision.

Their owner said he knows what it takes to be successful in this division but he never played in it (admittedly for being far too good) and couldn't get a Derby team with Mason Mount and Fikayo Tomori and Harry Wilson alongside a clutch of good to decent Champ players out of it.

Agree Coventry should be pushing playoffs by their squad alone - but a crazy decision to hire him.
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Extended highlights QPR 1 Stoke 1
at 07:21 25 Nov 2024

Watching QPR live and highlights the phrase "just put your foot through it" comes to mind so often in both boxes. Genuinely not sure what Sam Fields think a gentle side foot is going to do when the ball is cut back to him 15 yards out.

There is life and guts in the team still however.
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Cifuentes gone?
at 09:47 24 Nov 2024

If/when he does sack Cifuentes I am hoping and expecting to hear all sides of the ground singing words to the effect if Christian Nourry get out of our club.

If the owners even take a smidgen of note/interest in what the club will say they will know the fault lies with them and their decision to appoint this charlatan. Not quite Tony F/Mark Hughes and Joorabchian levels but the guy seems to be a complete chancer.

It never works out as simply as you'd like but even if we do go down which seems likely you'd think some of the youngsters being bedded in this year could be effective in the league below i.e Morgan, Lloyd, Bennie and co. though that is all rather clutching at straws - but I'd want Marti in charge of the rebuild
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