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Reply | Liam Morrison Injury
at 17:18 26 Sep 2024
Being reported by WLS’s Ian Macullough that it is indeed a miniscus tear and Morrison is looking at being out for ‘up to six weeks’. Also Colback out for the Blackburn game. |
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Reply | Half decent tv
at 14:41 26 Sep 2024
What is this ‘Tehran’ you speak of?
Ludwig is very, very good and the cast is top notch. |
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Reply | The midfield hole
at 16:38 22 Sep 2024
No, I did single out Varane rather than Madsen as Varane was playing the deeper role and therefore more likely to be taking the ball from the CB’s. I do think Varane has improved since his first horror showing. If you watch him when we’re fannying about across the back 4 (or sometimes 3) he seems to switch off, especially after having passed backwards. He just stops offering himself as an option to pass to. Hopefully he’ll carry on improving. |
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Reply | The midfield hole
at 18:35 21 Sep 2024
Agreed. These players don’t seem to want to help each other out much. As has been mentioned I’d like to see Madsen coming a bit deeper, even though he’s playing 10 and and contribute in allowing us to take the ball and break lines. I think Madsen is technically quite a good player he just needs a small rocket up his posterior. Dembele can also do this when he’s playing more centrally which I don’t get why Marti is stubbornly keeping him on the right.
It’s obvious to me that the team don’t practice set plays in how to turn the opposition around when were playing out from the back. |
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Thread | The midfield hole
at 15:20 21 Sep 2024
This team is its own worst enemy. After slowing the play down to a snails pace allowing the opposition to retain shape, we resort to play passes into players, usually tight to the touch line, who’re tightly marked and got their backs to goal. Often there is no supporting QPR player within 20 yards. They have no where to go and are immediately under pressure. This often tends to be Saito or Dembele both of whom are not physically strong enough to cope with receiving the ball in this way. We either lose the ball or it goes out for a thrown in.
This seems to be an option as the midfielders just don’t show for the ball. Im going to single out Field and Varane on this as they are the deeper lying midfielders. Varane, who Im still far from convinced by, is often positioned behind an opposition player when the CB’s are in possession effectively taking himself out of the game. He often has a tendency to stand and watch rather than affect the game by at least searching out space in which to receive the ball and turn the play around. The ability to do this was apparently one of the reasons we identified Varane as a player to turn defence into attack. I’ve seen precious little of any of this. I’d like to see what % of his passes actually go forward compared to other DM’s in the league. His tendency to pass backwards slows our play down again.
I’m not sure you can excuse his lack of experience of the championship for this as to my mind searching out space to receive the ball is basic midfield play regardless of what league you play in. He’s good at breaking up play when out of possession, which is what his stats showed before we bought him.
Field is better out of possession than in it. He is a disrupter and nothing more. He’s technically quite poor and has no ability to advance the play through the thirds (as they say). As a result we effectively have this gaping hole in the middle of the team. When push comes to shove later in the game, we resort to the basic tactic of pushing Jimmy Dunne further up the pitch and knocking it long(er). This has paid off several times but I’d rather not have to rely on this to get us out of a hole of our own making.
It could be an option to play Madsen in a deeper role but he seems to lack the workrate and grit needed for that position. Colback has occasionally been a liability but I can’t see any player in the squad that plays this DM position better than he does.
It’s all very well having game winning players like Dembele or Chair in your team if you struggle to get the ball to them quickly with the opposition retreating at pace (see Freys goal today). |
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Reply | Bourmemouth AFC U21 V QPR Dev Squad 3pm.
at 20:17 20 Sep 2024
I hope this is true. While we’ve not had (and I wouldn’t want) a running commentary on Chair’s or JCS’ injury the club have at least given either an occasional update or an acknowledgment that the player is injured and unavailable. I don’t think I’ve seen or heard any mention of any injury that Kolli may have suffered at any stage over the last few weeks that he’s not been playing.
As may have been said before, a lack of information breeds speculation and bs. |
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Reply | Dev Squad v Sheff U today
at 17:04 17 Sep 2024
Another 6 - 0 drubbing today against Burnley. Someone should get summoned to Nourri’s office in the morning to explain what’s going on. |
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Reply | Frey / Celar V Dykes / S Armstrong
at 19:04 5 Sep 2024
I call this a no contest. We’d scored 2 goals at the same stage last season compared to 6 goals currently so we’re clearly creating more chances. It’s also highly questionable how much football Dykes is going to play this year baring injuries to Birminghams other stikers.
Frey 13
Celar 7
Dykes 4
Sinclair 5 [Post edited 5 Sep 23:53]
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Reply | Where's the Luton Town (w@nk w@nk w@nk) Match Thread Match Thread?
at 22:01 30 Aug 2024
Frey outstanding performance. Madsen needs to drink a couple of strong coffees before he steps on the pitch. He’s a bit too sluggish. I’m getting definite Sinclair Armstrong vibes off Lloyd - strong runner but not entirely in control of his feet. I’d rather see Kolli given a chance on the left if he’s not loaned out.
Overall a great team performance. |
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Reply | LFW Message Board Glossary
at 19:26 29 Aug 2024
This wasn’t meant as a dig at you! It was simply adding to the glossary of LFW phrases. Sounds like the COVID I had a couple of weeks ago. Knocked me out for 72 hours [Post edited 29 Aug 19:28]
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Reply | Dykes sold apparently
at 18:57 29 Aug 2024
I’m not in the habit of believing too much I read on Twitter but occasionally you come across something that stands out a bit and this was one of those occasions. A poster who exclusively posts about Dykes was steaming about his treatment by the club and stated that he’d been paid off and that it had cost the club a lot of money. That Twitter account jessiejones1338 has now been deleted. I’m not the only person who thought it was someone close to Dykes. It was on a conversation on the below Twitter account @SM24_06
Sadly all the comments that were made about the transfer are now not accessible because, as I said, the account has been deleted. Which is odd in itself.
Sam
@SM24_06
Seems like this is a burner of someone close to dykes. Looks like the club have wanted him out all summer and have then scrambled at the last offer to get him off the wage bill #QPR
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