| Mel Johnson Interview - now on the Patreon 11:14 - Dec 3 with 10999 views | Northernr |
Former chief scout at QPR responsible for some of our best signings - Rowlands, Shittu and Cook first time around, Osayi-Samuel second time around - kindly sat down with us last Tuesday afternoon.
We chatted about the rebuilding of that team and its recruitment hits (and misses, Bob Taylor), culminating in the promotion at Hillsborough. Part one is pure nostalgia, and examining the method behind the madness. Some interesting names here that we were in for that I hadn't heard before - WE DID WANT CLIVE MENDONCA!!!
Part two talks about discovering Adel while at Spurs, coming back to Rangers and spotting Bright, and more contemporary discussion around data/analytics vs old school scouting.
Both parts available to all three sub tiers now...
https://www.patreon.com/posts/mel-johnson-part-117208330
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| Mel Johnson Interview - now on the Patreon on 09:50 - Dec 6 with 1727 views | NewYorkRanger |
Fantastic interview - really interesting and insightful. Worth the Patreon subs on it's own |  |
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| Mel Johnson Interview - now on the Patreon on 17:10 - Dec 6 with 1393 views | JordanFoster |
Loved that, Mel Johnson was actually the reason I wanted to work in football. Didn't disappoint at all. Class. |  | | |
| Mel Johnson Interview - now on the Patreon on 17:22 - Dec 6 with 1375 views | BristolR |
| Mel Johnson Interview - now on the Patreon on 09:50 - Dec 6 by NewYorkRanger |
Fantastic interview - really interesting and insightful. Worth the Patreon subs on it's own |
Echo this, just got around to listening, what a lovely humble guy and clearlly the kind of guy we’d be privileged to spend a few hours down the pub with. |  | | |
| Mel Johnson Interview - now on the Patreon on 11:19 - Dec 8 with 752 views | QPunkR |
| Mel Johnson Interview - now on the Patreon on 16:20 - Dec 5 by Northernr |
If you listen to the one with Danny Maddix it's both, because the pub wouldn't turn the jukebox off. |
Should’ve stuck your hand in your pocket and put Pigbag on loop |  |
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| Mel Johnson Interview - now on the Patreon on 17:37 - Dec 8 with 582 views | BklynRanger |
Listening now finally.
I love the humility and straight forwardness Mel has in describing it all: keepers that can catch the ball and keep it out of the net, defenders who can head and kick it, just having a sense that Cureton wouldn't work for us. Things often seem so overcomplicated these days.
Great memories.
I took liked Santos - remember him scoring against his old club Burnley with a header from a corner when we beat them 3-0. You could see it coming a mile away but nobody was able to block him. He used to go through strange inconsistent periods were one week he couldn't trap a bag of sand or head it at anything other than a bizarre angle, and the next week he'd have the ball under some strange spell. That was how I remembered it anyway. |  | | |
| Mel Johnson Interview - now on the Patreon on 09:42 - Dec 9 with 411 views | TheChef |
| Mel Johnson Interview - now on the Patreon on 17:37 - Dec 8 by BklynRanger |
Listening now finally.
I love the humility and straight forwardness Mel has in describing it all: keepers that can catch the ball and keep it out of the net, defenders who can head and kick it, just having a sense that Cureton wouldn't work for us. Things often seem so overcomplicated these days.
Great memories.
I took liked Santos - remember him scoring against his old club Burnley with a header from a corner when we beat them 3-0. You could see it coming a mile away but nobody was able to block him. He used to go through strange inconsistent periods were one week he couldn't trap a bag of sand or head it at anything other than a bizarre angle, and the next week he'd have the ball under some strange spell. That was how I remembered it anyway. |
Yeah I loved Georges too - mad as a box of frogs. Classic QPR player.
I remember very well his last minute handball winner at Coventry  |  |
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| Mel Johnson Interview - now on the Patreon on 08:04 - Dec 11 with 220 views | thehat |
Away on business and managed to listen to both parts in my hotel last night.
Great interview and thank you Clive - very enjoyable couple of hours listening. | | | |
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