| Batting below our average on 01:59 - May 16 with 5201 views | isawqpratwcity |
It flatters us by only considering the last 50 years. That excises a fair history of 3rd Division shillyshallying. I may be being unfair to QPR teams of that previous era, but I think our club only woke up to it's potential 50 years ago.
URssss! [Post edited 16 May 2018 2:51]
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| Batting below our average on 06:04 - May 16 with 5148 views | hoopdog |
| Batting below our average on 01:59 - May 16 by isawqpratwcity |
It flatters us by only considering the last 50 years. That excises a fair history of 3rd Division shillyshallying. I may be being unfair to QPR teams of that previous era, but I think our club only woke up to it's potential 50 years ago.
URssss! [Post edited 16 May 2018 2:51]
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Think you've got a valid point there had we moved out of L R when Jim Gregory wanted to I think we would be in a very different position as regards to the size of the club |  | | |
| Batting below our average on 07:32 - May 16 with 5041 views | isawqpratwcity |
| Batting below our average on 06:04 - May 16 by hoopdog |
Think you've got a valid point there had we moved out of L R when Jim Gregory wanted to I think we would be in a very different position as regards to the size of the club |
I don't remember anything about this, though chasing from the Wiki page on Gregory to a QPR Report thread has him wanting to help move the club back to White City (article dated 5/12/64). Is this what you are talking about?
Given the many hundreds of thousands the club spent on stands in the next decade (very big money then) due to HQ's limited volume, it would be interesting to speculate on that resource being available for player purchases. | |
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| Batting below our average on 08:47 - May 16 with 4907 views | bosh67 |
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| Batting below our average on 08:54 - May 16 with 4891 views | smegma |
| Batting below our average on 01:59 - May 16 by isawqpratwcity |
It flatters us by only considering the last 50 years. That excises a fair history of 3rd Division shillyshallying. I may be being unfair to QPR teams of that previous era, but I think our club only woke up to it's potential 50 years ago.
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I'm surprised it goes back 50 years as we all know football began 26 years ago.
Btw the whole thing is a load of gash. | | | |
| Batting below our average on 09:06 - May 16 with 4865 views | hoopdog |
| Batting below our average on 07:32 - May 16 by isawqpratwcity |
I don't remember anything about this, though chasing from the Wiki page on Gregory to a QPR Report thread has him wanting to help move the club back to White City (article dated 5/12/64). Is this what you are talking about?
Given the many hundreds of thousands the club spent on stands in the next decade (very big money then) due to HQ's limited volume, it would be interesting to speculate on that resource being available for player purchases. |
He did want to move to the site of the old Brentford market , as well as Griffin park plus other sites he looked at along the A40 oh and also park royal | | | |
| Batting below our average on 10:51 - May 16 with 4794 views | isawqpratwcity |
| Batting below our average on 09:06 - May 16 by hoopdog |
He did want to move to the site of the old Brentford market , as well as Griffin park plus other sites he looked at along the A40 oh and also park royal |
Ha, he wasn't fussy! I don't know about the other sites, but White City, while undeniably local, was a dog of a place to watch a game, especially with a small crowd. On the plus side, it would accommodate almost any size gate, Premier included.
It was a very happy time, that combination of Stock, Gregory and team, Marsh in particular. A double promotion and a Cup! We've never settled in the third tier since. If you take that time as a watershed, a paradigm shift for the club, then you could say we've underperformed this season. | |
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| Batting below our average on 12:05 - May 16 with 4738 views | hoopdog |
| Batting below our average on 10:51 - May 16 by isawqpratwcity |
Ha, he wasn't fussy! I don't know about the other sites, but White City, while undeniably local, was a dog of a place to watch a game, especially with a small crowd. On the plus side, it would accommodate almost any size gate, Premier included.
It was a very happy time, that combination of Stock, Gregory and team, Marsh in particular. A double promotion and a Cup! We've never settled in the third tier since. If you take that time as a watershed, a paradigm shift for the club, then you could say we've underperformed this season. |
Well if you read the article headed Ollie over on watrb
There's a convincing arguement that we actually over achieved this season | | | |
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| Batting below our average on 13:40 - May 16 with 4645 views | isawqpratwcity |
| Batting below our average on 12:05 - May 16 by hoopdog |
Well if you read the article headed Ollie over on watrb
There's a convincing arguement that we actually over achieved this season |
Thanks, I had a look. He has a point about the limited budget, but that doesn't mean he outperformed. I get the impression anything above relegation would have satisfied him, and even failing that test might have brought the same comparison to Sunderland.
Sixteenth with six clubs below, desperate for League One action, is far from laudable. | |
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| Batting below our average on 19:10 - May 17 with 4476 views | runningman75 |
In the past we have had great teams and sold great players as a selling club. We have also had been clueless or disinterested owners since the days of Jim Gregory. | | | |
| Batting below our average on 23:43 - May 17 with 4350 views | isawqpratwcity |
| Batting below our average on 19:10 - May 17 by runningman75 |
In the past we have had great teams and sold great players as a selling club. We have also had been clueless or disinterested owners since the days of Jim Gregory. |
True.
I just found it interesting that the op's reference calculated to roughly the same time that a fortuitous combination of circumstances kick-started a new era for us. | |
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| Batting below our average on 06:04 - May 18 with 4287 views | hoopdog |
| Batting below our average on 13:40 - May 16 by isawqpratwcity |
Thanks, I had a look. He has a point about the limited budget, but that doesn't mean he outperformed. I get the impression anything above relegation would have satisfied him, and even failing that test might have brought the same comparison to Sunderland.
Sixteenth with six clubs below, desperate for League One action, is far from laudable. |
Yes you're right but imo he when he saw the potential in the young players he started building for the future , I think could have had a good season this time | | | |
| Batting below our average on 06:48 - May 18 with 4257 views | isawqpratwcity |
| Batting below our average on 06:04 - May 18 by hoopdog |
Yes you're right but imo he when he saw the potential in the young players he started building for the future , I think could have had a good season this time |
A good run was always on the cards, along with the possibility of one or two bad months that position us near the drain, but most likely it would be a bunch of mixed results leaving us safe in the bottom half of the division, contemplating the following season as the first without a much-needed fat parachute cheque. | |
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