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Thread | Marti and yesterday
at 08:24 27 Oct 2024
No doubt today that the faithful were 100% behind Marti, not a single note of dissent and no manager has had their name sung quite as enthusiastically. Good, and if Nourry does for him in whatever way then I reckon he will be in for a very rough ride.
So good as well to see the organisation and fight of the lads. Cook, as stated before, was bloomin' brilliant and I still think his importance is underrated. I was very impressed by Nardi too, as he has now added coming for crosses to his performances so as though he wasn't really needed to make great saves, he produced a really professional display.
Praise too for JCS, Dunne, Field, provided a tough backbone. Varane must make a difference to our midfield even if perhaps it isn't clear why yet.
Not at all convinced by Ashby, who was of course filling in, Smyth again had pace, again hit the deck too easily and when he was actually fouled allowed the (appalling) ref to have an excuse not to give it. Just after half time he got deep in the box and cut it back....without looking.....to no-one.
Celar is now a standing joke, sadly. I've never seen a more ineffective player or a striker with less about them. Bennie's endeavour put him to shame and would have liked to have seen more of Alfie as he adds something. Chair nowhere near up to speed yet but that is one thing we can bank on, he will get better.
I liked Saito today, good effort, good control.
Referee made about 5 appalling decisions against us in the second half, perhaps balanced out by a Dunne handball in their box that plenty would have given.
Lovely to clap Marti and the boys at the end. Much more like it. |
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Thread | Austin return?
at 12:46 21 Oct 2024
I may have misread Charlie's latest tweet but his hashtags perhaps imply that he is "incoming" as "striker coach". Or maybe he is off to be a striker coach at Totton or something.
As a major fan of Austin Mark 1, the fan in me likes this and has visions of Celar sniffing out some goals.
On the other hand, it does seem like the sort of decision I would try and do in football manager.
Most importantly, his tweet says to get behind Marti. Couldn't agree more. |
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Thread | Getting injured
at 11:54 6 Oct 2024
If I was a player, I would contemplate a nice long injury lay-off, because it certainly improves your standing with the fans.
Jack Colback pre-injury = brainless, irritating hacker. Few weeks off = Bryan Robson
Ilias Chair pre-injury = selfish, erratic ball hogger. Few weeks off = Lionel Messi
JCS pre-injury = useful, if injury-prone, reliant on Cook. Few weeks off = Virgil Van Dijk.
I wonder if the person who came up with "absence makes the heart grow fonder" was a Ranger?
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Thread | Underwhelming loans out
at 12:58 27 Sep 2024
Got me thinking, can anyone remember when we loaned a player out, they had an underwhelming spell, but eventually turned out to be good player for us? I can't think of one off hand, but there must be surely.
We all know about the success of Eze, Dieng, Chair, Les, but has anyone ever gone out on loan, ripped up zero trees, returned and done well? I am sure there must be some.
Similarly, I can only really think of Jack Clarke as being a loanee to us who didn't do much but then went on to be a success? |
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Thread | Brilliant
at 08:16 31 Aug 2024
Excellent game, excellent performance, proper old school away end. Goal celebrations that a plastic red or an armchair City fan would never understand. Magnificent.
Nardi was so good second half. Had thought their goal summed up his season so far, did nothing particularly wrong but nothing great either. Did well to save the header, would have been fantastic to push it away further.
But then second half he made those match winning saves. The one on one particularly brilliant.
Then Frey, Cook, JCS, Dunne, Paal, really stood up and I thought second half we were well worth it really.
Marti at the end pointing to the players and not him. Yeah, mate, but it is really a lot down to you too. |
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Thread | Smyth
at 08:28 25 Aug 2024
I think he's started pretty well this season, much improved and more direct and even some better end product. I thought one cross in particular Celar should have been there for (certainly Dykes would have been labelled "on his heels" anyway).
But, can someone have a word? Stop diving. Stop throwing yourself to the floor at the slightest touch.
I'm all for winning a penalty, but the one today right in front of us at the Loft Standing was a total embarrassment, made all the more frustrating that if he was less obsessed at leaving a foot out or whatever cheating it is they do nowadays, he would have been deep into the penalty box and totally free.
All you need to know is that it was down our end, late into a frustrating game, and even the fans' appeals were half-hearted.
Come on Paul, believe in yourself more. You get hacked down enough times anyway when you genuinely beat people. |
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Thread | Safe standing
at 13:19 11 Jun 2024
Unless they hold back certain tickets from season ticket sales, if I am reading the seat map right there are fewer than 90 tickets left in the entire Loft Safe Standing.
Which is great, but slightly aware that there will be little chance for others / walk ups to experience it on a random basis and I am sure this was helpful last season in bringing a few more on board.
I am wary of rehashing the old debate, but the argument to extend it is growing in my mind.
Fair play to the flags guys for helping, too, and excellent that sales are up generally, of course.
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Thread | Norwich new manager odds
at 17:03 17 May 2024
I know, I know, this is going to be the way it is from now on.
Marti 33/1 at the moment
Ainsworth is 25/1 - not sure what the bookies are smoking there
Beale 33/1
John Terry 33/1
And no, I haven't made these up! |
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Thread | Coventry tickets
at 16:32 27 Apr 2024
Guessing there isn't going to be a huge hankering for these anymore, but if anyone wants to go and couldn't get hold of any tickets originally, PM me as got 2 adult tickets and not going now.
Were £37 each but happy to knock a few quid off for a good home. I would have to post them to you as physical tickets. |
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Thread | Loftus Road journey
at 08:02 19 Apr 2024
Just realising the only place I've not sat is the Upper Loft. A total mystery to me up there.
What's your Loftus Road journey? Mine....
80s - South Africa Road with Dad, then Ellerslie with Dad
90s - South Africa Road with Dad, then Loft seating with mates
2000s - Loft seating with mates then Loft family stand with son
2010s - Loft family stand with son
2020s - Loft standing with son
As son turns 18 on Sunday, am thinking I will soon be a flat-capped singleton doddering to games on my own with a flask of Horlicks. Where does one sit for that? Back to South Africa Road? Or is that what is in the mysteries of the Upper Loft?
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Thread | Turn around, bright eyes
at 08:45 7 Apr 2024
Being turned around so we don't attack the Loft second half - very rarely happens anymore (thanks goodness) but certainly didn't do Wednesday any harm. Got me wondering why it rarely happens (maybe because many more grounds this days have home ends behind both goals?) and if Wednesday did it for crowd reasons or because of the wind?
Being a Loft man, I hate it, absolutely hate it. And I know that technically we had the lower away end but don't seem to get much atmosphere down there. |
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Thread | Club announcement
at 17:42 8 Mar 2024
Coming tonight according to Twitter? Written in the way that it will be good news, I think. I hope. |
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Thread | Marti
at 05:34 7 Mar 2024
This man is a proper manager. Already feels like we'll be lucky to have him for however long we do.
He's his own man too - who would have thought Sinclair wouldn't get a single minute today after his goal at Leicester?
That was, hands down, the best home performance I've witnessed for donkeys' years.
What an atmosphere too, can't condone the bottle throwing but I wonder if that p&&&& who scored the worldie might think twice after (totally needlessly and unjustifiably) winding us up after he scored, as did the guy who scored their second. All it served to do was stoke up the Rangers fans to yet greater heights. To be fair their centre back apologised during the celebrations, him and Darnell the only ones with class and a brain cell.
Must admit I thought (or hoped) that bloke handled it from my view in the Loft standing but wasn't sure. Also inexplicable that no-one around me saw it, so maybe the slight flick from the keeper caused an illusion. Strange all round. As was the fact he looked (genuinely) bemused when hearing the cheat chants - once the replays had been passed around.
Special mentions to Andersen, Cook, Field, Willock today. Brilliant. But they all were.
Loved it. Was so bonkers I could see them getting the winner in injury time so 2-2 did me. Again, strangely, as we deserved to win quite clearly. |
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Thread | In my last moments
at 10:32 15 Jan 2024
I will close my eyes and see.....the school end erupting in joy.
We should get the structure of the stand checked. Lots of people bouncing up and down on it relentlessly every other week must cause some stress.
It really is the away trip of dreams for clubs - a whole end, behind the goal, good acoustics and most importantly, 3 points.
Another of many reasons to pull our finger out of our backsides and get looking for a new ground, one where the away end is horrible and tucked away and nowhere near as possible to have an influence on the game.
I know we are not losing because of that, but it is hard not to get fed up with how accommodating we are generally.
Thinking about it - name me a club with an away end as good and dominant as ours - that has a good home record these days? Brighton? |
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Thread | Cups
at 07:20 10 Jan 2024
For all the yoof's conviction that cups don't matter...look at Boro last night. A semi final 1st leg win over Chelsea. Packed house, away end booing their own players. How is that not exciting?
Fulham also in the semis.
Forget about our side now, we have often had teams better (relatively) than Fulham and Boro and yet a semi final has just seemed a pipe dream. Never mind 3rd round FA Cup defeats, we've not got to a semi final since 1986. And even that tournament ended up abandoned.
For clubs the size of ours cups are the lifeblood for excitement, exposure - for something different.
For the love of god, whatever happens to QPR in the next ten years, please let us pay a cup proper attention and please let us enjoy something like this. Just for once.
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