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Reply | Just back...
at 09:53 21 Oct 2018
What a difference a good performance makes in the away end. At Swansea it was toxic and I was questioning why I bother, but from the start yesterday it was buzzing with a cracking turnout. |
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Reply | Joel Lynch - MOM today and POTS so far? - discuss
at 09:49 21 Oct 2018
Absolutely immense at Ipswich.
The thing for me is his range of passing. On song, his distribution is excellent. Personally think he doesn't get enough credit. Having been to most games this season, I think for the majority he's been very good |
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Reply | Box office (again)
at 22:19 24 Apr 2018
try this: 0208 740 2613 actually very helpful |
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Thread | Bit late...a tribute to Super Ray
at 10:32 7 Apr 2018
Ive just read some fantastic tributes to the great man on here and feel the need to add mine. At the time of Ray's arrival from Rangers, I was going to every game, home & away and thinking back, probably never missed a Wilins performance in that time.
As I recall, Trevor Francis signed him from Scotland on a free shortly after we'd acquired Peter Reid. I'll hold my hands up now and say that I didn't like it, two ageing dinosaurs in our midfield, what on earth is Trev doing?! Especially a bloke who just passes sideways. Well, cut to the Palace away game and a demonstration of total football from the two old guys and Sinton running riot with a 3-0 win, it all changed for me. I was onboard. Strangely though, Reid was off into management a few weeks later so it was down to Ray to hold the midfield together and become one of the greatest players I'd seen at Loftus Road, before and since.
The travesty of all this is that when you speak to others, the crab nickname and sideways passing always comes up, yet you couldnt wish for a more attacking midfielder at times, whether it be threading one through to Les or being the furthest player forward as we defended a corner, gesticulating that he wanted the ball early from the keeper. and the goals. the chips v Sheff Wed & Wimbledon, the cracker where Grobbelaar didn't even move v Liverpool, you've all seen them in recent days on excellent tribute videos. But it was little things I remember in his performances that stand out for me. Once, at Oldham, he threaded a ball with the outside of his boot to put Sinton away and left me speechless with the amount of spin he put on it. The most theatrical dive at Old Trafford when surrounded by United players that made even Utd fans laugh, or the time he mocked Tony Roberts at the Loft End when the young keeper started moaning about something. Ray put his fingers to his lips in a "diddums" kind of way which slaughtered the keeper in front of everyone and demonstrated that at times he could find a nasty side.
I was lucky enough to meet him a few times, and will point out that his generosity and thoughtfulness knew no bounds. it was just automatic. Once at Norwich, at the game where he set Bailey up for that last minute winner, a certain Brian McCarthy lost his carkeys in the celebrations. We returned to the ground and tried to phone help, with the surreal help of Gerry Francis making an sos call on our behalf to the local constabulary. Whilst waiting outside, the players emerged and Ray approached us to ask our plight. When we explained, he said why don't we come back on the team coach. As a true die-hard Rangers fan, I was in heaven, but it was short-lived. Ray came back over and explained that Richard Thompson, the chairman, was travelling back on the coach also and would "not approve" us being on there. Gutted. But then Ray produced an envelope and had managed a whip round between the players, I kid you not, so that we could get home. What a bloke and it encapsulated the bond between club and fans at the time that I fear we'll never get back to.
Like many others, more recently, I had seen him a few times in the Crown & Sceptre and as stated, he was always approachable and charming. Of course, there were things he did that I didn't like, his time as manager being the obvious one. His referral to scumbag Terry as simply "John' all the bleeding time really rankled, as well. But, nothing will ever change my view that the world, and football in particular, has lost one of its most prized assets. For me, he was simply Super Ray, a bloke who fitted into QPR like a glove in spite of his Chelsea connections. Lovely tributes from Les, Ollie etc which makes it all the more hard to accept he has gone. I read Clive's piece on him and agree, could we have done more to appreciate him while he was still alive? But, as a fan who stood on terraces all over the country watching him in his stint at Loftus Road, I'll never forget what he did for me and my club. Thank you Raymond, may you be rest dangerously well in piece... |
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Thread | I maybe wrong...
at 20:23 2 Jan 2018
but was i seeing things when we were flagged for offside late on and the defender took the resulting free-kick at least 2 yards inside our half?
Bonkers decision |
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Reply | George Ndah
at 20:42 8 Nov 2017
the same game Gerry played? I was with you Brian. Then met Ruddock & Shearer in Bonaparts at Waterloo after they'd been to Charity Shield game. |
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Reply | George Ndah
at 17:43 8 Nov 2017
Ah, THAT Burnley game.
Here's a little story... Night before I got offered an England ticket v Finland at Anfield which was also on the saturday ko 3pm. Our game at Turf Moor was early so I hatched a plan to go to Burnley then whiz straight to Anfield to catch second half and meet up with a couple of friends. As I can never make my mind up, I set off early sat morn unsure whether to carry out the plan or do the sensible thing and bin Rangers and just go to the England game. I decided to ring up 5Live & I think Tom Watt or someone was on and I went live on air asking the 5live audience what I should do? Naturally, pretty much everyone thought I was barmy even contemplating going to Burnley and the presenter was astonished that I finally made my mind up on air to stick with the original plan, one of the reasons was that I wanted to clock up the new ground (TM)
So off I went, phone in hand and watched Rangers lose a game that was quite incredible as to how we exactly lost. 2-1, Biggie scoring on his debut and NGonge, which promoted this memory, missing sitter after sitter with then Burnley boss Stan Ternant almost embarrassed that his team had won that game. So farked off was I, that i blanked my mates waiting at Anfield, and just went home. Long old trip on my own as well. Just proving that Rangers have, for years, really screwed up my weekends. Bloody Ngonge. Useless |
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Thread | if you had to choose one game to win...
at 19:21 1 Nov 2017
who would it be? Forest away with all that heartache, or Villa at home for the obvious...?
Personally I'd go with Forest. Ridiculous that over a hundred years has passed and not one bloody win there |
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Reply | My Dad
at 19:18 1 Nov 2017
can any of the dads just please do one more game? They must be at City Ground saturday... |
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Reply | Forest away
at 23:38 31 Oct 2017
Great comeback that, but Wright only got one - the equaliser in 88th min, Sinton scored the first with a peach of a curler... |
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Reply | The QPR curse
at 20:33 26 Oct 2017
great thread.
Just to add: We score one of the greatest goals ever seen (Trev overhead kick)and it still doesnt win goal of season. A long-range punt from Beckham duly does... |
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Reply | Underrated QPR goals
at 13:24 10 Aug 2017
Where on earth did you find this?! I was at that game & have never ever seen a replay of that goal til now. Still as good as I remember. Peter shuttling sent off as well if I recall |
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Reply | 1990 fa cup game v Arsenal
at 22:39 12 Mar 2017
great day, think we had around 8-9000 remember Paul Parker having a header at the far post late on and thinking that was our chance - little did I know that the replay was arguably up there with Oldham as my favourite home game. Great photo |
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