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Reply | Tuchal. England!
at 10:22 16 Oct 2024
I've not got a problem with the manager being foreign, but it's pretty embarrassing to build a massive training complex, introduce 'England DNA' and when the top job comes up not be able to find a homegrown manager to step up.
I'm not sure I buy this 'proven winner' schtick either. If Rashford's penalty goes 3 inches to the right in 2021 we win the Euros and Southgate becomes a 'winner'.
International football is so much about good vibes and being solid. I just don't know if Tuchel actually brings that |
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Reply | The no ones bothered Blackburn match thingy
at 18:09 28 Sep 2024
Was the most nil-nil ever conceived until Varane got sent off.
We are a bog standard Championship mid table side and our results so far have borne that out. No need to panic. It's not like last season where we were completely outclassed
5 of the next 7 are at home and against kinder opposition overall.
Should know more about us after that Sunderland game |
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Reply | West London Sport
at 10:08 23 Sep 2024
I do understand that with 3 Premier League clubs and limited resources you wouldn't really bother covering QPR.
The money for a small business is the other 3 clubs.
Dave Mc I'm sure will still write stories and reports etc. He'll just 'sell' those stories to other papers and news outlets.
It's a huge shame as there simply isn't a local QPR news source online which is absolutely wild |
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Reply | Jimmy Dunne - undroppable
at 10:38 31 Aug 2024
He's playing right back in a team that over the last 20 games has won 9, drawn 6 and only lost 5.
I'd say that sample size shows he's more than good enough to be in the team at right back.
During that run he's contributed massively with goals and defensive work.
He is rightly our starting RB and I'll be gutted if we drop him for a Prem loanee |
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Reply | Loftus Road renovation/revamp
at 14:39 30 Aug 2024
The answer to Loftus Road is to make it smaller with more corporate facilities.
Bring it down to a 15k stadium with 3/4 of SAR or Ellerslie expensive corporate seats
There's no other way |
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Reply | Dykes sold apparently
at 11:43 27 Aug 2024
Agree with you about that Warbs team.
After the collapse of 2022 and 2023 it's taken far to long to move on from that team.
The fact that none of them have gone on to do anything better at another club says a lot!! |
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Reply | Transfer rumours 2024
at 09:40 23 Aug 2024
This thread has motored through the pages last couple of days. So did we sign Lewis Wing or not? |
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Reply | This Sky deal?
at 10:36 16 Aug 2024
Did Sky Sports + for the Cambridge game.... it's just the red button coverage but with more games, nothing has really changed at all! |
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Reply | The Hoops vs The Baggies Match Thread
at 21:03 10 Aug 2024
Not overly worried as you expect Chair, Varane, Dembele to likely come into that side over the next few weeks.
WBA a good side who worked out how to beat us. It happens. We are on solid ground compared to 12 months ago, it's a process and we can't win every game.
Suspect we will lose to Sheff U and if we don't beat Plymouth there will be an existential crisis on here, but realistically today was a team that look good for the Play Off's beating a lower mid table side without its best player |
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Reply | Gab Sutton Championship Previews
at 10:11 31 Jul 2024
Think Burnley will be in Play OFf's, but Parker isn't a great manager and Luton seem better placed to go back up.
Leeds and Boro probably the strongest right now I think. WBA could easily finish top 2 as well |
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Reply | Next England Manager
at 13:19 18 Jul 2024
Carsley is my first choice.
The thought of a 'big name' fills me with dread. We had multiple trophy winner Capello completely sht the bed when he was manager. Italy have the previous winner of Serie A as their manager and they were awful.
Scaloni just won the World Cup and Copa America, bloke had never managed a senior team before getting the Argentina job, same for De La Fuente at Spain.
International Football is all about culture. If you bring in Pep, Klopp etc then it becomes all about them and not the collective.
Carsley fits the current trend of International Football well |
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Reply | Armstrong
at 11:38 18 Jul 2024
If we've managed to get £2m for him that's an incredible piece of business.
Maybe he will go on to be a world beater, but across the 2 years he's had here he's looked very far off being ready to lead an attack for a Championship side.
Our 2 worst performances under Marti in 2024 (Stoke a and Sheff Weds h) were when he started up front. |
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Reply | Next England Manager
at 14:26 16 Jul 2024
Funny thing is, if he'd seen out a season at QPR and then left to do an adequate job anywhere at a slightly higher level he would be very close to it.
Even if he'd left QPR with any sort of class and managed Rangers with some level of humility he'd have a shot
Instead the idiot torched his reputation. |
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Reply | Did Southgate's tactics cost England?
at 16:21 15 Jul 2024
I'm not sure how you play Spain. Press them and come out swinging and they'll pick you off. Give them the ball and they'll kill you with 1000 passes.
The plan last night was obviously to keep it tight and use the subs to alter the game. Where the plan fell down was that Kane is obviously injured so we couldn't relieve any pressure with long balls up to him and we decided to start the second half 2 minutes later than Spain did.
18 months ago in Qatar we were phenomenal, I've never seen anything like it in a tournament from England. Absolutely swatting aside competent sides like Senegal and running a sword through fodder like Wales and Iran. Yet all anyone remembers from that tournament is Kane's penalty miss. International football is funny like that. We'll all remember Euro 2024 with our overhead kicks, last minute winners and The Killers yet we were awful for the majority of it. They nearly did it as well, nearly won the bloody thing in arguably Southgate's worst tournament.
Basically, tactics schamctics. International football is mostly about vibes despite the endless tactics blogs on The Athletic etc. |
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Reply | Willock
at 12:22 6 Jul 2024
Decent Championship winger at this point and if we can keep him on our terms then useful to have in the squad.
If not then no big loss really |
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Reply | General Election Thread
at 09:40 5 Jul 2024
But Labour are in power and that's all that matters right now.
You can't do anything from the sidelines and Starmer realised this very early on.
Take Gaza, his stance has torched the Labour Muslim vote but that's concentrated to fewer seats than people who either don't care or support his views.
That's the game
Like Derby fans coming away from the Play Off Final moaning about their higher xG than ours |
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Reply | General Election Thread
at 08:14 4 Jul 2024
This seems like a few thoughts before a rant about why we can't be mean to Jews.
I'd say Gaza has barely been a factor in the election whatsoever. There's a few Independents in inner cities who are standing on a Pro Palestinian platform, but none of them are going to win (maybe Corbyn squeeks it) |
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Reply | Sky Games
at 13:04 3 Jul 2024
They've published it now
Plymouth h is 12:30
Luton a is Friday at 8:00
Millwall h is 12:30
Blackburn a is 12:30 |
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Reply | Who is going down this season?
at 16:27 27 Jun 2024
You'd imagine Oxford, Plymouth, Pompey, Watford, QPR, Derby, Sheff Weds will be down there.
Also hadn't realised Sheff U start on -2 points. Not absurd suggestion to really see them struggle |
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Reply | Begovic
at 13:31 27 Jun 2024
He did a job (just about) for a season. Now very obviously time to move on |
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