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On the evening of August 24, 2001.... 09:26 - Feb 27 with 8447 viewssystemsguy

What's the stricken plane saga got to do with QPR v Blackburn?

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On the evening of August 24, 2001.... on 09:33 - Feb 27 with 6294 viewsNorthernr

1 - It's a metaphor.
2 - 48 match previews, 48 match reports, year in year out, every year for 20 years, you try coming up with something new, especially when the team's playing like this.
3 - There's an existing thread.
Ainsworth's homecoming barely moves the needle - Report by Northernr 26 Feb 2023 18:29
https://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/queensparkrangers/news/59703


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On the evening of August 24, 2001.... on 09:39 - Feb 27 with 6231 viewswortonranger

It was genius
An extraordinary story to put things in perspective and add a glimmer of hope.
Thanks Clive and more power to you.
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On the evening of August 24, 2001.... on 10:19 - Feb 27 with 6115 viewsloftboy

To answer the original poster “everything” you must be pretty obtuse not to recognise the similarities between a stricken aircraft struggling to stay in the air with lots of damaged parts and our underperforming mostly damaged team at the moment.
Clive, your recent work is worthy of awards, genuine LOL moments amongst the hard hitting truth.
[Post edited 27 Feb 2023 10:20]

favourite cheese mature Cheddar. FFS there is no such thing as the EPL
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On the evening of August 24, 2001.... on 10:25 - Feb 27 with 6072 viewssystemsguy

Flew over my head....

Congratulations to all those who realised it was a metaphor for the good ship QPR's current situation and League One here we come

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On the evening of August 24, 2001.... on 10:29 - Feb 27 with 6052 viewsGaryBannister86

Well if you couldn't work out that metaphor, perhaps it explains why you would come on here and question the writing (which is superb) of someone who entertains tens of thousands of us. For virtually nothing.

Clive, you are a genius and your writing is magnificent.
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On the evening of August 24, 2001.... on 10:37 - Feb 27 with 6005 viewsRanger_1969

Brilliantly written Clive, I'm just hoping for the same outcome.....ie; survival!
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On the evening of August 24, 2001.... on 10:58 - Feb 27 with 5922 viewsHantsR

WelI realised it was a brilliant metaphor, and I'm old and stupid.
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On the evening of August 24, 2001.... on 10:58 - Feb 27 with 5922 viewsCamberleyR

I wasn't aware of the story of that flight I have to say, and without knowing how it eventually turned out and how Clive left it at the beginning of his piece I fully expected the plane to have plummeted out of the sky into the Atlantic killing everyone on board.

It sounded like an absolute miracle that the pilot actually managed to glide the plane 75 miles to dry land and then crash land it without killing anyone. Hopefully we can crash land and remain in the Championship and not plummet out of the sky into League One.

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On the evening of August 24, 2001.... on 11:01 - Feb 27 with 5903 viewsAntti_Heinola

I hated it.
But only because stories like that about planes freak me the f out. Like the one with the pilots over Florida crashing into the everglades because a bulb wasn't working and no one noticed they had been losing height for ages. Hate it.

But it was a brilliant metaphor - superb stuff.

Bare bones.

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On the evening of August 24, 2001.... on 11:12 - Feb 27 with 5831 viewsGloryHunter

I got it, Clive. Very clever writing.
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On the evening of August 24, 2001.... on 11:16 - Feb 27 with 5806 viewsWokingR

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On the evening of August 24, 2001.... on 11:22 - Feb 27 with 5774 viewsMetallica_Hoop

This story is pretty spectacular too.


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On the evening of August 24, 2001.... on 11:41 - Feb 27 with 5658 viewsSuperhoop83

On the evening of August 24, 2001.... on 09:33 - Feb 27 by Northernr

1 - It's a metaphor.
2 - 48 match previews, 48 match reports, year in year out, every year for 20 years, you try coming up with something new, especially when the team's playing like this.
3 - There's an existing thread.
Ainsworth's homecoming barely moves the needle - Report by Northernr 26 Feb 2023 18:29
https://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/queensparkrangers/news/59703


4 - Leave me alone.


5 - It had a happy ending (not that sort!).

Suffering since 1978.

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On the evening of August 24, 2001.... on 11:54 - Feb 27 with 5591 viewsQPunkR

Fkng ridiculous post. WUM-ery of the highest order

Shit but local

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On the evening of August 24, 2001.... on 11:57 - Feb 27 with 5582 viewsJuzzie

Maybe we should have match reports that are written in one of three ways...

- we won today.
- we drew today.
- we lost today.
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On the evening of August 24, 2001.... on 12:03 - Feb 27 with 5566 viewsslmrstid

I thought it was a good analogy myself.

Made me think of this for what QPR have been like this past 12 months or so...

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On the evening of August 24, 2001.... on 12:10 - Feb 27 with 5521 viewsLongsufferingR

Personally I though it was a quite brilliant report at a time when all of us are despairing. Clive has mentioned hours of watching Aircrash Investigation many times before, so it was great to see it pay off with the most apt of analogies.
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On the evening of August 24, 2001.... on 12:42 - Feb 27 with 5418 viewsPadulas_Shampoo

On the evening of August 24, 2001.... on 11:57 - Feb 27 by Juzzie

Maybe we should have match reports that are written in one of three ways...

- we won today.
- we drew today.
- we lost today.


We can cut that down to two ways I think.
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On the evening of August 24, 2001.... on 13:14 - Feb 27 with 5258 viewsPinnerPaul

Point is if you want a factual/boring/neutral report there are umpteen places to read one.


I know I have been guilty of criticising Nick's commentary but it is what it is - a CLUB commentary - again I COULD just listen to the bland 'spoof' EFL comm on the highlights but its not as much 'fun'

As I only watch the 90' re runs when we don't 'lose' I obviously haven't heard Nick and Andy much lately!
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On the evening of August 24, 2001.... on 13:16 - Feb 27 with 5227 viewsBazzaInTheLoft

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On the evening of August 24, 2001.... on 13:19 - Feb 27 with 5208 viewsLazyFan

I was at the game so did not hear the comms this time.

But often when I do hear it, Sinton knows what he's talking about; Nick needs new glasses as he keeps getting the names of the players wrong.

Nick: "Dickie cleared that"
Andy: "err .. I think that was Dunne"
Nick: "Oh yes your right"

Nick: "It goes to Lowe at the edge of the area and then out for a throw"
Andy: "It was Adomah for the throw I think"
Nick: "Yeah it was Ablert after all"

And so on ...

zzzzzzzzzz

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On the evening of August 24, 2001.... on 13:27 - Feb 27 with 5158 viewsaston_hoop

The jealousy is real!

I thought the report was sensational and really captured where the club are at right now. I'm also always taken by just how many fans of other teams look out for Clive's reports to get a handle on how QPR are getting on. I once even heard a non QPR fan refer to Andy Woolmer as 'Chuckles' in the wild!

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On the evening of August 24, 2001.... on 13:28 - Feb 27 with 5145 viewsPinnerPaul

On the evening of August 24, 2001.... on 13:19 - Feb 27 by LazyFan

I was at the game so did not hear the comms this time.

But often when I do hear it, Sinton knows what he's talking about; Nick needs new glasses as he keeps getting the names of the players wrong.

Nick: "Dickie cleared that"
Andy: "err .. I think that was Dunne"
Nick: "Oh yes your right"

Nick: "It goes to Lowe at the edge of the area and then out for a throw"
Andy: "It was Adomah for the throw I think"
Nick: "Yeah it was Ablert after all"

And so on ...


I know, but its not pretending to be a 'professional' commentary in that sense.

As I say, as one of his biggest critics, give me 10 Nick London matches over 15 minutes of Jonathan Pearce!

PS He must be pleased Laird and Paal are not playing together now, he NEVER got either right!
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On the evening of August 24, 2001.... on 13:31 - Feb 27 with 5122 viewsBklynRanger

Was also my 29th birthday. No idea what I did.

Vesuvius is said to have erupted on the same date if you're in need of further metaphor magic Clive.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/vesuvius-erupts

I suppose we would be the residents of Pompei in that situation, and the players' performance would be the thick layer of volcanic ash and mud leaving us permanently suspended in horror. Of course we'd have to be discovered several centuries later - possibly by Brentford fans in hoverboots. Something like that anyway, I'm not the professional...
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On the evening of August 24, 2001.... on 13:38 - Feb 27 with 5078 viewsDejR_vu

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