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Reply | Rest of the Championship thread
at 20:54 22 Jan 2025
0-5 at half time - my word. Shame we didn't give them a tonking, would have done wonders for our g/d. But imagine if it had finished 0-0, so happy out. Other results going as well as could be expected tonight. |
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Reply | Chair
at 20:35 22 Jan 2025
Would prefer to take the positive from Chair's below par performance and relish the fact that we won without him, something that would not have happened a year ago. We obviously really struggled at the beginning of the season, and Chair's absence was a part of that. But while he has contributed to our up-turn with a couple of superb assists (by providing early crosses - who'd have thunk it) and only for poor finishing by Frey would have at least 2 more. However, we are much more the sum of the parts now, rather than reliant on one player.
But last night he was a little off (as was Morgan and Kolli imo) so we adjusted and won without him (and Cook/JCS - the mainstay of our central defence). I am actually very excited by what Saito may provide now that he he has finally broken his duck - and how! |
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Reply | Hull
at 22:43 20 Jan 2025
Gotta love the way some of our threads completely change direction from the initial points made. I'm with GaryBannister on this though. Think any 18-year-old kid should easily handle 3 games in a week. Although if I have one criticism of Morgan, it is his lack of stamina. His influence wanes in most games, so that is something to be worked on.
On the subject of 'modern kids' (yes I'm officially a boring old fart) inability to play more than the minimum requirement. My nephew had a match at 3pm last Saturday. At 10am many of his colleagues had 'county' (Gaelic training with the Sligo U16 development squad)training, for ONE HOUR. At the football match, many of his team-mates were dropping like flies with cramp! And the mammies were giving out at how OUTRAGEOUS it was that they were 'forced' to do both on the same day. |
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Reply | No other team in the Championship...
at 23:06 19 Jan 2025
Just digging a bit deeper into our transformation: In the 11 games between Sheffield Wed at home (where we got a very fortuitous point) on 14th Sept and Leeds away on Nov 9th we scored 6 goals and earned 7 points. I excluded the next game v Stoke (possibly a watershed moment) in order to include the last 11 games. In that period, starting with Cardiff on Nov 27th and concluding with Plymouth yesterday, we scored 17 goals and accrued 24 points. The only defeat in that run was the 3-0 reverse at Swansea.
It really shows the importance of confidence and momentum. In the games against Cardiff, Oxford and especially Bristol City, we rode our luck. If those games - as they easily could have - had yielded different results, we wouldn't be close to where we are now and probably Marti would be gone. Even though we had put in a couple of decent performances (Watford away and Norwich at home) prior to Oxford, it is only since Preston at home that we have played consistently well (with the obvious exception of Swansea) and are getting the results to match. It has been debated on other threads the key to our turnaround and I wont regurgitate that here, except to say that I believe hard work, confidence and good fortune are the reasons for our upturn in fortunes. |
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Reply | If a miracle happened and we went up via the playoffs
at 10:07 19 Jan 2025
Incredible that we are even contemplating this conversation 2 months after 5 points adrift. It is a real conundrum There is no reason why we couldn't become an established premium league side like Fulham, Brentford, Bournemouth, Crystal Palace, but the flip side is Luron or Sunderland or Bolton. I think the main thing is just to enjoy the moment and see where it takes us |
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Reply | Getting Edwards in straight away - now that's great work !!
at 21:01 18 Jan 2025
We would without a doubt be in League 1 in any of the previous 4 season except for excellent loan signings in January. Stop being so narrow minded and learn to enjoy any decent performance in a QPR shirt- goodness knows they have been thin on the ground |
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Thread | Changing Perspectives
at 20:54 18 Jan 2025
Instead of being disappointed by wins for Cardiff,Hull, Coventry, Oxford and Portsmouth- I was pleased with defeats for Swansea, Millwall,Bristol City, Blackburn, Middlesbrough and Norwich. |
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Reply | 9 points off 6th, 9 points off 22nd...
at 11:21 17 Jan 2025
Absolutely this. At the end of November I thought we were doomed. No complaining at all, just thought that the equilibrium between 'success' and 'failure' is rarely so perfectly balanced. |
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Reply | We sign a striker!
at 23:20 16 Jan 2025
Must have stood beside or near you many times! Too many demons for Mr. Connolly, I'm afraid. Damn shame |
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Reply | Effect on Team Form - Momentum Changer !!
at 16:09 12 Jan 2025
Yesterday will have zero effect on the Plymouth game or any other game for that matter. The only thing that will influence the game will be our attitude on the day and even then perhaps not because Plymouth really are shite. If we start on the front foot we should win with a couple to spare. If we don't then we could still win (like v Oxford/Cardiff or draw ar least 9.45 |
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