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Reply | That FA Cup preview again – Preview
at 08:34 11 Jan 2025
Superb again thanks, but please please please don't predict us to win. I always find it reassuring when you predict some kind of disappointment :-) |
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Reply | Marti on Leceister in the FA Cup
at 07:33 10 Jan 2025
Disagree with most of this, especially the 11 out of 10 bit. I would give him 12 out of 10.
I do think, on reflection, it is too easy if you don't like the manager to blame him for recruitment or downturns, or if you do like him to blame Nourry or the coaches or someone else.
Bit like when Dave Mc credits Gerry's entire first reign down to Don Howe. Or Joey Barton claiming that Steve Black (?) got us to the playoffs rather than Redknapp.
You can make your own narrative of course about the summer signings. To me, I love Marti because he can turn things around in adversity. So important. When Cook's foot exploded, if you told me we would pick up all these points with CBs being Fox and Dunne I would have said no chance.
However, if he picks the youth team tomorrow I shall downgrade him to 8 out of 10. |
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Reply | Predict the team for the cup game
at 12:52 7 Jan 2025
The voice of sanity. 4,000 tickets sold.
What's the point of supporting QPR if not for fun and excitement. "Avoid injuries" is not going to send me into dreamland.
GO FOR IT MARTI |
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Reply | Predict the team for the cup game
at 09:01 7 Jan 2025
More than that I think.
Of course we should go for it. What if we toss it away and we would have drawn Arsenal or Spurs home or away? Or get a rubbish side at home and a chance of the 5th round? What's more exciting, trying to come 12th or 13th or that?
And what I don't get is why suddenly a cup game means we will get injuries. It's just another match. |
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Reply | Predict the team for the cup game
at 08:06 7 Jan 2025
For lord's sake, why? In case someone gets injured and we may finish 16th and not 15th. There are over 3,000 Rangers going. It is the biggest club competition in the world.
PLAY A FULL SIDE
I am really sure those Brentford fans who went to Newcastle for the quarter finals of the League Cup were ecstatic to see their two best players rested. They can die happy knowing they thus beat Soton 5-0 on Saturday and not 3-0 if one of them had tweaked a toenail in the cup. |
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Reply | Rs Vs Lootown Hatters Match Thread
at 12:26 6 Jan 2025
Age old debate, I know, but we can't just throw away the FA Cup every year. I know we will probably lose even with a full side, but so what. We are a football club. Our reason for being is to try and win trophies. So try and win them. |
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Reply | Sky Why
at 12:01 6 Jan 2025
As we have discussed before, the viewing figures will be, in effect, zero.
Which they don't care about, as it is all about subscriptions and the overall package to show they are the place for all EFL football.
Oh for Saturday 3pms. |
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Reply | Rumour of Eze to spurs for£64 million
at 10:26 3 Jan 2025
Agree - still looks a very good player, of course, but hardly someone you would want to spend £60m + on. Spurs the only hope as he is a bit of a Spursy player at the moment - looks great on the highlights.... |
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Reply | Champ Survival
at 18:13 2 Jan 2025
I was up the other end but thought his shoulder had popped out and they shoved it back in? Can be done, can't it? |
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Reply | Champ Survival
at 13:21 2 Jan 2025
Exactly. Just at is was ridiculous a couple of months ago to say "we are definitely down", then similarly anything is still possible for the rest of the season. There are 63 points still available!
It's nice to be picking up points on a regular basis though, gives us some future leeway. |
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Reply | Promotion to the Premier League is tough.But is survival effectively impossible?
at 16:24 31 Dec 2024
I too would be in no rush to get back to the PL, but presuming we are all of a certain age that is perhaps somewhat selfish of us. A youth full of being one of the better sides in the top flight has satisfied that itch and having no wish to see us being outclassed by clubs like Brentford is an issue too, I suspect.
But my 18 year old son has seen none of that and would love us to be there. I am sure anyone who has never seen us there would love it. Even if just the dreaded one season "tour".
On the plus side, you don't need many points to survive these days. With a plan, and a top manager, there is hope. Problem is, we'd lose first five games, sack Marti and replace him with some drivel.
I do wonder if our owners look at Forest and think let's stuff FFP and cheat like they did, use all our fabulous wealth and buy our way up there and to survival. Cop a 2 point fine and hope to stay up. [Post edited 31 Dec 2024 16:24]
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Reply | Rooney
at 12:14 31 Dec 2024
I called it wrong, I thought he would do OK there. I don't subscribe to the Rooney hatred and actually thought he did OK at Derby and might do alright at a more stable club.
Whatever you think of him, at least he's prepared to roll up his sleeves and give management a go at levels below the top flight, when of course he could just lie around in his massive mansion or do punditry for the rest of his life. Suspect there are few that would take him now. |
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Reply | Budgies vs Rs Match Thread
at 14:40 29 Dec 2024
You think that was crap? Away at a side that are so strong at home with a totally makeshift defence? Do you think you support Real Madrid?
Excellent performance, great point. Shame to throw it away with one pass too many but in the end if we had just hoofed it, was coming straight back anyway. Frey didn't do much to help out when he came on.
Any point without Cook is a good one in my book. |
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Reply | Preston Reflection
at 09:34 22 Dec 2024
Really enjoyed that yesterday. We played really nicely and the continued development of Varane is starting to become really exciting. Morgan was terrific. The telly doesn't give enough justice to his pass to Field for the 1 on 1 miss, from where I was he gave them the eyes as though going to use Frey and switched it fantastically.
There's always some sort of downer, and Cook would be the last player right now I would choose to lose long-term. Just as we are coming up to those games like Norwich away and Watford and Leicester where you just know he would be playing the leading role in keeping the b***ards away from our net. Morrison and Fox did very little wrong but, along with JCS, we shall see when tougher questions are asked without Cookie.
Thoroughly enjoyed that twit Woodman going from laughing at the start of the second half, to timewasting, to getting beaten by Kolli, to faking it on the sending off, to let them get their tactical chat (get a grip, for once, ref) to picking the Dunne blaster out of his net. Suck that up. |
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Reply | Where are the "Nourry out" comments now ???
at 08:06 22 Dec 2024
I'm incredibly glad he didn't make the mistake of his life in sacking Marti. Question is, how much did the crowd reaction sway him during that awful run, and especially towards the end of it?
Interesting comments from Marti today thanking "the owners" for their support in recent times. Nouury ain't an owner. |
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Reply | Spurs v Man U
at 10:14 20 Dec 2024
Totally agree on the VAR. They would still be deliberating Son's goal now and would probably have ruled it out when there was no foul whatsoever.
Hate VAR. |
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Reply | Leicester cup tickets
at 10:09 19 Dec 2024
Very sensible prices, those, and a huge allocation. I wonder how many we will sell? Difficult to call. We usually take a lot there and FA Cup helps, but can't see us selling 5,000! |
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