| QPR v Ride A White Swansea Match Thread 13:54 - Dec 23 with 26713 views | Wilkinswatercarrier |
Match 5 😯
Going a bit early due to Xmas and I'm not changing the format as I'm becoming more superstitious the longer this run continues.
Will the Welsh valleys be filled with the joyous choir melodies of Rangers fans celebrating another good result?
Will The Rs refuse to go gentle into that good night?
Does Matri look younger when QPR do well?
Those Ancient Alien Astronaut theorists give a resounding Yes!
Tough game, no Cook, but we are looking difficult to breakdown. Going for a 1-0 win, but be delighted with a draw.
Happy Xmas everyone, and safe journey to those making the trip along the M4. U Rs! |  | | |  |
| QPR v Ride A White Swansea Match Thread on 10:45 - Dec 27 with 527 views | QPunkR |
People suggesting we park the bus Vs Norwich but I'd posit that's a forlorn hope while we're forced to play Fox. The guy is absolutely abject and if we're relying on him to form part of a defence keeping a clean sheet then I hope you've saved up your prayers.
If he's part of our centre back partnership then we're better off with the ball as far away from our goal as possible. Maybe go 5-0-5?  |  |
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| QPR v Ride A White Swansea Match Thread on 11:08 - Dec 27 with 463 views | TheChef |
We beat Norwich 3-0, can't help but feel we'll be on the end of the same scoreline again.
Will snap your hand off for a point! |  |
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| QPR v Ride A White Swansea Match Thread on 12:48 - Dec 27 with 337 views | Esox_Lucius |
| QPR v Ride A White Swansea Match Thread on 16:26 - Dec 26 by RangersDave |
is 70 minutes without a shot on target a record? |
Yeovil away in cup. 0 shots on target during gameplay, won 1-0 with a CA penalty. |  |
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| QPR v Ride A White Swansea Match Thread on 12:50 - Dec 27 with 333 views | Northernr |
| QPR v Ride A White Swansea Match Thread on 12:48 - Dec 27 by Esox_Lucius |
Yeovil away in cup. 0 shots on target during gameplay, won 1-0 with a CA penalty. |
That was a league game. At that point the Championship’s biggest ever wage bill versus its smallest ever. |  | | |
| QPR v Ride A White Swansea Match Thread on 13:02 - Dec 27 with 297 views | Esox_Lucius |
| QPR v Ride A White Swansea Match Thread on 12:50 - Dec 27 by Northernr |
That was a league game. At that point the Championship’s biggest ever wage bill versus its smallest ever. |
Mea culpa. I had actually forgotten that Yeovil made it to the Championship. A very decent fan turnout accompanied by a game that bad. | |
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| QPR v Ride A White Swansea Match Thread on 15:35 - Dec 27 with 191 views | hoopstar67 |
| QPR v Ride A White Swansea Match Thread on 18:39 - Dec 26 by stainrods_elbow |
To answer you, hoopstar67, I actually like him overall and want to see him succeed at QPR, though I feel he's still learning on the job and he's been getting too easy a ride at times from some of the Martiphiles here, largely because of his banked credit from last season and our injury list this. I also think it's very notable for some posters how literally everything wrong with the team seems to get blamed on the players, while factors that are clearly coach-driven including our team shape, ultra-defensive mindset at times, inability/unwillingness to keep possession, ineptitude at free kicks etc. rarely get referred back to him and Calm. Some of our absolutely all-time worst performances in recent weeks have also been on their watch. Plus, despite the scornful view of the usual suspects that post-match manager interviews, and even newspaper articles, don't matter and I shouldn't watch or read, let alone scrutinise them, I will and I do. I also feel he sometimes soft-pedals his criticisms and/or makes pitiful excuses, like mentioning the extra day's preparation Bristol City had in his assessment of our performance.
Finally, for me, and as in life, a football message board like this one is and should be a place of argument and counter-argument, including a generous sprinkle of devil's advocacy. I like balance, a bit of passionate friction, and reading between the lines where I can.
(Thanks for the genuine question - I hope this is a genuine answer!) [Post edited 26 Dec 19:18]
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Yes thankyou a genuine balanced answer and I agree we need balance,criticism when needed and also praise. I personally think Marti deserves more praise than criticism but definitely not beyond criticism when needed but overall I think he is the best manager we have had in awhile. |  | | |
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