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Brilliant
at 08:16 31 Aug 2024

Excellent game, excellent performance, proper old school away end. Goal celebrations that a plastic red or an armchair City fan would never understand. Magnificent.

Nardi was so good second half. Had thought their goal summed up his season so far, did nothing particularly wrong but nothing great either. Did well to save the header, would have been fantastic to push it away further.

But then second half he made those match winning saves. The one on one particularly brilliant.

Then Frey, Cook, JCS, Dunne, Paal, really stood up and I thought second half we were well worth it really.

Marti at the end pointing to the players and not him. Yeah, mate, but it is really a lot down to you too.
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Smyth
at 08:28 25 Aug 2024

I think he's started pretty well this season, much improved and more direct and even some better end product. I thought one cross in particular Celar should have been there for (certainly Dykes would have been labelled "on his heels" anyway).

But, can someone have a word? Stop diving. Stop throwing yourself to the floor at the slightest touch.

I'm all for winning a penalty, but the one today right in front of us at the Loft Standing was a total embarrassment, made all the more frustrating that if he was less obsessed at leaving a foot out or whatever cheating it is they do nowadays, he would have been deep into the penalty box and totally free.

All you need to know is that it was down our end, late into a frustrating game, and even the fans' appeals were half-hearted.

Come on Paul, believe in yourself more. You get hacked down enough times anyway when you genuinely beat people.
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Safe standing
at 13:19 11 Jun 2024

Unless they hold back certain tickets from season ticket sales, if I am reading the seat map right there are fewer than 90 tickets left in the entire Loft Safe Standing.

Which is great, but slightly aware that there will be little chance for others / walk ups to experience it on a random basis and I am sure this was helpful last season in bringing a few more on board.

I am wary of rehashing the old debate, but the argument to extend it is growing in my mind.

Fair play to the flags guys for helping, too, and excellent that sales are up generally, of course.

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Norwich new manager odds
at 17:03 17 May 2024

I know, I know, this is going to be the way it is from now on.

Marti 33/1 at the moment

Ainsworth is 25/1 - not sure what the bookies are smoking there

Beale 33/1

John Terry 33/1

And no, I haven't made these up!
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Coventry tickets
at 16:32 27 Apr 2024

Guessing there isn't going to be a huge hankering for these anymore, but if anyone wants to go and couldn't get hold of any tickets originally, PM me as got 2 adult tickets and not going now.

Were £37 each but happy to knock a few quid off for a good home. I would have to post them to you as physical tickets.
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Kiyan Prince Foundation
at 08:22 27 Apr 2024

After that rousing speech last night and the (bizarre / misunderstood / shameful) booing from the Leeds fans - the only noise they made all night - it inspired me to make a regular donation to someone actually working to make a real difference.

Will leave link here

https://cafdonate.cafonline.org/24744#!/DonationDetails

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Loftus Road journey
at 08:02 19 Apr 2024

Just realising the only place I've not sat is the Upper Loft. A total mystery to me up there.

What's your Loftus Road journey? Mine....

80s - South Africa Road with Dad, then Ellerslie with Dad
90s - South Africa Road with Dad, then Loft seating with mates
2000s - Loft seating with mates then Loft family stand with son
2010s - Loft family stand with son
2020s - Loft standing with son

As son turns 18 on Sunday, am thinking I will soon be a flat-capped singleton doddering to games on my own with a flask of Horlicks. Where does one sit for that? Back to South Africa Road? Or is that what is in the mysteries of the Upper Loft?
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Turn around, bright eyes
at 08:45 7 Apr 2024

Being turned around so we don't attack the Loft second half - very rarely happens anymore (thanks goodness) but certainly didn't do Wednesday any harm. Got me wondering why it rarely happens (maybe because many more grounds this days have home ends behind both goals?) and if Wednesday did it for crowd reasons or because of the wind?

Being a Loft man, I hate it, absolutely hate it. And I know that technically we had the lower away end but don't seem to get much atmosphere down there.
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Swimming pool at Craven Cottage
at 15:23 27 Mar 2024

How splendid - in their new stand.

https://www.standard.co.uk/homesandproperty/luxury/fulham-fc-riverside-stand-sky

We, of course, experienced this first with the rivers of pee in the away end at Ashton Gate.

Not sure it will be worth the undoubtedly extreme prices in sub zero temperatures?
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Club announcement
at 17:42 8 Mar 2024

Coming tonight according to Twitter? Written in the way that it will be good news, I think. I hope.
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Marti
at 05:34 7 Mar 2024

This man is a proper manager. Already feels like we'll be lucky to have him for however long we do.

He's his own man too - who would have thought Sinclair wouldn't get a single minute today after his goal at Leicester?

That was, hands down, the best home performance I've witnessed for donkeys' years.

What an atmosphere too, can't condone the bottle throwing but I wonder if that p&&&& who scored the worldie might think twice after (totally needlessly and unjustifiably) winding us up after he scored, as did the guy who scored their second. All it served to do was stoke up the Rangers fans to yet greater heights. To be fair their centre back apologised during the celebrations, him and Darnell the only ones with class and a brain cell.

Must admit I thought (or hoped) that bloke handled it from my view in the Loft standing but wasn't sure. Also inexplicable that no-one around me saw it, so maybe the slight flick from the keeper caused an illusion. Strange all round. As was the fact he looked (genuinely) bemused when hearing the cheat chants - once the replays had been passed around.

Special mentions to Andersen, Cook, Field, Willock today. Brilliant. But they all were.

Loved it. Was so bonkers I could see them getting the winner in injury time so 2-2 did me. Again, strangely, as we deserved to win quite clearly.
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In my last moments
at 10:32 15 Jan 2024

I will close my eyes and see.....the school end erupting in joy.

We should get the structure of the stand checked. Lots of people bouncing up and down on it relentlessly every other week must cause some stress.

It really is the away trip of dreams for clubs - a whole end, behind the goal, good acoustics and most importantly, 3 points.

Another of many reasons to pull our finger out of our backsides and get looking for a new ground, one where the away end is horrible and tucked away and nowhere near as possible to have an influence on the game.

I know we are not losing because of that, but it is hard not to get fed up with how accommodating we are generally.

Thinking about it - name me a club with an away end as good and dominant as ours - that has a good home record these days? Brighton?
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Cups
at 07:20 10 Jan 2024

For all the yoof's conviction that cups don't matter...look at Boro last night. A semi final 1st leg win over Chelsea. Packed house, away end booing their own players. How is that not exciting?

Fulham also in the semis.

Forget about our side now, we have often had teams better (relatively) than Fulham and Boro and yet a semi final has just seemed a pipe dream. Never mind 3rd round FA Cup defeats, we've not got to a semi final since 1986. And even that tournament ended up abandoned.

For clubs the size of ours cups are the lifeblood for excitement, exposure - for something different.

For the love of god, whatever happens to QPR in the next ten years, please let us pay a cup proper attention and please let us enjoy something like this. Just for once.

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Our approach to Bournemouth cup tie
at 19:29 1 Jan 2024

Normally it drives me absolutely nuts when we throw away cup ties and don't play our strongest 11. On this occasion, and considering our 1st XI would almost certainly lose to Bournemouth's youth team anyway, I guess we've got no option but to play kids throughout. Not sure we have enough though?

I see on the ticketing site we've barely sold a ticket. Still £25 for safe standing seems like a missed opportunity not to virtually give the tickets away, but that ship has sailed.

So who will Marti play? Even if recovered, I am guessing it makes no sense to play Chair, Willock, Cook.

I know Archer is hopeless but a good opportunity to give Begovic more time on his more important interests - what a shame Mahoney is injured and Walsh off on loan.

Kolli injured too, maybe, so...

Archer
Cannon (keep him going, I say)
Fox
Dunne
Lakersche
EDB
Er Um
Er Um
Armstrong
Kelman
Er Um

Bournemouth's youth team will be shaking in their boots....
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Long-term
at 12:51 28 Dec 2023

Those 5 year and 10 year tables just show how long and deep the malaise is at Rangers. As tempting as it is to lay everything at Ainsworth's door, it obviously isn't the root of the issue.

I have been very impressed with Marti and perhaps we have asked him to perform one too many miracles with this bunch of jokers. I suspect we are doomed to League One and although he may turn out, of course, to be no good I think it would be a good option to commit to him now. My point is to commit to him rather than the players.

I know the owners are, as always, asleep on the job, but let's turn the power away from the players. Let's stop them doing a Critchley again and thinking they can get another one sacked / blame the manager for their own inadequacies.

How to do that? Come out now with a 5 year new contract for Marti (with large release fee). State openly that he will be kept even if we are relegated.

Basically say it is this group of players, not the manager, that is the issue. Make them realise that it will be them out the door and not the manager.

I know that is putting a lot of eggs into a Marti basket, but I think he's shown enough.

Worth a try?
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Ratings
at 06:54 2 Dec 2023

From the sofa

Rejectiovic 7 (credit where it's due, looked big and confident today)
Cannon 6 (tidy)
Dunne 6 (so much better)
JCS 7 (nearly an 8 but the odd mistake in amongst some excellent work, keep him fit)
Paal 6 (the corners, dearie me)
Colback 6 (quiet, didn't look fit?)
Field 7 (so dependable)
Dozzell 6 (tidy, as anonymous as ever though)
Willock 7 (so much better, please be on the comeback, get him signing a new deal)
Smyth 6 (right place for the goal, great back flip)
Dykes 7 (excellent all round play. Hope his myriad of critics noticed it. Lucky not to be sent off, probably would have been under GA for whatever reason, bad luck or GA reputation)

Chair 8 (magnificent)
EDB 6 (could have scored, do like him)
Lakarche 6 (good late play again)
Kakay 6 (no mistakes, hallelujah)

Marti 9 (what a start this guy has made. Team pattern of play, the way he talks, today I thought it was nuts not to start with Cook and Chair, two of our most important players to me. How nice to genuinely believe the manager knows better than you do again).

Fans 10 (incredible lads and lasses. Bet Marti doesn't enjoy the "how **** must you be, we're winning away etc" chants though. Could be time to put them away soon :-). So much rich reward for the commitment and loyalty of the fans who were still going to watch the absolute nonsense GA served up).


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Going against the grain
at 07:54 10 Nov 2023

With deference to the excellent under-rated thread - and the fact that I have a vastly different opinion on Holloway to most - who are the Rangers players / managers that you haven't liked or rated when the majority of R's fans really liked and rated? I guess...those you just don't....get? Can be controversial....like these.....

I never liked Holloway as a player, nor as a manager. Don't think coming second in League One on the biggest budget made him or his team "legends". I know that puts me in the minority.

Ale Faurliin - I never thought he was THAT good. Not as good as many appear to make out, anyway. *ducks for cover*

David Bardsley - lovely bloke, thought he was made to look far better than he was by Les latching on to his punts up the channel. Remember when Les went, Dichio plodding after them didn't look as great. Prone to too many errors, too. Obviously, with the experience of seeing every right back afterwards, I think I was spectacularly harsh.









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Nigel Pearson
at 15:22 29 Oct 2023

....now available.

Not sure it would work, but at least he would scare the players!
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