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Reply | Trip to nostalgia land.
at 16:29 10 Sep 2024
Sure, if you want to ask an interesting question I’ll see if I can answer it.
Sorry, just kidding, but couldn’t resist. I am old, but not quite old enough to answer that one |
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Reply | Sky Sports Plus Farce
at 11:26 28 Aug 2024
yep, I had the same issue, and have had this before. I was watching on Sky+ red button through a second Sky Q box. It kept freezing every minute or so and was incredibly frustrating.
At the end I switched to watching the pens via the same service but on a 3rd Sky Q box (I know, I know) and it was a bit better but still pretty bad. After the pens were over, I went back to the original one I was watching it on and on that one the pens hadn't even started, it was so delayed! Ridiculously poor service, especially given how much they're banging on about the extra value Sky is delivering to Championship fans this year.
This plus, the massive ballache of multiple changed kick off times is a right pain in the aris |
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Reply | Sports Bar in LA. - Mind Blown.
at 14:33 19 Aug 2024
that said, this new TV deal is utter pony. I hadn't quite realised how many games would be potentially affected but on current rate, I reckon my attendance will be down by 75% this season due to the kick off time changes. That sucks, and really was better in my day |
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Reply | Sports Bar in LA. - Mind Blown.
at 14:21 19 Aug 2024
It's pretty crazy how much the game has changed in the last 30+ years. But although the pace of change has increased, is it really any different from my dad telling me about the brown leather ball that used to soak up all the water and take your head off your neck when you tried to head it back in his day?
I mean, today's game is unrecognisable from the one I grew up watching; which is unrecognisable from the one the prior generation watched etc etc.
Same for most sports I believe - all in the name of progress. "Twas ever thus. Get on board or don't, but there's no point in lamenting the old days. Even though it was much better in my day dontcha know |
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Reply | How to save the League Cup.
at 07:54 15 Aug 2024
QPR played in the 1st ever Charity Shield game against Man Utd in 1908 losing 4-0 |
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Reply | Single file Queuing.. in pubs!
at 12:52 10 Jun 2024
First time I saw it was just as we were coming out of Covid and I guess people were doing the old social distancing thing. It wound me up then and winds me right up now. I was in a pub in Reading recently and encountered this nonsense. As many have said on here already, the bar staff don't want this rubbish either. They were actively shouting at people to come to the bar but nobody would budge from the queue.
I went straight up to the counter and ordered a beer which encouraged a few groans and cries. I politely informed the (admittedly young in years) queue that I was old enough to have been in a pub before Covid and knew how pubs worked.
Shortly after that the queue dissipated and normal service was resumed.
Everybody cheered, bought me beers all night and carried me shoulder high around the pub.
(All true up to that last sentence) |
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Reply | The Final: Attack on Wembley - Netflix
at 14:57 28 May 2024
I was there, and was also at the Germany game and the semi vs Denmark. Me and my mates followed exactly the same routine for the final as we did for the semi and it was immediately obvious, >3hrs before kick off that there were far too many people there. As soon as we got off the train at Wembley Stadium you could sense a very different, quite unpleasant atmosphere.
I had been in 2 minds about going but decided to as i thought i may never get another chance to see England in a major final. I really wish I hadn't gone, and not because we lost. It was just a really unpleasant experience all round |
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Reply | The Final: Attack on Wembley - Netflix
at 14:54 28 May 2024
That's a strong agree from me on the Ashley Madison one. I remember that happening at the time really well and it could've been a really interesting documentary. Turned out to be nothing of the sort. Altho the bloke who did his Mrs' pregnancy test without her knowing, video'd it and then posted it on social media......I have no words |
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Reply | Preston/Sheff Wed/Ipswich – Awaydays
at 12:47 13 Feb 2024
These are great. Irreverent, irrelevant, engrossing and highly amusing. I just love the pig story and you just know it's real.
Is this what we follow QPR for? No? Does it make it loads better? You bet. |
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Reply | Resolution, revolution, evolution – Preview
at 11:13 6 Jan 2024
That’s a great read, if entirely depressing. Love the Andre Dozell comment - that is spot on and right at the heart of football culture for those old enough to remember it.
We’ll be there today for some reason. No expectations and yea, Bournemouth on Tuesday it is! |
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Reply | The season of evil begins with the birth of a new year – Report
at 19:47 2 Jan 2024
It’s criminal what’s happening here. In most private companies the investors hold the board and the management to account. And if performance is below par, changes are made.
One of the many problems we face as a club is that out investors can’t or won’t hold themselves accountable. And they also don’t know anything about football. Look at Birmingham as a great recent example of what happens when people with no football experience take over the running of the club.
Yeserday was at least as bad as some of the earlier season performances under Ainsworth. And yet, my 11 year old daughter wants to go on Saturday! How can I tell her….. |
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Reply | A long time between drinks - Preview
at 16:33 13 Dec 2023
That was a great read. Remember many of those occasions. My personal fave was probably Clive Allen's goal in the semi final at Highbury in 82. We were at the back of the North Bank before it went in; found ourselves practically at the front seconds later!
Really excited about tonight. What could possibly go wrong? |
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Reply | GA podcast interview post sacking
at 15:40 16 Nov 2023
I bumped into him in the pub last week and had a quick chat. He seemed upbeat, and said he'd already been approached about a couple of jobs but was going to take his time.
He seemed genuinely appreciative of the fan base and knows that everyone wanted him to succeed. Didn't think this season's results and performances would spoil his legacy as a player and was proud of 'keeping them up' last season.
Anyway, everyone says he is a really decent bloke and he certainly seemed it in person |
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Reply | The week in QPR – Preview
at 15:40 20 Oct 2023
Christ it's grim isn't it? Hard to argue with any of this - you do wonder if people up the hierarchy at the club read this. And if they do, what do they think? Would be good to know what the owners are really thinking and planning.
Like many, I now cannot watch Ainsworth's interviews either pre or post-match. I get that he can't come out and say we're doomed, but what he does say, and the way he says it is frankly a massive p*ss take.
As you say, it would very QPR to win 1-0 on Saturday. But it's even harder than ever to see how that happens with this team.
URRRRRRS? :) |
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Reply | Each goal more farcical and easier to score than the last - Report
at 12:17 9 Oct 2023
I'm in exactly the same position mate. Been bringing my 11 year old daughter for the last couple of seasons. She knows it's a family curse, but somehow still wants to keep coming to games. We also left when the 4th went in as I just couldn't take any more. This is the worst I can remember in my 50+ years of going to games.
We won't be going back until Gareth has been replaced as this it now well beyond a joke. |
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Thread | Is it the manager?
at 19:11 7 Oct 2023
There’s been a lot of commentary over the last few years or so about how changing the manager is not the solution. Until now I’ve largely agreed with that and accepted that there are bigger problems at the club. However, it surely is now time to change the manager isn’t it? I mean it can surely get no worse can it?
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