| Cifuentes’ comments on 15:00 - Nov 28 with 2021 views | TheChef |
Jude the Cat? 
Yeah I suppose he could have referenced the board, rather than the owners? Whether that's a language limitation...anyhoo... |  |
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| Cifuentes’ comments on 15:04 - Nov 28 with 1962 views | colinallcars |
Yes, very pointed remarks - the exclusion of Nourry and his cohorts is I feel, of importance.
Not that they'd know, they're too busy looking at their phones to notice. |  | | |
| Cifuentes’ comments on 15:07 - Nov 28 with 1929 views | sparkey |
Marti is one of us. |  | | |
| Cifuentes’ comments on 15:36 - Nov 28 with 1686 views | KensalT |
| Cifuentes’ comments on 15:00 - Nov 28 by TheChef |
Jude the Cat?
Yeah I suppose he could have referenced the board, rather than the owners? Whether that's a language limitation...anyhoo... |
The owners are the board, with the addition of Lee Hoos:
https://www.qpr.co.uk/club/staff-directory
Not sure what LH might have done to upset Marti. Perhaps he voted for Trump 
Obviously no mention of Nourry, but I wouldn't read too much into that. It's the board who ultimately decide if Marti stays or goes. | | | |
| Cifuentes’ comments on 15:44 - Nov 28 with 1594 views | LazyFan |
From what he says there I suspect he means he is missing one or two players in positions he wanted.
That has got to be a forward for sure and possibly another player.
Its code for get me players in Jan as we shall need them and he's right.
Our squad is not large like the old days and he's blooding the kids so, you cannot say players do not get a go, because they do. He even gave Taylor Richards a go last season. You cannot say he does not give players as chance. Even EDB makes the bench.
If Smyth gets injured right now we have no one to play RW so, its back to wing backs and so on if that happens. Dembele isnt' a RW anyway he's an AMC really. |  |
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| Cifuentes’ comments on 15:54 - Nov 28 with 1513 views | kensalriser |
| Cifuentes’ comments on 15:44 - Nov 28 by LazyFan |
From what he says there I suspect he means he is missing one or two players in positions he wanted.
That has got to be a forward for sure and possibly another player.
Its code for get me players in Jan as we shall need them and he's right.
Our squad is not large like the old days and he's blooding the kids so, you cannot say players do not get a go, because they do. He even gave Taylor Richards a go last season. You cannot say he does not give players as chance. Even EDB makes the bench.
If Smyth gets injured right now we have no one to play RW so, its back to wing backs and so on if that happens. Dembele isnt' a RW anyway he's an AMC really. |
I couldn't help but look up Richards' progress. Two appearances early on, since when he's been missing. It's almost as though you could have predicted it. |  |
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| Cifuentes’ comments on 15:56 - Nov 28 with 1501 views | CroydonCaptJack |
He does say 'everybody' to be fair. |  | | |
| Cifuentes’ comments on 16:11 - Nov 28 with 1385 views | colinallcars |
| Cifuentes’ comments on 15:54 - Nov 28 by kensalriser |
I couldn't help but look up Richards' progress. Two appearances early on, since when he's been missing. It's almost as though you could have predicted it. |
He made two very brief appearances in pre-season friendlies.
A bloke on the Camb United fans board said “that new bloke didn't seem quite on it”
The understatement of the century. | | | |
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| Cifuentes’ comments on 16:14 - Nov 28 with 1351 views | MrSheen |
| Cifuentes’ comments on 16:11 - Nov 28 by colinallcars |
He made two very brief appearances in pre-season friendlies.
A bloke on the Camb United fans board said “that new bloke didn't seem quite on it”
The understatement of the century. |
Thigh operation, apparently. From a Cambridge fan. |  | | |
| Cifuentes’ comments on 16:18 - Nov 28 with 1320 views | W7Ranger |
| Cifuentes’ comments on 16:14 - Nov 28 by MrSheen |
Thigh operation, apparently. From a Cambridge fan. |
Can't he get a surgeon to do it? |  | | |
| Cifuentes’ comments on 16:33 - Nov 28 with 1160 views | stainrods_elbow |
'QPR need to improve' is hardly headline news, is it? And how is thanking 'everybody' pointed in any way? There's reading between the lines, and then there's over-reading.
I think his reference to the owners pretty much implies the board, unless he means to say the former are telling him how much they like and want to support him but failing to pass that onto the latter (on which Ruben and Amit themselves sit), which would be weird even for us.
As he's/we've had such a bad start, in my view Marti's doing what most managers do whose teams are struggling and sending out a message about what more he needs to protect himself and modifying his much sunnier assessment of our recruitment a mere three months ago. That's hardly news either - it's called downward managemnt of expectations, which has always gone on at QPR. In any case, no manager ever says he's totally happy with this squad and pleads for it not be added to, let's face it.
The bottom line is, if the team can't improve, everyone is to blame - Marti, Nourry, the Board, the owners, and the players, in whatever order. |  |
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| Cifuentes’ comments on 18:07 - Nov 28 with 848 views | 1JD |
It is also quite clear, as it has been from the summer, that Marti did not get the profile or type of player(s) he requested as key to his style of play.
Notably missing in action from a coach who plays possession football:
- no ball playing CM recruited, who is absolutely key in terms of the ability to play out from the back and dictate and control a game ( a Faurlin type)
- No ball playing full backs recruited, who must be able to do the same, play out, in tight spaces, and progress us up the pitch. (We only have Paal who can do that, 1 of 4 full backs required, and he was already at the club)
And then we have the striker situation. Only 2 strikers. And 1 of which cannot play up top on his own. Another area of the team not fit for purpose. So it’s not hard to see where Marti is coming from. | | | |
| Cifuentes’ comments on 18:25 - Nov 28 with 736 views | colinallcars |
| Cifuentes’ comments on 16:14 - Nov 28 by MrSheen |
Thigh operation, apparently. From a Cambridge fan. |
He had a boil on his thigh which they lanced. | | | |
| Cifuentes’ comments on 19:07 - Nov 28 with 525 views | Wilkinswatercarrier |
Key line:
'We need to improve and, I keep repeating, the club needs to understand there are some things that we need to improve as a club that I’ve been saying since the summer and so far we have not improved those areas.'
That's not Marti talking about the team, he clearly says the club needs to improve and he's been asking for these improvements since summer. Love to know what they are.
Also, by stating this in public he's using the backing of the fans as leverage. Clever. | | | |
| Cifuentes’ comments on 19:15 - Nov 28 with 468 views | FDC |
| Cifuentes’ comments on 19:07 - Nov 28 by Wilkinswatercarrier |
Key line:
'We need to improve and, I keep repeating, the club needs to understand there are some things that we need to improve as a club that I’ve been saying since the summer and so far we have not improved those areas.'
That's not Marti talking about the team, he clearly says the club needs to improve and he's been asking for these improvements since summer. Love to know what they are.
Also, by stating this in public he's using the backing of the fans as leverage. Clever. |
Yeah definitely feels calculated, with regards public support and having got a win. |  | | |
| Cifuentes’ comments on 19:50 - Nov 28 with 271 views | Logman |
Very wise words from Marti. Reining in the expectations and not succumbing to the immediate gratification of a win. We are seriously onto a winner with Marti. Just hope the Board are not blind enough to see it. | | | |
| Cifuentes’ comments on 19:57 - Nov 28 with 233 views | dmm |
| Cifuentes’ comments on 19:07 - Nov 28 by Wilkinswatercarrier |
Key line:
'We need to improve and, I keep repeating, the club needs to understand there are some things that we need to improve as a club that I’ve been saying since the summer and so far we have not improved those areas.'
That's not Marti talking about the team, he clearly says the club needs to improve and he's been asking for these improvements since summer. Love to know what they are.
Also, by stating this in public he's using the backing of the fans as leverage. Clever. |
You may well be right but Dave Mc starts the article referenced in the OP with: "Marti Cifuentes has suggested that QPR still need to improve their transfer dealings...". So he seems to interpret Marti's comments as a squad issue rather than a club one. |  | | |
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