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Luongo 15:31 - Jun 28 with 4188 viewsisawqpratwcity

I see Mass scored the winner against Bristol City. It's only his third goal for Wednesday but each time he's scored it's been the match decider. Efficient.

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Luongo on 15:36 - Jun 28 with 4169 viewsaston_hoop

Apparently they average far more points with him in the team than without and he has become very popular there. I rated him, couldn't get my head round what his critics were seeing.
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Luongo on 15:45 - Jun 28 with 4138 viewsisawqpratwcity

Luongo on 15:36 - Jun 28 by aston_hoop

Apparently they average far more points with him in the team than without and he has become very popular there. I rated him, couldn't get my head round what his critics were seeing.
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Yeah, I rated him, too, and I thought the club treated him shabbily. But then, so did the Australian national set-up, so he might have been getting used to it.

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Luongo on 15:56 - Jun 28 with 4103 viewsTacticalR

His goal was a bit like some of the goals he got for us when Matt Smith was doing the knockdowns from corners. Nahki Wells also scored for Bristol City.


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Luongo on 16:01 - Jun 28 with 4082 viewsMedwayR

I quite liked him but have to presume that he wanted too much money and had a better offer on the table from Wednesday than what we could offer him. Shame as him & Ball in CM would have been a rather tidy partnership.

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Luongo on 16:03 - Jun 28 with 4073 viewsBazzaInTheLoft

Luongo on 15:36 - Jun 28 by aston_hoop

Apparently they average far more points with him in the team than without and he has become very popular there. I rated him, couldn't get my head round what his critics were seeing.
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Me too.

I think sometimes a idea of what a player is like becomes canon no matter how much evidence to contrary there is. Luongo made the more successful tackles than anyone else in the division for two years in a row and people still said he didn’t make an impact. No amount OPTA statistics would change their minds. Eze and his laziness another example, and Mackie having no ability. People make out Mackie was just piss and thunder but I saw him go past people using quick feet all the time.
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Luongo on 18:44 - Jun 28 with 3864 viewsEmpireStateRanger

Luongo on 16:01 - Jun 28 by MedwayR

I quite liked him but have to presume that he wanted too much money and had a better offer on the table from Wednesday than what we could offer him. Shame as him & Ball in CM would have been a rather tidy partnership.


The thought of Ball and Luongo never really occurred to me. Quite fancy that.

I liked Luongo, but there were simply too many stretches of games where he was invisible. I can see why a lot of fans didn't rate him.
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Luongo on 18:47 - Jun 28 with 3853 viewsmcqpr10

Really rated him and think be would have blossomed under Warburton.

However went missing too many times. Someone with his ability should have dominated more games.

Would be our best centre mid were he still here.
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Luongo on 19:07 - Jun 28 with 3800 viewsPunteR

Playing for his national side was a bit of a joke really. Seem to really affect his game here.

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Luongo on 20:54 - Jun 28 with 3663 viewssmegma

Luongo on 15:45 - Jun 28 by isawqpratwcity

Yeah, I rated him, too, and I thought the club treated him shabbily. But then, so did the Australian national set-up, so he might have been getting used to it.


The club didn’t treat him shabbily
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Luongo on 01:09 - Jun 29 with 3520 viewsisawqpratwcity

Luongo on 20:54 - Jun 28 by smegma

The club didn’t treat him shabbily


Really? Frozen out at the start of the season and sent to train with the U23s because he wouldn't sign a cheaper contract?

That was the general perception at the time. If you have info that that is wrong then, yes, I'd like to know.

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Luongo on 06:34 - Jun 29 with 3370 viewsHooparoo

Mass always gave 100% for us as he does for his country. More than you could say for our current midfield. If he played for England you’d all be singing Land of Hope and Glory and waxing lyrical about how wonderful it is for an R to represent his country.

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Luongo on 08:26 - Jun 29 with 3265 viewsisawqpratwcity

Luongo on 06:34 - Jun 29 by Hooparoo

Mass always gave 100% for us as he does for his country. More than you could say for our current midfield. If he played for England you’d all be singing Land of Hope and Glory and waxing lyrical about how wonderful it is for an R to represent his country.

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I can't see Luongo playing for the Socceroos ever again. He was recalled to the squad for the Nepal game under Arnold last year but did not get on the pitch.

Jeez, I miss Ange Postecoglou. Under him, an Asian Cup for us (player of the tournament and a Ballon d'Or nomination for Mass) as well as the World Cup qualification but gits like Foster and Bosnich (yeah, the fat tvvat with the white nose who was sniffing around Loftus Road) just couldn't get off his case. Ange showed them when he went to Yokohama in the J League and in one season got them their first premiership since 2004 while our World Cup under van Marwijk just fizzled out to nothing (yep, Luongo never got off the bench).
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Luongo on 09:13 - Jun 29 with 3201 viewsHooparoo

Luongo on 08:26 - Jun 29 by isawqpratwcity

I can't see Luongo playing for the Socceroos ever again. He was recalled to the squad for the Nepal game under Arnold last year but did not get on the pitch.

Jeez, I miss Ange Postecoglou. Under him, an Asian Cup for us (player of the tournament and a Ballon d'Or nomination for Mass) as well as the World Cup qualification but gits like Foster and Bosnich (yeah, the fat tvvat with the white nose who was sniffing around Loftus Road) just couldn't get off his case. Ange showed them when he went to Yokohama in the J League and in one season got them their first premiership since 2004 while our World Cup under van Marwijk just fizzled out to nothing (yep, Luongo never got off the bench).
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Agree. Ange is the only national team coach who ever won anything - Asian Cup.

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Luongo on 10:13 - Jun 29 with 3153 viewsjoe90

Luongo was a grafter and stood out in one of the worst QPR sides of recent times. He was nothing special.
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Luongo on 10:46 - Jun 29 with 3106 viewsdaveB

Luongo on 01:09 - Jun 29 by isawqpratwcity

Really? Frozen out at the start of the season and sent to train with the U23s because he wouldn't sign a cheaper contract?

That was the general perception at the time. If you have info that that is wrong then, yes, I'd like to know.


Hadn't he made it clear he wanted to leave so Warburton gave that the OK but didn't want him with the first team squad if he wasn't going to play
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Luongo on 12:52 - Jun 29 with 3040 viewsisawqpratwcity

Luongo on 10:46 - Jun 29 by daveB

Hadn't he made it clear he wanted to leave so Warburton gave that the OK but didn't want him with the first team squad if he wasn't going to play


Not that I heard. And didn't they put him back in the first team training when it looked like a sale might not come through? Doesn't sound like he had attitude problems.

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Luongo on 13:18 - Jun 29 with 3007 viewsterryb

Where's SteveC to balance this thread up!

I liked him but it was probably time for him to leave.
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Luongo on 15:23 - Jun 29 with 2925 viewssmegma

Luongo on 01:09 - Jun 29 by isawqpratwcity

Really? Frozen out at the start of the season and sent to train with the U23s because he wouldn't sign a cheaper contract?

That was the general perception at the time. If you have info that that is wrong then, yes, I'd like to know.


Try working zero hour contracts for Mike Ashley then we’ll compare Luongo getting paid handsomely for being an average footballer. He hasn’t been missed has he?? He wasn’t forced to leave either, he made the choice to leave. Hardly any footballer is treated badly these days as them and their parasitic agents hold all the power.
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Luongo on 15:48 - Jun 29 with 2896 viewsWadR

Wouldn't say he was poorly treated. Club not being in the position they'd hoped they would be and therefore unable to offer him a new deal on existing/increased wage is an inevitable consequence of our period of austerity and relatively low league finishes (and the fact the wider Championship wage situation is financially fcked and unsustainable).

I am biased as I was a frequent defender and big fan of Luongo but we have missed him. Amos has disappointed and Mass was exactly the sort of versatile no.8 we could've done with this year. For my money he's better than any of our current CM options. Defence has been a mess, especially at set pieces but holding 2 in midfield has been a problem too. Luongo's engine and tackling ability would be an asset and for all the talk about international breaks etc. he still managed 150 games in 4 seasons.

Not sure about Mackie 2.0 having quick feet. He was like one of the old Fifas where you can only run in 4 different directions.
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Luongo on 00:19 - Jun 30 with 2801 viewsisawqpratwcity

Luongo on 15:23 - Jun 29 by smegma

Try working zero hour contracts for Mike Ashley then we’ll compare Luongo getting paid handsomely for being an average footballer. He hasn’t been missed has he?? He wasn’t forced to leave either, he made the choice to leave. Hardly any footballer is treated badly these days as them and their parasitic agents hold all the power.


So you haven't got anything?

He had a year left on his contract and the club go to him and say 'sign a cheaper contract or we'll sell you while we can still make some money on you' (I am assuming; again, tell me if you know something different) and then send him to the naughty step when he doesn't jump to it.

Zero hour contracts are irrelevant. I'd disagree that he hasn't been missed but that's also irrelevant. He left after the club tried to muscle him into a pay cut and I wouldn't blame him for that. I agree that the money in football is stupid but his original contract was agreed by both sides. Yeah, I'll stick with shabby.

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