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Reply | Rs Vs Lootown Hatters Match Thread
at 00:20 7 Jan 2025
Hugely enjoyable and huge 3 points .
I like how we are now mixing it with the most physical sides in the division and coming out on top .
But not just doing the hard yards , starting to play some lovely football in patches .
Morgan of course very influential in that and he could be a hell of a player . But he’s making players around him better too.
Not one of Chair’s better games but what a shift he put in which epitomises how this lot are now battling and fighting for each other. Paal looks a lot happier with Chair in front of him too.
And what a cameo by Alfie Lloyd. Yes, he should have scored but he caused carnage in their back 4 . A real handful .
Desire, summed up by Colback after Lloyd hit the post .
After Alfie got up Colback ran over too him and shouted “Alfie …f*cking score!”, through gritted teeth.
It was a great moment as it was encouragement rather than a moan but reminding him that that’s part of his job too.
Long way to go and lots to improve on but we have to be happy with the last 6 weeks . Been an incredible turn around . |
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Reply | Your best and worst ever QPR moment witnessed as a fan and as an armchair fan !!
at 19:55 5 Jan 2025
Some great posts on this thread .
Sinclair’s overhead kick being one of many live ones . The Chelsea 6-0. The Fenwick equaliser at Wembley .
On tv the 4-1 at old Trafford . The semifinal second leg at Anfield . What moments .
For reasons too long to explain I never was at nor did I see the Zamora moment or game . Long story short.
Bad ones have all been mentioned .
Maybe that cup final replay . 7 years old and heartbroken |
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Reply | Luke Littler
at 10:11 5 Jan 2025
Apart from the 8 foot ELECTRIC fences , barbed wire , spiked tops …there was no segregation 😆 |
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Reply | Luke Littler
at 10:14 4 Jan 2025
Love the darts and the worlds has become my favourite thing about this time of year .
Littler is a revelation and a genius. And to think he’s literally still a kid .
I feared for his mental health after his first match against Ryan Miekle when he broke down after and couldn’t talk. He looked fragile and that made me worry . Yesterday he didn’t show that but the pressure is ramping up from the media and the snowball affect that is darts at the moment .
Had my boss telling me Thursday morning when we were back at work how arrogant he thinks Littler is and how he thinks he’s better than everyone else.
It shocked me but didn’t surprise me as this is the British public in a nutshell.
They see the worst in everybody instead of the good and that feeds the press which feeds the publics psyche and it will grow and grow and before we know it his family will be dole scroungers, woman beaters , drug users , blah blah blah . We know it’s coming and I hope so much that they already have the coping mechanisms in place . He needs a management team to pick and choose his media appearances wisely and not do everything that’s offered .
As for him winning everything in the next 10 years and it becoming boring . It could happen, but I don’t think it will . He isn’t a machine or a robot . He looks beatable at times and Ryan Joyce , who isn’t in the top 25 took him close . Ryan Miekle was 2-0 up in a race to 3 . He’s lost in the first round at 2 majors this year . He looks human at times and not how MVG was when he burst on the scene .
And that vulnerability is a good human trait as well when he looks a genius.
I for one think he is confident but far from arrogant . Level headed nice lad who would rather play Xbox than practice and I hope he never changes .
Well done Luke !
Incredible achievement |
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Reply | The coldest/wettest you've ever been at a match
at 00:58 3 Jan 2025
Elm Park on that concrete terracing around 97/98 ish . I think we won or drew but I can’t remember due to the bloody frostbite . All my mate Jim (rip) wanted to do was just keep drinking cold beer.
Since that day I struggle to drink beer at all when I’m cold . |
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Reply | Varanne
at 23:48 2 Jan 2025
Just wanted to add this 3rd Varane thread to the top of the list really . |
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Reply | Varane
at 23:46 2 Jan 2025
Blimey …imagine if we were still losing games |
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Reply | Varane
at 23:44 2 Jan 2025
Colback is much more experienced and will be important in the weeks ahead .
But Varane’s athleticism and speed around the pitch will make him more important I think .
He is still adapting of course and will have off games , but he is growing in stature bit by bit.
With the ball he needs to improve but so does Field…and for me they have both improved ball retention. But for Varane especially, that’s not his main reason for being in the team. He’s an enforcer and he’s starting to be pretty good one .
As for ‘silly bookings’, no one has more stupid bookings in the last 18 months than Colback . Dissent , kicking the ball away , dangerous lunges…you name it really so I think we can let Varane off a couple here and there . |
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Reply | Let's put this to bed...
at 18:39 1 Jan 2025
He looks like he is finally starting to believe in himself . A lovely cross for Field today and he terrorised Watford in that second half .
Been critical of him a lot but fair play to him because he is becoming integral to how we play .
Just hope he doesn’t suffer an over usage injury similar to Cook for example as he leaves everything on that pitch every week |
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Reply | Hoops vs Hornets Match Thread
at 18:28 1 Jan 2025
What a day! Even the weather couldn’t put a dampener on it.
Thought it was very good performance by a team looking compact and very difficult to breakdown at home. We frustrated the sh*t out of Watford as we did Preston and Norwich with our work rate, pressing and desire to match them physically . Some nice football too especially down the right in the second although first 2 goals ironically came from the left .
Some impressive performances too notably from Ashby (second half especially), Fox, Field , Varane , a much improved Paal. But Dunne and Smyth were tremendous today . A month ago they were driving me made down that right hand side .
Today Smyth was electric in his favourite situation , attacking the loft second half . His work rate is becoming integral to who we are now.
And I thought Jimmy was a Colossus today. A captains performance for me .
Someone compared him to Macca a couple of weeks back which I baulked at, but today that could have been Big Mac himself out there .
Inspirational ! |
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Reply | Watford antics
at 18:11 1 Jan 2025
The strops we are seeing from opposing teams at LR are very much down to how we play and how we are set . We completely frustrated Watford today with our Press and closing down . We gave them very little chance to play as we did Norwich at home and Preston .
Huge credit to the players and the coaching staff because we look very hard to play through at home |
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Reply | Happy New Year My R's - Preview
at 08:58 1 Jan 2025
Wonderfully written Clive.
Thank you for all the words that describe the wonder and the pain of following our bonkers club and team, in the last year and every year .
Watching that clip of the Jimmy Dunne goal against Birmingham genuinely bought tears of elation back to my eyes .
For multiple reasons I can’t make many away games but to all of you who traipse up and down the country giving the guys incredible support , you are this clubs life’s blood. At times the players don’t deserve you and us who only make it to LR but there is nothing like supporting and loving this football club.
Happy new year to everyone on here and let’s hope we can start 2025 with a victory .
Come on U R’s!!!!!! |
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Reply | Thank you all
at 08:33 1 Jan 2025
A happy and healthier new year to you mate . |
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Reply | GEORGE GRISTWOOD RIP
at 08:24 1 Jan 2025
Absolutely beautiful homage. Once again sorry for your loss . |
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Reply | QPR songs you don't hear any more
at 18:51 31 Dec 2024
Also , around the time we got relegated from the premier league in 96 we sang Daydream Believer . Very popular at that time but we just stopped singing it. |
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Reply | QPR songs you don't hear any more
at 18:49 31 Dec 2024
One song that got dusted off when we were smashing Leeds was “hello , hello , we are the Rangers boys”.
It’ sounded great but we don’t sing it very often , at home, anyway . |
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Reply | Tomorrow's referee
at 17:04 31 Dec 2024
God , this guy. He even annoyed me as the 4th official at Old Trafford last night . |
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