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Martin cranie 15:11 - Jul 9 with 5102 views

Was a trialist for West Brom on Saturday,always thought he was pure class first time round with us,almost rolls Royce like,still more than good enough for us at centre half with the BFG leaving Darnell at RB.not sure what his fitness levels are like or his durability over the course of a long season. Your thoughts please.

Martin cranie on 15:50 - Jul 9 with 4983 views

californiahoop

Good shout

Martin cranie on 16:16 - Jul 9 with 4928 views

smegma

WAS decent first time around......

Martin cranie on 16:18 - Jul 9 with 4922 views

Northernr

Absolutely brilliant for us until the leg break. Never fulfilled his potential. Another one that likes the life of a footballer more than the actual football sadly.

Martin cranie on 16:40 - Jul 9 with 4850 views

rsonist

And into the Jamal Campbell-Ryce phase of pre season we go.

Martin cranie on 17:30 - Jul 9 with 4717 views

tonyQPR

Martin cranie on 16:40 - Jul 9 by rsonist
And into the Jamal Campbell-Ryce phase of pre season we go.

Not really as I don’t recall him ever playing for us and defo not at centre half for sure.

Martin cranie on 17:33 - Jul 9 with 4704 views

tonyQPR

Martin cranie on 16:18 - Jul 9 by Northernr
Absolutely brilliant for us until the leg break. Never fulfilled his potential. Another one that likes the life of a footballer more than the actual football sadly.

Ok that seems fair enough to me,so that’s a no then :)

Martin cranie on 17:35 - Jul 9 with 4697 views

Northernr

Martin cranie on 17:33 - Jul 9 by tonyQPR
Ok that seems fair enough to me,so that’s a no then :)

I'm up for considering anything that isn't Lynch TBH.

Martin cranie on 19:53 - Jul 9 with 4473 views

DavieQPR

He was a trialist for West Brom because they are still paying top dollar.
We can only afford to buy second hand Escorts not Rollers. People need to
be more realistic.

Martin cranie on 20:11 - Jul 9 with 4438 views

rsonist

Martin cranie on 17:35 - Jul 9 by Northernr
I'm up for considering anything that isn't Lynch TBH.

It's on the horizon for sure but personally I'm just not quite there yet with Lynch like I was with Perch. Another couple of incidents should probably do it though.

Ironically Perch has probably had more acceptable games for us than Lynch ever has but hey, this is a deeper more existential level of disgust we're talking about.

Martin cranie on 12:07 - Jul 10 with 3987 views

00calben

Martin cranie on 19:53 - Jul 9 by DavieQPR
He was a trialist for West Brom because they are still paying top dollar. We can only afford to buy second hand Escorts not Rollers. People need to be more realistic.

Don't think his wage demands would be too high when you consider recent clubs Coventry, Barnsley, Huddersfield.

Such a shame that leg break seemed to have massively hampered his development. When he was on loan I was sure he'd be playing for England.

Assuiming the wages were right he'd be a decent free signing IMO. He's experienced now and provides an option at both centre half and right back.

Martin cranie on 13:57 - Jul 10 with 3901 views

rsonist

So he'd be a "decent free signing" "still more than good enough for us at centre half" on the sole evidence of six games for us eleven years ago. Is that what we're saying.

Martin cranie on 15:08 - Jul 10 with 3777 views

00calben

Martin cranie on 13:57 - Jul 10 by rsonist
So he'd be a "decent free signing" "still more than good enough for us at centre half" on the sole evidence of six games for us eleven years ago. Is that what we're saying.

Or it could be on the evidence of 350+ games at this level in between

Martin cranie on 15:34 - Jul 10 with 3726 views

Northernr

Martin cranie on 20:11 - Jul 9 by rsonist
It's on the horizon for sure but personally I'm just not quite there yet with Lynch like I was with Perch. Another couple of incidents should probably do it though. Ironically Perch has probably had more acceptable games for us than Lynch ever has but hey, this is a deeper more existential level of disgust we're talking about.

He's the lethal combination of a centre half you can't rely on to take the field regularly and can't rely on when he does make it there.

Martin cranie on 18:43 - Jul 10 with 3601 views

rsonist

Martin cranie on 15:08 - Jul 10 by 00calben
Or it could be on the evidence of 350+ games at this level in between

Nice try but somewhat doubt you're recommending to sign him for his injury-hit non-QPR career suffering relegations at Coventry and Barnsley.

Personally, I suggest we get Matt Jackson in.