| No. 10 08:27 - Mar 10 with 4464 views | stevec |
Perhaps we could have retired the no 10 shirt when Stan passed.
Not just the shirt, but at this club, any mention of the number other than in a historical context.
Rodney was a no 10, Stan was a no 10, Stainrod was a no 10 and last but not least Gallen was a no 10.
I’m struggling to think of anything since that was truly a no 10. You make goals and you score goals as a no 10, the modern breed have literally no understanding of the role.
Just bin it and stop insulting me with the clown infestation that masquerades in that supposed position season after season. We don’t have half a dozen number fckin tens, we have none. |  | | |  |
| No. 10 on 08:29 - Mar 10 with 4444 views | bosh67 |
Bizarrely my memory of Stainrod is that he actually operated more like a number 9. |  |
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| No. 10 on 08:41 - Mar 10 with 4409 views | stevec |
| No. 10 on 08:29 - Mar 10 by bosh67 |
Bizarrely my memory of Stainrod is that he actually operated more like a number 9. |
Had me thinking but I always saw Allen as the number 9 | | | |
| No. 10 on 09:30 - Mar 10 with 4321 views | daveB |
I think the shirt should stay to give players aspirations, these great players have worn this shirt now go on and make a name for yourself.
It's not as if Stan or Rodney are going to be forgotten if other people wear the number 10 |  | | |
| No. 10 on 09:35 - Mar 10 with 4292 views | CamberleyR |
Couple of glaring omissions in between your last two I think there Steve in John Byrne and Roy Wegerle. |  |
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| No. 10 on 09:57 - Mar 10 with 4228 views | dmm |
Although played more as a 'fashionable' inverted wide left man, I've always thought of Taarabt as a no 10. |  | | |
| No. 10 on 10:36 - Mar 10 with 4154 views | TheChef |
Oh calm down dear.
Er yeah surely Taarabt is in that number 10 bracket, maybe Buzsacky as well? |  |
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| No. 10 on 10:59 - Mar 10 with 4118 views | colinallcars |
Best person we've had at number 10 was Harold Wilson. |  | | |
| No. 10 on 11:30 - Mar 10 with 4054 views | kensalriser |
My legs were much better 30 years ago but I'd still like to keep them. |  |
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| No. 10 on 12:38 - Mar 10 with 3933 views | W7Ranger |
Err... EZE??!! |  | | |
| No. 10 on 12:51 - Mar 10 with 3902 views | Superhoops2808 |
For me during my time watching the Hoops in the flesh, it will always be Adel
With Buzz and Eze runners up
Of course prior to that there were better, but as someone who watched the R's in the flesh from the 90's (apart from Wembley appearances) they were the best for me. |  | | |
| No. 10 on 12:53 - Mar 10 with 3896 views | TK1 |
Roy Wegerle
John Byrne
Adel Taraabt
Ebere Eze
All pretty worthy tens in the lineage of Marsh, Bowles and possibly more mercurial, game-changing players than Gallen in the ten role (as much as I love him).
And I reckon Chair will be viewed in the future as also a great QPR ten, not his fault it's in a fairly rubbish team. He's not playing behind Clive Allen - or anyone really - but is still responsible for the most assists this season despite being injured for half of it.
There'll be more great QPR number tens. More worried there won't be any great QPR number 9s in the lineage of Givens, Allen, Bannister, Ferdinand, Furlong, Austin... |  | | |
| No. 10 on 12:54 - Mar 10 with 3885 views | Nov77 |
Currie Byrne wegerle?
A tradition to be proud of, not one to be ‘binned’.
Stupid thread. |  |
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| No. 10 on 13:01 - Mar 10 with 3855 views | Benny_the_Ball |
There's a clutch of number 10s at the club. It's the number 9 shirt that has felt retired for some years now. |  | | |
| No. 10 on 13:50 - Mar 10 with 3758 views | Boston |
| No. 10 on 10:59 - Mar 10 by colinallcars |
Best person we've had at number 10 was Harold Wilson. |
Pipe down, Colin. | |
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| No. 10 on 13:55 - Mar 10 with 3739 views | colinallcars |
| No. 10 on 13:50 - Mar 10 by Boston |
Pipe down, Colin. |
Awlrigh' guv! | | | |
| No. 10 on 14:03 - Mar 10 with 3711 views | Boston |
Steady, or I'll release my dead sheep to savage you! | |
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| (No subject) (n/t) on 16:32 - Mar 10 with 3581 views | stevec |
| No. 10 on 09:35 - Mar 10 by CamberleyR |
Couple of glaring omissions in between your last two I think there Steve in John Byrne and Roy Wegerle. |
Absolutely, I’ve certainly missed a few.
I guess it’s the notion of what a no 10 is. Back in the day it was more easily definable but in the context of todays football it’s blurred at best and of all the ones I mentioned plus the ones you and others have pointed out, what constitutes a 10 no longer exists.
The idea that Madsen was brought in to emulate any of those is laughable, even if he was any good he would be nothing like any of them. That goes for everyone since Gallen, including Eze, who was never a 10. More an 8 in the Gerry Francis mould.
In short, 10 is extinct, it ceases to be. [Post edited 10 Mar 2025 16:44]
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| No. 10 on 16:53 - Mar 10 with 3511 views | slmrstid |
I detest the American method of retiring shirt numbers everytime an iconic player in it retires, meaning no-one else will ever get the chance to take up the mantle and give the number a continuation in its history.
Akos was a great #10, so was Eze. Taarabt was but he didn't wear it for his best with QPR.
Chair is fine enough, not as good as some before him but much better than others.
Tjaronn Chery was semi-decent for his time in it to be fair.
But I love the fact the #10 is something that can be passed down from player to player, same as how other clubs have similar (Man U with #7, Newcastle #9 etc...) |  | | |
| No. 10 on 18:48 - Mar 10 with 3392 views | dmm |
Is the 10 extinct? I don't think so. I've seen all our 10s from Marsh onwards and although they had their differences they certainly had their similarities too. For me, a 10 plays off the central striker, is clever on the ball, scores goals and creates opportunities for others. | | | |
| No. 10 on 18:56 - Mar 10 with 3370 views | stevec |
| No. 10 on 18:48 - Mar 10 by dmm |
Is the 10 extinct? I don't think so. I've seen all our 10s from Marsh onwards and although they had their differences they certainly had their similarities too. For me, a 10 plays off the central striker, is clever on the ball, scores goals and creates opportunities for others. |
Totally agree, but that doesn’t fit with the system we seem to be determined to deploy. | | | |
| No. 10 on 22:25 - Mar 10 with 3244 views | Myke |
I'd settle for any player who could score ten bloody goals in a season whatever number he wears on his back | | | |
| No. 10 on 22:54 - Mar 10 with 3188 views | GaryHaddock |
| No. 10 on 22:25 - Mar 10 by Myke |
I'd settle for any player who could score ten bloody goals in a season whatever number he wears on his back |
Frey will get ten this season I reckon. |  | | |
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