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Reply | the (not so) bons mots of Julien Stephan
at 07:59 3 Dec 2025
We all know what to expect from West Brom, another team that bullies us into submission every season, but will JS and his staff be fully aware of what they are facing.
Unless we change our line up and add a bit of physicality, another humbling is on the cards.
Field now likely injured, but Hayden and RND must start. Varane and Saito need to sit this one out. |
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Reply | Any news on Sam Field?
at 09:40 1 Dec 2025
Can’t just keep “putting it behind us” and forgetting about it. JS needs to get to the bottom of our continued propensity to just not turn up in certain games and hand the 3 points over to teams that are there for the taking.
It’s always 1 step forward and two steps back. Unless we can build some consistency we will never progress beyond the hallowed mid table obscurity.
As a team, I personally feel we are just too lightweight and soft for this division, and the occasional win comes from the bit of quality from the midget brigade. The midfield is simply too weak and passive, providing very little going forward or defensively.
Ultimately, the squad is a bit of a mish mash of players that have been randomly selected over a number of seasons without a real plan of the type of team we want to be. Maybe JS can sort this, but it will take a few seasons to do it. Whether he gets that long is another matter entirely. |
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Reply | That Swindon Town match report again – Report
at 18:21 30 Nov 2025
Just fu*cking infuriating to be honest. We knew what was coming and they served up the slop accordingly.
Just watching Chelscum v Arseholes, yellow cards galore, two teams going at it hammer and tongue.
Watching Madsen and Varane stroll around yesterday without a care in the world just boils my piss.
Don’t know how much more I can take. |
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Reply | Had we drawn with Blackburn and today
at 13:24 30 Nov 2025
Surely no one would criticise the manager for making changes after two tough games only days before?
The guy was appointed in the knowledge that he could manage three game weeks. We have had Field and Hayden, two hugely experienced defensive midfielders warming the bench all season. Surely it was the time to play one of them in midfield and put our best left back on after resting him on Wednesday.
Frey coming on instead of Kone or Kolli was downright nonsense. JS got yesterday wrong, pure and simple. |
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Reply | Isaac Hayden
at 12:36 30 Nov 2025
Varane is too lightweight and lacks energy and strength for this division.
With Madsen and Varane in deep lying midfield positions we will get found out on a regular basis.
If we want to play with 3 offensive midgets behind a striker, we need 2 behind them with grit, determination and aggression. Madsen and Varane are so timid it beggars belief. |
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Reply | Not that Swindon Town match preview again - Preview
at 10:57 29 Nov 2025
An early goal would deflate them and should allow us to win comfortably. The longer the game goes on without us scoring will give them confidence.
Need a strong confident start…but as always, never know what to expect. |
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Reply | Loveliest Town in England Match Thread
at 22:19 26 Nov 2025
His biggest (and only) real attribute is his fierce shot. When was the last time he had one?
Unless he is in or around the box, his lack of mobility is more of a liability than an advantage.
Don’t buy the “makes space for others” gambit.
He is an instinctive striker, but we need to use him correctly and he needs to lose some bulk. |
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Reply | Eze bags a hat trick
at 22:48 23 Nov 2025
Agree with Les. Do feel he holds himself back sometimes. He is one of the best dribblers I have ever seen, but doesn’t do it anywhere near often enough.
Go for it Ebs, take that handbrake off man. |
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Reply | Kone
at 22:29 23 Nov 2025
Numpty over reacted, big time. We all say it as we see it. I think Kone looks a great finisher, but is weak in other areas, no biggy, everyone has strengths and weaknesses.
I personally think a break would do him good. The other option is to keep playing him until he finds his form again. No issue either way. I would still like to see What Kolli can offer in his position.
Really no need for anyone to lose their shit over an opinion. |
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Reply | Kone
at 22:16 23 Nov 2025
We would still have two strikers up there if Kolli was playing in his place. I am in no way writing Kone off, he is young and has plenty of time on his side, but he looks low on confidence and finding opportunities difficult to come by.
Only JS will know whether it is in his interests to keep playing him, or give him a break and give Kolli a genuine opportunity of a few consecutive games.
We are in another 3 game week after all. |
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Reply | Chair - Back On Song At Last
at 16:53 23 Nov 2025
The issue for me is that no one else in our team can get near that standard, hence the reason he should always play when fit. Said it before, form is temporary, class is permanent and with the possible exception of Field, no one is more committed to QPR than Chair. |
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Reply | Kone
at 14:16 23 Nov 2025
Personally, I would drop Kone. I don’t really see what he is contributing if he is not scoring. No pace, touch not great and not great in the air either. If we hadn’t seen him score a few at the start of the season, we would consider him no better than Celar.
He is either bang out of form, playing out of his favoured position or hasn’t adapted to his surroundings and team mates yet. Plenty of time for him to find his feet, but now is perhaps the moment to give Kolli a run out, who’s all round game looks better than Kone’s.
Burrell is undroppable. Makes a huge difference having pace and work rate at the top end. |
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Reply | Chair - Back On Song At Last
at 10:23 23 Nov 2025
It was only a matter of time. Can’t believe the grief some give him on here. Struggled with fitness and form over the last two seasons, but is without doubt a class act with known pedigree and quality. Imperious performance yesterday and at the heart of everything we did well.
Great to finally see some fight and determination coursing throughout the entire team to come back and win that game. Consistency is now the key. Need to follow that up with the same belief and drive at Blackburn, a place we tend to fear and wither at.
Can we go again with the same intensity? |
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Reply | What've we got to lose Scotty ? Hull match thread
at 19:29 20 Nov 2025
We never, ever “get at them from the get go”.
Concede in the first 20 and then wake up on 30 mins is our new Modus Operandi.
Maybe JS has worked some magic on the training ground and on the mindset of our fragile bunch of sops. Can’t wait to find out. |
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Reply | QPR - State of Play
at 23:32 18 Nov 2025
I don’t think JS has come up with any particular system or model, or at least not one that he has stuck to for more than a couple of games. We don’t appear to have a specific style or shape that defines us as a team and this is exacerbated by the constant chopping and changing of personnel.
JS clearly hasn’t yet got to grips with the broad range and style of opposition across the Championship, which often necessitates a different and specific approach to each team we face. Until we have faced every team in the division, I suspect JS will continue to struggle with his team selections and how to adapt to the opposition from one game to the next.
I have no problem with changing up the selection if it is to counter a specific threat, or to obtain an advantage, but the changes appear random and of no obvious benefit. Ultimately, he is still learning on the fly and I don’t foresee much of an improvement until he truly understands the nature of this league and how best to utilise the players at his disposal. |
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Reply | Expectations for the rest of the season
at 17:02 12 Nov 2025
You have to wonder, what does Varane bring to the party that Field can’t do better, especially from a defensive point of view?
Varane very occasionally moves the ball forward, but regularly passes backwards, quite often without scanning first to determine how much time and space he has. It’s really starting to grind my gears watching him.
For me we still lack a leader out on the pitch, someone who will drive us on and ensures we maintain a level of intensity. Regardless of shape or personnel we are too timid and lack aggression, RND being the only possible exception. He epitomises what it is to be a Chamionship player. You cannot expect to win games unless you match the work rate and intensity of the opposition and this is where we come unstuck more often than not.
We start every game the same way, timid and pensive for the first 30 minutes, rarely on the front foot. How many times have we had to concede a goal before finally waking up and having to chase the game?
It’s frustrating and becoming tiresome. Watching QPR is becoming a chore again. JS needs to find some answers and quickly. |
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Reply | Expectations for the rest of the season
at 09:38 12 Nov 2025
Madsen has supposedly blossomed into our best midfielder, Varane was expected to kick on and boss our midfield and Hayden was supposed to bring experience and nous to the party.
All I see is a powder puff midfield with the usual soft underbelly that gets torn apart at whim.
Unless these 3 up their game, 16th again beckons. |
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