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Reply | Blowing Bubbles Up The R's Match Thread
at 18:37 9 Oct 2026
One of the many social media accounts being played straight out of the Paladini play book. I’m not even on X but wasn’t he the one who piled into Dave Mc and Kev for their “interrogation” of that Ben fella?!
Info for pushing the narrative. |
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Reply | Kone knee injury - Not ACL, but serious
at 22:33 6 Oct 2026
All fair. But if we’re going to judge on the outcomes and the “what”, not the “how”, we need to be consistent on that. And the situation with Kone is a bit of a mess. It’s not good.
I’m not sure what the causes are, but the outcome is bad. And if it’s on Kone, not the club, why was he given minutes and starts earlier in the season, but Kolli wasn’t? Where’s the consistency? What is palpably not the case is that he was fit, in great condition, sharp, and raring to go early season. And now he is not out for some months (most likely). |
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Reply | Kone knee injury - Not ACL, but serious
at 08:57 6 Oct 2026
Hopefully not the case, but possible.
For all the chat re. Kolli, either the player or club or both have completely cocked up Kone’s season. Training and available during pre-season, but starts the season looking heavy and slow, gets coated off by his own fans, club then says he needs a second pre-season and will be taken out of the firing line for a couple of weeks with the 3 week international break looming, only to then get scythed down in a DS game getting a “serious” injury. Time out not communicated.
It’s either not stellar professionalism from Kone (far worse than what Kolli has been accused of), or pretty dreadful management of the player from the club…or a little of both and blame shared.
Not ideal for your star centre forward.
Kolli appears to be fit and scoring. If Burrell is injured from Jamaica, Kolli should certainly be getting minutes against West Ham. He may have been unfit in the past, or his conditioning not the best, but, along with Lloyd, he appears to be one of only two fit forwards at the club currently. |
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Reply | WLS podcast
at 13:26 5 Oct 2026
Indeed.
And perhaps sums up the divide in a nutshell.
There is the “what” and the “how”.
The “what” has been mixed but improving and largely positive, I would say, except for the injuries/fitness/conditioning side of things under the leadership.
The “how” (especially for those who have perhaps (un)fortunately heard more than others) has been pretty awful the whole time under this leadership. Perhaps showing signs of improvement with the last Fans Forum, tbf.
And everyone places different emphasis on the “what” and the “how”. No one is right. It’s all perspectives and opinions. It’s fine to not care about the “how” at all, and it’s fine to care deeply about it too. No one should be getting abused on social media for caring about the club. That often has to take the form of questioning and critique because that is how you keep leaders honest and hold them to account ensuring the best for the club in the long term. But, if it’s not up your street, ignore it.
Where I struggle is that our CEO set up an advisory business focusing on 16-24 yr olds and social media. If you’d think anyone was able to influence the online fanbase via social media to create unity, repair divisions, and embed a strong distaste for abuse, it should be him. The club know about the online abuse very much so too. |
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Reply | WLS podcast
at 16:37 2 Oct 2026
And, regardless of what Ben tweets, other promising youngsters, their families, and their agents, will be aware or will find out what’s going on with Kolli, and it’ll put them off. And that harms QPR in the long run. If he was one of 10 Championship standard prospects we’d produced in the last few years, it wouldn’t matter. It would be a Kolli think not a club thing. But he’s not. And if you want to sell that you’re a development club, in order to sign those promising 15/16yr olds, you need to demonstrate that lads who’ve come through, and objectively done well when given first team opportunities, will play in the first team regularly. Evidence defeats doubt.
Regardless of what has gone on, and the egos at play, if you want to sell the development club stuff for the good of QPR, you might occasionally need to hold your nose or concede defeat and play someone… |
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Reply | Cricket 2026 County/International Thread
at 21:59 25 Sep 2026
Middx need to sign at least one, ideally two, proven batsmen. With Du Plooy going, and no overseas, i’d like the to sign an overseas top 4 batsman, who can play all 4 formats. And then I’d hope they sign another young Geddes type who can’t quite get into the first team of a top division 1 side, wants his chance and has a bit of talent.
Unless someone leaves, we have enough seamers! |
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Reply | Other than QPR....
at 11:05 25 Sep 2026
Middlesex CCC
New York Jets
it’s a hard existence as a sports’ fan.
Soft spot for Sampdoria and Fortuna Düsseldorf. Also both dreadful currently. |
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Reply | Cricket 2026 County/International Thread
at 23:59 24 Sep 2026
One of the great days. Exceptional bowling performance. Atmosphere was great. Scenes at some of the wickets. And had the Roland Jones family directly in the row behind me all game. Their son did them proud, as ever. One of the top county pros of the last 15-20 years. |
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Reply | Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy
at 09:01 24 Sep 2026
My first thought was “why is the PM allocating any thinking time or speaking time to this topic?!”
Whatever your political persuasion, it surely can be agreed that he faces a mountain of problems to address, and this surely shouldn’t even be a spec on the horizon. Stop with the populist policies and get on tackling the big problems.
First step, give the bond market some indication you’re going to reduce government spending to get a softening in the gilts’ interest rate to reduce borrowing costs and give you further headroom to actually do/fix stuff. |
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Reply | QPR and injuries
at 17:56 22 Sep 2026
As in players unavailable? Or does that factor in players who’s minutes we’re managing making them unavailable to play a full 90 but technically able to be in the squad?
Even accepting that for what it is, we’re bottom half still. After the past two years.
If we have any ambition and any standards it just needs to be accepted we have had an injury problem for 2 and a bit seasons now, and rather than try to argue there is no problem, we focus on the fix.
Hopefully, behind closed doors, that’s what the club are doing. And if it doesn’t improve this season, surely you have to act with regards to who leads that whole function?
Stephan is doing a good job. We need to give him the tools to succeed. |
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Reply | QPR and injuries
at 23:49 19 Sep 2026
Is Dembele full training?! I’ve missed that. I thought he was out until much later this year.
Also, there’s a nuance with a number of our players as to whether they are fit to start and do 90. We need that improving so Stephan doesn’t have his hands tied. |
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Reply | The Sending Off
at 23:46 19 Sep 2026
Don’t know. Do you get an extra game ban if you appeal and the decision is upheld? If so, that may mean the club don’t take the risk. |
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Reply | Gaffer on today's draw
at 22:49 19 Sep 2026
I said it after the West Brom game; I really like how he speaks in these post match conferences. He’s bang on and not afraid to call a spade a spade. He seems to have standards and is trying to lift them across the squad. He definitely seems more confident and secure in his role now. I think he made mistakes today with that starting line up and that is probably what ultimately cost us the 3 points, but I think he knows that. And he obviously did a great job at HT to inspire the second half performance. |
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Reply | The Sending Off
at 22:39 19 Sep 2026
Yeah, someone shared a reply with me at HT, not the same angle as the Sky highlights and the boot he goes in with never makes contact with the Preston player. It is high (after striking the ball first and cleanly) but it misses their fella’s leg entirely. Cirkin’s body then collides with his leg as both players’ momentum carries them into each other.
It isn’t a red card. The player’s reaction and the Preston players’ reactions got him sent off. He strikes the ball with his laces in a hard kicking motion whilst sliding and as will happen when you do that your foot follows through on the up, but he does not catch their lad at all with that foot.
I felt a red was very harsh at the time, and having seen that reply, it’s the wrong decision. It’s not even a foul. He gets their first. Strikes it cleanly first and his studs do not go high into any part of their player. They just come together. It looks a lot worse in real time than it was. And I felt it was harsh in real time.
Did anyone else also note that their fella wasn’t asked to leave the field to return after having treatment? Basic rules not enforced. And he took the free kick! |
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Reply | Whats it all about Alfie?
at 22:30 19 Sep 2026
That’s your inference!! I meant boundless enthusiasm! As a loveable trait. Albeit not one that makes him a great footballer. I can accept I could have been clearer, but I had hoped the points about wanting him to score would have showed that.
I genuinely like him as a pro. I’m don’t think he’s Championship calibre player (yet) but I like his effort. I love players that give everything (Smyth, Field, etc).
And I still think it’s a terrible miss. But that doesn’t make any of the above untrue. |
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Reply | Whats it all about Alfie?
at 21:21 19 Sep 2026
I’m genuinely confused. I like Lloyd. I genuinely do. He has boundless enthusiasm (hence the Labrador simile). I like that about him. I think my post has been misunderstood. I think he’s genuinely useful off the bench.
But it’s a shocking miss. It was harder to miss than score. As I said, I really hope he scores soon to get that monkey off his back. I think he’s feeling the missed chances, as you’d expect.
The OP didn’t mention Kolli. Whatever people’s views, Connell didn’t make any comparison. Ned’s made an unnecessary comment to bring it up and create division. There was no need.
What is particularly harsh?! The miss is up there like Dykes’ from a few years back, maybe worse, imo. |
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Reply | QPR v Pissed on knob end match Fred
at 20:03 19 Sep 2026
Exactly. It’s a hard game to digest.
The second half was superb. The character shown, the fight, the effort, the tempo, the intensity, with 10 v 11, was outstanding. We could and should have scored 3 or 4. We deserved to win the game off the back of it. Battered them. It was exhilarating. The players should take heart from a display like that with 10 men. Fantastic. And what a response Stephan got from them. Kamara was superb in tiny spaces. Madsen controlled the game. Saito and Smyth improved us enormously. Adamson was excellent. Edwards super. Dunne woke up. And Poku was the threat we hoped we’d signed the whole time. Superb.
However, we can’t gloss over how bad that first half was. It was one of the worst in years, probably since the Blackburn home loss under Ainsworth just before he got the sack. Dunne had a shocker. Scarlett was thrown in the deep end and found himself way out of his depth. The defending for the 2nd from a host of players was awful. But the major issue was, from the whistle, well before the red, there was no tempo, no intensity, no snap to our passes, hardly any movement. We looked like we’d rolled out of bed hungover and had just arrived at the ground. Stephan was right to call that first half “unacceptable”, because it was, for any professional football side. But he also got the starting line up wrong. Vale’s injury is unfortunate, but Varane was not the right replacement. It put Kamara at 10, where he looked lost, and Varane at 8 where he looked half arsed. And Scarlett, who I’m sure will become a very accomplished footballer, showed he is a very long way from being a starter. His off the ball positioning is miles off where it needs to be. There is a reason Preston kept trying to attack that side.
So a proper “Jekyll and Hyde” performance. 1/10 to 9/10. Bizarre. Preston were and are a terrible side. That context is important.
Play like we did second half more often than not and we will be top 6, let alone top 8.
Play like we did first half more often than not and we’ll finish much lower than 15th.
Likewise we both lost two points and gained one point.
Take pride, move on, but learn from it. |
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