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Reply | Keepers on top as curse continues - Report
at 18:04 28 Jan 2016
Good grief! I never knew it was supposed to involve this much science!! I'll have to remember all this on the next occasion I am called upon to do a match report... |
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Reply | Usual punch between fans
at 22:25 28 Sep 2014
A point well-made to me today was that people will generally join in with songs that 'big up' QPR, but the support for singing starts to melt away once the songs move onto the more dubious territory of singing insults about the opposition. Thankfully, the homophobic and racist stuff gets very little support and never gets going.
I personally have difficulty with songs that simply try to insult the other fans without any subtlety whatsoever e.g 'your support is ****ing ****' or 'interbred...northern scum' (it should actually be 'inbred' for the insult to be effective but hey ho..) or even '[placename] is a ****hole, I wanna go home', the latter begging the response 'you seem to be losing, why don't you then?' All these straightforward attempts to insult appear very lame and are made no less so by QPR's appalling away record. And that, IMHO, is why many of the away fans present don't join in. |
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Reply | Usual punch between fans
at 17:19 28 Sep 2014
Clive has summarised the events pretty well really. The relevant bloke seemed to be very anxious to pick a fight with someone, standing to goad the home support as soon as he arrived in the ground and thereafter at every opportunity he could, punctuated by numerous trips downstairs to either top up or relieve himself. His barely-provoked attack on the poor chap behind him was completely over the top and very frightening.
The atmosphere at football matches is getting increasingly bizarre, especially in the Premier League. I've always wondered why some people arrive moments before kick-off, spend more time looking at other (usually home) fans than the pitch, make one or two trips out during the game, then leave several minutes before half time - and repeat all the same in the second half. And then, no doubt, feel empowered to let rip on the social media with critical analysis of a game they've barely seen :-)
At 38 mins yesterday there was an exit of 'fire drill' proportions in both the home and away sections. One can only assume it is the need to get an early place in the queue for the bar or the too-few toilet cubicles. Apropos the latter, a sight that will haunt me for a long time was using the urinals at Wembley at half time next to two idiots each with their dicks in one hand and a coke-laden credit card in the other...
The standing/sitting/singing argument will rage on for ever. A sub-set of this is 'do the fans lift the team, or does the team lift the fans?' I believe the fans arrive and start the game in an boisterous mood but the sad fact is that in numerous away games in the last few seasons the team's performance is morale-sapping and often soporific, causing the noise and exuberance to leach away pretty quickly. Also, to be honest, I thought yesterday's game was absorbing rather than exciting, at least until Charlie's magnificent goal. Sadly, any momentum in the stands created by that was cancelled out by the nature of their winner.
If it wasn't for the craic with the crew before and after the game, I doubt that I would attend away games, certainly in the Premier League where you are treated generally pretty poorly by the host club and its stewards and have to endure the increasingly bizarre antics of fellow supporters, yesterday's example of which would put a lot of people off. But, when I do go, I prefer to sit unless and until events on the pitch lift me from my seat. I do, though, understand the views of those who want to stand. But, this is never going to be resolved in all seated stadia, if only because those who only go because they can sit (e.g. the old, infirm, those with kids, etc) should reasonably expect to be able to sit. |
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Reply | Just back.
at 18:02 27 Dec 2012
Excellent stuff, Neil, and you've highlighted something that's been doing my head in for weeks - the poor quality of the passing. It's often not that poor, it's just that it is not good enough to keep moves flowing with pace and to retain the advantage in a move.
It's interesting, but returning to the points I made in this article: http://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/queensparkrangers/fb_news.php?storyid=1881 we are only three points behind the points total we achieved in the equivalent games last year and there is still a reasonable route to 38/40 points without too many heroic assumptions. But, sadly we are crap at the moment and there needs to be significant and sustained improvement to have any chance and that means change of some sort in January.
Incidentally, on the same logic applied in the article it would be difficult to argue it is not worth spending any money in January even if we lose to Liverpool and Chelsea. Whether spending will prove effective, only time will tell, but even with just ten points it is going to be very difficult to argue all is lost at that stage. |
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Reply | "Him"
at 22:39 18 Oct 2012
Where's 'Jeff' when you need him to advise on the odds of two red cards? That's the sort of Clive prediction I could back. Now that you've written it down, it will be like 'buying money' :-) |
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Reply | Has everybody got there season ticket yet ?
at 20:26 6 Aug 2012
Still waiting for one of two (renewals) here. Mine arrived last Thursday but son's (ordered the same time) has not yet appeared :( Have emailed the Box Office today. |
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Reply | Ascot
at 12:54 22 Jun 2012
Eat. You know what you're like when you drink on an empty stomach! |
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Reply | Warnock gone, statement at 7.30pm
at 19:01 8 Jan 2012
Agree absolutely. I'm gutted about this but we've got to acknowledge the right of the Board to make the call. The sad fact is that despite all the mitigating factors - injuries, piss-poor refereeing, lack of quality in the squad - what TF and Amit will have seen in recent weeks is the same as us - an inability to deliver the basics such as keep the ball, take throw-ons, deliver some quality from set pieces, etc. and that does reflect very badly on the coaching staff.
The other thing to remember is that not everyone behaves in a knee-jerk way like Tango did in the film. If TF and Amit have said that they thought long and hard about this then I would be inclined to believe them. |
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Thread | Shaun Derry - Legend
at 22:56 3 May 2011
For the last ten years I've sponsored a player's shirt. I've had some indifferent ones, some poor ones and some better ones. But this year, I had one of the bedrocks of our fabulous team - Mr Shaun Derry. Tonight I attended the Kit Sponsors' Evening where you get given the item of kit you have sponsored and have your picture taken with the player. In general I have been disappointed with these evenings - the players have often looked as if they don't want to be there, conversation is (for many understandable reasons) a bit 'stiff' and they are usually out of the door as soon as they can get away. Last year's event was better than most, but this year's was very poor insofar as the players could not get away fast enough. It would be possible to read all sorts of things into this under the current circumstances, but I believe it was simply a case of overload - the Watford aftermath, followed by POTY, followed in Shaun's case by a tv appearance in Portsmouth.
But, the real point I wanted to make is that after the presentation was made, Shaun Derry said "I've got something more for you" and then produced for each of his kit sponsors (my son and I in my case) a pair of his boots which he then signed. He didn't have to do this and he is the only player in ten years who has gone beyond the minimum. He came across as a genuinely nice guy, who was concerned to hear whether we had enjoyed the season (not half!) and is now, in my view, a complete legend :) |
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Thread | Match Preview Now Online
at 09:06 28 Sep 2010
The match preview is now online - a little later than intended due to Northern being away and a slight hiccup in the upload. Enjoy... |
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