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Comment | History in the making – Preview
at 17:07:54
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That's quite an addiction story. I'd love to be able to blame a family member (or someone else) for inducing me to follow QPR, but I found my way to the club all by myself. Anyway, I didn't realise that our record at Southampton had been that good within living memory, particularly as in recent years Southampton were the Brentford/Brighton of the day (good youth system, finding up and coming managers and players from home and abroad) and generally seemed to be ahead of the game.
Agree with QPR_Hibs that it's pretty hard to know what QPR are going to do next. |
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Comment | Top six in sight despite strange old season for Saints – Oppo Profile
at 13:20:30
Thanks to Alex.
After Southampton's up and down season they are on the same points as us (having spent a lot more than us). Having said that Southampton (with Eckert at the helm) are currently the form side in the division, so I can see why Alex is confident they will do well if they can get into the playoffs. |
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Comment | Bennie’s bat out of Hull, breaking out of his body, and flying away – Report
at 12:37:35
Northernr, I am sure we can disagree politely :)
How I came to my conclusion (admittedly without thinking about RDS's role in the goal):
1. I thought Edwards was sufficiently far away from Hirakawa 's cross to be able to react in time.
2. Edwards was facing the ball, so the ball didn't, for example, come across him when he was facing the goal (which would have been more difficult to deal with).
As Edwards looks such a skillful player perhaps I was automatically expecting better? Also, note that Edwards bangs the ground in frustration afterwards, so it looks like he blames himself. |
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Comment | Bennie’s bat out of Hull, breaking out of his body, and flying away – Report
at 21:58:05
Thanks for your report.
I didn't think Hull were that bad, although I agree that they were badly affected by Hirakawa's injury and substitution. One of the reasons that we played better was that it was quite an open game. As we heard in the oppo interview, this is the reason that Jakirović is popular in Hull. In this game (and the home game against Hull) the openness worked in our favour. Other teams lower in the table have worked out how to shut us down either by sitting back and defending, or by pressing us.
Anyway, some really great goals from us. A great corner from Vale, a thunderbolt from Bennie which completely changed the game, and a wonderful curling finish from Kone at the end of the game (Bennie influenced the third goal by his positioning, which meant that the two Hull defenders couldn't converge on Kone and snuff out his chance).
A howler from Edwards for Hull's goal. Not only did he miskick, but his miskick hit his hand and went straight to a Hull player. I hope these errors from Edwards are just teething problems. Agree that he looks much more comfortable at centre-back than right-back. |
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Comment | The price is right – Preview
at 12:27:45
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At the time of writing, with the amount of broken men we have, it's hard to see the player trading model 'moving rapidly'. We have to walk before we can run, and we have to sort out the pitch.
I said before the home game against Hull: 'The Second Tier Podcast lads reckon Hull are the most entertaining team in the division as they both score and concede a lot of goals. An open game might suit us if it can us get scoring again.' It turned out playing against Hull did indeed suit us. The problem is that this time around we don't have Burrell. |
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Comment | QPR hand O’Neill perfect start as Blackburn boss – Report
at 23:41:58
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Yes, all Blackburn's goals were scored with 'embarrassing ease'. After all the good work done by Dunne and Cook this year, in this game the gap between the two kept opening up.
One thing I found worrying was that our goal, good though it was, didn't come from a planned attack, just Saito reacting quickly to Hayden's shot when it came to him. In contrast, as you pointed out, Blackburn scored the same goal twice. There also seemed to be a lot of ball in the air in midfield...we can't seem to get control of games. As for that hospital pass from Bennie, that was awful.
I really hope the pitch is not the cause of all our injury woes, although it would make sense as an explanation. |
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Comment | QPR look to vindicate away approach with big home show - Preview
at 14:26:56
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So the question is: 'Is this the way Stéphan wants to play, or is this the way Stéphan is being forced to play?'. With so many first-choice players injured I suspect it's the latter. In other words it's not a matter of ambition (Tony Fernandes had ambition, which in his case amounted to building stadia in the air).
Now looks a good time to be meeting Blackburn, but of course with QPR you never know. |
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Comment | Another nil nil on the road – Report
at 13:39:38
Thanks for your report Jamie.
I agree Dykes put in a good performance, and looked quite threatening despite not scoring. In my opinion he has improved since he left us.
Also agree with Walsh as our star man as he kept us in it.
Edwards had a couple of serious wobbles - the one where Cook saved him with a covering tackle, and the one where he slipped after a high ball came over towards Dykes. In his defence it wasn't that easy for a smaller player to mark Dykes.
Charlton played quite well and had more chances than us. If that Kolli chance had gone in at the end it would have been quite a steal based the balance of chances. |
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Comment | The window that was (and wasn’t) – Preview
at 15:59:59
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Point taken that January business is usually emergency business. I don't think the purchase of Ronnie Edwards fits into this category as we wanted him in the summer (although this leaves the mystery of what has changed since the summer, when it appeared Southampton didn't want to let him go).
I didn't realise that Nathan Jones had such a bad record against us. To me he seems an old style tub-thumping manager (whose methods can only work at some clubs). |
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Comment | Familiar faces lie in wait – Oppo Profile
at 15:20:03
Thanks to Louis.
Despite Charlton's goal-scoring problem, they have been able to find a result when they needed one (like last week's win at Leicester). For the rest of the season, a lot depends on how things play out in this bunched up league: they are 1 win above the relegation zone, 2 wins from mid-table. Dykes always split opinion at QPR...perhaps we can judge him more dispassionately as an opposition player. |
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Comment | The antidote – Report
at 23:50:32
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So...it looks like Lampard doesn't have a magic wand. Sweet, sweet revenge for us after that hammering at Coventry.
The Madsen transformation was very visible in his cross for Kone and his composed finish for the second goal. Vale also made two special contributions, one for each goal: a) for the first goal his pass through the Coventry defence got Madsen away on the right and b) for the second goal his cross from the left led to the keeper parrying out the ball to Madsen . Those two contributions by Vale, combined with his goal against Wrexham make me wonder if he is coming of age. I hope so. |
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Comment | Second take – Preview
at 23:19:33
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I am not sure how much to read into the anxieties of the Coventry fans, as fans tend to nervous disorders. For us, revenge against Coventry would be sweet. The away game was the Jack Rudoni show, so it would be significant if he is out (although Coventry have done well without him for much of the season). Once again, with all the injuries we have, plus Mbengue's suspension, Stéphan's options are limited. If Edwards does come in, where will Stéphan put him? And who will play alongside Kone? After his goals at Sheffield Wednesday it looked like Kolli fit the bill, but he has been in and out since then. |
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Comment | Title procession or Covvy wobble? – Oppo Focus
at 22:39:30
Thanks to Dominic.
It sounds like you think Coventry haven't got blown too far off course, despite recent results. As for the weakness of Coventry's defence, we never got to see that in the away game earlier this season as we were the ones doing all the defending (and not making a very good job of it). |
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Comment | Four minutes of madness – Report
at 18:21:59
Thanks for your report (definitely something to report this time).
A choker after playing well for much of the game. For all the potential culprits for our downfall (the team, the manager) it's hard to look past Mbengue's needless late tackle which set off the whole chain reaction of disastrous defending. Yes, trying to defend with no out ball, we messed up. Experience doesn't always save the day - we had experienced players when were beaten 6-1 by Blackpool in 2023. Also, a real shame that the way the game ended overshadowed the goal of the game from Vale.
Perhaps the club shop could start stocking cocaine and mushrooms (for medicinal purposes)? |
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Comment | Pure cinema, or poor am-dram? Preview
at 21:25:26
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I found the 10 minutes of extra time at Stoke to be absolute torture, and that was watching on TV, so I can only imagine what it was like for the travelling fans.
I think expectations were higher this season than last, so that's why people are not showing much patience despite all our injuries.
Unfortunately Wrexham are on form (and have money to spend). We seem to be all over the place. Although the loss of Burrell has been a huge blow, our loss of form predates Burrell's injury - we looked very short of ideas and drive against Norwich at home on 3rd January. If we want to keep Dunne and Cook as centre-backs, I wonder if we can put in Edwards slightly further forward (playing where Faurlin used to play alongside Derry in a 4-2-3-1). Plus we could do with some inspiration up front, maybe from Kolli or Bennie or Obikwu. However this is all academic if end up as defensive as we were against Stoke. |
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Comment | Coventry's Obikwu brings familiar profile to QPR attack - Signing
at 18:00:33
Thanks to Clive and Zac.
There is definitely a Burrell-shaped hole in the team, so if Obikwu can go any way to filling it that would be good. However, given that Burrell has been such a success, that is asking a lot. A least we have other forward options in Kolli and Bennie, so the whole responsibility for playing alongside Kone is not going to fall to on Obikwu. |
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Comment | Does Wrexham's meteoric rise have another swift promotion in it? - Oppo Profile
at 17:19:30
Thanks to Matt and Rob.
Wrexham have picked up steam since we played them, and don't seem to be suffering from the injury crisis affecting some other teams such as ourselves. They are second in the form table over the last six games. Interesting that they appointed and have stuck with an old school manager who is enjoying the best win rate of his career. |
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Comment | Lather, rinse, repeat – Report
at 14:56:43
Thanks for your report.
Once again it can't be easy to report when there's not much to report. Watching on TV it was difficult to see just how bad the conditions were (although you could see the ball kept moving when Madsen was trying to take the corners). In the absence of any truly convincing chances from QPR, I think the highlight was Walsh's save from Long.
Yes, we need a total and complete shutdown of Oxford-QPR games until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. |
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