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Reply | RND
at 13:09 1 Feb 2026
We’d be lucky to get JCS play a three game year. |
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Reply | Coventry Reflection
at 08:57 1 Feb 2026
I’m amazed that refs who know the Championship still give any free kicks when Smyth goes down.
It’s got to the point where he’s on his way down before the full back even gets there. As teams get bigger and stronger it’s noticeable that he struggles to get away from them now and dropping to the floor has become plan A to hang onto the ball. Strikes me he now plays as our most forward defender.
Gives his all and love him for that but where’s the end product? |
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Reply | Harvey Vale
at 08:37 1 Feb 2026
It’s funny that, if you play players in their best position, they tend to play a lot better than when they’re played out of position.
That was where Vale should play, he was excellent. That was where Kone should play, he was excellent. Those two playing where they should play, with Hayden sweeping up, allowed Madsen to have a bit of a wander and guess what, you get a perfect pass into the box the centre forward so rarely receives.
We look only Chair and a right winger short of a team that might even win games in possession. Imagine that. |
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Reply | Coventry Reflection
at 20:02 31 Jan 2026
Made a decent side look ordinary, much like last week but this time with us winning.
Hard to fault any of ours.
Was screaming near post near post and Kone left it to exactly the right moment to go and brilliant finish. That’s what he can do when someone gets behind the defence, typical it needed Madsen to do it and not one of our wingers.
Vale was outstanding, as was Hayden. Madsen, different class. Defence barely put a foot wrong and Bennie grew into the game. Was interesting to see a less skilful but strong player out on the right, him attacking everything gave us a different dimension.
Only sad part was once again witnessing one of our tiny widemen struggling with the physicality of this level and leaving the field. This strategy will cost us this season, needs a rethink in the summer. |
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Reply | Rest of the Championship thread 25/26
at 08:22 31 Jan 2026
Imagine if Eustace was here, filling the team with established old pros, he’d probably have been run out of town by now. |
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Reply | QPR Business & strategy Q&A
at 08:10 31 Jan 2026
Fair question.
Regards the first of those last two paragraphs, E17 has already spelt out himself the 5 ‘core metrics’ (kill me now for reiterating management speak) so it seems he’s answered his own question.
The last one just seems a bit cheeky and, at this stage, a little unnecessary. It’s not as if his tenure has been worse than the previous ten years of lower half football and regular relegation battles.
Give the man a chance. I’m not entirely convinced, it’s becoming evident that the Warnock style, build a side around good established old pros, aka Derby County, may be a less leaky boat than one built around novices, but nevertheless, Nourry has been in the job a very short time and deserves an opportunity to get it right given the club has largely struggled for 30 years now. |
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Reply | QPR Business & strategy Q&A
at 17:36 30 Jan 2026
Have to say, if I was CEO and somebody outside the organisation came at me with those two questions, the simple answer would be ‘do one’.
The ground question though, that really does need an update. |
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Reply | 20 MPH
at 13:53 29 Jan 2026
It doesn’t help, but you have my utmost sympathy, it’s a disgrace that you can lose your licence for driving at a speed below all legal limits under the rules virtually all of us learned and earned our driving licences.
Fair enough around schools but, as ever, they take our understanding as a green light to extend their rules everywhere.
I wish every uber, taxi, chauffeur would tell Khan and his ilk to get out of my vehicle and jog on, literally. |
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Reply | Raheem Sterling
at 07:57 29 Jan 2026
I’m hoping that’s a tongue in cheek emoji |
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Reply | Christian Pullella
at 07:55 29 Jan 2026
Labour costs, exactly. We’re paying these players a wage irrespective of a transfer fee, for the club I can’t see how this makes sense as none of them seem to make it.
Know I’m coloured by the Ned Zelic fiasco but have we ever had an Australian saleable asset at this club, never.
And no, Luongo does not count. |
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Reply | Raheem Sterling
at 17:52 28 Jan 2026
Well given what was about to occur, I was thinking if I was in his boots, multi millionaire at 30, great career enhanced by a club that took me on, taught me what I needed to know and ended up never actually playing for them, I might want to repay them by seeing if I could spend a paltry three months helping them eradicate that four point difference and maybe propel them to the promised land of similar wealth.
Yes, I know, but I can dream can’t I ?
😂 |
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Reply | Raheem Sterling
at 09:23 28 Jan 2026
Fitter still though than most of our wingers.
Chelsea paying him £325k a week to do nothing since May 24, can’t they lend him to us for three months just to see if he can prove himself worth a buyer? |
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Reply | Christian Nourry - Two Year Anniversary
at 14:43 27 Jan 2026
Since Nourry came in, it does feel like we have some direction.
For a man who likes a data base, he might find a quick look at the squad ratings could be the key to success. All the players averaging over 5.7 are big solid bastards aside of Mr Chair who’s a little solid bastard.
Insert the words ‘solid’ and ‘bastard’ into his algorithm and all his dreams can come true. |
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Reply | Four minutes of madness – Report
at 11:14 26 Jan 2026
Agree with you. On the tv it does look saveable but tv tends to somehow take the speed out of the ball, at the ground it was bullet like, only needs a tiny bit of movement and a keeper stands no chance.
In the end, that wouldn’t have come to pass if he’d made what should have been an elementary catch or at worst, a decent punch, for their equaliser. |
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Reply | Four minutes of madness – Report
at 09:21 26 Jan 2026
Only just watched it back and didn’t realise at the game what a terrible error the keeper made for their equaliser.
Puts a different perspective on it now. At any level you can’t be flapping at that sort of cross. |
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Reply | On A Lighter Note
at 14:28 25 Jan 2026
From SAR it looked like they’d planted a strip of grass down the middle, presumably for Madsen as nobody else can pass the sodding ball. |
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Reply | Wrexham fans
at 11:27 25 Jan 2026
Losing count now of the teams I’d never thought would pass us. |
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Reply | Just back
at 09:04 25 Jan 2026
Calmed down a bit now, absolutely gutted how it ended.
As was said further up the thread, considering how excellent Madsen and the two central defenders played, it was unbelievable that we conceded three goals. Another reason why defensive stats can lie, the problems start higher up the park.
We can blame Mbengue actions for the loss of three points but the stand out problem overall is further up the pitch. Different player than at West Ham but once again we saw a piece of amazing skill, this time from Madsen, tackle and break through two players, stride on for nigh on fifty yards and not one of our wide men to be seen, Madsens inevitable shot made as Dembele and Smyth put on a no show, when the move ended Smyth was fully 10 yards behind him. At this level it’s scandalous.
Kone isn’t playing well but he needs the three players behind him orchestrating everything to get him in the box, it never happens.
Much has been made of the RB fouling Smyth, I don’t see it that way, he just had him in his pocket. Dembele flat refuses to find space behind the LB, Vale did an ok job that largely consisted of defence minded duties, but difficult to play forward if your wingers aren’t in sync. Fitness levels simply not good enough, lord knows what goes on behind the scenes.
It’s a real shame as despite glaring deficiencies, we should be level on points with 6th place and find ourselves 4 points behind with Coventry coming to town next.
Yesterday was a proper punch in the bollocks. |
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Reply | Pure cinema, or poor am-dram? Preview
at 09:40 24 Jan 2026
If they’re playing Moore and Smith up front it would be mad to split up Dunne and Cook today.
I like Ronnie but not up against Moore. |
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