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Reply | Kealey Adamson
at 01:52 20 Sep 2026
There was a cross field pass today that made me think that he belongs at this level when taken on top of his performances this season. There were some standout performances today, and his was one of them. |
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Reply | Flair players
at 10:38 19 Sep 2026
Its not a binary question.
At the end of the day does a player with all his attributes, baseline, positive and negative improve the team for a specific match more than any other player for that particular position.
There are many variables involved. The more imbalanced a player is in respect to positive/negative attributes, the more work needs to be done to balance the team to include them.
In Kolli's case he has one positive attribute, shooting, a number of baseline attributes(average speed, ball control etc) and many more negative imho(poor fitness, inconsistency, poor tracking back, inability to stay on his feet under pressure leading to poor ball retention). Anyone who describes him as a flair player obviously doesn't understand the term "flair". [Post edited 19 Sep 10:39]
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Reply | Chair
at 05:58 9 Sep 2026
This isn't just a QPR problem, it is a football problem. We just seem to get hit badly because we're unfortunate for it to have affected our most influential players over the last two years.
in simple terms:
Football as a sport is anterior chain dominant. That means during actual play and pitch/ball training the quads, hip flexors, abs etc get more work, than the posterior chain (calves, hamstrings, glutes, lower back etc).
To offset that more gym strength and endurance work needs to be performed for the posterior chain. During fixture congestion this gym work reduces to prevent delayed onset muscle soreness impacting on performance. physios attempt to prescribe micro dosing work during these periods, but it is not as effective. Also during match schedules, players do less actual sprint training ( fast acceleration/deceleration), which means that despite matches they also become deconditioned to the forces required in short bursts.
Over the last two decades, as match intensity has increased, and playing schedules have become more condensed and congested, it is no surprise that calf and hamstrings injuries have doubled in elite football players, mostly due to inadequate conditioning and imbalance between the anterior and posterior chain.
This is why there is the need for squad depth and rotation to support the conditioning cycles during a season.
Also as is mentioned further up on the thread, once you have had a tear, even if the tear itself fully mends, and muscle strength and conditioning is back to 100%, scar tissue will have been generated. This scar tissue itself is not flexible and under excess violent force causes stress where the scar tissue anchors onto the flexible muscle fibres which increases the chance of a new tear. There are loading mechanisms to remodel the scar tissue to effectively remodel it along the lines of muscle action which will reduce the risk as well as lengthen and strengthen the muscle, change type of collagen in the scar tissue, and other aspects that can move the muscle back to almost complete recovery, unfortunately this processes take much much longer(3 to 12 months) than the 'clinical' recovery from the tear(3 to 6 weeks), which is why there's such a massive recurrence of such injuries in football players due to returning to play far quicker than the remodelling takes. [Post edited 9 Sep 6:15]
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Reply | Chair
at 01:26 9 Sep 2026
JS said he will be reassessed in the International break, not that he will be back at the end of it. |
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Reply | Prince Charles
at 01:34 19 Aug 2026
Agreed. Two goals started from his distribution on Saturday
I think he'll contribute to far more goals this season from his distribution than he'll let in from his mistakes. |
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Reply | VPN Problems
at 13:49 24 Jul 2026
yeah, most of the streaming apps now detect if you're using a VPN, and won't work. very frustrating, |
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Reply | The Labour Party
at 15:52 15 May 2026
whilst the Taxes on alcohol and cigarettes cover the extra burden on the NHS, they fall far short of the total cost when accounting for: social care, benefit payments, and lost tax revenue from people being too ill to work |
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Reply | Cargiant site
at 15:34 15 May 2026
you're right, the only things being build are where the funding is already in place, anything else is just not going to start with the current political turmoil, and inflation and high interest rates ahead. |
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Reply | The Labour Party
at 15:28 15 May 2026
I'm heading towards retirement, and I can't justify the Triple Lock and think it should be stopped. It was put in as a temporary measure in order to lift the state pension up to a meaningful level before moving back to being index linked. Tax credits and other benefits are available to those that need them (Something needs to be done about communicating this though as so many are left unclaimed)
But I'll be livid if it gets means tested and if over 45 years of taxes and NI don't provide me a state pension just because I've also done things right and saved, and invested to make up for people that could also have done so, but decided to piss it up the wall on alcohol and fags for most their lives. |
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Reply | Cargiant site
at 14:21 15 May 2026
I wouldn't be surprised to see a Data Centre REIT grab it as long as the local Cadent gas mains can support the high pressure supply to something like an SOFC power solution. |
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Reply | The Labour Party
at 10:57 15 May 2026
Liz Truss did for herself really, she was a car crash waiting to happen even before she got the conservative vote, I'm not entirely sure the press needed to do much there. And Rishi Sunak inherited a mess noone could turnaround.
Burnham taking over now still gives him three years, but he's massively constrained by the current debt levels, tax and cost of living burden on small/medium sized business and the bottom 60% of earners.
I'm no fan of Labour, but if there's anyone in the Labour Party that could turn it around it is him successfully taking policies that have turned Manchester around to the National level, without splurging more on welfare until the growth starts to pay for it. However he'd need a united labour party behind him, and unfortunately I don't see that happening.
Which ultimately will lead us with Reform who's tax policies make Lizz Truss' seem like a well though out and considered plan however attractive they may seem to some.
Mind you that assumes he'll win the by-election, which seems like a 40% shot at best, which will Leave Starmer in power for now, but a dead duck and unable to govern, with the most likely outcome he calls a snap election similar to Theresa May.
We then get Reform in early, and just watch as they completely tank the economy worse than Truss.
Only in the UK! [Post edited 15 May 11:16]
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Reply | Julian Stepháne…stick or twist
at 12:44 24 Apr 2026
Our best teams, and periods with best return on value for players, also included bringing in experienced quality players at the end of their careers who were able to mentor others around them.
Unfortunately that model also brought in Mark Hately. |
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Reply | Walsh
at 02:36 12 Apr 2026
On the counter, Chris Woods had zero games and was 19 when we brought him and stuck him straight in. He was pretty good for us, but probably peaked at Norwich and Rangers.
I feel sorry for Walsh. He really should have had 60+ games in lower league sides before this season, but has been so unlucky with the timing of injuries. |
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Reply | Bennie.
at 06:07 8 Apr 2026
Some people on this thread need to get a reality check.
Forming judgment on a 19 year old with a handful of minutes in men's football is a sorry indictment of the of the mentality of some of our fan base.
He, like Kolli, has shown meaningful progress this season and is worthy of our support.
Someone suggesting him not bagging one of his chances has ended our chances of the playoffs is laughable. There's plenty more obvious reasons for our not reaching the playoffs.
Sheer slack-mindedness of the sort that is going to continue this country's decline for the next decade or more. |
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Reply | Liam Morrison watch
at 05:55 8 Apr 2026
There's a player in there, and he's been unfortunate with injuries.
If he was back here he'd be 5th choice, and in reality given Jimmy's fitness record (cross-fingers, touch wood) there's realistically only one position he's challenging for an he's behind Edwards, Clarke-Salter, Cook.
Next season, with Cook gone most likely, I still think he'll have limited opportunity here unless we sell one of Jimmy (can't see that happening) or Clarke-Salter. I think Tylon Smith will most likely have more opportunity if he's not given a season long loan. |
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Reply | 500-1
at 10:16 6 Apr 2026
Only if we had both Southampton and Wrexham still to play and win both and won all our remaining matches.
If you honestly believe 33/1 is good odds to finish top six you need to go back to school and retake maths. Assuming we can win our last 6 matches ( 5 wins and a draw will not be good enough) you'd be much better putting on an accumulator which would be about 500/1 given out remaining matches
Even betting all five-folds win combinations would give you better odds than 33/1 [Post edited 6 Apr 10:17]
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Reply | Bennie and the Nets QPR Vs Watford Match Thread
at 06:41 4 Apr 2026
I don't think its any one thing, I think its a confluence of several.
No1: Smyth instead of Saito on the left
No2: Consistent minutes from Kolli allowing Partnership with Kone to begin to evolve
No3: Morgan in the Madsen role. More time on the pitch and his consistency improving
No4: Vale consistent minutes on the right rather than as a 10 with limited options on the wings.
No5: Edwards to left centre half, great synergistic partnership with Jimmy
No6: Varane beginning to get his mojo back [Post edited 4 Apr 6:42]
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Reply | Kone
at 06:29 4 Apr 2026
I read the first half of that last paragraph in an entirely different way to the way it was meant  |
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