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Comment | Keep Calm and carry on – Preview
at 12:22:35
Thanks for your preview (amidst the chaos).
After getting rid of Warburton it's taking us three years to get back to where we started (well actually lower in the league than where we started), and now were ripping that up too.
You've been saying all along that the club's communication strategy has been non-existent. The siege mentality of the board seems to me to be a reflection of the dehumanised leadership which we see throughout society, and in a very extreme form in the United States. Sarah Wynn-Williams's recent book about Facebook begins with this epigraph from the Great Gatsby:
'They were careless people, Tom and Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money of their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made'.
Today's match looks to be a game between a team that has lost momentum and one that never really had any in the first place. |
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Comment | Who needs momentum anyway? Oppo Profile
at 11:43:03
Thanks to Graham.
I can understand your scepticism about your play-off chances given Sunderland's current lack of momentum, but you never know. |
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Comment | Dunne in The Sun – Preview
at 12:20:08
Thanks for your preview.
Dunne has had some lows as well as highs, but over time has become a rock that everyone relies on. I wouldn't begrudge him going either, but it would be a shame if it all ends with a whimper rather than a bang.
I really hope Cifuentes is not going. His arrival is the only good thing to have come out of getting rid of Warburton (after the disasters of Beale, Critchley and Ainsworth). If Cifuentes could have one stable season without firefighting we might be able to assess how good he really is. |
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Comment | Do QPR have a manic Monday in them after a very Good Friday? Preview
at 14:53:25
Thanks for your preview.
Some of our problems (like injuries) are objective. However, there's definitely a mentality thing...we play better when there's nothing at stake.
Swansea are a bit of a bogey side for us, so getting something out of the game would be good. |
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Comment | The battle for 16th – Preview
at 14:48:28
Thanks for your preview.
When Preston won the League there were only twelve clubs and no Southern Softies (or Manchester clubs).
From Rome to...Preston. Somehow we always end up back at Preston. This leads to soul searching and questions about the meaning of life.
At least we can be thankful that it's not a must-win game. |
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Comment | ‘In a word, dull’, Preston’s midtable purgatory continues – Oppo Profile
at 14:24:54
Thanks to Josh.
It's taken us a lot of ups and downs to reach mid-table. Preston just sit there. Looking through the results Preston haven't had any outstanding results against the top sides, so it doesn't look like there will be much to remember from this season. |
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Comment | A recipe for success – Preview
at 14:47:25
Thanks for your preview.
Our broth has been spoiled, our fusion hasn't fused, although I am not sure if that is due to exotic foreign ingredients.
Like WestonSuperR, I wonder what kind of side we can put out. At least after the win at Oxford this game is not make or break. |
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Comment | And breathe – Report
at 14:09:21
Thanks for your report.
Missed this one, so I have only seen the highlights, and from the highlights the Oxford keeper looked a real mess. At least there was a bit of class from us for the third goal.
'Flip charts and ring binders ahoy.' Yes, I often wonder what that is all about. It's obviously a fine art. |
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Comment | Big week – Preview
at 22:08:08
Thanks for your preview.
I can remember when those losing streaks started everyone freaking out. Now we're used to them.
All our defects have been magnified by our injuries. As Nico says, we are flatlining. We desperately need some inspiration from somewhere. |
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Comment | Cardiff’s seven games to scrape survival – Oppo Profile
at 21:25:48
Thanks to Phil.
There are some similarities with QPR, with big parts of the team not working.
The great debate about Willock was whether his form fell away because he was saving himself for his next move (which turned out to be to Cardiff). I was of the opinion that he never recovered from the injury he got at Nottingham Forest, and would never be the same player. |
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Comment | Injury hit, on the beach and checked out, QPR soundly beaten at Stoke – Report
at 21:06:49
Thanks for your report.
Despite the recruitment problems, the lack of creative players (Saito was especially missed), the lack of forwards, and the number of small players we have, special mention has to be made about the horrible weakness on the left side of our defence (Andersen and Paal). Andersen looked completely out of it, and as mentioned on the recent LFW podcast, this looks like worst decline in form since Johansen. Stoke realised they could have a field day down that side and that got them going. QPR meanwhile are just going through the motions. |
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Comment | The home straight – Preview
at 14:58:50
Thanks for your preview.
So, after a nightmare start to the season, we are somehow where we should be. Is this the zen of QPR? (even if you can never really take anything for granted at QPR).
Now, at the end of the dreaded March fixtures, we are bottom of the form table. But then so are Stoke. |
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Comment | QPR hope history repeats as Leeds visit – Preview
at 23:01:05
Thanks for your preview.
At the moment it feels like we can't get out of second gear, so it doesn't matter if we are playing against ten men. If it wasn't for that home win against Derby we would be at the bottom of the form table. I agree with WestonSuperR that we need a win from somewhere, but it looks unlikely to be against Leeds, even if they've had a bit of a wobble in recent weeks. |
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Comment | As 17-match unbeaten run ends are Leeds going to fall apart again? Oppo Profile
at 22:41:09
Thanks to Nico and Gruev.
It seems to a bit surreal to be talking about getting rid of a manager who will probably get Leeds promoted, but the current situation of the three promoted teams getting immediately relegated from the Premier League (plus Farke's previous failings in the Premier League) makes this inevitable.
Interesting that the fans consider that the team has a better balance this season even though the star players were sold. |
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Comment | Defeats mount once more as QPR limp to meek Boro loss – Report
at 22:20:12
Thanks for your report.
Our wingers looked weak. On our right, Yang gave away the ball which led to the first Middlesbrough goal. On the left Dijksteel easily outpaced Saito, and Saito kept giving away the ball. The second Middlesbrough goal was embarrassing, with Dijksteel strolling through our defence.
If it wasn't for that home win against Derby we would be at the bottom of the form table. I wonder if the lack of a reliable goal-scorer is affecting the morale of the team? |
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Comment | 24 Hours in A&E - Preview
at 19:45:21
Thanks for your preview.
The issue with physicality is that it's not something you can just decide for yourself while ignoring the rest of the league. If other teams are physical you need players who can deal with that. We do seem to have a lot of smaller players. This is not to say that all physical teams are good, or that smaller players can't deal with taller players (Luongo had a great ability to come out of tackles with the ball).
The fact that we don't have a reliable striker is a separate issue (and a seemingly never-ending one), although perhaps related in that if we had more of an attacking threat the smaller advanced midfield players would be able to get more involved in games (attack being a form of defence). We were always limited, even when we had Celar, and now we don't even have him available. |
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