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Reply | QPR Loan Watch 2026-27
at 12:22 27 Sep 2026
The reason why it's not possible for the clubs to give "mutual consent" is that it is against the rules of the EFL & the FA.
Why would it even benefit Rangers to do it if that means he can only play in friendlies until January? |
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Reply | QPR Loan Watch 2026-27
at 22:02 26 Sep 2026
Sorry, but you can't do that.
Swindon COULD return him to Rangers, but they would still be responsible for all of the financial arrangements that are in the contract & I'm not even sure that he would be allowed to play for the Development team. Rangers can't recall him until January. [Post edited 26 Sep 22:20]
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Reply | Gerrem Onside! - Super League/NRL 2026 thread
at 21:56 26 Sep 2026
Wow. I got that wrong!
I'm not sure whether I'm in shock or awe at the Wakefield performance today. The only period they didn't outplay Wigan was the ten minutes they were down to 12.
Most of you that read this thread understand & know far more about RL than me, but I thought that the confidence that Walmsley, Jowitt & Johnstone showed in dealing with the return of all of the kicks laid a foundation. All of them made good ground as well, before the forwards ate up yards. To my amateur eye, I also thought Trueman was outstanding.
I will miss next weeks final as I will be in Santorini (away on holiday during the international break), but I'm so pleased I witnessed today's win. |
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Reply | Gerrem Onside! - Super League/NRL 2026 thread
at 09:54 26 Sep 2026
Thank you Mr Sheen.
I would have been confident of Wakefield beating Leeds or Warrington, but I can't see anything apart from a comfortable Wigan victory this evening.
Hopefully Trinity will continue to improve year by year (as did HKR) & have a chance to win it over the next 2 years. |
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Reply | Man City - GUILTY
at 22:42 25 Sep 2026
Demoted mid-season? Not that I know of, but Peterborough were relegated from Division Three in the 1967/68 season for financial irregularities, with the decision being made part way through the season.
Funnily enough, Manchester United were found guilty of the same offence & received a fine rather than relegation. |
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Reply | Other than QPR....
at 09:53 25 Sep 2026
Chesham United
Wakefield Trinity
Stranraer
Lando Norris
Heathfield FC
Heathfield are a defunct Sunday team from Ipswich, but the memories will last me a lifetime. My wife has instructions that my coffin has a Rangers shirt with Faurlin on it, a Chesham shirt with Scullion on it & a Heathfield shirt with Brown on it. |
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Reply | Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy
at 09:58 24 Sep 2026
While in agreement that this isn't a subject I'd want the PM to invest time in, I do think it is unjust that clubs in both tiers of the National League are included in the ban. I think it also includes all matches in the FA Cup, even in the Extra Preliminary round.
Perhaps clubs should be judged on an individual basis? |
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Reply | Other kits you like
at 09:47 24 Sep 2026
I would include the blue & white quarters of Bristol Rovers.
To be controversial, I liked the Carlisle second shirts a few seasons back in the colours of Eddie Stobart. |
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Reply | Join the dark side: we have biscuits – Column
at 17:10 23 Sep 2026
Thank you Dorse. I always look forward to reading your guest column & once again the boy done good.
I'll admit privately to you (but not to the other buggers on this message board) that I couldn't understand the clamour to sign Ronnie Edwards, apart from some swooning over him. If we manage to keep him here for a few seasons, I'm sure he will join Jimmy on the latest cult express. |
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Reply | QPR and injuries
at 20:05 22 Sep 2026
Please, where have you seen that Dembele is close to full training? All I've seen is that he should be available to play come January. Of course, that might have been posted online by someone rather than by the club & I missed an update.
Like you, I would have expected him to be named if there was a chance he could play in 2026. |
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Reply | QPR and injuries
at 18:24 22 Sep 2026
It's not odd at all if he can't play until January.
He can always be named in the squad for the second half of the season. |
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Reply | Not all victories will be victories – Report
at 12:59 21 Sep 2026
Cheers Clive.
From the top of MU, I wasn't aware that there was a potential penalty for handball! I think I recall the crowd in SAR asking for something, but I had no idea what, or why.
To be fair, it's only the coverage from our young friends in Q (or R) block, that I know that Saito dived for his caution. Every part of the ground gives a different view as to what has really happened, but apart from those in the Upper School End, we could all go mad when Paul Smyth scored.
If Madsen had managed to score from the free kick, I doubt that many of us would have caught our intended train home. |
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Reply | The Sending Off
at 18:45 20 Sep 2026
I doubt very much that the club will appeal & if they did, the chances of winning it are low.
Although approx 50% on this thread agree with you that it shouldn't have been a sending off, I can't recall anyone else thinking that an appeal would win. [Post edited 20 Sep 18:46]
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Reply | Preston Reflection
at 16:28 20 Sep 2026
There is a lot I agree with there gazza.
Firstly, the replacement of Vale by Varane was baffling to me. IF he is your choice, then he has to sit as the deepest midfield player & you push Madsen forward.
Secondly, I agree with you that Scarlett is not ready for Championship football at the moment, but he was our only player in the first half that looked as though they MIGHT create anything. Adamson being our only other player of note.
I do take issue that you "play your best most experienced team from minute 1". Experience doesn't automatically mean that it is the best equipped to win the match.
As to number three, I would also have played Clarke-Salter (with Edwards in midfield), but I suspect the decision was based on not wanting him suspended for the West Ham game. [Post edited 20 Sep 16:33]
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Reply | The Sending Off
at 15:13 20 Sep 2026
Five pages & it must be close to a 50/50 split as to whether it should have been a sending off & yet some people think we should appeal it!
Personally, I've seen angles that it didn't look like a free kick & I've seen angles that it looked like a definite sending off. I thought the look on Cirkin's face looked like he thought he'd be off & that probably is the biggest clue IMO.
It is no defence that his "studs up" didn't make contact with the player. They don't have to! Studs being raised is reason enough for a referee to take that action. Whether it should be might be a different debate.
I do know that if the challenge had been reversed, I'd have wanted the Preston player to have been sent off. |
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Reply | Kealey Adamson
at 14:13 20 Sep 2026
I would definitely have shown him the line gazza. Or make him cross the ball from deep as that should be comfortable for the defence to deal with*.
There is an argument though, that he directed him into an area that was populated by our players.
* Allowing crosses from deep was coached into me by Charlie Townsend (England amateur international) & encouraged by a team mate of mine by the name of Kevin Beattie. Of course, this refers to when I was younger & I wouldn't have a clue as to what players are coached to do now! [Post edited 20 Sep 14:49]
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Reply | Kealey Adamson
at 13:32 20 Sep 2026
That was down to Edwards & Madsen tackling each other. |
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Reply | QPR and injuries
at 13:26 20 Sep 2026
He wasn't named in our Championship squad, so he won't be back until January. |
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