QPR v BORO 0-2 (Latte Lath, Forss)

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49 minutes ago, Whoppy said:

Delighted with the win but these sorts of comments baffle me. We are no where near good enough to threaten the top 6, Hull, Coventry, Norwich (with 11 men) are superior to us to name 3. 

I suppose it depends on how you read the comments because they’re only words written down and you can’t know what I was feeling or intending. 

I was joking.

Caught up in the euphoria of a really decent win. That’s all

that said, I’d love us to make the playoffs and it’s still mathematically possible! 

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3 hours ago, LinoJo3 said:

Yea not a bad signing by ‘the charlatan’

Tim Burgess is doing our scouting? 

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13 minutes ago, SimonD said:

I suppose it depends on how you read the comments because they’re only words written down and you can’t know what I was feeling or intending. 

I was joking.

Caught up in the euphoria of a really decent win. That’s all

that said, I’d love us to make the playoffs and it’s still mathematically possible! 

Sorry i feel bad for dismissing your comment - nothing at all wrong with having euphoria from a win, i feel a bit numb from what's been a bit of a frustrating season. Like you I'd love us to have an exciting end to the season! 

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2 minutes ago, Whoppy said:

Sorry i feel bad for dismissing your comment - nothing at all wrong with having euphoria from a win, i feel a bit numb from what's been a bit of a frustrating season. Like you I'd love us to have an exciting end to the season! 

Don’t feel bad mate it’s all good. It has been bloody frustrating I will give you that. There’s some confidence around the place now though. Maybe, just maybe…

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2 hours ago, SimonD said:

Tim Burgess is doing our scouting? 

Weirdo.

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Kind of mad the difference 2 results makes to the perspective. Even just looking up rather than down is a boost. Win the Brum game and we would be top of the pack chasing the group of 4 currently battling it out for 5th and 6th. It's not necessarily a reason to be optimistic this season but it would put us back into the territory of 'still being in it' for the time being.

I can't see past it being West Brom and one of Norwich or Hull actually finishing in the position to possibly get battered by the leftovers from the top 4 battle. Even in the case we somehow made it, I couldn't see us getting anywhere in the playoffs.

But to be honest, top 10-12 is where I expected we would probably be this season. It's still a platform to build from if we can put some more substance into our recruitment this summer and hold onto a couple of key players.

Hopefully there's enough left in this season for people to put whatever concerns they have about Carrick to one side for the time being. Can't go into next season with a fanbase who are unsure if the right man is in charge. Next season is continuing to look like a big one for any team wanting to push their luck a bit. If Hull go up this season having done that in January, fair play to them. I don't think it was our time to make any of those kind of moves though.

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Hull have had a good January, as we did last January

Im just looking at us to win as many games as we can to finish a respectable 8th, 9th & with the injuries we've suffered this season, something we have to look at, then maybe, we've done okish

Come the summer with the price hike I want/hope, to see investment in the team, no project players, PL/Championship players coming in, because Gibbo knows, as a business, if you stand still you go backwards

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Talking about sales, Tav, Rogers but the next one who we dont want to sell, at the moment, will go for more than those two sales, VDB, he doesn't need the captaincy to show how good he is, the lad is top drawer & you know what the good thing is, he loves it here, we were the only English club that was told of his interests to move abroad & after talking to the Boro his mind was made up, as a club we have to show the same ambition as our modern day Willie Maddren in the summer, show VDB why he chose the Boro was right for him

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They say a week is a long time in politics, it's even longer in football. At 5pm on Wednesday, we were wondering if we would pick up enough points to avoid relegation and dreading being turned over by a resurgent Norwich. At 5pm on Saturday, people were starting to calculate how many points we would need to pick up to have a chance at the playoffs.

Really, we're a classic mid-table team this season. The hope is that enough of the projects we signed last summer will come good to lay the foundation for a promotion push next season. We're also hoping that the difficulties we faced this season will have taught Carrick and co valuable lessons and shone a light on how we need to improve the coaching side.

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8 hours ago, Changing Times said:

Weirdo.

I was just tellin’ stories 

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Watching our goals back from yesterday I noticed that for both of our goals there was a QPR player sat on his backside bemoaning being fouled/injured etc.

As a Manager I'd be absolutely apoplectic watching it and telling my players in no uncertain manner than while the ball is in play get off your arris and keep going until the Ref blows or the ball goes out of play at least. More so when you are in a relegation scrap.

Granted one of them was just outside our 18 yard box but he went from lying prostrate to sitting up and watching the goal.

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8 minutes ago, Redcar Rioja said:

Watching our goals back from yesterday I noticed that for both of our goals there was a QPR player sat on his backside bemoaning being fouled/injured etc.

As a Manager I'd be absolutely apoplectic watching it and telling my players in no uncertain manner than while the ball is in play get off your arris and keep going until the Ref blows or the ball goes out of play at least. More so when you are in a relegation scrap.

Granted one of them was just outside our 18 yard box but he went from lying prostrate to sitting up and watching the goal.

Strange one as QPR have been really well coached since they changed managers. Manager would be livid.

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8 hours ago, Changing Times said:

Weirdo.

It's OK CT I just had to look up Tim Burgess...Now I feel old 

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If he can get into double figures, I'd say that's a decent return for a 1st season in England plagued by injury.

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We did to QPR what a lot of teams have done to us. A couple of chances they could have scored from in first half, but didn’t, then got caught out in second half. They pressed hard but couldn’t get through a solid defence. Good saves from Dieng, but both shots could easily have resulted in a goal, and result could have been very different. Although we weren’t “lucky” in winning, the close calls went our way in same as they went against us in some previous games. Could play just as well against Birmingham this week and still lose. We’re just a typical mid table team at moment where we might win and might lose dependent on a couple of pivotal moments.

Hopefully though, Carrick has seen the improvement with five at back and a couple of quick forwards. With his comments after game about LL just back and playing three games, I think we might not see him starting, which would be a shame - though if he replaces him with Jones we can play a similar game.