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Post by Stanley75 on Nov 24, 2020 22:19:43 GMT
Dykes 4 in 11 (all pens)
Chair 4 in 13
Bonne 2 in 7
BOS 2 in 12
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Post by shepherdsmush on Nov 25, 2020 2:52:22 GMT
Bring back Oteh !
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Post by Stanley75 on Nov 25, 2020 9:12:35 GMT
Oteh 2 in 4 for Stevenage Shodipo 2 in 5 for Oxford |
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Post by alanwycombe on Nov 25, 2020 9:35:40 GMT
Oteh 2 in 4 for Stevenage Shodipo 2 in 5 for Oxford Pleased for them, maybe that's their level and there is still a pro career lower down that most of us would have taken given half a chance. |
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Post by Corbray on Nov 25, 2020 10:13:43 GMT
shodipo still has a good chance of making it with us imo. he's had a fair few games when he's played really well and looked dangerous but injuries have really hampered his development.
oteh will likely be league 1/2 at best and will probably be gone next season unless he has a blinding 25+ goal season at stevenage
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Post by Stanley75 on Nov 27, 2020 21:55:05 GMT
Dykes 5 in 12
Chair 4 in 14
Bonne 2 in 7
BOS 2 in 13
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Post by 1973ranger on Nov 27, 2020 22:43:55 GMT
Dykes took his goal well tonight and gave them a whole lot of trouble first half. Second half that horrible bstard Jansson took liberties and largely went unpunished by a ref that was a bit of a homer
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Post by alanwycombe on Nov 27, 2020 23:35:48 GMT
Dykes other chance shows how important it is to have a clinical striker who may only figure in a tiny fraction of a match. Scored one great goal but we lost.
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Post by rscot on Nov 28, 2020 0:07:28 GMT
Dykes other chance shows how important it is to have a clinical striker who may only figure in a tiny fraction of a match. Scored one great goal but we lost. [br The style of football Warburton / Rangers play the team cannot carry a striker who is anonymous for the majority of the game. You seen tonight what Dykes brings, he holds the ball up, links up play, runs the channels, presses the opposition team from the front, and he scores goals. Not a lot of players can do that, he has just turned 25, but only started playing professionally since he was 20. He has went from 2 seasons in the Scottish 1st Division with Queen of the South, 1 season in the Premiership with Livingston, which I believe was the first season he played up front on his own, and now he’s played 12 games at QPR and a few games for Scotland. He will get better in every department of his game, he will get physically stronger and faster. He’s not the finished article, but that’s why he was the price he was. But playing a forward like Dykes allows Rangers to flood the midfield and control possession and the tempo of the game. I think over the last 3 or 4 matches the team has begun to gel and play better as a unit. Although it is a very young and inexperienced team / squad. Which again will hopefully improve over time. |
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Post by Stanley75 on Nov 28, 2020 0:57:32 GMT
Good first post rscot. Welcome to the forum. It sounds like you've been following his progress for a while, so appreciate the insight. Dykes other chance shows how important it is to have a clinical striker who may only figure in a tiny fraction of a match. Scored one great goal but we lost. The style of football Warburton / Rangers play the team cannot carry a striker who is anonymous for the majority of the game. You seen tonight what Dykes brings, he holds the ball up, links up play, runs the channels, presses the opposition team from the front, and he scores goals. Not a lot of players can do that, he has just turned 25, but only started playing professionally since he was 20. He has went from 2 seasons in the Scottish 1st Division with Queen of the South, 1 season in the Premiership with Livingston, which I believe was the first season he played up front on his own, and now he’s played 12 games at QPR and a few games for Scotland. He will get better in every department of his game, he will get physically stronger and faster. He’s not the finished article, but that’s why he was the price he was. But playing a forward like Dykes allows Rangers to flood the midfield and control possession and the tempo of the game. I think over the last 3 or 4 matches the team has begun to gel and play better as a unit. Although it is a very young and inexperienced team / squad. Which again will hopefully improve over time. |
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Post by rscot on Nov 28, 2020 1:28:22 GMT
Good first post rscot. Welcome to the forum. It sounds like you've been following his progress for a while, so appreciate the insight. The style of football Warburton / Rangers play the team cannot carry a striker who is anonymous for the majority of the game. You seen tonight what Dykes brings, he holds the ball up, links up play, runs the channels, presses the opposition team from the front, and he scores goals. Not a lot of players can do that, he has just turned 25, but only started playing professionally since he was 20. He has went from 2 seasons in the Scottish 1st Division with Queen of the South, 1 season in the Premiership with Livingston, which I believe was the first season he played up front on his own, and now he’s played 12 games at QPR and a few games for Scotland. He will get better in every department of his game, he will get physically stronger and faster. He’s not the finished article, but that’s why he was the price he was. But playing a forward like Dykes allows Rangers to flood the midfield and control possession and the tempo of the game. I think over the last 3 or 4 matches the team has begun to gel and play better as a unit. Although it is a very young and inexperienced team / squad. Which again will hopefully improve over time. Thanks for the welcome Stanley, I’m a Livingston supporter, QPR are now my English team. Do you think that Warburton will be looking to add a couple of players to the squad in January? |
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Post by West Acton on Nov 28, 2020 8:28:48 GMT
Welcome Rscot
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Post by rscot on Nov 28, 2020 8:56:09 GMT
Thanks mate, hopefully the team continues to improve and move up the table. They’re starting to put a few good performances together now. |
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Post by Stanley75 on Nov 28, 2020 9:45:50 GMT
Good first post rscot . Welcome to the forum. It sounds like you've been following his progress for a while, so appreciate the insight. Thanks for the welcome Stanley, I’m a Livingston supporter, QPR are now my English team. Do you think that Warburton will be looking to add a couple of players to the squad in January? Cool. So I guess you're following Liam Kelly's progress too. He provided Lumley with decent competition until Dieng too over. I'm sure Warbs will want to add to the squad, but it comes down to how much he's allowed to spend as usual. We're still weak in a couple of areas like CM and CB. We have a January transfer rumour thread that'll be fired up soon, so worth keeping an eye on that. |
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Post by rscot on Nov 28, 2020 10:01:06 GMT
Thanks for the welcome Stanley, I’m a Livingston supporter, QPR are now my English team. Do you think that Warburton will be looking to add a couple of players to the squad in January? Cool. So I guess you're following Liam Kelly's progress too. He provided Lumley with decent competition until Dieng too over. I'm sure Warbs will want to add to the squad, but it comes down to how much he's allowed to spend as usual. We're still weak in a couple of areas like CM and CB. We have a January transfer rumour thread that'll be fired up soon, so worth keeping an eye on that. Yeah Liam Kelly was a decent keeper for us, I was hoping he’d be more of a success at QPR. But he’s still relatively young for a keeper, so hopefully he can fight his way into contention. I think the difference between his time at Livingston and QPR, we played 3 at the back, we were very solid, and we had Declan Gallagher, so we were very strong defending crosses, he didn’t really have to command his box. Which meant he was really only shot stopping, which is the best part of his game, he is a very good shot stopper, good reflexes etc. I put up a thread with a few players in the Scottish game that I think would be of interest to QPR. |
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Post by Stanley75 on Nov 28, 2020 10:11:07 GMT
Cool. So I guess you're following Liam Kelly's progress too. He provided Lumley with decent competition until Dieng too over. I'm sure Warbs will want to add to the squad, but it comes down to how much he's allowed to spend as usual. We're still weak in a couple of areas like CM and CB. We have a January transfer rumour thread that'll be fired up soon, so worth keeping an eye on that. Yeah Liam Kelly was a decent keeper for us, I was hoping he’d be more of a success at QPR. But he’s still relatively young for a keeper, so hopefully he can fight his way into contention. I think the difference between his time at Livingston and QPR, we played 3 at the back, we were very solid, and we had Declan Gallagher, so we were very strong defending crosses, he didn’t really have to command his box. Which meant he was really only shot stopping, which is the best part of his game, he is a very good shot stopper, good reflexes etc. I put up a thread with a few players in the Scottish game that I think would be of interest to QPR. Yeah we noticed that too and would agree. Warbs doesn't play that system however. Better keeper than Lumley though IMO. |
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Post by Shania on Nov 28, 2020 10:30:38 GMT
Good first post rscot . Welcome to the forum. It sounds like you've been following his progress for a while, so appreciate the insight. Thanks for the welcome Stanley, I’m a Livingston supporter, QPR are now my English team. Do you think that Warburton will be looking to add a couple of players to the squad in January? Welcome to the forum! I`m a QPR supporter from Norway, but sadly it looks like we will hardly see Martin Ødegård and Braut Haaland in a QPR shirt anytime soon.. On a more serious note; Do Livingston have other good players worth looking at? |
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Post by rscot on Nov 28, 2020 10:32:20 GMT
Yeah Liam Kelly was a decent keeper for us, I was hoping he’d be more of a success at QPR. But he’s still relatively young for a keeper, so hopefully he can fight his way into contention. I think the difference between his time at Livingston and QPR, we played 3 at the back, we were very solid, and we had Declan Gallagher, so we were very strong defending crosses, he didn’t really have to command his box. Which meant he was really only shot stopping, which is the best part of his game, he is a very good shot stopper, good reflexes etc. I put up a thread with a few players in the Scottish game that I think would be of interest to QPR. Yeah we noticed that too and would agree. Warbs doesn't play that system however. Better keeper than Lumley though IMO. Don’t get me wrong, you don’t need to play 3 at the back to get the best out of Kelly, you just need a centre halve pairing that will take care of most of the aerial threats. |
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Post by rscot on Nov 28, 2020 10:42:08 GMT
Thanks for the welcome Stanley, I’m a Livingston supporter, QPR are now my English team. Do you think that Warburton will be looking to add a couple of players to the squad in January? Welcome to the forum! I`m a QPR supporter from Norway, but sadly it looks like we will hardly see Martin Ødegård and Braut Haaland in a QPR shirt anytime soon.. On a more serious note; Do Livingston have other good players worth looking at? Hello and thanks for the welcome, I’ve put up a thread with 4 players from the Scottish Premiership that could interest QPR. As far as Livingston goes, the only player that maybe of interest to QPR, in my opinion is Alan Forest, 24y/o attacking midfielder. He is the younger brother of James Forest of Celtic. It’s his first season at Livingston, we signed him from Ayr Utd of the Scottish 1st Division, but he’s made the step up quite comfortably and is our top scorer at the moment. It has to be said though that we are going through a bad patch at the moment. But Forest is a hard working, industrious player with decent pace and decent decision making, good finisher. Not as talented / skilful as the likes of BOS, but wouldn’t be a bad player to have in the squad. We play him on the left although I think he is predominantly right-footed. rfantasyisland.boards.net/thread/1669/transfers-squad |
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Post by Stanley75 on Nov 28, 2020 10:42:24 GMT
Yeah we noticed that too and would agree. Warbs doesn't play that system however. Better keeper than Lumley though IMO. Don’t get me wrong, you don’t need to play 3 at the back to get the best out of Kelly, you just need a centre halve pairing that will take care of most of the aerial threats. That's Barbet's weakness (although even he is improving in recent games). I think Masterson is the future there. It's a bit moot though as Dieng is a better all round keeper. I agree that Kelly is decent back up. |
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Post by rscot on Nov 28, 2020 10:45:07 GMT
Don’t get me wrong, you don’t need to play 3 at the back to get the best out of Kelly, you just need a centre halve pairing that will take care of most of the aerial threats. That's Barbet's weakness (although even he is improving in recent games). I think Masterson is the future there. It's a bit moot though as Dieng is a better all round keeper. I agree that Kelly is decent back up. I’d agree Dieng looks to be a very good all round keeper, and particularly good at crosses and commanding his area. |
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Post by Shania on Nov 28, 2020 11:17:20 GMT
Welcome to the forum! I`m a QPR supporter from Norway, but sadly it looks like we will hardly see Martin Ødegård and Braut Haaland in a QPR shirt anytime soon.. On a more serious note; Do Livingston have other good players worth looking at? Hello and thanks for the welcome, I’ve put up a thread with 4 players from the Scottish Premiership that could interest QPR. As far as Livingston goes, the only player that maybe of interest to QPR, in my opinion is Alan Forest, 24y/o attacking midfielder. He is the younger brother of James Forest of Celtic. It’s his first season at Livingston, we signed him from Ayr Utd of the Scottish 1st Division, but he’s made the step up quite comfortably and is our top scorer at the moment. It has to be said though that we are going through a bad patch at the moment. But Forest is a hard working, industrious player with decent pace and decent decision making, good finisher. Not as talented / skilful as the likes of BOS, but wouldn’t be a bad player to have in the squad. We play him on the left although I think he is predominantly right-footed Thank you for this interesting read. A scot I would want us to buy is Clark Robertson, currently at Rotherham, but he is injured atm. |
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Post by rscot on Nov 28, 2020 11:25:43 GMT
Hello and thanks for the welcome, I’ve put up a thread with 4 players from the Scottish Premiership that could interest QPR. As far as Livingston goes, the only player that maybe of interest to QPR, in my opinion is Alan Forest, 24y/o attacking midfielder. He is the younger brother of James Forest of Celtic. It’s his first season at Livingston, we signed him from Ayr Utd of the Scottish 1st Division, but he’s made the step up quite comfortably and is our top scorer at the moment. It has to be said though that we are going through a bad patch at the moment. But Forest is a hard working, industrious player with decent pace and decent decision making, good finisher. Not as talented / skilful as the likes of BOS, but wouldn’t be a bad player to have in the squad. We play him on the left although I think he is predominantly right-footed Thank you for this interesting read. A scot I would want us to buy is Clark Robertson, currently at Rotherham, but he is injured atm. Declan Gallagher at Motherwell is a centre halve QPR maybe interested in, he’s right-sided, unlike Clark Robertson who is left-sided, I believe. Think Declan could do a good job at QPR, and would help in the development of Dickie, Masterton. I believe his contract is ending soon, so would be available for free. |
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Post by Stanley75 on Dec 8, 2020 21:49:29 GMT
Dykes 5 in 15
Chair 5 in 17
Bonne 2 in 8
BOS 2 in 16
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Post by acricketer on Dec 8, 2020 22:02:20 GMT
Imagine if Chair took the penalties!
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Post by shepherdsmush on Dec 9, 2020 10:08:42 GMT
18 goals and 4 wins in 17 games tells it all for the entire attacking side of our game. Struggling.
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Post by gtleighsr3 on Dec 9, 2020 10:10:09 GMT
Toothless,not enough creation. Squad to similar.
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Post by alanwycombe on Dec 9, 2020 10:25:42 GMT
Needs to find a different way of playing instead of replacing like with nothing like and expecting it to work. Can't score goals? Try two up then. This is why he's not a good manager. Try something different.
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Post by Corbray on Dec 10, 2020 9:55:49 GMT
saw on another thread that warbs apparently doesn't like people shooting from outside the box which is silly imo. you have to keep it spiced up to keep defenders on their toes, if they know you're only going to attack a certain way then they'll be able to organize better.
makes no sense especially as chair is more than capable of scoring long distance shots.
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Post by 1973ranger on Dec 10, 2020 10:12:56 GMT
Am I right in thinking that both Bonne's goals were headers? Both crosses came from defenders who had ventured forward. Our main issue is our wide men over play or in Chair's case cut back on-to his favoured foot. Until we get a way of playing that plays to the strikers strength we will always struggle for goals and that is where the manager comes into play.
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