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Post by gtleighsr3 on Jan 29, 2022 17:24:37 GMT
Is Adel available
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Jan 29, 2022 17:54:01 GMT
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Post by West Acton on Jan 29, 2022 17:54:01 GMT
7 points behind Fulham and we have to play them at home
Think big boys
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Post by gtleighsr3 on Jan 29, 2022 18:00:10 GMT
7 points behind Fulham and we have to play them at home Think big boys Be 10 points then |
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Post by stainrodisalegend on Jan 29, 2022 18:57:38 GMT
7 points behind Fulham and we have to play them at home Think big boys Be 10 points then Hahaha! Personally can't see us catching Fulham but its wide open for second place. |
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Post by The General on Jan 29, 2022 20:24:17 GMT
Next five games dont look to scarey
We will be auto by then
Blackburn will fade
We will get stronger qpr fever comin
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Post by Stanley75 on Jan 30, 2022 16:32:03 GMT
2nd spot has to be a realistic target. Yesterday's display showed that ambition. Playoffs is such a lottery.
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Post by stainrodisalegend on Jan 30, 2022 17:16:37 GMT
2nd spot has to be a realistic target. Yesterday's display showed that ambition. Playoffs is such a lottery. Agreed, a lot of fans seem to equate play-offs with promotion but its only a 25% chance - plus there's a massive advantage for the form side. We are hitting our purple patch now so its a big ask to maintain that all the way through to the play offs. Bournemouth been hugely inconsistent the last month or two - now looking to buy their way out of trouble, could go one of two ways. WBA seem all over the shop. Have a hunch Blackburn will fade a bit as squad is relatively thin and Rodwell unsettled. Not convinced by Huddersfield. Boro and Forest worry me more tbh. |
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Post by Tarbie on Jan 30, 2022 17:29:52 GMT
I just think we can't keep racking and stacking players, we don't have the budget for it. Until we get rid of Hammelenain that's six wing backs at the club (as Uncs was saying he is now considered a defender in the squad). We just have to do the best we can with it. The Hamelainen extension was an odd one. Long deal on decent money. Unlike us to do that for a player that frankly hadn't properly proved himself in a QPR shirt. The fact we have such injury prone players in the wing back positions is also a factor in why we seem to have a disproportionately high number of options in those positions. I've got to say, Albert stepping up to the plate and picking up his new position cannot be underestimated in its importance to our season. I honestly didn't expect much from him. Knew he had quality but assumed the legs had gone a bit. How wrong I was. He's been excellent and saves us a big selection headache. |
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Post by stainrodisalegend on Jan 30, 2022 17:34:21 GMT
I just think we can't keep racking and stacking players, we don't have the budget for it. Until we get rid of Hammelenain that's six wing backs at the club (as Uncs was saying he is now considered a defender in the squad). We just have to do the best we can with it. The Hamelainen extension was an odd one. Long deal on decent money. Unlike us to do that for a player that frankly hadn't properly proved himself in a QPR shirt. The fact we have such injury prone players in the wing back positions is also a factor in why we seem to have a disproportionately high number of options in those positions. I've got to say, Albert stepping up to the plate and picking up his new position cannot be underestimated in its importance to our season. I honestly didn't expect much from him. Knew he had quality but assumed the legs had gone a bit. How wrong I was. He's been excellent and saves us a big selection headache. Totally agree about Albert, he has been a revelation and is a massive reason for our improved form. A lot of us were urging this decision on Warbs who seemed to take a long time to see the value in him. But he's been a revelation. Helped by three bloody good centre backs which allows him to bomb forward, tho he is getting better all the time with the defensive stuff himself. Another assist yesterday with a cross, plus for the winner at Coventry he basically headed the ball like a centre forward. Not many right wing backs can do that at any level of football. |
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Post by 1973ranger on Jan 30, 2022 19:18:39 GMT
I think automatic is there for us to throw away. We are as good as anyone and we are now not losing players game after game with injuries like we were a couple of months ago.
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Post by hal9thou on Feb 4, 2022 16:28:39 GMT
STICK OR TWIST So we're in a strong position in a questionable division and the window closes in seven days. From a business point of view, it's very hard to argue against some degree of investment at this point to help facilitate a massive dividend. We don't have to go mad, but there is a strong argument that doing nothing is madness because we're short in key areas and that could prove very costly.So how much, if anything, would you allocate? If you could only strengthen one area, where would that be? Dunno what happened to the stick or twist thread, but it's now absolutely clear that manager and players are on their own, the board have done SFA. |
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Feb 4, 2022 17:17:19 GMT
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Post by gtleighsr3 on Feb 4, 2022 17:17:19 GMT
2nd place was there for taking, bmouth moved to try and make sure it’s theirs, rest of us went there u go😕
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Post by acricketer on Feb 4, 2022 18:13:52 GMT
I think you also need to take into account the potential disruption to a close knit squad that's doing very well when you add new players in a January window.
Could we have improved a few positions? Possibly. I'm happy to see what this team does for the rest of the season.
If we don't do it, we'll sell a couple of assets, buy and go again.
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Feb 4, 2022 19:17:51 GMT
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Post by spongeparr on Feb 4, 2022 19:17:51 GMT
2nd place was there for taking, bmouth moved to try and make sure it’s theirs, rest of us went there u go😕 But if we spent and they did, then we could still not ho up and be screwed. You talk like promotion would be a given just because we spent money, surely Derby proves that doesn't always work. |
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Post by gtleighsr3 on Feb 4, 2022 19:20:20 GMT
Speculate to acumalate
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Post by stainrodisalegend on Feb 4, 2022 19:21:59 GMT
If we got done for breaching financial fair play again the very same fans moaning that we didn't have a more exciting window would be moaning saying why couldn't the board stay in budget rather than wasting fortunes on crap players.
We did all our budget in the summer.
Surely that's the right way round. You panic buy in Jan because your squad isn't good enough.
Our target was always the play offs this season, not automatic. If other fans are getting excited about the automatics, that's their fault, not the board's.
Bournemouth have sold over £100m worth of players plus have parachute payments - of course we can't compete with them financially.
Where's this money meant to come from?
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Post by gtleighsr3 on Feb 4, 2022 19:50:44 GMT
Money's for spending,you cant take it with u
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Post by acricketer on Feb 4, 2022 20:04:24 GMT
That's true. Who needs their club to remain in existence after they're gone!
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Post by Stanley75 on Feb 4, 2022 20:36:09 GMT
Money's for spending,you cant take it with u That's true. Who needs their club to remain in existence after they're gone! Both these posts have degrees of truth in them, even though they're conflicting. At the end of the day, to what extent you speculate to accumulate will be varying degrees on the gambling scale. This is not about 'ambition' because it's already a given that the board are ambitious. But a fool and their money are also easily parted. Our owners could be the richest men on the planet but still their spending will be restricted to FFP and P&S regulations. And even if they had spent more this window and remained within these rules it is STILL only degrees of gambling (for want of a better word) because, as we all know, there are no guarantees, and there will always be a balance to be struck. |
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Post by hal9thou on Feb 5, 2022 19:00:49 GMT
Money's for spending,you cant take it with u That's true. Who needs their club to remain in existence after they're gone! Both these posts have degrees of truth in them, even though they're conflicting. At the end of the day, to what extent you speculate to accumulate will be varying degrees on the gambling scale. This is not about 'ambition' because it's already a given that the board are ambitious. But a fool and their money are also easily parted. Our owners could be the richest men on the planet but still their spending will be restricted to FFP and P&S regulations. And even if they had spent more this window and remained within these rules it is STILL only degrees of gambling (for want of a better word) because, as we all know, there are no guarantees, and there will always be a balance to be struck. But we didn't get the balance right given the opportunity available. It's that simple. |
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Post by stainrodisalegend on Feb 5, 2022 19:43:08 GMT
Its not that simple at all. We were clearly right up against the total we could spend due to FFP.
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Post by Bill on Feb 5, 2022 20:03:57 GMT
Cant help but think we didnt quite get this window right.
For quite a while now we hsve lacked a forward with real pace,something defenders hate.
Who i dont know but this is what is needed fo the ball over the top which adds another string to our bow.
There must be someone out there that fits the bill,at the right price or loan.
Having said that still dont get why Armstrong is not even on the bench,today being an ideal opportunity
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Post by hal9thou on Feb 6, 2022 13:37:32 GMT
Its not that simple at all. We were clearly right up against the total we could spend due to FFP. Were we though? Look at Bournemouth for example. The truth is the board weren't prepared to invest in a business opportunity, and ironically that could end up costing them big time. |
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Feb 6, 2022 13:44:51 GMT
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Post by West Acton on Feb 6, 2022 13:44:51 GMT
Its not that simple at all. We were clearly right up against the total we could spend due to FFP. Were we though? Look at Bournemouth for example. The truth is the board weren't prepared to invest in a business opportunity, and ironically that could end up costing them big time. what’s Bournemouth got do with what we can financially afford? |
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Post by awin on Feb 6, 2022 13:55:01 GMT
Its not that simple at all. We were clearly right up against the total we could spend due to FFP. Were we though? Look at Bournemouth for example. The truth is the board weren't prepared to invest in a business opportunity, and ironically that could end up costing them big time. The truth is the board weren’t prepared to risk our future financial FFP stability on a risky ‘business opportunity’ which could have ended up costing us big time. |
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Feb 6, 2022 13:58:43 GMT
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Post by alanwycombe on Feb 6, 2022 13:58:43 GMT
The idea is for the club to stand on its own not to rely on the owners that’s why it’s even more important to take the chance that is there at moment.
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Post by Stanley75 on Feb 6, 2022 14:10:38 GMT
Nearly 2 pages actually Stan 😃 Yeah, doesn’t alter the fact we needed a striker and we’ve made do with another midfielder. Are we really confident that Austin, Dykes and Gray will get us there when things hot up - as they will. So much pressure on Willock now. All fair points Alan There were at least attempts to sign a striker though, weren’t there? So it’s not like the board weren’t aware of that need? Also, we're pretty unique in that (if you look at the scorers chart) we’ve been spreading out many of the goals throughout the team this season, which again eases some of the pressure on the front three… |
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Post by Rangers77 on Feb 6, 2022 14:19:43 GMT
Worst Charlie's even been. Including when clearly unfit at Charlton away a couple of years ago.
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Feb 6, 2022 14:20:33 GMT
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Post by jfrabbit on Feb 6, 2022 14:20:33 GMT
Agree. We don’t have enough goals up front to mount a v v serious promotion push. Look at Fulham and Bournemouth with their expensive main striker. Not saying we could complete I’m talking more about the principle of it. We needed help.
Thank god we have goals being shared around.
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Feb 6, 2022 14:48:00 GMT
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Post by West Acton on Feb 6, 2022 14:48:00 GMT
As it stands goals scored, Fulham aside, we are right up there
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