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Post by hal9thou on Nov 12, 2022 19:11:37 GMT
We don't have a thin squad. Problem is that we have six players injured. Even if we had two or three good ones out, we'd still struggle. The talent is thin on the ground. There's no depth in the squad. Ask any of our recent managers. |
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Post by The General on Nov 12, 2022 19:11:49 GMT
Rangers manager about to be sacked Here we go again He is there top candidate and he will fuck off Let's just wait and see, but if he does go, he won't be true to his word. He was planting seeds mate two weeks ago when he was up there no doubt about it |
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Post by Timmy Doc on Nov 12, 2022 19:16:32 GMT
We don't have a thin squad. Problem is that we have six players injured. Even if we had two or three good ones out, we'd still struggle. The talent is thin on the ground. There's no depth in the squad. Ask any of our recent managers. All of our starting 11 today were regular starters. Cannot blame injuries too much. |
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Post by West Acton on Nov 12, 2022 20:03:02 GMT
Squad is not thin at all it’s stronger than last season. Where we are Thin is up top, rest of squad is fine and to say otherwise is merely offering excuses
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Post by gtleighsr3 on Nov 12, 2022 20:26:28 GMT
Squads not thin
Manager neither.
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Post by hal9thou on Nov 12, 2022 21:09:43 GMT
Squad is not thin at all it’s stronger than last season. Where we are Thin is up top, rest of squad is fine and to say otherwise is merely offering excuses Let's not rewrite history. Pre season almost everyone on here was bemoaning the lack of quality compared to last season. Yes, Mick has managed to bring some talent in since then but look at the injury list. Plus, and I stand to be corrected on this, the last manager was party to leaving us very weak up front. It would be very interesting to analyse squad strength of teams who have recently been promoted, and compare them to ours. Yes sometimes things go your way and you get up with a very average squad, but that's the exception and not the rule. |
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Post by gtleighsr3 on Nov 12, 2022 21:16:00 GMT
Country is full of strikers,posties,dockers etc.
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Post by Corbray on Nov 12, 2022 21:28:11 GMT
i can't see beale leaving for rangers. he turned down wolves which is arguebly a more lucrative job. i know he has a connection to rangers but he doesn't seem like the kind of guy to go back on his word.
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Post by Stanley75 on Nov 12, 2022 22:43:04 GMT
Westy posted Beale's post match interview on the match thread but no one's commented on it yet. Interested to know if anyone has listened to it and what they make of his explanation for our downturn in form?
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Post by 1973ranger on Nov 12, 2022 23:23:22 GMT
Thought he was honest and is clearly frustrated watching other team's centre forward's doing things our guy cannot. My opinion is our big players have bottled it again and are doing things they had stopped during our good run. Things like releasing the ball quickly, playing as part of a team and also not doing the basics right.
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Post by Shania on Nov 12, 2022 23:33:43 GMT
Injuries,
Lack of a striker.
Not brave enough going forward and lacking a cutting edge.
Need a new formation.
All the above mentioned factors seems plausible enough reasons for our dip in form for me.
Ps. I didn`t see the match today.
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Post by Rangers77 on Nov 12, 2022 23:44:03 GMT
We. Don't. Have. A. Striker. If. We. Did. We'd. Be. Fine.
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Post by alanwycombe on Nov 13, 2022 7:25:38 GMT
There’s more to it than scoring. A decent striker occupies defenders with pace and movement leaving space for others. We don’t have that. Dykes worries no one except our own fans.
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Post by gtleighsr3 on Nov 13, 2022 7:28:07 GMT
We need 2
A bully monster presence
And a fox in the box.
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Post by alanwycombe on Nov 13, 2022 7:35:10 GMT
Or, if we can’t even afford an unknown like Gyokeres then work on the false nine idea and walk it in.
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Post by gtleighsr3 on Nov 13, 2022 7:39:53 GMT
Club need to gamble and spend the cash ,
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Post by alanwycombe on Nov 13, 2022 8:20:17 GMT
Can’t unless we sell. FFP.
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Post by Greg1882 on Nov 13, 2022 8:22:15 GMT
The whole striker situation really fucks me off. There are loads of strikers we should be able to go out and scout and pick up within our budget. It is should be absolutely priority number one. Bored of the “we can’t afford one” bullshit. We just need to get off our arses and find one. It’s fucking embarrassing
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Post by Timmy Doc on Nov 13, 2022 8:34:10 GMT
Can’t unless we sell. FFP. Sell Dykes. |
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Post by alanwycombe on Nov 13, 2022 8:38:08 GMT
Can’t unless we sell. FFP. Sell Dykes. If only |
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Post by Greg1882 on Nov 13, 2022 8:39:32 GMT
We don’t need to spend millions to get effective forwards. The two lads at Luton(smaller budget) Brandon Asante at wba (lower league), piro at swans (million quid). That’s just a few at this level. There are teams all over Europe. Fed up with the money excuse. Get creative, get off your arses and find some forward players who are mobile and effective. They don’t have to be 20 goal a season players. They just have to give defenders something to think about and give us some options that makes us a better team collectively. It’s been an issue for years for fuck sake
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Post by alanwycombe on Nov 13, 2022 8:44:40 GMT
We don’t need to spend millions to get effective forwards. The two lads at Luton(smaller budget) Brandon Asante at wba (lower league), piro at swans (million quid). That’s just a few at this level. There are teams all over Europe. Fed up with the money excuse. Get creative, get off your arses and find some forward players who are mobile and effective. They don’t have to be 20 goal a season players. They just have to give defenders something to think about and give us some options that makes us a better team collectively. It’s been an issue for years for fuck sake This. 100% |
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Post by Timmy Doc on Nov 13, 2022 8:47:37 GMT
Needs to be better than Bonne though. How much did we pay for him and Dykes combined?
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Post by alanwycombe on Nov 13, 2022 8:50:44 GMT
God knows what happens during week if Bonne isn’t making himself an option for match day? If he can’t push Dykes he’s robbing us.
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Post by gtleighsr3 on Nov 13, 2022 9:07:39 GMT
God knows what happens during week if Bonne isn’t making himself an option for match day? If he can’t push Dykes he’s robbing us. Bonne is tired, he comes training fucked. You try harvesting, lambing, keeping sister happy , and then have to train. Can count on his 6 finger hand how much sleep a week he gets |
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Post by West Acton on Nov 13, 2022 9:09:00 GMT
Reckon Bonne has been told he can go in Jan so thought process is why use him or risk him getting injured so no one wants him.
I feel for him as under two managers he’s not really had proper run of games but they see him day in day out so got to trust them.
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Post by Stanley75 on Nov 13, 2022 9:33:14 GMT
The whole striker situation really fucks me off. There are loads of strikers we should be able to go out and scout and pick up within our budget. It is should be absolutely priority number one. Bored of the “we can’t afford one” bullshit. We just need to get off our arses and find one. It’s fucking embarrassing Apart from it not even being true. As yourself and many others have pointed out (for at least the past year) the many examples of clubs doing due diligence and lower/overseas league scouting of strikers that have proven to do well at this level and within a restrictive budget. As a club we have failed in that regard so it would be folly to keep blaming successive managers for this. January is 6 weeks away and that will matter more than ever now. How much are the club scouting and planning now in preparation for that short window? |
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Post by Shania on Nov 13, 2022 10:33:09 GMT
Call me greedy, but we should at least have at least two quality strikers available every season. Strikers who score goals is a huge part of this club`s DNA. QPR should build from the front imo.
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Post by hal9thou on Nov 13, 2022 11:29:01 GMT
The whole striker situation really fucks me off. There are loads of strikers we should be able to go out and scout and pick up within our budget. It is should be absolutely priority number one. Bored of the “we can’t afford one” bullshit. We just need to get off our arses and find one. It’s fucking embarrassing Apart from it not even being true. As yourself and many others have pointed out (for at least the past year) the many examples of clubs doing due diligence and lower/overseas league scouting of strikers that have proven to do well at this level and within a restrictive budget. As a club we have failed in that regard so it would be folly to keep blaming successive managers for this. January is 6 weeks away and that will matter more than ever now. How much are the club scouting and planning now in preparation for that short window? I keep saying it. It's down to the board (and the very poor decisions rubber stamped by the pretend dof). If you've got a board who just hope to get lucky one year and a dof whose eyes are wide shut you aint going anywhere, it really doesn't matter who the gaffer is. People say the squad has depth but no fucking strikers at all and you cant go with a false nine because of injuries (ie Richards Roberts) - I mean where do you go? |
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Post by alanwycombe on Nov 13, 2022 11:58:16 GMT
So do we have the constraints of FFP or not then? Do we have to sell to buy or not? We know the owners have money but I thought the problem is they can’t spend it because the club doesn’t generate it - is this not the case? Different story if it’s down to scouting a bargain like Gyokeres.
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