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    Post by Guest Tue Aug 16 2011, 05:58

    Looking to see how other posters felt the seasons begining was ? Only one game I realise but some judgments must have been made ? From the little of the weekends football I saw I would say Utd looked good but, if true, surely the injuries will affect them (especcially a week today I hope lol)? Chelski look like a team with a new manager - not sure of set-up's & tacics. Same old arsenil always cheating with another red card and song behaving worse then Joey Barton on a Friday night in a bar. Also look even more bereft of ideas in the box then last season. Tippy-tappy with no end product. Scousers looked slow out the blocks. The so-called middling teams look strong & well organised. Will have to wait till a bit later to see how Citeh look.
    Talking of tonights game peeps Arnie has put forward a suggestion for a sticky thread to be put up for posters to be able to discuss games (any games) while they are being played. There is a thread in the "Suggestions For Forum" section about this. If posters feel this is a good & worthwhile idea please go to the thread and post your support or alternative suggestions so that Admin & mods can sort out if support is great enough. As Arnie has said this is something that happens in other forums and could well be a welcome addition to this board. Thanx guys . . .. .
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    Post by Guest Tue Aug 16 2011, 08:46

    bit of a anti climax this weekend.
    man u looked good for 30 mins but they got injuries. if rio dont play aganst us then it will be the 1st time hes not played aganst us cos hes normally fit and plays. hopeffully vidic is out aswell. i rekon berbtov wil start as he always does aganst us.

    why does everyone hate joey barton. the guy says it how it is. he said that hes not going to let the player dive for a pen. they worked hard for a point then to have somone dive to try con the ref. .
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    Post by ArnieArdiles Tue Aug 16 2011, 09:27

    Early days I know but I can see QPR struggling majorly and Adel aint gonna want to be there to long methinks ...Rather have Cahill than Samba ..

    Barton v Goons was hillarious ....

    Blackburns Kean is where the clever money is, for being the first manager to get the boot...

    Liverpool were okay first half versus Sunderland but then seemed to go into a shell ....That anfield atmosphere is so poo poo..

    Swansea tonight versus Citeh , played some pretty stuff without threatning to much and I see a long hard season for them too ...

    Citeh have Aguero and Silva, along with Yaya Toure will challenge the Chavs & ManUre... The argentinean looked a class above all their other strikers when he came on ...

    Chavs came up against a parked bus and a brick wall called Stoke City and Woodgate ....

    The team with the white shirt and the navy chicken badge, i.e. the best team in the premeirship, has now got a game in hand thanks to our nation's yob culture..
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    Post by BazSpur Tue Aug 16 2011, 10:46

    Adel looked fairly ordinary against Bolton. Welcome to the Premeirship son.
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    Post by HotspurRoper Tue Aug 16 2011, 17:04

    Aguero looked pretty special when he came on last night, think him and Silva are going to be dynamite this season. Did'nt we have a bid of 35 mil turned down for him????? Grrrrrrr another 1 that got away!!
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    Post by HotspurRoper Tue Aug 16 2011, 17:25

    I did think Joey Barton was out of order on Saturday getting involved in an incident which had nothing to do with him and not to mention my complete and utter detesting of the bloke.... But 1 thing i will agree with him on is his scathing twitter attack on Daily Star reporter Brian Woolnough, Barton said in the aftermath of Woolnough calling him a good not a great footballer and an idiot, quote ' Who made Brain Woolnough the voice of football, has he even played the game'? I agree i carnt stand this patronising pr*ck, he probably dont even know the difference between a shin pad and a soup spoon. He writes he's little column up on a Monday you'd think he was writing to nursery children or f*cking aliens, trying to tell us what we have already watched over the weekend... Tosser!

    and...........

    Dont even get me started about his little Sunday morning gig on Sky when he gets with his little chummies round the table drinking freshly squeezed orange juice and nibbling crosants, debating and trying to educate us in what we already know... AAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Who do these bloke think they are?
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    Post by Guest Tue Aug 16 2011, 18:42

    he probably dont even know the difference between a shin pad and a soup spoon



    lmao lmao lmao
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    Post by Guest Tue Aug 16 2011, 18:43

    Citeh looked good but no disrespect to Swansea who looked poor. None of the negativity we usually associate with Citeh but I wonder if they will be so bold when faced with better organised sides and better teams then Swansea. Villa & Agureo look very good . . . . .
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    Post by Guest Wed Aug 17 2011, 08:58

    i doubt you watched the whole 90 mins of qpr v bolton baz.
    1st half qpr where the better team. adeal had some decent shots but they couldnt score then botlon get a goal in 1st half stoppage time then secound half heads go down and bolton grew in confdence,.
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    as for man c they played swansea. aguero was brought on at 2 0 up aganst swansea who where chasing the game.

    its what harry never does, he hardly ever brings on defoe or lennon or bale when we or in front with 20 mins to go.
    harry brings on a midfeilder or crouch
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    Post by ionman34 Wed Aug 17 2011, 17:54

    Loughtonlegend wrote:i doubt you watched the whole 90 mins of qpr v bolton baz.
    1st half qpr where the better team. adeal had some decent shots but they couldnt score then botlon get a goal in 1st half stoppage time then secound half heads go down and bolton grew in confdence,.
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    as for man c they played swansea. aguero was brought on at 2 0 up aganst swansea who where chasing the game.

    its what harry never does, he hardly ever brings on defoe or lennon or bale when we or in front with 20 mins to go.
    harry brings on a midfeilder or crouch

    QPR were reasonable for 20 minutes with Taarabt having a couple of shots. The shots were nothing to write home about.

    For the remaining 70 minutes he was a passenger, at times I couldn't find him in the shot when I was looking for him specifically, and this whilst the play was through midfield.

    Warnock, I fear, has made a rod for his own back there. By making Taarabt the focal point for QPR, it meant that he controlled games in the Championship against lesser teams. When he's unable to control games against better teams, I fear we'll see his petulance take hold and that will have a hugely detrimental effect on his team. particularly as he's their Captain.

    Taarabt is hugely talented but he's years off being mature enough to realise his full potential.
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    Post by Guest Thu Aug 18 2011, 10:39

    he needs fergie. Fergie did wonders for ronaldo. anyway only 1 game so far and hes in an averge team. he carried them on hes own in some games last season.
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    Post by ionman34 Thu Aug 18 2011, 12:22

    Loughtonlegend wrote:he needs fergie. Fergie did wonders for ronaldo. anyway only 1 game so far and hes in an averge team. he carried them on hes own in some games last season.


    Should tell you a story that then Lought. SAF did do wonders for Ronaldo, he did the same for Giggs when he was a youngster. SAF doesn't shy away from precocious talent, yet he's shown not one iota of interest in Taarabt. Why is that?

    In a day and age when hugely talented midfielders fetch prices in the region of 40-50 million, you'd think he'd see Adel as worth a punt. Buy for 10 mill, work on him for a couple of seasons and, Hey Presto, you have a 50 million mdfielder that Real Madrid would pay through the nose for.

    What about 'Man who sucks Lemons?' Constantly searching for young talent, will take them on at 16, if he sees enough talent, and will play them early too. Taarabt even sent out a 'come and get me' to them when he had his outburst. But 'MWSL' hasn't even made an enquiry. Why?

    I don't think it's because his talent is overrated and both have dealt with 'problem' players too. The only thing I can see is that he takes 'problem player' to new heights that overshadow the possible, and I stress the possible, benefits from his talent.

    Football is a small World and it seems to me that the word has got out about Taarabt. I'm putting two and two together here, granted, but I really can't see anything else fitting the logic of the situation. Even Bentley has had more enquiries!
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    Post by Guest Fri Aug 19 2011, 02:40

    wenger by hes own admission has said he had 1st look at modric ronaldo and joe hart but decided on not to buy them.

    fergie makes mistakes aswell. plus he has enough attacking players like nani and valencia. i think the latter is overated though.

    i think adel problem is he showboats to much. if he can learn when to do the tricks and went to pass then he wil be up there with the best of them. the guy can spot a pass. he has vision but he still plays like hes a kid.

    did you see the free kick he scored for qpr last season where he curled it round the wall.

    anyway after warnock turning down bids for him i hope he sticks with adel and we see the best of him.
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    Post by Guest Fri Aug 19 2011, 03:42

    Midfielder Taarabt must show more maturity, says QPR hero Ferdinand

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    With 80 goals in 163 appearances for QPR, Les Ferdinand MBE knows exactly what is required to perform at football’s top level.

    In almost a decade at Loftus Road, Ferdinand played under four different managers, scoring 20 goals in the inaugural Premier League season in 1992-93, 16 goals the following season, and 24 in 1994-95.

    In the 16 years since Ferdinand left west London to join Newcastle United, few players have captured the fans’ imagination and admiration in quite the same way as their coveted striker did.

    But Adel Taarabt was one such player last season. His 19 goals in the Championship after joining from one of Ferdinand’s other clubs, Tottenham Hotspur, had Rs fans positively salivating at the prospect of their captain dancing through Premier League defences.

    Ferdinand though, is not convinced. Question marks have long hung over the Moroccan international’s temperament, particularly when he loses possession, and after a tepid display against Bolton on Saturday, which drew groans from the Loftus Road crowd on several occasions, Taarabt still has plenty to prove.

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    “Last season, QPR based a lot of their play around Adel Taarabt, but I remember watching them at Derby last season and Robbie Savage did a real number on him,” recalls Ferdinand, now a coach at Tottenham.

    “Robbie’s job that day was to man-mark Adel, and I think that showed up Adel’s immaturity. Rather than moving the ball a bit quicker, Taarabt tried to take Robbie on and prove that he was a better player – and he failed.

    “I’d like to think that he’s learnt from that this season, because QPR will need more from him.”

    Taarabt’s troubles were symptomatic of Rangers’ struggles against Bolton, with many tipping the Rs to spend the season battling relegation, and Ferdinand agrees with that assessment.

    “It’s going to be a tough season for QPR, increasingly now we’re seeing a lot of teams struggling down near the bottom of the table and unfortunately I think QPR will be in that conundrum this season,” adds Ferdinand.

    “There seems to have been some turmoil behind the scenes, when the owners came in QPR were suddenly one of the richest clubs in the world.

    “But the owners were never going to throw money at the club, they’re calculated and want to spend wisely. I can understand that to a degree, but I would have liked to have seen more from them.”

    Follow Ian Cooper on Twitter @QPRTimes.
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    Post by Guest Fri Aug 19 2011, 08:54

    les is a twat. how he is our striker coach ill never know. he should be sacked after last season.

    he was also past hes best when he came to us.

    completly bottled it in the cup final aganst blackburn where he missed 3 1 on 1s.

    and yea savege played well aganst him last season but the season before adel played him they was 2 0 down and won 4 2.

    not everyone can play good every game

    ffs phill knevil has bale in hes pocket all the time.
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    Post by ionman34 Fri Aug 19 2011, 13:49

    Loughtonlegend wrote:les is a twat. how he is our striker coach ill never know. he should be sacked after last season.

    he was also past hes best when he came to us.

    completly bottled it in the cup final aganst blackburn where he missed 3 1 on 1s.

    and yea savege played well aganst him last season but the season before adel played him they was 2 0 down and won 4 2.

    not everyone can play good every game

    ffs phill knevil has bale in hes pocket all the time.


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    Post by BazSpur Fri Aug 19 2011, 22:09

    Phil Neville Lought? Do me a favour, he couldn't carry small change in his pocket.
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    Post by Guest Sat Aug 20 2011, 00:09

    the last 2 games at home to everton phill had bale in hes pocket.

    go back and watch the game. bale couldnt get past him once.

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    Post by Guest Sun Aug 21 2011, 07:42

    well well well. qpr win at everton. when was last time we won there. the bookies and pundits home banker today for the toffes.

    my boy played the whole 90 mins.

    1st 20 mins all everton as they searched for the early goal but it didnt come then qpr came into the game more and scored on 30 mins,

    so i clean sheet without there defensive midfielder. neils team have not got some points, onwards and upwards
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    Post by ionman34 Sun Aug 21 2011, 14:54

    Loughtonlegend wrote:well well well. qpr win at everton. when was last time we won there.

    About 2 seasons ago wasn't it?


    the bookies and pundits home banker today for the toffes.

    More fool them. Everton always start slow.


    my boy played the whole 90 mins.

    He was on the pitch for 90 minutes .............. And was a passenger again. Seriously Lought, QPR won in spite of him, not because of him, he was anonymous for long periods of the game against an extremely ordinary Everton. Having said that, Everton could, and should, have won that game. The one contribution of note I saw Taarabt make was, in the dying minutes, bringing down Cahill for a freekick just outside the box. Had Fellaini headed the cross with more conviction it could have cost QPR big time.


    1st 20 mins all everton as they searched for the early goal but it didnt come then qpr came into the game more and scored on 30 mins,

    Come on mate, tell it like it is. QPR nicked a goal, during a 5 minute period of marginal dominance, then survived for the rest of the game. Howard was a spectator for the vast majority of the game.


    so i clean sheet without there defensive midfielder. neils team have not got some points, onwards and upwards

    Yep, well done to them and, hopefully, it'll give them a lift and help them to go on to string some results together. But don't bank on it. They really do look like they are extremely frail, the amount of space that can be found through midfield against them tells me that they are going to have their asses handed to them on more than a few occasions. Bolton weren't the anomoly here, QPR really do look that poor in the Prem.


    They're my favourites to go down and I think they'll go down hard.
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    Post by BazSpur Sun Aug 21 2011, 19:51

    Lucky, lucky, lucky.
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    Post by Guest Sun Aug 21 2011, 22:01

    We have yet to play a game and already 3 teams below us. One of which are Everton . . . . . .
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    Post by BazSpur Sun Aug 21 2011, 22:23

    3 points from the Red Mancs will do nicely then lol!
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    Post by Guest Mon Aug 22 2011, 01:31

    so you watched the whole game. did you see adel vison to put the qpr player throught on goal in the first half. how did you miss that


    also ion your stats are wrong we havent beatin everton at everton in 4 years. 2007.

    also do you remember the 2 everton games phill nevil havin bale in hes pocket, baz dont remember this lol
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    Post by BazSpur Mon Aug 22 2011, 01:52

    Bale must have been ill. As for "Your Boy" As has been said many times before Lought, if he was that good a player the bigger clubs would have been all over him by now. I wonder why they haven't?

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