| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” 09:21 - Mar 16 with 21854 views | TK1 |
Saw this on the way to the game, Cifuentes describing how difficult the season's been, "not just the results", but "things the fans don't see" - particularly the last few weeks.
Interesting that he thinks this has been "by far" harder than taking over one of the worst teams I can remember last season.
Seems significant. I wonder what's been happening - and I wonder where that leaves him for next season.
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| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 16:31 - Mar 17 with 3001 views | Northernr |
| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 16:17 - Mar 17 by TK1 |
The "ITK" stuff is neither here nor there. It may annoy, but objectively you either think it and the sources ring true or not. If you know the truth of something you can disprove or ignore them. We can't.
The only way to clear away conspiracies or rumours is to shine a light on everything, to be open with loyal fans as much as is practical. Whatever anyone thought of the Ferdinand, Hoos, Warburton axis, I think they got open communication pretty much spot on. They all let us in two or three times a year, sometimes together, sometimes apart. They faced up when it was tough, too. They were self-respecting adults about it.
Nourry could kill every rumour, every ITK stone dead with a proper, in-person, unfiltered Fans Forum with Cifuentes and himself. That he doesn't tells me everything. That he chooses to instead present a "Football Panel" whereby our head coach shares a platform with seven others including the Head of Methodology, Head of Performance Services and Head of Women’s Operations to answer vetted questions before an audience of just scholars and the women's team before edited answers are shared on "channels" should tell all more than any ITK rumour. It's laughably, transparently controlling. With due respect to everyone else on the panel, let's hear from the head coach and the recruitment on one panel please, the academy, methodology etc on another, and the women's on their own. It's insulting to think he believes fans really buy this nonsense. |
So spot on I almost got up and applauded in my office. |  | | |
| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 16:31 - Mar 17 with 3001 views | 1BobbyHazell |
Quite the thread this. I'm weirdly enjoying it aprt from learning that lots of posters are sure Marti is off in the Summer.
I'm obviously in a small minority but I think ITK'ers should be firmly encouraged! Especially ones who are persistent. Sad to read that someone felt hounded and wouldn't share again, where's the fun in that!?
I want to know the word on the street whenever and wherever I can.
This guy knows
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| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 16:38 - Mar 17 with 2945 views | TK1 |
| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 16:31 - Mar 17 by Northernr |
So spot on I almost got up and applauded in my office. |
Ha!
I think it would be worth collating publicly the questions sent in to the "Football Panel". That way we can all compare what was answered with what we know wasn't - it would be in its own way quite revealing. Plus it gives a tiny bit of leverage back to fans. But maybe on its own thread. | | | |
| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 16:41 - Mar 17 with 2917 views | Pikey |
He didnt look uninvited after the game on Saturday, the very opposite in fact .
Too many people like a rumour/ conspiracy theory to pretend they are in the know | | | |
| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 17:01 - Mar 17 with 2824 views | LeedsR |
| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 22:37 - Mar 16 by Wilkinswatercarrier |
It makes sense if the board and manager are not fully aligned. The lopsided transfer dealings in the summer were THE big talking point on here at the start of season, quietened down when we won a few, but it is again raising its head.
Can't allow the manager to say so in public, so don't let him say anything.
Shame, but I think someone will grab him, and we'll get a bit of money. |
Of course, when rather than if Cifuentes goes, it will be very QPR that all we’d get is another bag of Tangfastics for Paul Smyth as recompense. |  | | |
| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 18:03 - Mar 17 with 2649 views | Mick_S |
| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 16:31 - Mar 17 by 1BobbyHazell |
Quite the thread this. I'm weirdly enjoying it aprt from learning that lots of posters are sure Marti is off in the Summer.
I'm obviously in a small minority but I think ITK'ers should be firmly encouraged! Especially ones who are persistent. Sad to read that someone felt hounded and wouldn't share again, where's the fun in that!?
I want to know the word on the street whenever and wherever I can.
This guy knows
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| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 18:14 - Mar 17 with 2595 views | Mick_S |
| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 11:49 - Mar 17 by daveB |
For me what Lassel is saying rings true but guess we'll find out eventually |
Me too. I genuinely know nothing about the behind the scenes stuff at Rangers. I’ve been on the various boards over the years and get a strong whiff when things are not right - too many knowledgeable people around; when there’s a smell, there’s a smell.
I think we’re getting a warning from our manager. Doesn’t mean it’s dead, of course not; but not good in my house. | |
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| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 18:32 - Mar 17 with 2529 views | Match82 |
| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 10:38 - Mar 17 by nick_hammersmith |
I remember that post from the database;
SELECT 'Frey', 'Anderson' AS new_players
FROM other_teams
UPDATE current_squad WITH new_players
ALTER TABLE current_squad WITH '2024/2025'
UPDATE social_media WITH news; |
Good grief what did we type in to get Madsen? |  | | |
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| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 18:56 - Mar 17 with 2449 views | LazyFan |
I don't think this is anything more than Marti sending a message that he would like to keep some of the players who are out of contract for next season and has probably been told no.
Players like Cook and Dunne, he for sure wants to stay. Possibly Paal and Anderson. I bet Norry has thought that Morgan, Dembele and Saito (if he's coming on a perm) all worked out. And does not worry about Madsen and Celar just yet.
Therefore, Norry is probably telling Marti that he will have to do more with less next season. And he's probably had to tell certain players this, which, of course, would be upsetting as he wants to keep them.
That's why it's been a challenging season from his point of view, and I suspect there are some other things we don't know about. EDB is a complete mystery when sometimes Madsen does not even make the subs bench. Chairs possible doing a porridge situation would have stoked Norry to want to sell him in the summer in case his value goes down.
We only recently published the accounts and Norry probably only recently told him after looking at the forecast for next year on the finances this bad news. Rebuilding the squad from the start and being shocked to find this out for sure for Marti, probably upset him greatly. Hence his reaction.
This is all guesswork by me, totally made up, but we are coming to the season's end, we have just published the accounts, we know Norry loves getting everything for nothing and manages that way. Marti is not really interested in another season like this, he is ambitious, he wants to manage one of the La Liga clubs once day. He won't settle for mediocre.
We shall know more in May me thinks. |  |
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| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 21:26 - Mar 17 with 2191 views | Spaceman_P |
Everyone is sick to death of Sam Field's Tik Tok dance routines.
At first it was harmless fun... but now its effecting the team and coaching staff morale.
Some say our recent bad form is purely cos everyone has just had enough of Sam practicing in front of the mirrors at Heston.
Hes trying to hog the limelight... he even bought a letterman jacket with SF in bold yellow writing |  | | |
| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 23:01 - Mar 17 with 1981 views | stainrods_elbow |
Saito has been defending Japanese dietary habits, quoting the Nagano proverb: 'Don't feed your wife autumn monkey – to do so would be to waste a fine-tasting delicacy.' It started as a joke, but Chair got a bit stroppy when he was fasting for Ramadan, and it all kicked off on the dressing room floor.
Frey accidentally poked Nardi in the eye when he was doing his unicorn schtick on the back seat of the team bus, and Paul now refuses to room with him on away trips, telling anyone who'll listen it's the real reason he can't kick straight.
Colback put Yang in a headlock after Jimmy D tricked him into calling Jack a ginger ninja, telling him it was a compliment in English. Marti had to break up some fisticuffs and got a knee in the groin for his trouble.
I can't identify my sources but can confirm it clearly all proves that Nourry is the devil's spawn, and everything wrong at the club is down to him, even when it isn't. [Post edited 18 Mar 10:50]
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| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 23:47 - Mar 17 with 1923 views | Wegerles_Stairs |
| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 14:31 - Mar 17 by daveB |
Every interview I've seen with him he's spoke about his role being on the football side, He refers to himself as a sports minded ceo.
In his first interview he spoke about changing the game model of the club to restructure all teams in this vision. he's massivley invovled in the football side whether you think he's doing well or not |
I do think he's got a point on recruiting (and playing) younger players but what's transpired this season is that you need to balance that with some tough, Championship-hardened players. It's arguably why Madsen hasn't worked out - you might look good statistically playing in Belgium but away at Portsmouth or Millwall that doesn't count for much.
Worrying if Marti is on his way out because of Nourry. I don't think Marti is perfect but I'd certainly trust his football knowledge more than Nourry's, his three decades in football notwithstanding. | | | |
| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 08:12 - Mar 18 with 1574 views | Superhoops2808 |
| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 15:05 - Mar 17 by Hunterhoop |
Devils advocate here but isn’t that an odd stance to take?
You’re effectively saying “I’d rather not hear something that doesn’t align with my existing opinion unless you can evidence it, even though I know you can’t publicly evidence a source if you happen to be ITK.”
It’s tantamount to “I don’t want to hear any opposing thoughts”. Do you ask people giving positive opinions to evidence them with inside information they have heard that show it was down to him?
On Lassel, has it ever occurred to you that he is perhaps rather “ITK”, and what he is saying is true?
Even if you have doubts, is it still not better to hear these different opinions/insights? It’s a forum afterall.
As I said, I’ve spoken to a few people who are or have had more access into the club, or certainly speak with people who do, and I think a lot (not all) of what Lassel says rings true. |
That's fair enough, so much so, I had to think about it overnight before replying.
Unfortunately, all too often the same person is coming along with the same agenda. Ultimately, it could or could not be true but all I want to see it the proof. And yes even if it did align with my current opinion/theory I would probably still say 'Where did you hear that from'.
Lassel's very first post on this forum was started with 'I have never been ITK in my life' and since that very post he has been very much so since and much of it as I recall has been anti Nourry/Cifuentes and that has become weary.
If I didn't want to hear differing opinions then I would not be here. But too many on here post wild conspiracies and I just want to know the facts - good or bad. Perhaps if someone posted 'I think rather than I know' it may be better
Don't think I have explained myself well but again you make good points. |  | | |
| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 08:43 - Mar 18 with 1513 views | mart_Goblin |
| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 08:12 - Mar 18 by Superhoops2808 |
That's fair enough, so much so, I had to think about it overnight before replying.
Unfortunately, all too often the same person is coming along with the same agenda. Ultimately, it could or could not be true but all I want to see it the proof. And yes even if it did align with my current opinion/theory I would probably still say 'Where did you hear that from'.
Lassel's very first post on this forum was started with 'I have never been ITK in my life' and since that very post he has been very much so since and much of it as I recall has been anti Nourry/Cifuentes and that has become weary.
If I didn't want to hear differing opinions then I would not be here. But too many on here post wild conspiracies and I just want to know the facts - good or bad. Perhaps if someone posted 'I think rather than I know' it may be better
Don't think I have explained myself well but again you make good points. |
“But too many on here post wild conspiracies and I just want to know the facts”
Do you really believe that to be the case ?
I don’t really see too many conspiracy theories on here, never mind wild ones , unless you are accusing one or 2 of trying to let other fans know what they know and that just gets ignored by those who do want to hear it anyway.
Not really conspiracy theories
Unless I’m not paying full attention of course , which is a possibility. |  | | |
| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 08:52 - Mar 18 with 1490 views | EastR |
| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 12:25 - Mar 17 by DavieQPR |
So many people read something then are convinced they know better than anyone else and their version is gospel not speculation. |
Even that biblical message board had four different versions of the same story.. | |
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| (No subject) on 09:06 - Mar 18 with 1417 views | Rsole |
It does feel as if we will see the end of Marti once the season is over, at which point I’d like to understand what happens next because CHAT NRE3 isn’t going anywhere for a while.
What will change if Marti leaves and a new guy has the same challenges - why type of new guy is going to accept the job if the issues become better known. They become ‘known knowns’ instead of ‘known unknowns’ if you like to think like a Septic.
Assuming we would all prefer progressive football to what we had under Gareth, what type of manager/coach is going to want to work in that type of environment ? The only segment I can think of is the one that will take the money regardless and do whatever they are told to fit in with a 25 year old’s system and recruitment.
That doesn’t mean I want (or expect) Nourry out - I’d rather he changed approach and I thought we’d seen the start of that a couple of months ago. Clearly not the case and so I see the Marti situation now being the biggest test of his CEO career to date.
If he adapts and deals with the situation like a real leader would, the adversity could be the making of the guy. I hope that happens.
If not, you could see the club going backwards again rapidly and I’d personally prefer the dildo of consequence to watching that type of football again. |  |
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| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 09:12 - Mar 18 with 1392 views | 1BobbyHazell |
| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 08:43 - Mar 18 by mart_Goblin |
“But too many on here post wild conspiracies and I just want to know the facts”
Do you really believe that to be the case ?
I don’t really see too many conspiracy theories on here, never mind wild ones , unless you are accusing one or 2 of trying to let other fans know what they know and that just gets ignored by those who do want to hear it anyway.
Not really conspiracy theories
Unless I’m not paying full attention of course , which is a possibility. |
This.
If someone knows something and they want to tell us then great. We're all adults and can make our own judgements on the veracity of it all. Fair enough to challenge them on the information, sources and possible agendas (we'll never forget the Man and his Drum) but let's not shut them down just because we don't like it.
If you don't believe them fair enough but don't then try and stop them posting it for the rest of us who are interested. Especially while the club is in full Pravda mode.
It's not going to cause any actual harm in the world.
Personally, I'm declaring an open invitation for anyone to PM me with any ITK-ing they have that they deem too juicy/controversial for posting on the site! Discretion guaranteed. [Post edited 18 Mar 9:17]
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| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 09:16 - Mar 18 with 1365 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 09:12 - Mar 18 by 1BobbyHazell |
This.
If someone knows something and they want to tell us then great. We're all adults and can make our own judgements on the veracity of it all. Fair enough to challenge them on the information, sources and possible agendas (we'll never forget the Man and his Drum) but let's not shut them down just because we don't like it.
If you don't believe them fair enough but don't then try and stop them posting it for the rest of us who are interested. Especially while the club is in full Pravda mode.
It's not going to cause any actual harm in the world.
Personally, I'm declaring an open invitation for anyone to PM me with any ITK-ing they have that they deem too juicy/controversial for posting on the site! Discretion guaranteed. [Post edited 18 Mar 9:17]
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I've PM'ed you just now about the water pressure in the Ellerslie bogs. |  |
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| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 09:19 - Mar 18 with 1348 views | 1BobbyHazell |
| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 09:16 - Mar 18 by BrianMcCarthy |
I've PM'ed you just now about the water pressure in the Ellerslie bogs. |
Did you see some plumbers on the grassy knoll? I knew it | | | |
| (No subject) on 09:24 - Mar 18 with 1310 views | TheChef |
| (No subject) on 09:06 - Mar 18 by Rsole |
It does feel as if we will see the end of Marti once the season is over, at which point I’d like to understand what happens next because CHAT NRE3 isn’t going anywhere for a while.
What will change if Marti leaves and a new guy has the same challenges - why type of new guy is going to accept the job if the issues become better known. They become ‘known knowns’ instead of ‘known unknowns’ if you like to think like a Septic.
Assuming we would all prefer progressive football to what we had under Gareth, what type of manager/coach is going to want to work in that type of environment ? The only segment I can think of is the one that will take the money regardless and do whatever they are told to fit in with a 25 year old’s system and recruitment.
That doesn’t mean I want (or expect) Nourry out - I’d rather he changed approach and I thought we’d seen the start of that a couple of months ago. Clearly not the case and so I see the Marti situation now being the biggest test of his CEO career to date.
If he adapts and deals with the situation like a real leader would, the adversity could be the making of the guy. I hope that happens.
If not, you could see the club going backwards again rapidly and I’d personally prefer the dildo of consequence to watching that type of football again. |
It hasn't even occurred to me that Marti could leave at the end of the season.
But like anything in life, if you were offered another job paying more money with better resources/facilities, you'd probably take it wouldn't you? |  |
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| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 09:30 - Mar 18 with 1285 views | ngbqpr |
Without wishing to go down that more often than not tedious "that's modern football / the game's gone" road...there is very little loyalty in the game these days, and very few players or coaches stay at any club very long. There are no 21st century Tony Inghams or Ian Gillards or Alan McDonalds, or maverick number 10s giving a club our size the best years of their career.
Admittedly Gerry & Olly both came back for second managerial spells, but arguably against their better judgment...and I wouldn't be surprised if they had a few regrets for doing so.
Most owners are trigger happy with coaches and always want shiny new players. So those coaches and players thus go for the best they can get, wherever that may be. You could call it chess or poker - except it possesses none of the subtlety or nuance of those games.
Marti has never stayed anywhere longer than two seasons. I rate him highly as a coach and like him a lot as a person, and would love to see him stay here for a 4-5 year stint, and be given the tools to build something special. However, his track record suggests that he will leave if & when his stock is at a level where he can move up the chain. Fair play. I'm not sure he's quite there yet (to the outside world he did an impressive job last season, less so this)...but suspect he'd consider a sideways move if he felt the club in question's ambitions, budgets, wages and methodologies aligned more with his.
Player wise...all those who've re-signed have done so because it's the best they can get just now / it also suited the club. Arguably Chair and JCS have been seen as our most saleable assets for a while now, with 'bigger club' rumours having circulated - but due to injuries in JCS's case and the court case in Chair's, that talk had slowed. So get a better deal with Rangers, with a realistic release clause for if & when they can prove they're injury / jail-free. I love Sam Field, but is he gonna get a bigger club / better deal than QPR right now? No, so better the devil you know for both parties.
Only Kolli of this year's re-signers raised a 'pleasantly surprised' eyebrow from me.
Being glass half full by nature when it comes to Rangers, I still think a core of the still contracted Nardi, Morrison, JCS, Field, Varanne, Morgan, Vale, Dembele, Chair, Smyth, Kolli is a half decent starting point for next season (and think Lloyd is a worthwhile squad member, and haven't completely given up on Celar - probably have with Madsen tho)...and I'd love that to be with Marti at the helm, and given a decent striker and a couple of full backs who suit his way of playing.
Gut feeling is it won't happen and the merry go round starts again. Ho hum. |  |
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| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 09:31 - Mar 18 with 1275 views | JamieNaz |
| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 16:17 - Mar 17 by TK1 |
The "ITK" stuff is neither here nor there. It may annoy, but objectively you either think it and the sources ring true or not. If you know the truth of something you can disprove or ignore them. We can't.
The only way to clear away conspiracies or rumours is to shine a light on everything, to be open with loyal fans as much as is practical. Whatever anyone thought of the Ferdinand, Hoos, Warburton axis, I think they got open communication pretty much spot on. They all let us in two or three times a year, sometimes together, sometimes apart. They faced up when it was tough, too. They were self-respecting adults about it.
Nourry could kill every rumour, every ITK stone dead with a proper, in-person, unfiltered Fans Forum with Cifuentes and himself. That he doesn't tells me everything. That he chooses to instead present a "Football Panel" whereby our head coach shares a platform with seven others including the Head of Methodology, Head of Performance Services and Head of Women’s Operations to answer vetted questions before an audience of just scholars and the women's team before edited answers are shared on "channels" should tell all more than any ITK rumour. It's laughably, transparently controlling. With due respect to everyone else on the panel, let's hear from the head coach and the recruitment on one panel please, the academy, methodology etc on another, and the women's on their own. It's insulting to think he believes fans really buy this nonsense. |
Spot on.
Also means that with the vacuum of information from Marti, you're ripe for breeding misinformation or ITK type stuff.
This is a six page thread started on a potentially throw away comment from Marti.
For what it's worth, Lassel's comments and information seems fairly likely to me.
If this is how Nourry operates then I'd be annoyed. Nourry comes across as someone who likes the term "disrupter". And I'm sure there are things that can be done within football to go against the norm to get better results. But, that often puts people out.
And tbh those "disrupter" people are often ar*eholes to deal with. | | | |
| (No subject) on 09:33 - Mar 18 with 1266 views | lassel |
| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 10:42 - Mar 17 by Ned_Kennedys |
Your agenda against Nourry is clear: did he get the job over someone you know? Or what else has caused you to feel such a need to continually try to stir the pot?
I and many others take your snidey ITK posts as what they are: and if in the unlikely event there is any small bit of truth in them then it is YOU who is contributing to the club ‘leaking like a sieve’. |
For what it’s worth Ned, I don’t believe I have an agenda against Nourry, I like to think I’m more nuanced than that.
As a QPR fan first and foremost, I thought Nourry was spot on this summer in expecting Cifuentes to commit to the club and protect us with a new deal, and I thought Cifuentes should’ve really gone away last summer fully focused on this season after we took a punt on him.
I don’t blame Nourry per se for the recruitment - ultimately Belk and his team provide the list of targets and Nourry just does the best deal possible for the club. This setup is what many clubs use - manager says where he thinks the squad needs improving and the recruitment team go to work. However as he has made himself CEO & DOF, the bloated recruitment setup which is all under him ultimately falls on his head. The signing of Madsen for a chunky fee without ever seeing him in person should’ve seen heads roll and him pulling an Odemwingie on Isaac Hayden and switching late in the day to Ashby was not only poor on a personal level but entirely caused by bad prior recruitment of Santos.
I think his paranoia about communications is ill conceived, but i give him props for taking criticism onboard and changing tact at least on the injury front. The shutout of North is pathetic obviously but I understand why he doesn’t want the very popular Cifuentes in an open forum where he can go off-script.
His edict of one playing style from u8 to first team is nothing controversial and what many of us asked for for years - decide what you want to be and then plug and play the pieces around that. My only issue is Nourry himself with no football background being the one to make the sporting plan over more qualified candidates at the club.
I don’t think him being around the training ground a lot is an issue per se, he is DOF and Ferdinand was about a lot too. As above my issue is him being DOF with no experience or knowledge for the role.
I think him using the Gen Z startup ‘social media hustler’ strategy of disrupt and break things was daft - the club has been broken enough for 20 years now, and it just pissed off a lot of experienced people at the club.
I think the Ben Williams situation is poor and has been handled badly by him.
Ultimately he is just a young guy who was in the right place at the right time with an immaculate education CV and enough patter to take advantage of Hoos being desperate to move upstairs. It’s the owners’ fault he is here, not his. I think it would be better for all parties if he were more introspective and hired a dedicated DOF under him, but he’s a 26 year old who grew up with the best money could buy, these profiles don’t tend to be humble and introspective. He will mature or he will flame out of football, nothing we can do about it, as QPR fans we can only hope for the former.
Equally I don’t agree with everything Cifuentes has done. As above I think he was better served and honestly owed it to us to have been fully focused on this season and plotting a move *this* summer after 18 months of solid improvement.
I thought the Sheppard thing at Burnley while inconsequential was poor. When ‘Arry did it I thought it was poor and it would be hypocritical to not call out Marti for it.
I think his thinly veiled criticism of Paal last season and open discussion of moving him on this summer was naive and has in retrospect bitten us as he’s been understandably checked out all season.
I think he’s made questionable choices in lineups and in-game management and have said so ‘live’ on here over the last 12 months. I did say when he joined though that I expected this to happen. In defence I think he’s been admirably pragmatic in dealing with the cards he has and being willing to sacrifice on his ideology for the better of the team with Dunne at full back to assist in the pissing away of set piece goals for example.
So yeah, I like to think I have a pretty balanced outlook, you’re free to disagree and see an agenda against Nourry if you wish. I certainly hope that Nourry gets it right though as a QPR fan as Cifuentes won’t be around forever and I naturally want him to get it right with his replacement and future signings. | | | |
| "By far the most challenging season of my career!” on 09:38 - Mar 18 with 1243 views | JamieNaz |
Agreed with pretty much everything you've just said.
Think that's a very fair account of this season and those two people | | | |
| (No subject) on 09:59 - Mar 18 with 1144 views | lassel |
Two other things I would add to what wasn’t intended as a novel but became one:
1. I understand why they signed Frey - we were desperate, he was available and willing to play out of his own pocket for 6 months. But this summer they had to make a decision, is he the style you want in a forward or not. In the signing of Celar clearly he wasn’t what we wanted, so in retrospect we would’ve been better off spending the Madsen money on paying up Frey and getting a cheap version of Celar as a backup. Having a 6’2 striker who can do the agricultural stuff but can’t move, and a striker who has great movement but can’t do the agricultural stuff as your two options is madness.
2. Nourry pressuring the Kolli family to take a move to Saudi Arabia was poor. Obviously I understand it, for whatever reason Kolli wasn’t in consideration for the first team (and no I don’t know why) and it was a good move financially for the club, but again in retrospect it has been shown to be a bad decision. It pissed off the family enough that his dad took the nuclear option to air it in public and it’s been shown that for a club as light as we are with forwards, Kolli had a role to play here. | | | |
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