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Post by blatantfowl on Dec 14, 2017 19:47:06 GMT
Happy birthday Eus wherever you may be!
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Post by blatantfowl on Dec 12, 2017 19:12:06 GMT
It was Heidar Hellguson. Correct post, we cannot predict the future and we cannot change the past. Sorry to be a pedant but it is spelt Heiðar Helguson and he didn't retire, he went to Cardiff (which some people might say is the same thing). Other than that, you're spot on!
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Post by blatantfowl on Dec 12, 2017 18:48:46 GMT
What I want is for us to stick to a manager. I am sure there was an overwhelming sentiment on this board not so long ago to do the same, although I cannot attribute it to individual posters on this thread.
Managers need time. Going through them at a rate of 1 or more a season does not fix anything. It's a strategy of pot luck that maybe the next guy might click. That's no way to run a football club or a business but we (and most other clubs) keep on making the same mistakes as we do it again.
To answer some other points on this thread. The success of both Burnley and Warnock have been cited as the level we should be at. Regarding Burnley - there was a time when we were the best little club in the Premiership and Burnley were in the doldrums looking on enviously. In fact Burnley had gone for decades with no success at all. What they have done now is stick to a manager even when they were relegated. We all know Warnock is an amazing manager in those backs to the wall situation but that does not mean everyone can be like him or that he is a guarantee of success. If he is that good, he would have at least once in his career established a team in the Prem and kept them there. I wonder what Leeds fans make of Warnock's success at Rotherham?
It is easy to pick out a manager or team that are top of the pile in terms of punching above the weight and are enjoying their period hitting the heights. We were there in the 90s and we enjoyed it while it lasted. It will come back again one day and then after a while it will be gone again. It's the way it goes. By number of fans and turnover, we are a mid table championship side and that's exactly where we are now. If you think it is so bad, try swapping places with Coventry. After years of stability at the top and very few managers they panicked and threwh all sense out of the window. Now they find themselves struggling to get back even to our level.
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Post by blatantfowl on Dec 10, 2017 1:29:31 GMT
Brum 1 qpr 1
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Post by blatantfowl on Dec 7, 2017 18:34:45 GMT
Rob Green
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Post by blatantfowl on Dec 7, 2017 14:18:45 GMT
After 14 straight losses at the start of the season, Benevento were trailing AC Milan 2-1 with 60 seconds to go when this happened. youtu.be/Qn4v7jcFVgs
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Post by blatantfowl on Dec 6, 2017 14:19:48 GMT
His loan expires in January so it might be their intention to bring him back into the first team anyway. That's what I'd do starting with the FA Cup 3rd round and judge how he handles first team outings from there on.
It's not nailed on he will successful though but it looks hopeful.
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Post by blatantfowl on Dec 5, 2017 17:43:08 GMT
We could do worse than take him on as a technical director type role at least to the end of the season similar to McQueen to Harry. Must be a step up from Birch whispering in Ollies ear. I had to look at that for a long time before I realised you meant McClaren! Although I am sure Steve McQueen would have been a very cool helper.
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Post by blatantfowl on Dec 5, 2017 15:16:44 GMT
We don't do cups....only mugs.
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Post by blatantfowl on Dec 5, 2017 15:15:44 GMT
If you take a managers periods when they are not winning and put them together, you can construct a 20 game, 4 point situation for anyone. I don't think it indicates anything. Each period of games is unique with a variety of influences. For example, I believe the current bad run is influenced by the many injuries we have had to defenders. Yes Blatant, for sure you can add spells up for any Manager but you trying getting to the the levels Ollie gets when he goes into one. That spell of 7,8,5 games and counting, if you were to do the comparison with say JFH tenure you get almost 15 points in 20 games not 4 points' bit of difference. My point being when IH goes on a bad run, it turns really bad, in terms of points in that particular spell and he cant seem to do anything about it, there is cerainly no bounce back ability. OK I see what your argument is but I think we've been here before when it comes to comparisons against previous incumbents. For a start, the records of IH against others in terms of points gained are not highly different. The circumstances under which they are working are different though. Having a bad run is the most likely thing to cost a manager their job. So if a manager's record over 12 games was WWWWWWLLLLLL they could be sacked at the end for going 6 games without a point. Another manager might have a record WLWLWLWLWLWL and its no problem, business as usual. They are both mid table at the end of it. It could be argued a team that is consistent and cannot win 2 games in a row is worse than a team who have a bad run during a period when most of their defenders are injured.
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Post by blatantfowl on Dec 5, 2017 11:57:57 GMT
I'd jump in now and ask him straight away. If the answer is no then no harm done. He'd only have to be part time.
But only if Ollie wants it and I believe he would as the relationship there is rock solid.
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Post by blatantfowl on Dec 4, 2017 22:38:37 GMT
Just going back since relegation. JFH went through a poor period when he joined DDDLDLD 5 points from seven games, apart from that he never lost more than one or two at a time and his results were pretty consistent if there is such a word for us of late. Ramsey had a spell of one draw and three losses in four games. So they both had a poor spell of sorts. If you take a managers periods when they are not winning and put them together, you can construct a 20 game, 4 point situation for anyone. I don't think it indicates anything. Each period of games is unique with a variety of influences. For example, I believe the current bad run is influenced by the many injuries we have had to defenders.
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Post by blatantfowl on Dec 4, 2017 17:27:24 GMT
Since Ollie has been with us in a year, we have had a three spells in there amassing to 20 games with four points, wow, impressive. What does this prove?
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Post by blatantfowl on Dec 3, 2017 18:41:19 GMT
Qpr 0 Leeds 3
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Post by blatantfowl on Dec 1, 2017 13:51:11 GMT
Until Holloway uses this board you won’t get an answer.
Can’t see the problem myself, it’s up to the coaching team to make these judgements.
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Post by blatantfowl on Nov 30, 2017 20:18:28 GMT
Perhaps if Ollie had praised the fans that stayed rather than criticise those that left he would have made his point in a constructive manner. That's a good point it would have been better to do that. But his criticism was hardly a dagger to the heart, it was soft.
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Post by blatantfowl on Nov 28, 2017 18:08:46 GMT
Ollie’s comments were gentle and he was dead right.
Nobody left because they needed to get home, they did it because they were proving a point. It backfired on them and they should have stayed.
Anyone complaining is doing so from their pride and not from a sense of right or wrong.
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Post by blatantfowl on Nov 28, 2017 12:33:47 GMT
Another fantastic anecdote for this season which ticks all the basics I want from my support.
Heart, spirit, determination and never say die attitude. This team is a world away from those of the recent past.
In pure talent, we are not as good as other teams but in making the most of our limited resources we are superb!
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Post by blatantfowl on Nov 27, 2017 12:42:07 GMT
Ay up lads. Delayed response due to my missus being in poor health, but I had meant to come on here midweek. What happened to you lot? Appalling first half from both teams, but once you went AWOL for the opener it was comfortable for us. Expected more of an attacking threat from an Ian Holloway team, but you only threatened a bit once the big lad came on and won a few headers. We're a funny lot at the moment. Decent results but sketchy performances. All the best for the rest of the season and a happy Christmas and new year to you all. Proper football club. Proper fans. Deserve better than that showing on Tuesday. Thanks Chello. We're very inconsistent with a team that has been pulled together with minimal resources. We are also suffering badly with injuries in defense and results have suffered. We have a few disgruntled fans but mostly we are expecting a mid table position so most fans accept our situation.
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Post by blatantfowl on Nov 23, 2017 13:26:20 GMT
Before this game we were mid table. After the game we are mid table. The chances of us plummeting after 2 bad results and about the same as us shooting up the table after 2 great results. We are 7 points away from relegation and 7 points in the other direction would leave us just short of the playoffs.
We have limited resources and unlimited injuries. We have a manager who makes occasionally inscrutable decisions - just like all managers. I don't what the angry mob here expect but we are exactly where we ought to expect to be. In fact, some clubs with better circumstances are doing far worse than us.
So your frustration is misplaced and overblown. I suggest you get an allotment.
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Post by blatantfowl on Nov 23, 2017 13:11:57 GMT
Bow I agree with much of what you say in your two previous posts but your point 2 about our away record being crap for years has to be addressed. Is it pitch size, mentality, tactics or what, I just dont get how we can hold our own against decent sides at home but we have been SO poor for SO long away from home? It cant be the Manager as we have had several Managers whose teams have all failed our supporters with our dismal away record. We can include cup games in that as well, home or away.
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Post by blatantfowl on Nov 21, 2017 22:09:34 GMT
Qpr 1 Brentford 2 PNE 2 qpr 2
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Post by blatantfowl on Nov 13, 2017 19:56:18 GMT
derby 2 qpr 0
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Post by blatantfowl on Nov 12, 2017 22:00:39 GMT
Qpr 1 villa 0
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Post by blatantfowl on Nov 4, 2017 18:00:51 GMT
Strange - we had far more possession than against Shef U but could not use it effectively
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Post by blatantfowl on Nov 1, 2017 21:34:38 GMT
I have a perception that some posters on this board make comment when we lose but then remain silent when we win.
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Post by blatantfowl on Nov 1, 2017 21:30:56 GMT
Did we buy him? I just thought it was another loan and was done before we secured some of our other targets.
To me, it was just being prudent in case we did not get the other players we wanted but also to give us some versatility of formation. Just because we have won 2 games with a certain formation does not mean we will not have to make a tactical formation change for particular games and Lua Lua will then be needed.
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Post by blatantfowl on Oct 31, 2017 14:54:18 GMT
Forest 2 QPR 0
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Post by blatantfowl on Oct 28, 2017 18:12:35 GMT
Excellent from both team and management
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Post by blatantfowl on Oct 22, 2017 18:28:46 GMT
Qpr 2 wolves 1 Qpr 1 Sheffield Utd 1
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