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West Ham vs QPR; Friday 9th October, 8pm
Poor old QPR
This is their 11th season in the Championship, they’ve never been bad enough to get relegated but never good enough to make the playoffs and their best finish was 9th in 2020/21.
Since they were relegated they’re had three different owners, 10 permanent managers plus two caretakers including Steve McLaen, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Ian Holloway and inevitably Neil Warnock
The 10th is ex-Rennes and Strasbourg Julien Stephan who joined in Jul 2025. In his first season they finished 15th on 58 points, which I suppose is a slight improvement from 15th on 56pt the previous season
This season started well with three wins and a draw before they lost at home to Boro, followed by three draws. Last time out they were losing 2-0 to Preston and down to 10 men by half time but came back to equalise in the 90th minute
Last season the goals came from centre forwards Richard Kone (11) and Rumarn Burrell (10) with the creativity coming from CM/AM Harvey Vale and CM Nicolas Madsen
Kone got injured against Boro then suffered a further injury in an U-21 game yesterday while Vale stayed on the bench against Preston and has withdrawn from the Ireland squad
They’ve got some new faces, LB Dennis Cirkin (Sunderland, free) had started four in a row but got red carded against Preston, Glen Kamara (loan Stade Rennais) started in Vale’s place and 21yo N Ireland GK Pierce Charles (Man City loan) has replaced last season’s first choice goalkeeper Joe Walsh who has joined Wigan (currently bottom o League One) on loan (how bad was he to deserve that?)
It all seems a long way from the early 90s when QPR were in the top half of the Premier League, Gerry Francis was in the dugout and Les Ferdinand was banging them in
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Quiet Times in the International break
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Quiet Times in the International break
I'll be mostly going to watch Brentwood Town.
Should get 4 games in between now and the 10th October including, replay permitting, Dagenham & Redbridge at home in the 3rd Qualifying Round of the FA Cup. I wonder if Andy Carroll will be playing? -
Millwall vs West Ham; 12:30 Saturday 19th September
AJ’s is a proper football pub close to where the Cubs play in Wriglyville and yes I have joined these guys on prior occasions but unfortunately not this time.
Did you make it here Chicago? ⚒
There is a long bar and various teams have a section where pictures and scarves etc are hung on the wall - our section is immediately on the left as you go in.
They do open early and provide a decent breakfast
ChicagoHammers are a recognized affiliated supporters club with WHU and helped organize the pre game events when the team came here on the pre season tour. -
Quiet Times in the International break
Also, the Football Cliché's podcast (which is excellent, btw) has a daily games website now. The main two at the moment are "Out of Control" where you get a series of one second long gifs randomly taken from a Premier League Years episode, and you have to work out the season. And the other is "Happy Hunting Grounds" where you get a team and a stadium, and you need to name a player who scored away for the team at the stadium. It's hard!
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Quiet Times in the International break
If you want something else to pass the time... This is a 20 x 20 grid of all Premier League teams last season. You have to name a player that has played for both teams in the Premier League. I got most in a day, but I've been coming back every couple of weeks to try and get more. I'm stuck on 146/180 at the moment.
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Quiet Times in the International break
If you're looking for something to do in the international break, I've just discovered Immaculate Footy this week. It's a 3x3 grid, and you have to guess a player that fits into the vertical and horizontal categories outlined. It's a bit like sudoku for football.
Just a bump of this whilst it’s international break
There's an English football version and world football version, and they each release a new grid daily. There are also hundreds of grids in the archive if you get addicted.
https://www.immaculatefooty.com/england
And yes put me down as addicted 😂 -
Millwall vs West Ham; 12:30 Saturday 19th September
Did you make it here Chicago? ⚒
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Premier League Match Chat Week 1 up to international break.
Finish 1-1 Spurs bottom and 3 weeks to think about it
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Millwall vs West Ham; 12:30 Saturday 19th September
WHU, Maybe there will come a time where my “obsession” with addressing the key areas in the team that need sorting will be done. I do honestly believe that not all my comments are transfer based. Many believed in August we had strength in depth which IMO we don’t & so I feel entitled to keep raising my concerns 👍.
Raising your concerns is different to mentioning it within every thread
We aren't buying anyone until January now, and we're 2nd in the league so why talk about players who arent here like Disasi and Alvarez who didnt want to be here it makes no sense
Try and enjoy football, not sure I've ever seen a positive comment from you when we won but the minute we drop points you're back talking about what we did or didn’t do in the window, or who we did or didnt keep against their wishes
