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POST-MATCH THREAD: Queens Park Rangers v Charlton Athletic: Saturday 30th August 2025: KO 12:30pm

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  • se9addick said:
    The Campbell hate is getting ridiculous. People making out he was our worst player when that wasn't even remotely true. He would lose an attacking threat by not having him in the team.

    Someone in the player marks gave him a 3. What game are you watching.
    Everyone’s entitled to their opinion blah blah blah, but giving Campbell a 3 out of 10 is lunacy. The only thing that gives me any hope for us from an attacking perspective is that Campbell is proving effective at stretching opposition defences. We need someone to step up and take some of the chances that are created because TC has dragged their players out of position rather than dropping TC entirely. 
    I agree with what some have said that we need a viable TC backup for when he isn’t effective.

    To be calling him out like this is not only sad for him, but a little counterintuitive 
  • Some of the comments from the end of the match thread are brilliant. It really wasn’t dogshit or horrendous.

    We lost 3-1 in the championship. The 3rd goal was as we pushed in the final stages - always a risk.

    we clearly need some attention focussed on attacking threat but if Leaburn hits that under the bar in the first half it’s a different game.

    We’ll lose a lot more this season, but we’ll win some as well. 

    Some balance and perspective will definitely help some cope with a Saturday afternoons football.
    A few of our fans are getting a reality check and don’t like it. And the usual over reaction to every defeat swiftly follows. 

    If the players were naive today so have many of our fans been.

    This is a tough, tough division and a large proportion of our squad are making the significant step up from League One for the first time.

    We spent a bit of dosh but we are rebuilding a squad that just two seasons ago included many players that are now playing in League Two.

    A bit of momentum and a surprise element got us through the the first few games. Now teams have seen what we’re about and can plan for it. Now the slog starts.

    The team needs to learn lessons fast and sharpen up 10% in most areas. Jones will know what’s required and will be working tirelessly to get the players to the levels needed.

    This side will battle away and won’t be out worked often but quality will be lacking at times, individual errors will happen, and we’re are going to lose plenty of matches.

    That, really, should be fully expected. Doesn’t mean every defeat is a sign the sky is falling in or all our players are shit. 

    A few fans need a bit of a mindset shift because the team are going to need us behind them not on their backs. 

    Anything 21st or higher remains a successful season. 
    Kind of what I wanted to say but more diplomatically. 
    Yeah Exiled is spot on from the way I see it too 
  • PWR

    My wife lost her sunglasses in one of the cars we test drived today.

    I reckon that a lot of you lost your Charlton rose tinted glasses today. Some of the expectations on here, and enthusiasm over our signings from League One in the summer, and our football over recent weeks have been laughable despite other more realistic posters, including me, getting lots of lols.

    I want us to stay up but I’ve been prepared for a battle since before the season started. 

    It’s not doom and gloom. It’s realism. 


    Maybe a bit of reality is needed. After 3 decent performances, today was a disappointment but feel the defence is still decent and will bounce back.
    Feel we are still lacking an Andy Reid quality type of midfielder that can unlock opposition defences. Two weeks for the strikers to find their shooting boots against the spanners.
  • Didn't see the game & haven't seen much of Kelman this season (hardly surprising when NJ leaves him on the bench)so not having a dig at him but I do wonder as I did when we signed him, whether we should have gone out & spent as much as we could on an experienced quality striker proven at this level rather than someone totally unproven in the championship. We knew there would be a big step up in quality & games would be tight, we needed a striker we knew would do the business. Kelman or Leaburn may well go on & develop into decent goal scorers, problem is we need one now.
    I think a few of this season's signings were bought with an eye on possible future sell on fees if they make the step up.
    Whoopee Do. 

    So we get relegated & then sell players. Then start yet another rebuild.

    Cant wait 🙄
    You genuinely are a bit of a knob aren't you fella
    Oh, I wondered when you woild crawl out of your hole. 
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    PWR

    My wife lost her sunglasses in one of the cars we test drived today.

    I reckon that a lot of you lost your Charlton rose tinted glasses today. Some of the expectations on here, and enthusiasm over our signings from League One in the summer, and our football over recent weeks have been laughable despite other more realistic posters, including me, getting lots of lols.

    I want us to stay up but I’ve been prepared for a battle since before the season started. 

    It’s not doom and gloom. It’s realism. 


    Maybe a bit of reality is needed. After 3 decent performances, today was a disappointment but feel the defence is still decent and will bounce back.
    Feel we are still lacking an Andy Reid quality type of midfielder that can unlock opposition defences. Two weeks for the strikers to find their shooting boots against the spanners.
    Both games we’ve lost to a moment of quality from a quality player. Our players are good, but like you say, we lack that Andy Reid type/special kind of player clubs that have been in this division longer might have.
  • Didn't see the game & haven't seen much of Kelman this season (hardly surprising when NJ leaves him on the bench)so not having a dig at him but I do wonder as I did when we signed him, whether we should have gone out & spent as much as we could on an experienced quality striker proven at this level rather than someone totally unproven in the championship. We knew there would be a big step up in quality & games would be tight, we needed a striker we knew would do the business. Kelman or Leaburn may well go on & develop into decent goal scorers, problem is we need one now.
    I think a few of this season's signings were bought with an eye on possible future sell on fees if they make the step up.
    Whoopee Do. 

    So we get relegated & then sell players. Then start yet another rebuild.

    Cant wait 🙄
    Who mentioned relegation?
    Only you ya plank
  • PWR

    My wife lost her sunglasses in one of the cars we test drived today.

    I reckon that a lot of you lost your Charlton rose tinted glasses today. Some of the expectations on here, and enthusiasm over our signings from League One in the summer, and our football over recent weeks have been laughable despite other more realistic posters, including me, getting lots of lols.

    I want us to stay up but I’ve been prepared for a battle since before the season started. 

    It’s not doom and gloom. It’s realism. 


    *drove


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  • Didn't see the game & haven't seen much of Kelman this season (hardly surprising when NJ leaves him on the bench)so not having a dig at him but I do wonder as I did when we signed him, whether we should have gone out & spent as much as we could on an experienced quality striker proven at this level rather than someone totally unproven in the championship. We knew there would be a big step up in quality & games would be tight, we needed a striker we knew would do the business. Kelman or Leaburn may well go on & develop into decent goal scorers, problem is we need one now.
    I think a few of this season's signings were bought with an eye on possible future sell on fees if they make the step up.
    Whoopee Do. 

    So we get relegated & then sell players. Then start yet another rebuild.

    Cant wait 🙄
    You genuinely are a bit of a knob aren't you fella
    Oh, I wondered when you woild crawl out of your hole. 
    You can make a point without being a self  important sarcastic prick you know. You’re not as clever as you think you are 
  • PWR

    My wife lost her sunglasses in one of the cars we test drived today.

    I reckon that a lot of you lost your Charlton rose tinted glasses today. Some of the expectations on here, and enthusiasm over our signings from League One in the summer, and our football over recent weeks have been laughable despite other more realistic posters, including me, getting lots of lols.

    I want us to stay up but I’ve been prepared for a battle since before the season started. 

    It’s not doom and gloom. It’s realism. 


    *drove


    And you wonder why people don’t take you seriously 
  • msomerton said:
    AndyG said:
    Just watched the 1st half of the Millwall game if we don’t step up they will tear through us like a knife through butter. Fortunately they don’t seem to be able to score from the build up play they create 

    Don't worry mate, we always up our game against the spanners.
    When was that
    I think your sarcasm detector might be broken.
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  • TC was terrible today bar the 15 min spell he had in the 2nd half. He’s far from championship ready currently and should be on the bench as impact only. People say he creates space, draws defenders out, etc but we have only scored 2 goals in 4 games. He gives the ball away so often and in dangerous places. If I was any good at video editing I’d put together a compilation of him losing the ball at least once in all 4 matches that lead to a dangerous counter/goal.

    Also Ramsay today was shocking which was unusual. Positionally all over the place, lunging last minute, trying too hard to get highlights for his little videos. Get back to the basics please as he had been colossal until now. 

    Shit performance all round, get knibbs, tanto and kelman a run of games and see what they can do when they have 4/5 games together 
  • Without Godden, who takes a penalty if we ever get one?
    Think I'd be watching it from behind the sofa 
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  • I’m massively concerned about the midfield as well. It doesn’t seem anywhere near the level of the midfield we had the last time we were in the championship, and we all know how they turned out. I really didn’t think Docherty would have been a guaranteed starter, there’s no competition for Coventry or Carey. Apparently we’re signing one more which will be a right wing-back, yet there’s still no backup for Edwards and not one striker has looked good so far throughout August. I’m keeping the faith but it’s starting to get concerning. With all due respect to QPR but that is one of the “easier” away games and we’ve not looked good. We can write off the next game because we simply never beat them, we didn’t beat them under Powell or Bowyer and that won’t change.
  • PWR

    My wife lost her sunglasses in one of the cars we test drived today.

    I reckon that a lot of you lost your Charlton rose tinted glasses today. Some of the expectations on here, and enthusiasm over our signings from League One in the summer, and our football over recent weeks have been laughable despite other more realistic posters, including me, getting lots of lols.

    I want us to stay up but I’ve been prepared for a battle since before the season started. 

    It’s not doom and gloom. It’s realism. 


    *drove


    And you wonder why people don’t take you seriously 
    No idea why my reply to that post should interest or even bother you. FWIW he's my brother & it's an in joke. 

    But then you have to comment on all my posts....good or bad. Should I be getting worried  ???  A fan or a stalker ?
  • Didn't see the game & haven't seen much of Kelman this season (hardly surprising when NJ leaves him on the bench)so not having a dig at him but I do wonder as I did when we signed him, whether we should have gone out & spent as much as we could on an experienced quality striker proven at this level rather than someone totally unproven in the championship. We knew there would be a big step up in quality & games would be tight, we needed a striker we knew would do the business. Kelman or Leaburn may well go on & develop into decent goal scorers, problem is we need one now.
    I think a few of this season's signings were bought with an eye on possible future sell on fees if they make the step up.
    Whoopee Do. 

    So we get relegated & then sell players. Then start yet another rebuild.

    Cant wait 🙄
    You genuinely are a bit of a knob aren't you fella
    Oh, I wondered when you woild crawl out of your hole. 
    If you're gonna correct other people's spelling, better make sure yours is perfect
    No idea what you are on about. If you mean  my reply to a different post then I wasn't correcting spelling, I was correcting grammar. And as per my answer to the post above, it was directed to my brother, who should know better.


  • se9addick said:
    Didn't see the game & haven't seen much of Kelman this season (hardly surprising when NJ leaves him on the bench)so not having a dig at him but I do wonder as I did when we signed him, whether we should have gone out & spent as much as we could on an experienced quality striker proven at this level rather than someone totally unproven in the championship. We knew there would be a big step up in quality & games would be tight, we needed a striker we knew would do the business. Kelman or Leaburn may well go on & develop into decent goal scorers, problem is we need one now.
    The sort of player you’re describing costs about £10M (maybe more) these days. The Championship has gotten completely insane in the five years we’ve been out of it. We think that spending £3M - £4M on a striker is a massive amount (and it absolutely is relative to what we’ve been spending recently) but it doesn’t buy you much at this level as I think we’re starting to find out. 
    The difference is paying over the odds & giving ourselves a decent chance of staying up & building on that or signing 2 unproven strikers that Jones isn't even playing & ending up back in the third division where all of our better players will be out of the door &  we end up starting all over again. 20 shots against Leicester & not one goal speaks for itself. It was always going to be a struggle & I just don't see where the goals are going to come from at this level.
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    How do QPR get away with charging £39 to be in that away end?


  • This plus our awful record at Loftus Road - we should’ve seen it coming


  • This plus our awful record at Loftus Road - we should’ve seen it coming
    How's his record against Millwall......because ours is truely dreadful. 


  • This plus our awful record at Loftus Road - we should’ve seen it coming
    Dec 99: 0-0 draw v. QPR
    Oct 02: 1-0 loss v. Fulham
    Jan 03: 3-0 loss v. Fulham
    Apr 04: 2-0 loss v. Fulham
    Apr 08: 1-0 loss v. QPR
    Nov 08: 2-1 loss v. QPR
    Nov 13: 1-0 loss v. QPR
    Apr 16: 2-1 loss v. QPR
    Dec 19: 2-2 draw v. QPR
    Sep 20: 2-1 loss v. Wimbledon
    Aug 25: 3-1 loss v. QPR

    11 played: 2 draws, 9 losses and 0 wins. Scored 6, conceded 19.
  • BigDiddy said:
    Can't wait for Godden to return. Such a class act, we need his nous, constant pressing and striker's instinct.
    Undeniably a poor Charlton performance but, for what it's worth, I think QPR will finish below us.
    We cant rely on Godden or Berry - age and fitness will limit their appearances.


    He did not mention Berry. He may be suffering a mid-life crisis but he is not that deluded.
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