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

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  • ct_addick said:
    JRS loan would be a big lift…that player who can do something special
    This. We need to push the boat out to add sime attacking threat 
    Carlton Morris & Keiffer Moore were both available in the summer. Both experienced strikers. Both scored again today & have 3 (?) each for the season si far.We went for youth & inexperience instead.
    Also they are on £20k+ per week, which we are not in a position to pay anyone. 
  • msomerton said:
    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
    Well, I'm praying for snow.....
    yep that is how long ago.
    5th December 1995.

    without reading further.
  • 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.
    Speaks a man with reason. 
    Have to agree with you but I didn’t see todays game.
  • edited August 31
    Char1t0n said:
    For those worried about where we currently are and thinking we should be beating everyone we come up against, take a look at the teams currently in the bottom 6, 2 of them were in the premier league last season. Sheffield Utd have lost all of their 4 games and Ipswich drawn 3 (very luck in at least 2, where they had a very late equalizers).

    Everyone is entitled to their opinions, what I'm suggesting is we don't panic just yet and enjoy the experience back in the Championship. If we've yet to gain any further points by the ed of September, then we may need to have a look over our shoulders, for now, the team is still getting up to speed.
    A great point. Even with disappointing final scores against Leicester and QPR, the level of football is so much better than we've been forced to watch the last few years. 

    Good reminder to at least enjoy the fact we are in the championship at last. Even more so, we're not looking out of place and are actually a team playing some lovely football (more against Leicester than yesterday). 
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  • edited August 31
    Dreadful performance today, only Jones & Leaburn can walk away with a bit of credit. 

    The midfield just isn't championship quality. The defence is fine, the attackers should be fine if they get chances, where are they coming from? 

    We also looked a very small team today, thought QPR bullied us a bit. Only Jones and Leaburn over 6 foot, everyone else under, we lost what felt like every second ball, panicked passes, hoofing it etc. 

    Whatever is left of the transfer budget, I would be blowing it all on a centre mid to play with Coventry, by far our weakest area. 
    All I would say on the midfield side of thing is, although Knibbs and JRC didn't do themselves any favour's against Cambridge, I reckon they will both, barring any injuries, become a solid part of our midfield. If Jones deems the current pairing not good enough, he will start to change it, but I suggest he is currently giving Cov and Doc their chance, added with others getting up to speed fitness wise.
  • 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.


    “Would” golfie is what the guy was referring to..
    for information purposes only 😉
  • Without Godden, who takes a penalty if we ever get one?
    Think I'd be watching it from behind the sofa 
    Leaburn if he's playing or possibly Carey? 
  • Hoping the spanners give Hollywood FC a good spanking.
    I feel dirty for saying that though.


  • 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 sensible post at last.

    I’ve seen three games in the flesh and today on TV. We should have won the first three and you could make a case for a point today. We weren’t great today but far from comments like dogshit.

    At the beginning of the season most said they’d be happy if we just stayed up this season. I have no doubt we will. Yes we need to score goals but they will come. People seem to have forgotten that 7 of today’s starting 11 had never played Championship football before this season so are still learning. The bench had 5 or 6 who have no Championship experience, maybe more? We need more Championship experience but that costs. We have recruited well but have recruited the best from League One with a smattering of experience in Bell, Burke, Kaminski.

    It’s not going to be pretty this season but we need to keep faith in NJ and the team. Stay up this season, improve for the season after. Some of the criticism today is over the top. We are no longer in League One, we have left primary school and joined big school. It will take time to adjust and improve.
    It’s easy to say that now but a month ago before the season started you said that you expected a finish between 10th and 16th.

    When others predicted what you now say in bold above, you said that you couldn’t understand the negativity.
  • masicat said:
    Rak Saki will be here on Monday. 
    What about Rak-Sakyi?

    Thank you very much for pointing that out. Very kind.
  • masicat said:
    Rak Saki will be here on Monday. 
    What about Rak-Sakyi?
    Thank you very much for pointing that out. I don’t agree what others are saying and thinking, I think it’s very kind of you to take the time. 
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  • After sleeping on it, feel much better this morning. 

    We didn't perform well yesterday, yet still created a lot of chances, and QPR game plan to stop us, was to be over physical, where we ended up winning 16 free kicks! 

    Once we click in final third and start getting the ball in the net more frequently, we will be fine and start hurting sides more. 

    The fact we are disappointed with yesterday's performance and result, yet we are still in 16th says a lot. 
    I'm not sure being 16th at the end of August says a lot and wonder if 4 games in is enough to answer questions about our ability to compete at this level, even if it is all we have to go on so far. 
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  • swordfish said:
    After sleeping on it, feel much better this morning. 

    We didn't perform well yesterday, yet still created a lot of chances, and QPR game plan to stop us, was to be over physical, where we ended up winning 16 free kicks! 

    Once we click in final third and start getting the ball in the net more frequently, we will be fine and start hurting sides more. 

    The fact we are disappointed with yesterday's performance and result, yet we are still in 16th says a lot. 
    I'm not sure being 16th at the end of August says a lot and wonder if 4 games in is enough to answer questions about our ability to compete at this level, even if it is all we have to go on so far. 
    Perhaps not but it does help define the questions eg are the four strikers from yesterday experienced enough, can they finish, is 3 runners in midfield going to make up for no creativity, is the long ball going to bring mistakes at Championship level etc 
  • NabySarr said:
    Looks like there’s been a huge overreaction to an away defeat in the championship, where we were probably the better side from 15-75 minutes of the game 

    Be interesting to see the team selection in 2 weeks. We won’t have the Jamaicans with us till late next week so I’d bring Gillesphey in for Bell, Millwall is probably more of a physical challenge anyway. Also leave TC out and then for the next 2 weeks it’s a shootout between Olaofe and Kelman to partner Leaburn up top. I’m sure we will have a BCD game next week to get more minutes into players so Kelman and Knibbs should hopefully be 100% ready from now on 
    I think that's in Nathan Jones's mind Naby. Millwall are playing teams on the break away from home and have got great success out of it, Watford and Leicester played the same way. The problem I have with Gillesphey, is his lack of pace but on the plus side he actually can deliver from deep and take a free kick, something we are sadly lacking at the moment. I think the next two weeks will give Jones a chance to work with the players and get some ideas across, I'm with Golfie, when he suggests that the forwards are not missing chances, they are just not getting enough chances, another two weeks working with Kelman and OLaofe might see a change in personnel.  
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