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Post by Laughing Gravy on Mar 11, 2019 12:03:37 GMT
A QPR supporting mate of mine has directed me to a write up of the game on the fansite Loft For Words called boredom in it's purest form. I think it's a very funny write up and not uncomplimentary of us if only in a bit of a backhanded way. PS sorry I've no idea how to do a link but I'm sure someone can oblige  |
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Post by werrington on Mar 11, 2019 12:20:34 GMT
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Mar 11, 2019 12:34:12 GMT
That's the site mate the thread I was referring to was titled Boredom in its Purest Form. |
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Post by mattador78 on Mar 11, 2019 12:36:04 GMT
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Post by mattador78 on Mar 11, 2019 12:36:23 GMT
Good read as well I thought |
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Mar 11, 2019 12:38:34 GMT
Good read as well I thought That's the fella. As my mate said the write up was more entertaining than the game. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2019 12:48:13 GMT
That's brilliant.
My favorite part:
Time was passed by wondering just what exactly it is they’re feeding them up in Stoke-on-Trent. Tony Pulis is long gone from the Potteries but everybody in their team bar Joe Allen, who looks like he sleeps at the railway station, is either unfeasibly tall, ridiculously fat, or both. Charlie Adam is from Dundee, you expect it from him, they deep fry their scabs up there, but quite what shape you could describe Benick Afobe as being in at the moment I’m not sure. He very weirdly joined Wolves for £10m last summer only to immediately come to Stoke on loan who then paid a reported £12m for him in January - nothing to see here officer – and appears to have spent the signing on fees from both deals entirely on pastry
Their assessment of their star man is also excellent.
QPR Star Man – Bright Osayi-Samuel 6 Ran forwards with the ball towards the opposition goal. Did not try to get himself sent off. This made him QPR’s best player on Saturday by some considerable distance.
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Post by nott1 on Mar 11, 2019 12:57:36 GMT
Good read as well I thought Yes, and some intelligent comments too. Their schooling must be better than in Stoke I think! |
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Post by stokerstayinup on Mar 11, 2019 13:02:58 GMT
Haha,enjoyed that,great read.Cheers.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2019 13:16:58 GMT
Interesting their player rating for us as well...oh the benefit of there not being some weird agenda against some of our longest serving players...
Stoke: Butland 6; Edwards 6, Shawcross 8, Batth 6, Martins Indi 6; Allen 8, Adam 8 (Williams 72, 7), Clucas 2; Ince 5, Afobe 5 (Diouf 85, -), McClean 5
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Post by PotterLog on Mar 11, 2019 14:01:28 GMT
That's brilliant. My favorite part: Time was passed by wondering just what exactly it is they’re feeding them up in Stoke-on-Trent. Tony Pulis is long gone from the Potteries but everybody in their team bar Joe Allen, who looks like he sleeps at the railway station, is either unfeasibly tall, ridiculously fat, or both. Charlie Adam is from Dundee, you expect it from him, they deep fry their scabs up there, but quite what shape you could describe Benick Afobe as being in at the moment I’m not sure. He very weirdly joined Wolves for £10m last summer only to immediately come to Stoke on loan who then paid a reported £12m for him in January - nothing to see here officer – and appears to have spent the signing on fees from both deals entirely on pastry Their assessment of their star man is also excellent. QPR Star Man – Bright Osayi-Samuel 6 Ran forwards with the ball towards the opposition goal. Did not try to get himself sent off. This made him QPR’s best player on Saturday by some considerable distance. You missed "bottomless brunch enthusiast" Ashley Williams. Made me howl that. Very good piece of writing. |
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Post by spitthedog on Mar 11, 2019 14:08:13 GMT
that is so, so good
some cracking lines in there.
"With a minute to go Darnell Furlong came on from the bench for Wells (injured? Deep joy) and immediately hurled one of his long throws straight onto the forehead of Shawcross once more. That bloke’s had more challenging visits to his fridge than anything we posed for him on Saturday."
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Post by Mr_DaftBurger on Mar 11, 2019 15:09:32 GMT
Very good. That tweet is hilarious!  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2019 16:14:54 GMT
Thanks for the link. Definitely one for the bookmark.
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Post by chumley on Mar 11, 2019 16:33:45 GMT
And just to top it off ' If cluelss had stayed on we could have won that game, and playoffs down to 8 points away, but now still 10..marvellous
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Post by werrington on Mar 11, 2019 16:35:36 GMT
And just to top it off ' If cluelss had stayed on we could have won that game, and playoffs down to 8 points away, but now still 10..marvellous Hes called Clucas |
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Post by leicspotter on Mar 11, 2019 18:23:33 GMT
very good read
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2019 20:05:29 GMT
And just to top it off ' If cluelss had stayed on we could have won that game, and playoffs down to 8 points away, but now still 10..marvellous That is debatable. He has been better recently but I cannot forget Hull where he actively made us worse and repeatedly either 1) missed the ball completely when trying to kick it or 2) passed the ball to Hull players.... I am taking Saturday as yet more evidence he is more of hindrance than a help. |
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Post by johnmarshcardschool on Mar 11, 2019 20:13:16 GMT
That is a brilliant and hilarious read. Lots of stand-out bits already quoted on this thread, but another favourite of mine is "and honestly, honestly, there was a tiny part of me that actually hoped Ince stuck the resulting free kick in the top corner because it would have been exactly what Stoke, and QPR, deserved. He didn’t. It was shit. It was that sort of day."
Fantastic reporting - the main-stream media should take note 😁
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Post by chumley on Mar 11, 2019 20:13:42 GMT
And just to top it off ' If cluelss had stayed on we could have won that game, and playoffs down to 8 points away, but now still 10..marvellous Hes called Clucas Sorry was meant to read Clueless |
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Post by jontimmis on Mar 11, 2019 21:10:47 GMT
Genius thread. Ive never particularly liked QPR or their fans, that was then, but their fans have a real good sense of humour and style. Brilliant. Laugh out loud moments!
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Post by madasasnake on Mar 11, 2019 21:33:31 GMT
An excellent report, thanks for posting!
My two favourites:
"Faced with more than 80 minutes against ten men, QPR took all the conventions on how to take advantage of having an extra man in association football – move the ball quickly, stretch the pitch widthways, attack with speed in wide areas – and ignored each one of them in turn"
"From the moment Clucas went off it was completely impossible to tell which team was playing a man light unless you counted them up – which was actually a better way to pass the time than watching the actual fucking game."
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Post by tomcmod on Mar 11, 2019 21:54:54 GMT
Interesting how he gave Shawcross 8, joint highest marks. Also he said Shawcross was at the ref all game, yet I thought Shawcross never speaks to the ref🤔
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Post by terrorofturfmoor on Mar 12, 2019 0:52:22 GMT
And just to top it off ' If cluelss had stayed on we could have won that game, and playoffs down to 8 points away, but now still 10..marvellous Why are people still obsessing over reaching the play-offs this season??? Even with the addition of a few new players in the summer, we wouldn't be good enough to hold our own in the Prem.....We've only been down one season, but gone backwards 15!!! |
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Post by crapslinger on Mar 13, 2019 17:33:57 GMT
And just to top it off ' If cluelss had stayed on we could have won that game, and playoffs down to 8 points away, but now still 10..marvellous Why are people still obsessing over reaching the play-offs this season??? Even with the addition of a few new players in the summer, we wouldn't be good enough to hold our own in the Prem.....We've only been down one season, but gone backwards 15!!! Unbelievably achieved by spending only £50m + doing so. |
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