QPR sign problem forward from lowly Carlisle

[kingo]

I wonder how that news would have been handled by some if we had message boards in the 70's. Perhaps some of us should learn to give players a chance before writing them off. Many were clamouring for Cox, but it could be said that he was a failed striker with Reading, if we have signed this Italian just give him a chance he may turn out to be the next Bowles, Marsh or Ferdinand.

[ScottJones]

Post of the day

[qblockpete]

Thats Qpr fans for you and I'm not sure its even him. He will get booed by some, before he has even kicked a ball. When will we learn?

Give some-one at least 6-8 games before making a judgment. No-one on here is expert in Italian football.

[TheBlackMafia]

Keep it stum ya numpties

[Mutley]

Maybe the same policy can be applied to managers as well (for a change).

[qblockoompah]

very good post

[rblockells]

Maybe the same policy can be applied to managers as well (for a change).

Post of the day.

[nuffieldranger]

Post of the month !!!!!!!!! more like

[davman]

Thats Qpr fans for you and I'm not sure its even him. He will get booed by some, before he has even kicked a ball. When will we learn?

Give some-one at least 6-8 games before making a judgment. No-one on here is expert in Italian football.

That post was going so well until..."6-8 games"! How on earth is that enough time to judge a player OR a manager? Typical knee jerk reaction of a typical fan who wants everything NOW!
Contrast that to a Reading fan I spoke to last week, who told me Rodgers was a great appointment and that the Reading fans are looking for a couple of consolidation seasons blooding their youngsters before another push for the Prem.

Not just you, Pete; there are so many on here including you that preach about giving people time then ruin all those words with statements like judge them after 6-8 games!

Give them a season at least!

Hang on though, didn't Flab ask for time and patience from the fans after he let go of his fifth manager in two years? Is Pete actually Flabio? They have the same quality 0f english and I've never seen them in the same room together!

[PeterG]

Hmmm of course you could harldly have called them "lowly carlisle"
they were in the old 2nd division when we signed Stan bowles in august/september having just been relegated from the old first division so it was more like us signing a player from West Brom rather than a "lowly" club

[kingo]

Hmmm of course you could harldly have called them "lowly carlisle"
they were in the old 2nd division when we signed Stan bowles in august/september having just been relegated from the old first division so it was more like us signing a player from West Brom rather than a "lowly" club

Not quite right they were in the old Second Division but didn't get promoted to the first until after we had signed Stan. We were the bigger club at the time and I certainly classed them as 'lowly' when we got this unknown from them. I could easily have put lowly York for John Byrne or Hayes for Les or even Blackpool for Sinclair. My point was we have a tendency to judge before we even see a player kick a ball.

[askewboy]

Not quite right they were in the old Second Division but didn't get promoted to the first until after we had signed Stan. We were the bigger club at the time and I certainly classed them as 'lowly' when we got this unknown from them. I could easily have put lowly York for John Byrne or Hayes for Les or even Blackpool for Sinclair. My point was we have a tendency to judge before we even see a player kick a ball.

yeah they were really lowly.we finished 4th they 10th a whole 11 points behind us. And he was hardly unknown ,he was tearing defences to pieces thats why we bought him. also at that time we had spent one year in our history in the top flight so not really much bigger either.

[big ade]

6 to 8 games:waaaht: so going on that premise sir les,stan bowles, and practically all our legends would have been dumped on the scrap heap:devil:.how about judging him at the end of the season for a change.

[kingo]

I was a teenager in '72 and I had not heard of him before he joined us, and remember standing on the old School End terrace for his debut and everyone around me saying who is this bloke we have just signed. As for the lowly bit, they certainly were not one of the big names of the day, although neither were we and it was not like signing McLintock or Webb who had won silverware at other clubs. Plus with only 2 points for a win, 11 points was quite a lot then.

[PeterG]

fair point about the first division bit but i do think you will find that they had been consistently in the 2nd division for a number of seasons, more in fact than we hasd spent in the 2nd and first in total, they had financial problems and had lost frank worthington that summer, se;;ing bowles was the start of a slide from which they never really recovered. He certainly wasnt unknown he was a bit of a youth star but nobody could handle him. if city had been able to control him they would probably never have bought Rodney from us.

Take your point about byrne and ferdinand, and of course just like a manager you have to give a player a chance and that means a lot more than 6-8 blooming games for sure.