Nk Karlovac 3, Qpr 1

[Youvebeenrangered]

It's pre-season guys, relax and we still bring a few new players in.

I agree Myu!, Although i worry about the bringing players in bit!

Sure we might bring in a LB and a goalkeeper!

But the big word on peoples lips is striker! And at the moment that doesnt seem to be happening.

Unfortunatly this italian isnt what people had in mind when the summer came about. That doesnt mean he is bad!! and im quite happy to be positive and say he derserves a chance. But he's gonna need to prove a few people wrong.

Lets all hope he does a Furlong hey!

[Rebel R's]

great result,now they will know we need strenghtening,or will they(magilton,owners,pete)just do the normal and put a positive spin on it.

[Fez]

Whilst you can't really read anything into a friendly It may be a blessing in disguise and might show up our weaknesses to our manager so that they get fixed before the start of the season! This squad is not getting promoted!

Be interesting to hear from Pete how the players performed especially Faurlin and Pepsicola!

[themodfather]

maggy out....3 games 1 win....nah
as feargal sang "it's gonna happen"

hahahaha...cmon, he won't last.....whatever he does ( did olly? and all he did was catch cancer, the selfish sod!)

[Youvebeenrangered]

maggy out....3 games 1 win....nah
as feargal sang "it's gonna happen"

hahahaha...cmon, he won't last.....whatever he does ( did olly? and all he did was catch cancer, the selfish sod!)

Ian holloway had cancer?

[Stanley]

same old story....;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D

Hey Hammer, deep down you love QPR dont you.

Go on admit it, promise I wont tell anyone ;)

[hatchetharryuk]

only posted a couple of times.pilled up,and only just got away from the old bill "thew" but one swallow does not make a summer,so lets wait and see when back in blighty , i still think we will do ok .just need all rangers supporters to get behind the team because at the end of the day whats the point in negative support but hey shot me down and we all fall!!!!

[hatchetharryuk]

ps may be going to oxford on friday ,and we need all the support we can muster at the moment......U'RSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[cdawgklc]

Hi there QPR fans!
I'm Karlovac fan from Croatia and I was at the game last night, so I thought I could give you some info about how some of your guys played, from opponents perspective anyway.
GK (Lejsal) played entire game and was slightly insecure, especially after the first Karlovac goal.
FB's (Ramage and Borrowdale) played decently in the first half but faded quickly int he second.
Your captain Fitz Hall was Man Of The Match for you. Big, strong and reliable. While he was in the game we couldn't do anything through the middle or by crossing the ball in to the box. 3 minutes after he was subbed we scored our first goal, and his replacement (Brown or Oastler?) was directly responsible for our third goal. Your other centerhalf Gorkss was complimenting him nicelly.
Your starting midfielders (Alberti, Ainsworth, Ephraim and Faurlin) were not very impressive in the first half except maybe Faurlin who is obviously new kid in town and is still trying to impress the coach. He also setup your only goal so did something right, right?
Agyemang appeared lazy and was subbed in halftime but Rowan Vine looked lively and scored after making the best out of our centerhalfs and GK's blunder when they just stood watching the ball bounce of Vine two times before he rolled it in to the net from like 3 feet from the goaline.
Your subs were not very good and I was specially disappointed by Helguson. He's suppose to be your number 1 striker, right? Well, he was almost invisible. Only two players who distinguished them self were Mahon (hard to miss him anyway, he's bald as mirror) and Leigertwood (at least I think it was him, he was no. 20). At one point no. 20 (Leigertwood) accidentally stomped on the nuts of one of our midfielders and some of our players reacted by chasing him and trying to hit im with the ball (not very classy, I admit). Only player who really stuck up for his teammate was Mahon, and maybe no.22 (long haired guy, probably Pellicori) who took two steps toward one of our guys chasing no. 20 but gave up quickly when he realised that the guy was a bulky 6'4".
Your new coach Magilton was loud in the first half but like the rest of your team faded in the second.
All in all your boys (with few notable exceptions) had kind of mediocre performance. Some looked tired, some looked kind of lost on the pitch (maybe some younger guys or trialists or maybe playing out of position?). On the other hand our team is fully fit (our league starts this saturday) and we are not really the worst team in Croatia. Our boys tried little harder than yours, but this was the first time we played an english team and this year we celebrate 90th birthday and this was the very first game we played under the floodlights (yes, you read that correctly) and there was almost 5000 people in the stands (which is a big deal for us as we normaly average like under 1000). So you could say we had a little more motivation for this game then you.
Any way, chin up, you have loads of time to improve by the start of the Championship and maybe get some new signings. While having Newcastle, Middlesbrough, WBA, Sheff Utd and Reading in your league automatic promotion is probably a long shot for you, but I really hope this year you make a push for at least top six and playoffs where anything goes.
Best of luck and hopefully next time we play each other is in the Championship League.

[qblockpete]

Are you the guy we spoked to before the game on video?

very good report, you seem to know more about our players than many who actually support the team

[Rieger]

Hi there QPR fans!
I'm Karlovac fan from Croatia and I was at the game last night, so I thought I could give you some info about how some of your guys played, from opponents perspective anyway.
GK (Lejsal) played entire game and was slightly insecure, especially after the first Karlovac goal.
FB's (Ramage and Borrowdale) played decently in the first half but faded quickly int he second.
Your captain Fitz Hall was Man Of The Match for you. Big, strong and reliable. While he was in the game we couldn't do anything through the middle or by crossing the ball in to the box. 3 minutes after he was subbed we scored our first goal, and his replacement (Brown or Oastler?) was directly responsible for our third goal. Your other centerhalf Gorkss was complimenting him nicelly.
Your starting midfielders (Alberti, Ainsworth, Ephraim and Faurlin) were not very impressive in the first half except maybe Faurlin who is obviously new kid in town and is still trying to impress the coach. He also setup your only goal so did something right, right?
Agyemang appeared lazy and was subbed in halftime but Rowan Vine looked lively and scored after making the best out of our centerhalfs and GK's blunder when they just stood watching the ball bounce of Vine two times before he rolled it in to the net from like 3 feet from the goaline.
Your subs were not very good and I was specially disappointed by Helguson. He's suppose to be your number 1 striker, right? Well, he was almost invisible. Only two players who distinguished them self were Mahon (hard to miss him anyway, he's bald as mirror) and Leigertwood (at least I think it was him, he was no. 20). At one point no. 20 (Leigertwood) accidentally stomped on the nuts of one of our midfielders and some of our players reacted by chasing him and trying to hit im with the ball (not very classy, I admit). Only player who really stuck up for his teammate was Mahon, and maybe no.22 (long haired guy, probably Pellicori) who took two steps toward one of our guys chasing no. 20 but gave up quickly when he realised that the guy was a bulky 6'4".
Your new coach Magilton was loud in the first half but like the rest of your team faded in the second.
All in all your boys (with few notable exceptions) had kind of mediocre performance. Some looked tired, some looked kind of lost on the pitch (maybe some younger guys or trialists or maybe playing out of position?). On the other hand our team is fully fit (our league starts this saturday) and we are not really the worst team in Croatia. Our boys tried little harder than yours, but this was the first time we played an english team and this year we celebrate 90th birthday and this was the very first game we played under the floodlights (yes, you read that correctly) and there was almost 5000 people in the stands (which is a big deal for us as we normaly average like under 1000). So you could say we had a little more motivation for this game then you.
Any way, chin up, you have loads of time to improve by the start of the Championship and maybe get some new signings. While having Newcastle, Middlesbrough, WBA, Sheff Utd and Reading in your league automatic promotion is probably a long shot for you, but I really hope this year you make a push for at least top six and playoffs where anything goes.
Best of luck and hopefully next time we play each other is in the Championship League.

Where are you from? Your football colloquialism's are bizarrely very good. You must have spent a lot of years in England. :confused:

[IsleworthRanger]

Where are you from? Your football colloquialism's are bizarrely very good. You must have spent a lot of years in England. :confused:

I think the guy has seeN QPR play more then KLR

[cdawgklc]

Are you the guy we spoked to before the game on video?

very good report, you seem to know more about our players than many who actually support the team

No, i'm not. You probably spoked with someone from 'GADEMZ' the 'official' supporters.

[cdawgklc]

I think the guy has seeN QPR play more then KLR

Actually, I'm big fan of english football even from pre-Heysel years when I was just a kid. In these Internet days I download regulary BBC's Match Of The Day and ITV's show 'Championship' as well as many full games as I can. We also have couple of TV channels in Croatia where we can see live or delayed games from Premiership and almost every weekend a game from Championship. For example I've watched your home games vs Derby and Southampton from last season.
And since I'm not english I think I'm alowed to commit the otherwise forbidden 'sports poligamy' ('supporting' or 'having simpathy for' more than one team from a certain country). So if I had to rate english clubs whose results I look up every week QPR would probably come in top 5. I had a soft spot for R's ever since the best of your Premiership days when dreadlocked Trevor Sinclair was a young pup destined for stardom (did that turned pearshaped or what?).
Anyway, like I said, best of luck in coming season. Judging from what I saw last night you'll need any help you can get.
P.S. Apart from those 3 guys (Pete?) on your photo there were two older couples at the match (late 40's - early 50's?) who were obviosuly QPR supporters. They all had some kind of QPR signs on their shirts and I've noticed them because I directed lady's to the loos. So you had at least 7 or 8 fans at the friendly match in obscure little south-east european country, which is nice.

[IsleworthRanger]

Actually, I'm big fan of english football even from pre-Heysel years when I was just a kid. In these Internet days I download regulary BBC's Match Of The Day and ITV's show 'Championship' as well as many full games as I can. We also have couple of TV channels in Croatia where we can see live or delayed games from Premiership and almost every weekend a game from Championship. For example I've watched your home games vs Derby and Southampton from last season.
And since I'm not english I think I'm alowed to commit the otherwise forbidden 'sports poligamy' ('supporting' or 'having simpathy for' more than one team from a certain country). So if I had to rate english clubs whose results I look up every week QPR would probably come in top 5. I had a soft spot for R's ever since the best of your Premiership days when dreadlocked Trevor Sinclair was a young pup destined for stardom (did that turned pearshaped or what?).
Anyway, like I said, best of luck in coming season. Judging from what I saw last night you'll need any help you can get.
P.S. Apart from those 3 guys (Pete?) on your photo there were two older couples at the match (late 40's - early 50's?) who were obviosuly QPR supporters. They all had some kind of QPR signs on their shirts and I've noticed them because I directed lady's to the loos. So you had at least 7 or 8 fans at the friendly match in obscure little south-east european country, which is nice.

I have been to Croatia a couple of times to see England play and in no way is it an obscure little Country and is in fact a highly developed place with a highly fascinating history and fiercely patriotic population and it was my pleasure to visit.

I only wish I could have travelled there after the game in Slovenia to see the place again.

Good luck for your team this season and please return with any updates you have.