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Discussion in 'Queens Park Rangers' started by QPR12thman, Sep 21, 2011.

  1. QPR12thman

    QPR12thman Active Member

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    Feeling a little nostalgic and reading my "QPRFC: The Definitive"

    May 5, 1996 - v Forest away. Final game in the premier league....for 15 years.

    Sommer
    Bardsley Macca Yates Brevett
    Murray Barker Wilkins Sinclair
    Dichio Gallen

    No wonder we were relegated....

    We lost 15 games by one goal that season. Ouch.
     
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    QPR12thman, Sep 21, 2011
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    hammersmith hoopton Active Member

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    I remember that game but it's one i constantly try to forget.Just too painful to dwell on for too long!
     
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    Wilkins was playing? my word!...
     
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    That isn't a bad side actually.
     
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    jeffranger Well-Known Member

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    we've had worst sides than that.
     
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    TootingExcess Well-Known Member

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    I was just about to say the same - its the strike force that looks lightweight
     
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    QPAAAAAGH Well-Known Member

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    I thought that! Bardsley, McDonald, Sinclair and Gallen were among the very best seen at LR in their respective positions. Wilkins was finished by then but also one of the best in his first couple of years with us.
     
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    TheLoneRanger Well-Known Member

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    We just weren't the same once we sold Sir Les, that season was like watching someone bleed to death.
     
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    Woodyhoopleson Well-Known Member

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    I was there. I remember the acceptance of relegation had set in and we were all singing, "Grimsby, on a Tuesday night..."
     
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    Sooperhoop Well-Known Member

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    And then after Wilkins went we had the wonderful 'Houston we have a problem'...

    Paulo Wanchope scored 5 in 3 games on trail with the reserves and they showed him the door...:headbang:
     
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  11. hammersmith hoopton

    hammersmith hoopton Active Member

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    How dare you say that about King Kev!!
     
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    hammersmith hoopton, Sep 21, 2011
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    And don't forget his good mate Bruce Rioch, what a combo that was!
     
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    daveinmelbourne, Sep 22, 2011
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    The other R in Houston Well-Known Member

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    How much did that Itallian side (I think it was Lazio?) pay for Dickio?
     
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  14. Sooperhoop

    Sooperhoop Well-Known Member

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    He went for nothing at the end of his contract if I remember rightly, to Sampdoria where he was bombed out after a couple of games...
     
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    Rangerw9 Well-Known Member

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    Dichio was never good enough in my book. If you notice in that side , no players bought in with the ferdinand cash, still i blame our demise to poor signings with that money.
     
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    WBA2_QPR3 Well-Known Member

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    You have to experience the lows to appreciate the highs. That's why we have a fatalistic air and go mental at any small success. Contrast that with Arsenal fans who are suicidal now despite 14 years of consecutive Champions League qualification! I'd like to see how they handle relegation and 15 years of Donny on a wet Tuesday, 546 managers, Mike Sheron and Flavio.....men & boys.
     
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