fenman Posted October 21, 2022 Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 As I've mentioned many times on here I love the Marx Brothers comedy from the 1930's , in fact it's possibly the only American comedy I find funny . Much to my pleasure there is a latest production of one of their films brought up to date . A famous football club is rescued from the doldrums by a large Chinese company . They hire a lovely Portugese man by the name of Nuno . They gain promotion to the Premiership and qualify for Europe . They finish 7th in the league and lose in the semi final of the F.A. cup and the Europa cup . They then engage 2 clowns to oversee the running of the club . One of them has no idea about football . They sack the manager and hire another Portugese manager . Results are abysmal so he takes drastic action , he criticises one of the young players publicly ruining the lads confidence . The club then buy a teenager with very little experience from abroad for several million pounds . He turns out to be a flop , but could get better with age . The team struggle to score goals so they buy a tall striker with a poor injury record who plays for 20 mins on his debut and is now rule out for the season . On the plus side they have a very good defence with a good record in conceding very few goals . So they decide to sell 1. an England international who is a great motivator , 2 a Moroccan international defender , 3 A French international defender 4 A Belgian international who is a good makeshift centre half and midfielder . Almost the entire defence sold for a pittance . They buy a young defender who is then banned for 3 games as the result of a bad tackle . In order to make up the defence in his absence they play one of the best midfielders in the world as a makeshift centre half . They also pay several millions on 2 midfielders recommended by an agent whose company is part owned by the Chenese owners of the club . In fact most of their players are bought via the agent . The 2 players in question are very poor and are not up to Premiership standard . The club sack the manager but can't find a replacement . They pin their hopes on a man called Beale who is the current Q.P.R. manager , to the man's credit he turns the club down because Q.P.R. have put a lot of faith in him and he doesnt want to let them down . What a shambles but sadly it's not unique in the league that puts money before everything else . Devils@Dusk and Ian Pethick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAPPO Posted October 23, 2022 Report Share Posted October 23, 2022 It was actually Ian Beale, too busy at his Chippy apparently 🤭 Buckland Jim and Dave Deacon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenman Posted October 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2022 Ian Beale appears in the follow up film Rappo On a serious note I must say that I admire the integrity of the QPR manager in honouring his contract . Devils@Dusk, RAPPO and Dave Deacon 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Pethick Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 Seems like a possibility that QPR will be replacing Wolves in the Premier League next season. On another note, if the 'R's go up (will be great to see Loftus Road hosting top flight matches again. Proper old ground, always enjoy a stadium surrounded by houses as well), then it will be noticeable how the Prem is increasingly moving south. Could possibly have 8 clubs from London, plus 3 from the south coast (Bournemouth, Brighton and Southampton). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Deacon Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 Pity we couldn't get Bristol City back up there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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