The Queens Park Rangers Sentinel
Squad22 Apr 2047
Peter Parker damages knee ligaments — 84 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 84 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Boardroom22 Apr 2047
Pressure builds in the Queens Park Rangers boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Squad22 Apr 2047
Nathan Murray breaks a bone — 77 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 77 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
The terraces22 Apr 2047
The mood at Queens Park Rangers has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Squad22 Apr 2047
A one-man rearguard from Luke Edwards
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Player ratings22 Apr 2047
Nobody could get near Philipp Schär
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Match Samuel Harvey’s goal not enough for Queens Park Rangers
- Squad Queens Park Rangers lose John Evans
- Market The Michael Williams story refuses to die