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Week 1 - Aberdeen
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2 hours ago, SimonLichtie said:
Problem is I'd expect us to get 50 odd tickets for it, if that....
If your "12 year old ultras" travel and we need to segregate you might need to lower your expectations
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13 hours ago, Arachnophile said:
This might suggest we won't see much more in the way of signings. I guess it depends on how many youth players they feel are up to joining the first team squad. and how much Robin sees eye to eye with Marijn. I see Luke McCormick & Lennon Connolly scored against Linlithgow Rose yesterday.
Those (MB) numbers seem a little lean to me but would see Bannon, Bruce and Williamson playing more of a part. Personally think more depth required to enable rotations for any cup runs and the inevitable injuries / suspensions. Will be interesting to see if the likes of Connolly, McCormick or any others are also ready to step up.
Encouraging to see plenty of goals against Linlithgow but Ross County and Livingston will be a better test of where we are at.
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21 minutes ago, Boris the Spider said:
Going to be a very young team next season
Certainly is. Maybe Robson, Thomas and Longridge is seen as enough senior players to have in the squad. By my calcs, average age is 22.3. Not sure how that compares to other teams. Currently I think 18 players in squad, maybe another 3 or 4 signings / loans to come???
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Interesting article on STV News with Robin Veldman.
https://news.stv.tv/sport/new-queens-park-manager-robin-veldman-aiming-to-emulate-brightons-success
New Queen's Park boss aiming to emulate Brighton's style at Hampden
New Queen’s Park manager Robin Veldman is aiming to bring a brand of attractive football to Hampden next season after leaving his role at Belgian giants Anderlecht to take over at the Spiders.
Veldman, who was assistant manager in Brussels, has also coached at four-time European champions Ajax but has now decided to take his first step into management in the Scottish Championship as he replaces Owen Coyle who took them to a Premiership play-off place last season.
And the 37-year-old is now looking to emulate the strategy of English Premier League high fliers Brighton and newly promoted Burnley, who are managed by his old Anderlecht mate Vincent Kompany, in Glasgow.
The appointment raised a few eyebrows in Scottish football with it being seen as an ambitious move for the club to bring in someone who has worked at clubs of that calibre.
But Veldman insists it also shows his ambition as he looks to transform the playing style and develop the club going forward.
He said: “I think it shows Queen’s Park ambition, but it’s also my ambition to become a head coach and I don’t think it’s easy to become a head coach.
“You need to take steps. And starting for me was in the under 13s before moving of U16s to 18s to 21s, and to first team football.
“So I think it’s a, it’s a logical step for me without having a career as a professional football player. I think it’s a good step from a youth coach, academy coach towards assistant coach and now fully responsible.
“I think it’s a good pathway.”
Queen’s Park revealed earlier this month that he had agreed a deal to play their Championship games at Hampden next season, after narrowly missing out on promotion to the top-flight in a final day defeat to Dundee before falling at the play-off hurdle.
But Veldman insists their is no urgent pressure for promotion as he looks to a long-term goal to develop young players and bring a signature style to the Glasgow club.
He said: “I would like to play attractive football by using young players and then we’ll see what will come of it.
“There’s no direct pressure to be champion or gain promotion, although his is a nice wish.
“First of all, it’s a nice workflow for young players to adapt in the style of play and especially to develop them.
“It’s a long term goal, our technical director Marijn Beuker has been here for one and a half years.
“I signed a three year deal. So I would also like to stay for a longer term because I don’t believe you’re going to build something in one month or in one year.
“So we are trying to build something special, I think regarding the Scottish League, it’s something different than I was used to in Ajax or in Anderlecht, in the style of play.
“So in the style of play we’re trying to bring something more risky, creative and also the physicality of course.
But when you look at like, for example, Brighton and Hove Albion, the way they play possession based football, this is also something they started a couple of years ago and they keep developing a style of play and that became their identity.
“I think the change, and I know I’m very well, Vincent Kompany made with Burnley, they changed the style of play and that’s a project he did in one year, but now he needs to show it in the Premier League.
“So that’s something comparable I think.”
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6 minutes ago, craigkillie said:
However, we are a club with about 5,000 season ticket holders, and by and large our squad resembles a squad you'd expect a club with that number of fans to have.
On the face of it the loss tells a different story and my point about Billy Bowie still stands. Clearly Killie gambled on getting promotion to achieve a level of sustainability.
Ignoring the issue of Lesser, QP are (imo) gambling on being able to grow the support and income through improved performances to achieve a level of sustainability.
Not saying they are identical but both carry similar risks.
Most aspirational teams rely on a benefactor be it an owner or other investor and apart from a few exceptions, neither type does it to make money and both can ultimately walk away.
For most, the goal of sustainability requires some speculation.
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16 minutes ago, craigkillie said:
Have you ever read any other part of this forum? Finances are a big part of the discussion, and financially doped clubs like Queen's Park are always going to be called out for it...... but without Billy Bowie, where would Kilmarnock be. Latest accounts show net loss of £1.8m, negative net current assets of £150k and an accumulated loss reserve of over £11m. What happens if he walks away and is unable to sell his interest.
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1 hour ago, Zanetti said:
Barry Hepburn confirmed now too. Really positive start to recruitment now that it's all kicked off!
Absolutely, checked out some of his highlights and he looks a bit good.
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17 minutes ago, BMG Spider said:
Scott Burns being right on this signing hopefully bodes well for the Bayern and QoS potential signings.
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7 hours ago, qpfc said:
Will we ever announce a signing again
Goalkeeper Sam Kane signed. I know he's Young QP but at least its a start.
https://queensparkfc.co.uk/goalkeeper-sam-kane-becomes-a-spider/
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Just now, BurghLoyal said:
The Hampden pitch has been a shambles all season. How can they possibly allow Queen’s park to play 18+ games a season there next season?
Pitch is being renovated before the England game.
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12 minutes ago, Arachnophile said:
doesn't appear to have played much football.
Yeah, I assumed the info was just incomplete. Crawley website says he had been a regular in the Brighton U23 since 2019 when announcing the loan to them.
"The promising midfielder has progressed through the Albion academy, making his senior debut in the Carabao Cup against Aston Villa in September 2019. Spong is a regular in the Albion under-23s squad since he made his debut for the team in February 2019."
Clearly doesnt mean he actually got to play.
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Scott Burns saying we are about to sign Jack Spong, a 21 year old midfielder, from Brighton. Been on loan to Crawley last season.
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Pleased with this. Shows some intent to build something and consolidate. Exciting times.
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59 minutes ago, Arachnophile said:
Other Zanettis are available...
There is only one Javier Zanetti
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Dundee United probably have to be favourites and Raith will be much improved. One of the promoted sides to be relegated but can't see it being Dunfermline as they will no doubt have a larger budget than most. Not really a stand out weaker team (yet) as I think Partick will recover from recent events.
Dundee Utd
Raith
ICT
Dunfermline
Queen's Park
Ayr
Partick
Morton
Arbroath
Airdrie
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1 hour ago, 101 said:
The real challenge of bringing in a foreign manager is that it will be difficult to bring in players he has worked with on the continent as they will need work visas and the criteria is a pretty high bar for teams in the championship to achieve.
True and there may be the odd one however I expect Bueker will already have identified most of the signings we make.
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7 minutes ago, williebraveheart said:
A place for Eze?
Same thing crossed my mind. Maybe he is more suited to the Indian game. Do we cut and run or hold out for a fee?
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24 minutes ago, Grumpy Soo-sider said:
Quick work of the appointment team if that is the case. A new dawn for the club?
This has possibly been bubbling for a few weeks. I read somewhere (possibly Daily Record Transfers Live) that he is a close friend of MB. Extract of an article from Anderlecht Online;
"CEO Jesper Fredberg wants to reshuffle the staff towards next season. Among other things, the Dane is considering adding some old acquaintances of his to the staff and Robin Veldman might be the victim of that.
Coach Brian Riemer is satisfied with Veldman's work and would like to keep him on board. The Dutchman himself would also prefer to stay with purple and white but would like to enjoy the full trust of his Danish bosses. Talks for an extended stay are in full swing but Veldman also enjoys interest from abroad. "The above article was dated 3rd May which was before the departure of OC. All speculation but if the 'interest from abroad' included us that would suggest OC was never going to be taking us forward.
Would be good to get an announcement and start building a new team.
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1 hour ago, Salvo Montalbano said:
If Lesser is just too wee then I'm afraid it means sucking it up for a year until it has a capacity big enough for your needs. If it's suitable in August, why isn't is suitable in September?
The logical answer is (as per earlier posts) that Lesser needs to be closed to the public (for H&S reasons) to enable the works to be completed. I would expect the works won't be started till we have switched to Hampden.
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Jeez, anyone who looks at Lesser can clearly see its not 'ready'. We're only playing at Lesser whilst the Hampden pitch is being renovated. We are then, I expect, moving to Hampden as Lesser and the area immediately around it becomes a building site (along the lines of byos earlier post) to allow it to be completed properly. After this I fully expect us to return to Lesser. Where is the problem in that?
The length of time it has taken to get here is a completely separate issue.
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9 hours ago, EaglesandSpiders said:
Based on nothing but pure fantasy, I think we will reach an agreement with the SFA, register "Hampden Complex" as our home ground, play the first few games at Hampden and move on to Lesser permanently as soon as it's ready and up to regulation. I don't see us playing elsewhere this season. It's just not possible.
Mmm. Lucky guess or inside knowledge?
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38 minutes ago, welshbairn said:
Welkommen Queens Park!
Nnnoooooooooooo
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2 hours ago, Bring Your Own Socks said:
Indeed. But that inevitably leads us back to the conundrum about what do we expect to achieve in the leagues. If they want more folks to empty their wallet on a Saturday afternoon that needs a winning team, or at least a team nice to watch. For most football fans, it’s all about the Saturday.
It is but as last season proved, for me, its easy to forget where we were and get caught up in a (probably premature) title chase. Much as I liked OC, his apparent inability to turn a terrible run of results around was a concern. For now am happy to believe in MBs vision and if there was friction between them.......
Am content with the lack of rumours as prefer this being done away from the media (knowing someone else turned it down is not the ideal start for any new manager). Hopefully we can get some stability with this appointment as not sure its easy to build something if you're continually changing key staff.
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The Big Queen's Park FC Thread
in Scottish Championship General Chatter
Posted · Edited by mcjameos
From Daily Record Live;
Fox switches
Scott Fox has quit Cove Rangers to become goalkeeping coach at Queen’s Park.
The experienced keeper has terminated his playing contract with Cove, which was due to run until the summer.
The 36-year-old will now join the backroom staff of new Queen’s boss Robin Veldman.
Fox will now hang up his gloves and coach the Spiders’ keepers.
He came through the ranks at Celtic but really made his name at Partick Thistle and Ross County before he went to Motherwell.
Fox joined Cove in the Championship last season.