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Superb article Clive. You were right all along. I fall into the 'blinkered' column on this one. I was kind of aware things weren't great but thought, well, Marti sees this as a longer term legacy project, Nourry (when we started playing well) may not be as naive as he seems, and even if they don't get on so well, they are both younger people who can work through it. I was obviously totally wrong because 'I hoped' and of course 'hope' really isn't a word that has any foundations in modern QPR history.
I do fear that Nourry, being as young as he is, and as headstrong as he seems to be, may actually put off the more mature potential applicants and that we may find it difficult to attract anyone, unless they see us a 6-7 figure short term cash cow for half a bad season. Gary O'Neil can do better than QPR. Miron Muslic can rebuild Argyle in League 1 and has good backing there. Alan Sheehan will most probably be jettisoned by Swansea and while his caretaker stints have both been excellent for them he only has a handful of games to his name as a caretaker. I think he has a bright future but starting that in earnest at QPR seems madness. Russell Martin fits the QPR brief but would inherit a side incapable of putting 2 passes together. Perhaps as the director of football/DOF is in his 20s we actually need an older and more experienced head in charge of the team. Tony Mobray, who is ridiculously still only 61, would be that man in an ironic job swap. His health being the only issue, but he has so much experience in putting physical hard b*stard teams together at this level. It's not pretty but it finishes top 10 most seasons and is assembled by putting the prompt in Chat GBT that says 'what 11 players in this division would win 7 out of 10 pub fights?'
To be honest if you were Nourry your post would have read...
Marti was an inquisitive little owl with an insatiable thirst for knowledge at every level. Unfortunately like some owls their head gets turned so far that the only kind thing to do is to snap it and end it all. We wish him well and will watch his future life on a perch with interest.
I'm not saying your wrong Ted but I think you may be wrong. If he moves it is because something behind the scenes has seriously p*ssed him off but he's got on with it anyway.
It's amazing that (so far) press and social media are claiming he's off to 4 other clubs.
Perhaps he has been bashing his head against a brick wall and enough is enough for him? or... ever the optimist, it is all press talk and he actually does want to stay and build the club here. If he doesn't stay, I think genuine questions have to be asked about why the world behind the scenes at QPR isn't right. It probably would be in areas we don't even know about.
Totally agree through my 50 seasons. We love QPR through the bad times, the very bad times and the marginally less bad times. And the marginally less bad times deserve an open top bus parade, for the fans.
I'm not shooting the messenger. Well, I kind of am so I apologise. I just think we have to accept that we were miles adrift and actually saved ourselves somehow. Look at the mess Preston, Luton and Stoke are in on the final day of the season. It really could have been us and probably should of been us. We have another crack at it and today we played a team that may well establish itself in the Prem. They were the ones with the handbrake off today and we couldn't handle it.
Honestly, we have no idea how fit any of the players are or what the advice is as to how much they can play. What we mustn't do is over play a few like Chair and Kolli because they are coming back from an injury plagued season. There's no point.
I wouldn't want to be the manager at the club with what are few resources compared to most of the rest of the division. That is where we are and what Marti has to deal with. We have to have a more physical team next season because we have been overrun a lot of times.
But we are not clinging on by our finger nails next week, despite the fact that we may only be a few points above the drop zone after next Saturday. It was a very bad day today and we were taught a reality lesson in where we actually are, which is a lower end of the table side. There does need to be a mind shift in terms of what Warnock did all those years back when he brought in some 'muck and nettles' players like Hill and Derry. We need to toughen up next season.
So yes I did shoot the messenger but luckily for you I am a Star Wars Imperial Stormtrooper... so I missed!
Incredibly frank and honest today. If they have some metal we'll go to Sunderland and do the QPR thing and win there. I think just go there and really leave everything we have out there for the last game for pride more than anything. Ilias will be fine. He cares. I think the players do care but sadly we lack almost everything Burnley have and one of the things to take from this season is that we perhaps have to be more physical next season.
Very pleased for Jimmy. Fully deserves it. How many times have we had players of the season who then leave the club? There have been quite a few. I truly hope he stays but he may have other ambitions at 27, who knows?
Yes agreed, Nardi has probably done as much as anyone to keep us in this division. I think he is a better all round keeper than Dieng and certainly on par with Smithies.
Sorry I thought this was the who could our next manager be thread? Some of those names seem quite worthy. I've looked at the list and Joey Barton seems to figure in almost every case. Is he our new manager?
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