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Comment | Dismantling my QPR ideal
at 11:07:57
Any large influx of new supporters would not be without precedent. Those of us whose dads used to go to Loftus Road in the 50s will have heard stories of much, much smaller crowds than the ones the club has known from the late 60s onwards. QPR got better, went up the divisions and brought new supporters on board. Possibly something like that is in progress again. Still, relegation would put the brakes on it... |
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Comment | Alan McDonald: 1963 — 2012
at 15:36:25
Good work, chaps. Both excellent and worthy tributes to Macca. It does seem very hard to imagine we'll ever again see a player dedicate so many years to our club. |
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Comment | Hughes’ axe brings overdue end to QPR’s era of mismanagement
at 07:22:04
As one of those who tut-tutted a bit about your comments on Twitter, I'm pleased to have more than 140 characters available here in order to expand a little on why that was the case.
Expressing relief about the release of players who have contributed little, for whatever reason, seems absolutely fair enough. Of course I agree with that sentiment and with the main thrust of this article. So it's good that the club is now free of the burden of Paladini's wasteful signings.
The use of the term "good riddance", though, did seem a little unkind. I took issue with this being directed at the unfortunate Fitz Hall who has been dogged by injuries that, presumably, he himself would prefer not to have sustained. Of course all the players concerned have gained from the profligacy of the club, and of course the hard-pressed supporter has, as you say, been paying for that profligacy via the purchase of tickets etc. But unless someone can offer examples of these players being especially cynical, classless or ungrateful in the way they've conducted themselves, I still don't see the need to take a "good riddance" approach. There is one exception, though - Rowan Vine. I had the opportunity to see him up close in a particular pre-season friendly last summer. He was part of a reserves XI that played at Boreham Wood one evening. The side featured a number of younger players for whom Vine set an appalling example, slouching lazily around the pitch, scowling at what he seemed to perceive as the indignity of not being elsewhere with the first team. The same day, his comments via Twitter suggested he was more interested in a planned trip to some grotty Watford nightclub than he was in trying to play his way into the manager's plans. Dismal. A hearty "good riddance" seems justified in his case.
For the others? Not so much, Fitz Hall included. I'll also reach for the analogy of your unfortunate former colleague to explain why I say that. Sure, I get it that in the real world, away from the excesses of badly-run football clubs, bosses are not sentimental. But I'm guessing I'd be right to suppose that your employer's letter to your dying colleague did not contain the words "good riddance". I'm also guessing that the person who made the decision has not since been walking around your workplace talking in those terms about the deceased?
Anyway, this is a minor point of difference really. Maybe I've never been able to get over my dear old mum's oft-repeated mantra: "if you can't say something nice..." etc. That said, I am on the verge of finishing a blog piece reviewing our 2011-12 season from a personal perspective. All very opinionated. Along the way, I've found it very hard to remain complimentary about the deluded sociopath who currently wears the captain's armband at QPR. But I think he's offered more provocation than the likes of Fitz Hall... |
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