So this is what it's come to now. Small groups of 'fans' subscribing to violent confrontations against our playing squad? This is QPR. The family Club. The one not many people hate, and several have a soft spot for..we're supposed to be NICE!
Recent events after the defeat vs Bolton and the match officials combined are so disappointing. It seems that some extremely unintelligent individuals think that emulating 'the Treatment' against our actual team is going to be the way to encourage them to succeed against tough opposition during a very difficuly run in. Now, I could allow some minor element of understanding had we turned up, rolled over and been thumped 6-0...however, it clearly escaped the attention of these neanderthals that we actually scored first...undeniably and legitimately.
What on earth some podgy little oik who can't see such a blatant goal when stood staring right at it is doing running the line during a Premiership fixture (or a League 2 fixture for that matter) is beyond me.
Understandably, this felt like we'd just conceded a goal, and the players heads dropped accordingly..and Bolton scored. Out of all the defeats we've had this season, this is one where surely the players and manager deserve our deepest condolences, not the ire of some delapidated morons who clearly haven't got a scooby do about football. Perhaps this small time rabble could kindly 'do one' and move to Leeds. Not only will they be amongst their own kind, but they can also blindly follow Neil Warnock, regardless of the results he'd been getting. Or not getting.
I, for one, support Queens Park Rangers. I've said it before, and I'll say it again. This means I'm behind Mark Hughes and our current playing staff. Warnock got us up...yes...many thanks, no-one will forget that..but he also left after securing just 2 points in 8 league matches, most notably against Norwich where he made no effort to alter the tactics after Lambert successfully played his trump card.
We've only had 5 in 9 Hughes, but you can't forget that after Warnock's last game in charge, we briefly dropped into the bottom 3. So technically we're back where we started - and had the game against Bolton had any ounce of refereeing competence or justice, that wouldn't be the case, and you wouldn't have tiny riots from brain dead idiots occuring.
It's almost addictive to pay attention to the blanket comments of people on facebook and other fan forums, where you read the same old stuff over and over... 'Barton's rubbish'...'SWP should be dropped'..'bring back Warnock' etc etc. Seriously, BIG YAWN.
I've already voiced my opinion about that, so here's a new slant on it. How about we get over the fact that a manager who unfortunately demonstrated his lack of functionality at this level has gone. A manager who, despite knowing Clint Hill from his Palace days, was blissfully unaware that he's a far better centre half than Danny Gabbidon. A manager who, from the accounts of about 8 or 9 different players, had no idea about tactics or organisation or training workload. A manager who, according to various reports, enjoyed working with 1st team coaches who turned up drunk and thought the whole thing was a bloody good laugh.
Lets forget about losing this absolute gem of a bloke that would undoubtably have kept us up purely because he did us a good turn shall we? Or...should I recall that it wasn't that long ago that people were calling for him to be sacked because of our dreadful run of form, and because he'd clearly lost the dressing room? The memory spans of some fans leave a great deal to be desired.
Now, the whole point that only a select few seem to grasp is that if we get relegated...IT'S NOT ACTUALLY THE END OF THE UNIVERSE PEOPLE!!!! We've got superb owners now, we've got a good manager who I believe wouldn't have been signed if he wasn't going to stay, who has brought in excellent structure to the players. You can see that developing now...it's just we don't have enough time for his ideas to reach proper fruition.
Some players will invariably leave rather than play in the Championship, however I also believe a significant number won't - and we'll have a far far better nucleus of players to 'do a West Ham' and come straight back up again. THEN the real success will begin. With Hughes' structure fully in place - new faces bedded in through pre-season and fresh impetus, and surely surely not another season riddled with such incredible bad luck as this one - Fernandes' ambitions can reach reality. This is what I'm looking forward to...not panicking about playing Liverpool.
I have complete confidence in the people behind our club now..and that's something we haven't been able to say for a very very long time. We may go down...but we'll be back. With a bang.
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