Glance at the table now and it is becoming increasingly difficult to see how either of the unfancied new boys can go down. Delia's dishes only need to find 10 more points to survive, and Swansea only need another 12. Meanwhile, last season's Champions of the Championship find themselves in the bottom three and deep in shit despite Fernandes' big talk about a new stadium, new players and a new training ground.
Talk big and you talk bollocks. When you are new to the Prem, the sensible thing to do is to avoid the limelight, to talk up the opposition and talk down your own chances publicly, whilst privately making your own players feel ten feet tall. QPR have done the opposite. Why fight for the club if the club is suggesting you are not really wanted and will be replaced at the first opportunity? Warnock would have done it differently, he would have developed a siege mentality, a David against the Goliaths ethos, but Fernandes wanted to play Billy Big Bollocks, just like Eggert did at West Ham, and so prickled the opposition, whilst leaving his own players looking over their shoulders anxiously.
Imagine how the heroes of last season felt when Barton and Wright-Phillips walked in on five times their salary. How can you foster a sense of team spirit when the newbies can buy a Porsche every week if they want to, whilst those who have battled to get the club into the Prem still operate on Championship wages and a bit?
To be fair, QPR were unlucky today, hitting the post twice before Newcastle scored but the Hughes bubble has been pricked already. Fail to beat Wigan and the bubble will be burst well and truly!
Relegation is now down to three from five in my opinion, although there is usually a team whose form collapses in the final third of the season. The trouble is, QPR are in a terrible trough of form, and they face a nightmare run of fixtures at the very time when relegation is decided. Even if there is money to spend, who will want to join the Hoops whilst they are in the bottom three?
Norwich and Swansea have been so much smarter than QPR - and whilst their fans have recognised the battle involved in staying in the Prem, the Cocky Rs have boasted for far too long about money bags Mittal and megamouth Fernandes.
Talk is cheap guys. As Norwich and Swansea are proving, in the Premiership, it's points that count!
i would argue that it was necessary to go out and spend that money as we didn't have any during the summer. the squad was seriously lacking and well i knew we were overperforming when clint hill and bradley orr were our full backs. the team we used last year was intended for promotion, Sean Derry was never the long term solution. the squad lacks quality in depth as a result of the previous owners, and it is very old as well. in swanseas case they have had stability and brought in players to fit in with their style of play and have benefited from having a supportive board. Norwich have been playing well due to a brilliant manager in Paul Lambert. we have only spent any real money for a two week period. I'm not really seeing any players who we plan to replace that expected to start in the premier league. helguson, derry, clint hill, gabbidon. they're all over 30 and understand when you start playing less, i think they are all professional enough to deal with other players coming in. it's not like we're talking about replacing faurlin or someone like that. I guess the point i'm making is that we would need to replace these players regardless of how much there replacements have been paid, they just got older.
ReplyDeleteYou have to replace Faurlin now! Taraabt? Has he been managed well?
ReplyDeletenah we don't need to replace faurlin, a loan would cover him for the rest of the season.
ReplyDeleteHe won't want to play in the Championship next season Peter ;0
ReplyDeletei've had similar thoughts. after that dons game before warnock was let go i said 'well he's been a good servant to the club, i wish him well at Tottenham.' i feel we'll stay up now IF we can actually sign some of the names being thrown about. i saw a much more disciplined team actually passing the ball and retain said ball today. only allowed one shot on target. if we can get someone in to convert the chances we make the results will come. definitely missed Barton today. i had this down as a loss but the performance had more positives than anything in the last month.
ReplyDeletedifference between the three promoted clubs is that swansea and norwich were able to do their buying in the summer due to our previous owners we were not. Playing catch up and not easy. Danny Graham was our main target but because of reluctance on part of previous owner he ended up at Swansea and is just what we are missing. Still long way to go so don't gloat to soon - the fat lady is still singing down at Loftus Road!
ReplyDeletein championship it's points that count!
ReplyDeleteI love the way people take time answering hf's posts - they write lots of words and every time hf can only be arsed to type a two or three sentences and way of a reply.
ReplyDeleteDon't be fooled, he is not interested in debate, he is not interested in conversation and nor is he interested in anyone's opinion other than his own.
You are wasting your time replying to him.... he doesn't care what you write, it means nothing to him.
For me as a Norwich fan, the difference is because QPR are looking to bring in marquee signings, rather than those "that will add to the group" (to quote a Lambertism)
ReplyDeleteWe've a strict wage cap in place (reportedly only £12k a week) but with a decent bonus structure (doubled if we stay up etc, very high win bonuses etc). EVERYONE has to fit into that. As a result, we've got a squad that are motivated, but also not ready to saddle us with debt if we do go down.
Also means we have a group of players that are all in it together, there's no Billy Big Bollocks.
2019, people can have their say on here in response to what I write. I do, actually, reply to quite a few posts, but only if I disagree. The other posts on here may fair points and I don't have an issue with what is said. If you wish to disagree with them, or me, feel free.
ReplyDelete538/1 are the kind of odds that we can work with, reckon you slipped up there old chum.
ReplyDeleteto the norwich fan. we haven't had the time to make a group. we've needed big signings to make immediate impact because of the previous owner. we would like to have had players that can have a preseason together, we need these players to be difference makers. hopefully if we stay up we will have a chance to make a proper competitive team, right now we're just playing catch up to that terrible transfer window. also debt is not an issue for qpr
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