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First time poster here, and some things I need to say to stop me going insane, just to check I’m not alone.
I’ve been a fan for many many years. Going to QPR was one of the best things in my life. Now I hate it, and I hate hating it. I want my old club back, the old feelings of excitement going to a match.
There’s a saying in football that players come and go, managers come and go, chairman come and go, but the fans never do. Well, they do actually. Yes, I know we’ve got a hardcore base of 10,000+ - but that base is forever evolving. So many fans have dropped out, and I’m surprised we can still get respectable gates considering the way things are going, but if things don’t improve the days of sub 10,000 gates at Loftus Road will be here again.
Things haven’t been the same for me since Ian Holloway ‘lost’ the dressing room around Xmas 2004. He lasted another year or so, but the rot had set it. A brief revival under Di Canio has been the only highlight in the last five years. The Briatore era should have been wonderful, and whilst we should forever be grateful for him saving the club going under, it is the only positive achievement to date. Everything he has done behind the scenes has ruined this club. He should have had more success with the investment on the playing side, but again his own involvement with team affairs has certainly undermined all his managers. Loftus Road was a far happier place to be when the club was skint.
I’ve now gone through the stage of being angry. My attendance at HQ has dwindled so much, it came to the point that I laughed at those who still went, all mug punters I thought. Not anymore. I am now upset. QPR has always been a huge part of my life and I don’t want to let it go like many have. I don’t want to be one of these fans to simply walk away from it all after suffering enough. My Saturday’s are miserable, whether I’m at a game or not. I want my old club back but know that it is a long way away, maybe out of sight.
Unless.
Hopefully soon Briatore will have had enough, and sell his shares to the Mittalls. Briatore has certainly got off lightly I feel. He has done more harm to this club than Richard Thompson ever did, yet no signs of any mass protests against him.
If Briatore were to depart, I believe a Director of Football should be brought in to sort out the mess behind the scenes. Paladini can pack his bags. It would have to be someone with past QPR connections. Gerry Francis for me would be that man.
Then we’d need to start getting the players to start wearing the badge with pride again – the talent is already there. Whether or not Magilton is that man remains to be seen, but let’s give him time. And I would hope one day we’ll soon see a settled side, a side that produces legends, legends alongside those of the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. Hand on heart, how many players can honestly be labelled as legends from this decade? I don’t want to see two loanees up front for us on a match day. I want to see two idols.
My relationship with QPR I liken to that of having a wife suffering through illness after many happy and memorable years together. Though her life is not at risk, the quality of her life may worsen. Friends and family can’t bear to visit her, it’s just too painful. Her health may remain the same – nothing seems to have an affect to the frustration of all; or there is a chance she’ll pull through it and get back to her healthy days, making all her friends and family happy again.
I’ve been a fan for many many years. Going to QPR was one of the best things in my life. Now I hate it, and I hate hating it. I want my old club back, the old feelings of excitement going to a match.
There’s a saying in football that players come and go, managers come and go, chairman come and go, but the fans never do. Well, they do actually. Yes, I know we’ve got a hardcore base of 10,000+ - but that base is forever evolving. So many fans have dropped out, and I’m surprised we can still get respectable gates considering the way things are going, but if things don’t improve the days of sub 10,000 gates at Loftus Road will be here again.
Things haven’t been the same for me since Ian Holloway ‘lost’ the dressing room around Xmas 2004. He lasted another year or so, but the rot had set it. A brief revival under Di Canio has been the only highlight in the last five years. The Briatore era should have been wonderful, and whilst we should forever be grateful for him saving the club going under, it is the only positive achievement to date. Everything he has done behind the scenes has ruined this club. He should have had more success with the investment on the playing side, but again his own involvement with team affairs has certainly undermined all his managers. Loftus Road was a far happier place to be when the club was skint.
I’ve now gone through the stage of being angry. My attendance at HQ has dwindled so much, it came to the point that I laughed at those who still went, all mug punters I thought. Not anymore. I am now upset. QPR has always been a huge part of my life and I don’t want to let it go like many have. I don’t want to be one of these fans to simply walk away from it all after suffering enough. My Saturday’s are miserable, whether I’m at a game or not. I want my old club back but know that it is a long way away, maybe out of sight.
Unless.
Hopefully soon Briatore will have had enough, and sell his shares to the Mittalls. Briatore has certainly got off lightly I feel. He has done more harm to this club than Richard Thompson ever did, yet no signs of any mass protests against him.
If Briatore were to depart, I believe a Director of Football should be brought in to sort out the mess behind the scenes. Paladini can pack his bags. It would have to be someone with past QPR connections. Gerry Francis for me would be that man.
Then we’d need to start getting the players to start wearing the badge with pride again – the talent is already there. Whether or not Magilton is that man remains to be seen, but let’s give him time. And I would hope one day we’ll soon see a settled side, a side that produces legends, legends alongside those of the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. Hand on heart, how many players can honestly be labelled as legends from this decade? I don’t want to see two loanees up front for us on a match day. I want to see two idols.
My relationship with QPR I liken to that of having a wife suffering through illness after many happy and memorable years together. Though her life is not at risk, the quality of her life may worsen. Friends and family can’t bear to visit her, it’s just too painful. Her health may remain the same – nothing seems to have an affect to the frustration of all; or there is a chance she’ll pull through it and get back to her healthy days, making all her friends and family happy again.
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