Just read this very incisive and sobering piece on QPr's past, current and future predicament (http://www.palatinate.org.uk/?p=64185).
So the question is, if you were completely in charge of QPR today, what would yo do. For me, here are six starting points:
(1) Establish an ethos at this Club, reflected by everyone from owners and management to players, that moving forward we will be the one Club all know will bring their "A" game every game; with players fully conditioned, fighting for every ball, giving everything they have on the pitch, with a style of play that managers coach, and management staffs with players who fit that model
(2) If he's game, retain Warnock until the end of the season with options beyond that to give us confidence and stability. I for one like his style, admire his experience, and feel he "gets it" from the fans' point of view
(3) Prepare to move Austin, Sandro, Fer and Green by or past season's end. Charlie's leaving is academic, Sandro is always in injury, Fer is inconsistent, and Green doesn't allow for us to groom Smithies or anyone else as our next generation goalkeeper.
(4) Build our next team for speed; speed on the front line; speed on our corner backs; speed everywhere. Our style the past few seasons has been maddeningly slow and plodding; that's gotta go.
(5) Extend an assistant coaching role to Clint Hill after this season; he's bloody earned it, and will be a player motivator
(6) Re-image the entire Club from being a highly paid cast of under performers to a younger, hungrier, grittier bunch of "underdogs" who play to win.
So the question is, if you were completely in charge of QPR today, what would yo do. For me, here are six starting points:
(1) Establish an ethos at this Club, reflected by everyone from owners and management to players, that moving forward we will be the one Club all know will bring their "A" game every game; with players fully conditioned, fighting for every ball, giving everything they have on the pitch, with a style of play that managers coach, and management staffs with players who fit that model
(2) If he's game, retain Warnock until the end of the season with options beyond that to give us confidence and stability. I for one like his style, admire his experience, and feel he "gets it" from the fans' point of view
(3) Prepare to move Austin, Sandro, Fer and Green by or past season's end. Charlie's leaving is academic, Sandro is always in injury, Fer is inconsistent, and Green doesn't allow for us to groom Smithies or anyone else as our next generation goalkeeper.
(4) Build our next team for speed; speed on the front line; speed on our corner backs; speed everywhere. Our style the past few seasons has been maddeningly slow and plodding; that's gotta go.
(5) Extend an assistant coaching role to Clint Hill after this season; he's bloody earned it, and will be a player motivator
(6) Re-image the entire Club from being a highly paid cast of under performers to a younger, hungrier, grittier bunch of "underdogs" who play to win.
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