The Inspirational Speech Pre-Match Against Cardiff

[qblockpete]

If you was in the dressing room, what would you be saying to motivate the players?

[paulmason]

Pete, yes a few wise words will be needed to calm the nerves as it will be an extremely hostile atmosphere, just like Millwall was, but if the players need motivating for this game, when they are a win away from the Premier League, they should not be playing.

[Goddard]

"50k each if you win".



That should help.

[Nodge70]

Don't want the players too wound up either. It will be noisy and the referee will be keen to impose himself. Wouldn't be surprised to see a couple of red cards.

[Jeffro]

This speech.... Nothing more needed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO4tIrjBDkk

[WeAreQPR12]

This is what I would say Pete.

I don't know what to say really. Three minutes till the biggest battle of our professional lives. It all comes down to today. Now either we heal as a team, or we're gonna crumble. Inch by inch, play by play, till we're finished. We're in hell right now, gentlemen. Believe me. And we can stay here, get the **** kicked out of us, or we can fight our way back into the light. We can climb out of hell. One inch at a time.

Now I can't do it for you. I'm too old. I look around, I see these young faces, and I think... I mean I've made every wrong choice a middle-aged man can make. I pissed away all my money, believe it or not. I chased off anyone who's ever loved me, and lately, I can't even stand the face I see in the mirror. You know when you get old in life, things get taken from you. That's part of life. But you only learn that when you start losing stuff. You find out life's this game of inches. And so is football. Because in either game, life or football, the margin for error is so small. I mean... one half a step too late or too early and you don't quite make it. One half second too slow too fast, you don't quite catch it. The inches we need are everywhere around us. They are in every break of the game, every minute, every second. On this team, we fight for that inch. On this team, we tear ourselves and everyone else around us to pieces for that inch. We claw with our fingernails for that inch. Because we know when we add up all those inches, that's gonna make the ****ing difference between winning and losing! Between living and dying! I'll tell you this - in any fight, its the guy whose willing to die who's gonna win that inch. And I know if I'm going to have any life anymore, it's because I'm still willing to fight and die for that inch. Because that's what living is! The 6 inches in front of your face...

Now I can't make you do it. You've got to look at the guy next to you, look into his eyes. Now I think you're gonna see a guy who will go that inch with you. You're gonna see a guy who will sacrifice himself for this team, because he knows when it comes down to it, you're gonna do the same for him.

That's a team, gentlemen. And either we heal, now, as a team, or we will die, as individuals. That's football, guys. That's all it is. Now, what are you going to do?

[Hertford Hoop]

You have been the best team in the league all season, go out there and play with pride, passion, guts and don't let yourselves down. The fans have backed you all season, go out on to the pitch with your heads held high and remember you are Queens Park Rangers

[WeAreQPR12]

bugger jeffro you beat me to it

[Factamondo]

you wanna have to regret giving up this chance to become qpr legends???...go out there and shut the mouths of those anti english taffs up once n for all....a nation of historical chokers and never beens....we're top all season cos we;re the best end off....get in early...get in strong./...be first to every ball and every man do whats gotta be done..in 90mins the world will herald our arrival in the premiership...we are qpr...... do it for our magnificent fans out there....do it for england and st george!!

[Jeffro]

bugger jeffro you beat me to it

Hahah yes I love that speech weare!!!

[WeAreQPR12]

yeah Al Pacino is a proper legend, great speech mate

[winalotto]

you wanna have to regret giving up this chance to become qpr legends???...go out there and shut the mouths of those anti english taffs up once n for all....a nation of historical chokers and never beens....we're top all season cos we;re the best end off....get in early...get in strong./...be first to every ball and every man do whats gotta be done..in 90mins the world will herald our arrival in the premiership...we are qpr...... do it for our magnificent fans out there....do it for england and st george!!

Gorrks Fraulin Helguson Keeny may not get the England and st George speech, but i reckon we could be down to 8 men in the first 5 mins with that one!

[BennyBoyRs]

The obvious one was the 'Any Given Sunday' speech. Very moving, but also tacky now. An ex boss used it on us once, and I laughed it off.

[WeAreQPR12]

For anyone not sure what Benny's talking about, Any given sunday is the speech that myself and jeffro r reffering too.

[Bluehoop]

You have been the best team in the league all season, go out there and play with pride, passion, guts and don't let yourselves down. The fans have backed you all season, go out on to the pitch with your heads held high and remember you are Queens Park Rangers

Something along these lines works for me