Rangers would be mad to sack me, says Neil Warnock

[Stanley]

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/football/article-23949809-rangers-would-be-mad-to-sack-me-says-neil-warnock.do

Neil Warnock told his Queens Park Rangers bosses today that it would be their loss if he left Loftus Road.

The 62-year-old's future has been the subject of intense speculation despite his side being promoted to the Premier League as champions during his first full season in charge.

World Cup winner Marcello Lippi and former Chelsea boss Claudio Ranieri are believed to have been considered by the Rangers board, with Bernie Ecclestone, Flavio Briatore and Amit Bhatia weighing up whether to appoint a big-name manager.

But having saved QPR from relegation in the final two months of last season before taking them to the Premier League, Warnock insists he deserves a chance to prove himself again in the top flight.

"It would be their loss if I left," Warnock told Standard Sport today. "I don't see where they can go to get anyone better. The people being mentioned aren't any better, so I don't see why they would want to get rid of me.

"It won't be an issue with myself. I haven't sought any reassurances over my position - I don't see why I should. You can only work as hard as you can and it has been a great season all round.People ask me what will happen in the next two years but I don't know what will happen in the next two days, two weeks or two months."

Ranieri was in charge of Chelsea for four years before he became the first manager to be sacked by Roman Abramovich despite getting the club to the Champions League semi-finals.

The 59-year-old subsequently worked at Valencia, Parma and Juventus before being sacked by his last club, Roma, in February this year.

Lippi, 63, ended his two spells in charge of the Italian national team - they won the World Cup in 2006 - at the end of their unsuccessful campaign in South Africa last year when they finished bottom of their group.

Warnock's pedigree is huge after earning the seventh promotion of his career with QPR and he has warned his board that every club he has left has regretted getting rid of him.

He added: "I don't think clubs that I've left have benefited much when I've departed. I've left clubs in good situations 99 times out of 100.

"But in terms of the speculation about me, we just have to move on from that.If you look back at QPR over the last few years, the speculation has been there every other day.

"In a way, I'm glad we are in London because there are a few bigger things in this city than QPR - you only have to look at the top teams and the problems they have."

[Morris]

What a joke it is that a manager who has just won the Championship and bought back PL football for the first time in 15 years has to say what he has said in this article.

[RussRanger]

This should all be tied up and done asap. Only at Rangers, could we have this ridiculous speculation.

[stanistheman]

They woul;d be mad top lety him go without giving him a chance. Warnock will be a better manager at PL level havinbg experienced it with Sheff Utd were to be honest, they were not disgraced and narrowly went down. He jnows he didn't spend money wisely and will have learnt from that.

If he stays, and gets to spend a reasonable amount of money on the right players, QPR can finish in the top 12.

As he has said, not many clubs have gone on to better things after he has left.

Nott's C, Bury, Sheff Ud, Palace are just 4 that hav gone downhill.

[Stanley]

What a joke it is that a manager who has just won the Championship and bought back PL football for the first time in 15 years has to say what he has said in this article.

Agree, it is a total joke. The grass is most definitely NOT always greener. Its clear only one man is behind this uncertainty and its definitely not the Mittals or Bernie, going by their recent quotes.

[KLOS]

The big and abiding imponderable is-

If we are struggling by Christmas ,will the owners panic? If they do, they will be rightly accused of looking for an appropriate excuse to do what they have always wanted.

[Kirill]

Cannot imagine them sacking him unless we stay bottom of the PL, can you?

[paulmason]

I bet he will have a bigger budget for players at West Ham for next season in the NPC than he would get at W12 for the PL.

[californiahoop]

I think people at the club have already stated that he will remain, what else can they do.

Maybe Warnock is putting these stories out in-order to get himself a new improved contract.

[Stanley]

Surely the least we should do as fans is to let the board know that we are all 100% behind keeping Neil?

[Stanley]

I think people at the club have already stated that he will remain

Not Flavio, going by his recent quotes.

[paulmason]

I think people at the club have already stated that he will remain, what else can they do

Paladini and Amit both said NW will be here next year, with the caveat if they are still at the club.

[brightonr]

What a joke it is that a manager who has just won the Championship and bought back PL football for the first time in 15 years has to say what he has said in this article.

Morris, I could well be wrong here but do not think for a minute that anyone need read anything into this.

There have been and will continue to be, lots of articles like this cropping up all over the place. Some of which are just belated rehashing of a much earlier interview. Other media outlets have to fill up their spaces and justify their time with something. In the absence of anything interesting to talk about, they tend to make up stories, invent situations and generally produce so much content that proves wildly incorrect, that I'm surprised anybody takes notice of it anymore.

One only has to look at the attention and fuss they caused over the Faurlin case, or rather lack of one, to see that. It kept them occupied for weeks.

Pretty much the whole of football and I would suspect our fans too, would see this as ridiculous in the extreme. Still, QPR FC have been known to score the odd own goal off the field.

[Stanley]

Morris, I could well be wrong here but do not think for a minute that anyone need read anything into this.

There have been and will continue to be, lots of articles like this cropping up all over the place. Some of which are just belated rehashing of a much earlier interview. Other media outlets have to fill up their spaces and justify their time with something. In the absence of anything interesting to talk about, they tend to make up stories, invent situations and generally produce so much content that proves wildly incorrect, that I'm surprised anybody takes notice of it anymore.

One only has to look at the attention and fuss they caused over the Faurlin case, or rather lack of one, to see that. It kept them occupied for weeks.

Pretty much the whole of football and I would suspect our fans too, would see this as ridiculous in the extreme. Still, QPR FC have been known to score the odd own goal off the field.

BrightonR, this is a new interview with new quotes. Nothing rehashed here.

[brightonr]

BrightonR, this is a new interview with new quotes. Nothing rehashed here.

I appreciate that Stanley. But the point I was trying to make, badly obviously, is that these types of questions get asked to get a response. Once misinterpreted by the journalist, they then get repeated ad nauseum thereafter.

"Warnock insists he deserves a chance to prove himself again in the top flight.", sounds like he is making a plea or trying to justify his worth. He doesn't need to though surely, does he? Not after overseeing the sort of turnaround we have witnessed in just over a season.

I must be getting old and grumpy mate, as these sort of things really irritate me.