"Following QPR's disappointing loss at Fulham last Sunday, R's Assistant Manager Mick Jones has revealed the impact the travelling fans at Craven Cottage have had on the squad."
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Following QPR's disappointing loss at Fulham last Sunday, R's Assistant Manager Mick Jones has revealed the impact the travelling fans at Craven Cottage have had on the squad
As the players left the field following the 6-0 defeat, they received an unexpected standing ovation from more than 3,000 loyal QPR supporters.
Jones, who has been involved in football since 1963, told www.qpr.co.uk today: "I have never come off the field at the end of a bad result like that and seen our fans give us a standing ovation. Ever. That tells me that they believe there is something right about this Football Club
"To lose 6-0 hurts everybody. But the fans served as a great motivation afterwards - and it was spoken about in the dressing room.
"Neil picked up on it. When we left the pitch on Sunday, it was as though we had won the game. The support behind that goal was incredible.
"Under normal circumstances, we would expect to be booed off for a result like that. But I think our fans recognise what they have been through and what they are going to go through in the future is like chalk and cheese.
"And what our fans will have noticed is that no player chucked the towel in. A 6-0 scoreline would suggest that, but they didn't.
"They saw DJ Campbell come on and be all over the place, Shaun Wright-Phillips was everywhere, and Joey Barton's stats from that game were incredible.
"His high-intensity work-rate towards the end of the game was as good as it was at the start. That shows you he didn't chuck the towel in.
"You get a good feeling from that."
As QPR work hard to establish themselves in the Premier League, Jones believes the knowledge of the fans was a major reason behind their unwavering support in SW6.
"They're aware that it has been 15 years since they were in this position," he added. "They are aware of the past and they are aware of the future.
"Tony Fernandes coming in, and Amit Bhatia returning, has given the fans inspiration. And it has given Neil and me inspiration. It's rejuvenated the way we are.
"But, after all that, you still need a motivation behind you and that reaction from our fans on Sunday is all the motivation we need to keep going and bring this Club success
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Originally posted by Ric-Roc View PostMicky J should be QPR's official PR man.
Says all the right things. Seems like a nice fella also.
He was more than happy to take the time to talk,and have heard others on here say the same.
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i don' think they give a monkeys fart about "us fans"
or else we'd have seen a more committed performance v fulham.
sorry, but it was truly a pathetic performance, that we fans have to live with for yrs..the players will be gone but we'll get it in the ear in a decade and onwards.....
if they care so much..donate their weeks wage to the tiger cubs, put up or shut up!
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Originally posted by themodfather View Posti don' think they give a monkeys fart about "us fans"
or else we'd have seen a more committed performance v fulham.
sorry, but it was truly a pathetic performance, that we fans have to live with for yrs..the players will be gone but we'll get it in the ear in a decade and onwards.....
if they care so much..donate their weeks wage to the tiger cubs, put up or shut up!
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we were hammered on the day by a better team end of, . we can sit here all day and try to disect what went wrong its about opinions but the buck stops with the man that picks the team .obviously they dont care as much as us we will all be here when barton swp ferdinand and the rest of the mercenaries are long gone... the likes of steve bull at wolves and true loyalty are long gone . all they can do now is go out and try to win the next game
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