Dear Comrade Chairman!
I am writing this open letter (OK, rant) to you because I would like to ask you to do something. Not a miracle, not pulling a rabbit out of the hat, but something really simple that I think you can and should do.
Week after week, player after player, "towing the party line" statements are issued on the QPR website, containing amazing revelations about the team not doing very well and what the team intends to do to make it all better. For some strange reason, among fans these pearls of enormous wisdom cause nothing but increasing irritation. Granted, the authors (perhaps some of this stuff was indeed phrased by the players themselves) are the masters of waxing lyrical and would make excellent copywriters (those who are not already) and/or politicians, but there is a snag. They are our team players and we want them to play in the team, to the best of their abilities. PLAY - instead of talking how they should play.
Spare us the propaganda and the spin - the words not supported by efforts. No points are awarded for words, only for wins and draws. So Tony, please cut the PR cr@p and just tell the team to find their missing guts and pride and play with these because obviously talent and skill is not always enough.
Sincerely yours,
Kirill
I am writing this open letter (OK, rant) to you because I would like to ask you to do something. Not a miracle, not pulling a rabbit out of the hat, but something really simple that I think you can and should do.
Week after week, player after player, "towing the party line" statements are issued on the QPR website, containing amazing revelations about the team not doing very well and what the team intends to do to make it all better. For some strange reason, among fans these pearls of enormous wisdom cause nothing but increasing irritation. Granted, the authors (perhaps some of this stuff was indeed phrased by the players themselves) are the masters of waxing lyrical and would make excellent copywriters (those who are not already) and/or politicians, but there is a snag. They are our team players and we want them to play in the team, to the best of their abilities. PLAY - instead of talking how they should play.
Spare us the propaganda and the spin - the words not supported by efforts. No points are awarded for words, only for wins and draws. So Tony, please cut the PR cr@p and just tell the team to find their missing guts and pride and play with these because obviously talent and skill is not always enough.
Sincerely yours,
Kirill
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