For many of us the last feasible opportunity for our club to be anything but mediocre this year ended at midnight yesterday. The remainder of the season means playing a bunch of matches with no hope of winning anything, but little fear of abject disaster. So what's the single thing that needs to change before August to prevent next year being merely a re-run of this one?
I'll start. This time next year we'll have a new manager
Not a radical thought for any team, particularly QPR. Let's face it we've had a few recently. That's why many of us have been preaching stability for several years. But stability quickly breeds frustration and torpor. We're going nowhere slowly, crowds are dwindling and a massive fine hangs over the owners' heads. The club needs to do something exciting (provided it doesn't cost any money) that'll generate some excitement. We can't afford to buy any players, so someone has to turn those we already have into something resembling a cohesive outfit. And it won't be Ian Holloway. Nice guy, love him to bits, he'd die for the club and probably be buried in hoops. But it's clear he's only a place holder. He's a "dressing room manager," and as someone said, without more to offer they've got two years tops before enthusiasm alone doesn't cut it anymore. I sincerely hope Hoos, Ferdinand and their minions are currently trawling the Bulgarian third division to find the next Pep, because another season of Ollie is more than many of us can take.
I'll start. This time next year we'll have a new manager
Not a radical thought for any team, particularly QPR. Let's face it we've had a few recently. That's why many of us have been preaching stability for several years. But stability quickly breeds frustration and torpor. We're going nowhere slowly, crowds are dwindling and a massive fine hangs over the owners' heads. The club needs to do something exciting (provided it doesn't cost any money) that'll generate some excitement. We can't afford to buy any players, so someone has to turn those we already have into something resembling a cohesive outfit. And it won't be Ian Holloway. Nice guy, love him to bits, he'd die for the club and probably be buried in hoops. But it's clear he's only a place holder. He's a "dressing room manager," and as someone said, without more to offer they've got two years tops before enthusiasm alone doesn't cut it anymore. I sincerely hope Hoos, Ferdinand and their minions are currently trawling the Bulgarian third division to find the next Pep, because another season of Ollie is more than many of us can take.
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