I wonder what's to be explained. Perhaps the structure was to be changed and ollie didn't like it. Who knows.
On another site someone stated they believed it was because Ollie wanted time off to sort out his Mum's affairs and unwind before restarting the build-up for next season; but QPR refused. Sounds feasible but who knows...?
I wonder what's to be explained. Perhaps the structure was to be changed and ollie didn't like it. Who knows.
On another site someone stated they believed it was because Ollie wanted time off to sort out his Mum's affairs and unwind before restarting the build-up for next season; but QPR refused. Sounds feasible but who knows...?
Seems a bit harsh if that is true. Would have hoped the club would be a bit more compassionate in view of the circumstances.
Post by northwesthoop on Jun 29, 2018 19:33:51 GMT
Some tweets from Tony today for the first time in a while. Obviously in response to getting stick about Smithies:
"First time . Players all come back fit. Really fit. Trainning in portugal going well."
"When we took over @qpr there was no real academy no real plan on a stadium. No scouting , no youth development. Different badge different strip, poor communications with fans. Expensive tickets. It meant we tried to buy our success and that failed."
"Patience over the next few years is all we ask as we bed in a backroom grow the academy. Bring in decent culture. Get the training Ground done. Do a new stadium (very very hard ) . The club has defiantly seen the worse days over and hopefully there is some light"
Some tweets from Tony today for the first time in a while. Obviously in response to getting stick about Smithies:
"First time . Players all come back fit. Really fit. Trainning in portugal going well."
"When we took over @qpr there was no real academy no real plan on a stadium. No scouting , no youth development. Different badge different strip, poor communications with fans. Expensive tickets. It meant we tried to buy our success and that failed."
"Patience over the next few years is all we ask as we bed in a backroom grow the academy. Bring in decent culture. Get the training Ground done. Do a new stadium (very very hard ) . The club has defiantly seen the worse days over and hopefully there is some light"
Yet again TF conveniently forgets to mention that when he took over we were in the Premiership and were not facing a multi million FFP fine. All the financial problems that we are currently experiencing were due to his poor management. He talks about trivial things like a different badge and a different strip. He reckons we didnt have any scouting so how did we manage to sign players like Ale Faurlin, Tarabbt, Clint Hill,and Shaun Derry. He really is ALL smoke and mirrors. If we have to sell our best goalkeeper on the cheap we can probably buy a plan for a new stadium but how can we ever expect to build a new stadium. The reality is that this club is in a significantly worse situation than when TF took over.
We are in a better situation at this club than I can ever remember. Yes the current board have made mistakes. Yes they have wasted money (theirs ) But the facts TF stated are true on all issues. We are now slowly getting the club right.
Technically he is right on improving all of those 'off the pitch' areas but stoatey is right that when he took over we were a Premier League club. Now it feels we are miles away from that (and he knows it which is why he asks for patience all the time).
So it's tricky, the board have learnt a lot of lessons and done a lot of good but 'on the pitch' we are in a worse position than when Tony arrived.
We are in a better situation at this club than I can ever remember. Yes the current board have made mistakes. Yes they have wasted money (theirs ) But the facts TF stated are true on all issues. We are now slowly getting the club right.
If you believe that being in the Championship with a pending £40m+ fine under TF is a better situation than being in the Premiership with millions of pounds of income under Bernie and Neil Warnock then I suspect you in a minority.
The current board have made huge mistakes
The money they wasted wasn't theirs it was the club's, it was money obtained from the fans entrance fees and Sky TV. To try and cover the mess he got the club into TF decided to right off £180m of losses but only on provision that he and the other Board members got a further £277m of shares. The share dividend on these additional shares is no doubt pretty impressive.
I'm not disputing the facts regarding the club badge or the club strip but they are minor issues when you compare them to how TF has mismanaged the club.
There was nothing wrong with the club at the end of April 2011, we were Championship champions and heading for the Premiership. All our current problems started on 18 August 2011.
Yes its been terrible under TF. 3 season's in the top league a trip to Wembley. And if you think that the money that we take on the gate would run a sustainable club you are very wrong.
Yes its been terrible under TF. 3 season's in the top league a trip to Wembley. And if you think that the money that we take on the gate would run a sustainable club you are very wrong.
Yes its been terrible under TF. 3 season's in the top league a trip to Wembley. And if you think that the money that we take on the gate would run a sustainable club you are very wrong.
You can't even quote what I said correctly so I think that it's fair to say that you have have your opinion of TF and I have mine but I'm glad that you agree with me because the truest words you have ever written are 'Yes it's been terrible under TF'. At least we agree on something!
Yes where would we be without TF and the board. Probably down another division. Clubs would love to have what we have had over past few years.
Without TF we would be a profitable club and still in the Premiership because that's exactly what we were before he took over. The only thing that I give TF any credit for was a great day at Wembly in the playoffs. You seem to have conveniently forgotten that when he bought QPR we were in the top flight and had millions of pounds guaranteed in tv money and the stadium was full. The reason we are where we are today is due to the decisions and mismanagement made by TF. He got rid of our best manager of recent times, not once but twice, what about the fact he landed us with £180m of debt , what about the fact that under his stewardship he landed the club with a 40m FFP fine? Fans are deserting the club because of TF. Why do you think we would probably be down another division if we were still managed by Neil Warnock and owned by Bernie. I think you are so confused by the TF propoganda that you are getting mixed up by who has got us relegated from the Premiership, twice. The fact we now have to deal in the bargain basement of free transfers is because the club is skint due to TF mis managing our finances. All the problems that the club now has are due to TF. If TF had managed to buy West Ham and done to them what he has done to us there would be riots down Green Street. If you or TF want to tell me what major positives he has given to this club I wait to hear them. Don't start with changing the the club badge because that was a minor thing. In addition don't give me the smoke and mirrors answer of changing the shirt (we do that every year anyway) or developing youngsters ( somebody needs to remind TF that we were developing youngsters years before he arrived).
Just remind yourself of where QPR were when TF took over on 18th August 2011 to where they are now.
