I have finally finished. It is far too long to post on here so Iâve blogged it on this link... http://rollercoasterranger.wordpress.com/2012/06/07/this-world-of-rs/ Iâd like to thank all of the Overseas Hoops for their help and encouragement, I hope none are too disappointed or feel that they have been misrepresented. Cheers Roller
Rolly, I've been waiting for this! You finish the superb article with "All the Overseas Hoops in this World of Râs have my utmost respect"........you, my man, have my utmost respect for putting it together! Absolutely bRill!!
So there you are Roller! (As if I never knew what was keeping you quiet old son!) This looks fascinating mate. Had a flick through to get the measure, bits around the remarkable Scandinavian QPR Supporter's Club (URRRsss!!), Flanbaby and somehow ended up in Oz (as in Aus not Oslo!). Looks exceptionally well written and polished. Just what I was hoping for. This'll need a few quiet moments with a cup of tea and a smoke mate... you know me! Can't wait. Cheers.
Outstanding, and a fitting record of the climax to the season and tribute to our devoted, long suffering and truly Global support. Could somebody on Twitter (I think it would be bad for my soul to join) post Amit and Tony a link. This deserves a wider audience.
Fantastic article Roller. Far better than I could have imagined. Your "time-line" idea for the Stoke and City games was ingenious. Some work must have gone into sifting through all your material and then trying to stitch all the relevant pieces together. Its a great insight into the lives of all the guys around the World. Thanks for your efforts mate, they're deeply appreciated.
Great stuff Roller! Really well done. I especially liked how you brought together what we were all going through at the same precise times in different corners of the World - brilliant! You have described vividly an exceptionally exciting end of season for all of us. I'll take it again very happily if it happens again next spring, with the same result of course!
Told you I couldn't wait to get stuck in Roller. A fabulous job. Deep, penetrating and powerful both in introducing our guys yonder and in capturing the QPR-global mayhem that was Stoke, Citeh and Stoke! Great movement and balance throughout. Sounds glib but once I started reading I really couldn't stop till the last line (yuk, I know - but true). Couldn't believe you chose not to slow the tempo of the narrative after the Stoke story. By tearing through the following week and straight into the Etihad, I thought you'd crash the interest well before the end. But no! Not so much of a wobble in the syntax. Brilliant stuff mate. Absolutely cracking account. And that's just you as 'director'... What about our stars, eh?! Solid to an R I'd say. Every last one of them. Each has my total admiration for their uncompromising, relentless passion for this odd but hugely charismatic little club of Rs. Finn and Butthuber the epitome of cool. Queenslander the life and soul of any party! Israel and his generations dancing and chanting as though âJerusalem has not seen anything like it for 2,000 years!â (Irony's not lost on me!!). And then there's our Micks all doing what they do best. InkeSteve's gonna have to think about giving up the drink if Rangers are to have any chance of a clean sheet next season! I won't bore us further by going through them all, save to say that as a sinner, if there's one man that'd have any chance of saving me, it'd definitely be our man in Peru. Mr T. you are just so outstandingly normal for a missionary. You did exactly the same as I did only the big day: Rs on telly and Bolton online. Snap!! Thanks to all you guys. Here's to R future eh! URRRsss!!
Brilliant stuff Roller and well worth the wait. It's no mean feat to draw so many different lives and stories into such a compelling narrative.
Incredible! I wondered why you'd been so quiet Roller. It's pretty obvious now. That is an outstanding piece of writing that enscapsulates the global scale of our staying up. I thought it was just me. Alone in my living room, watching the final day of our campaign play-out in front of me. My splendid isolation rendering me oblivious to the rest of the world. The whole piece read like a modern day thriller. The culmination of the story ending with Cisse as the protagonist sitting on the bench coming to the rescue. But alas no, of course not. Your mis-direction just served as a platform to reveal the real heroes of the piece. Our Rs abroad. Onwards to the 'Ethihad' and in the hands of any other writer would have played out as an anti-climax. But you switched the secondary players as the true protaganists of the story. This world of Rs. You should take up thriller writing Roller. This is riveting stuff. Four year plan? That's history. We now have the ' 8 Day Roller Coaster! ' Coming to a cinema near you.
David McIntyre on Twitter. David McIntyre ‏@davidmcintyre76 I really like this article about the matchday experiences of #QPR fans around the world at the end of last season: http://twitter.com/#!/davidmcintyre76
Superb Roller, simply superb - I've relived those last 2 games of the season in my head many times over the last few weeks and reading your article has just brought it all to life again. Like you, I believe we are on the verge of something very special with our beloved Rs, but then we are QPR!!!! Whatever happens we will always be wherever we may be QPR!!!!!!!
Top stuff roller, sorry I did not contribute as asked (I had a story but it's lost in the ether now) this was a great read and I can relate to the whole shebang, not missed one game live on the outter net and it's had a toll but fook it, I'm QPR. does you get me
Wow, just incredible Roller. Thank you. Asked my wife to sit down and read this article to try and explain to her what QPR means to us all. She thought that it was just me that was totally NUTS, when it comes to QPR. Our beloved club has been a major part of my life since i can remember. I really envy you guys who get to watch our team week in and week out at HQ and up and down the country. I know that i will never have that opportunity, but I think this shows how passionate we all are about our club regardless of our location. This forum has been a real lifeline for me over the last 12 months and I have to admit that it's particularly great to see so many Irish Rrrrss on here. For years I thought that I was unique being a hoops fan in Ireland but through this forum i now realise that we have a large fan base not only in Ireland but throughout the world. Thanks again Roller, you have outdone yourself.
