QPR CHAIRMAN TONY FERNANDES: YOU'RE JOB IS SAFE MARK HUGHES ABOVE: QPR boss Mark Hughes We must stick with Hughes. We havenât been playing poorly. The club needs stability. Manager change would be suicide QPR boss Mark Hughes 30th October 2012 By Paul Brown MARK HUGHES has been told his job is safe at QPR. Hughes is under huge pressure after Saturdayâs defeat at Arsenal left his side bottom of the Premier League without a win in nine matches. But owner Tony Fernandes insists his position is NOT under threat â and has promised to meet Rangers fans face to face to explain why before this weekendâs clash with Reading. The Malaysian said: âMark has my backing and the shareholdersâ. We need a little luck and no injuries. âWe must stick with Hughes. We havenât been playing poorly. The club needs stability. Manager change would be suicide. âI believe we have one of the best managers in the Premier League. Iâll be there at Reading, so, Rangers fans, Iâll be available to meet and chat. Trust me on this one. Keep the faith. Stability is the key.â It is understood there is a split in the boardroom about whether Hughes is the right man for the job. Vice chairman Amit Bhatia, who represents wealthy co-owners the Mittal family, has yet to come out and back Hughes in public. Fernandes remains fiercely loyal to the man he appointed to replace Neil Warnock, but defeat at Loftus Road on Sunday to relegation rivals Reading could force his hand.
As you will know if you've read my posts, I am generally in favour of keeping Hughes though that has been significantly wavering recently. Tony is right in that generally we have not been playing poorly though the times that we have played poorly have cost dearly. The Swansea game and the early goals against WBA and West Ham in particular. On the other hand, losing to Arsenal against a clearly off side goal is an example of the oposite where we thoroughly deserved the point and did not get it. The most puzzling thing about Hughes has been his persistance in playing SWP and starting him over Hoillett. Even the most ardent pro Hughes fan will surely groan if SWP starts against Reading. The debate about Park is more intricate as he definitely has strengths. I do think our season starts on Sunday BUT I think it could just as easily come to a bitter end on Sunday too. We have better players, the home advantage, the Bookie's confidence and a desperate need for a win. There can be no excuses. If the officials don't give a valid goal, we need to score another. If they score one, we need to score two. If they are desperate for the win, we need to be more desperate and WE MUST NOT GET ANY RED CARDS (Samba take note!!). THis is QPR, enjoy the ride. COYRssss.
Well, TF does make some sense but we can only back Hughes for so long .................. my alcohol consumption has increase to a staggering level and even I'm worried. So Marky Mark, do us all a favour, my liver included .............. and get us a dam WIN!
I keep saying that TF has put a lot of faith in MH (money esp) and doesn't want to lose face or be wrong about the appointment. He want's this to work which i do as well. However saying all that we really should have more points by now and looking at our squad we should not be bottom. I see 5-6 teams actually worse than us and if this all goes wrong it will be nothing other than a complete disaster for TF and QPR. Simple we need to beat Reading/Saints and draw with Stoke or Sunderland and we will be okay.
How many mangers has been sacked few days after their chairman has totally backed them.....? Those TF comments are just words if we dont win Reading.
Good old TF what a bloke ... Hope he leads the singing to infected on here when and if we rise: "You only sing when you're winning"
Dead right - perhaps that's why TF's offering to meet fans before not after the game. I can't criticise TF to date but for all his bullish support for MH, I just hope he has a Plan B.
TF's put a lot of other peoples' money into MH and we shouldn't take it for granted that they're overjoyed by the outcome so far. Totally agree that at least 5 or 6 teams are worse than us which is exactly the reason Hughes has to go. We lose a £70,000,000 pay out if we go down, TF's an accountant, hopefully he can do the sums. We are allegedly losing £5,000,000 a month (£60,000,000 a year), relegation would prove disastrous.
Amazing how three months ago we couldn't stop talking about the new stadium, exciting new signings, finishing in the top half, the bright future ahead.....and now all the talk is whether we'll get relegated and if MH should go. It's gone south big time. TF knows that and so do the board. I fear we're about to reach breaking point.
Yes it would but look into next year's parachute payments.... adjust your sums please Simple case three teams are going down whatever happens as a QPR fan with this team it can't be us with just 9 games played
Nope I disagree this **** is in our heads ( not mime) still believe that off the pitch we are building a proper club and the stadium has to happen whatever. You don't start a project of the scale and give up because we lose a few games.
My sums are fine, thanks. http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/broadcast-payments-to-premier-league-clubs.html Broadcast Payments for 2011/2012 season Arsenal - £56,223,505 Aston Villa - £42,104,709 Blackburn Rovers - £40,317,633 Bolton Wanderers - £40,594,585 Chelsea - £54,436,429 Everton - £48,900,267 Fulham - £47,390,143 Liverpool - £54,360,635 Manchester City - £60,602,289 Manchester United - £60,325,337 Newcastle United - £54,235,271 Norwich City - £45,603,067 QPR - £43,262,087 Stoke City - £43,614,833 Sunderland - £44,369,895 Swansea City - £45,880,019 Tottenham Hotspur - £57,380,883 West Brom - £46,635,081 Wigan Athletic - £42,859,771 Wolves - £39,084,461 Championship teams receiving parachute payments Birmingham City - £15,475,005 Blackpool - £15,475,005 Burnley - £12,219,732 Hull City - £12,219,732 Middlesbrough - £4,081,548 Portsmouth - £12,219,732 West Ham United - £15,475,005
A football club and more to it a brand is being developed here do you seriously think it all hinges on what happened on the pitch. I am not God before you start Nuts ... Think different I have said from day one of all of this. QPR is happening and TF will have put in place a business so if another TF comes along then he will replace our current TF. I can't blame them for getting ****ty with our current fan base ... just think maybe like this ... it's the next generation and the growth of the QPR fan that matters .. You me and even Flyer will come and go and QPR will be QPR. About time IMO people understand what a good position we are in. We could be bloody Brentford
old figures me old mucker the payments are set to increase plus I would like to see proof that we are losing 5 million a month
Why are you even worried DT, we're in no way going to go down - keep the faith, every trend and result over the last 10 months proves this. In all seriousness - I'm not concerned financially at going down as long as we can bounce straight back up - That is the big crunch - We have seen time and again that those that make it back within 2 Seasons generally do not suffer and indeed come back stronger and better prepared. Those that dont well here's the evidence mlud - Portsmouth, Leeds, Ipswich, Coventry, God bless them Wimbledon, Charlton, Forest, the list is endless. I didn't mind being in 2nd/3rd divisions and went far more frequently then ever now home and away. Don't believe we have any right to being in the Prem, love it but not the end of the World. What does scare me is that many a White Elephant is scattered on broken dreams of men such as TF. Chris Wright spring to mind? And if, and it is an if, we do suffer relegation, is Hughes the man you'd want at the helm to get us back up and more to the point does he have the competences to do that?
Indeed they are last season's figures, the gap will be far greater this year as will the damage incurred by failure to stay up. As for the losses the fact that Mark Hughes is being paid over £8,200 A DAY gives a small indication as to the size of the problem.
