My only problem with our Tone is he talks too much and listens to too many. A well considered indication of his mind once every couple of months would do nicely. Like us he watches games. Unlike us he can have a strong word behind the scenes and set the management team achievable short term targets that are constantly reviewed.
Dear oh dear. No, Tony, true fans do not need stability - true fans need WINS!!!! We don't care how it's done, as long as WIN!!!!! True fans need victorious results!!!!!!! And I am SURE you would feel the same if we WIN!!!!!! Cos then we would have points. And we wouldn't have to fight for survival. We don't need another 4 Year Plan? That was a stable plan, if you ask me. They took the risks, tried things, and found somebody who got us WINNING!!!!! The right man for the right time, was NW. And you're SURE? I bet you were sure about us not struggling for survival last year when you inserted MH!!!! Yeah well I know TF won't say anything negative or admit to the fact that it's not working until the time does come that he has to make the change. He's talking about January now as if it's those words are enough to show some kind of positive mental attitude towards stability, to not unsettle the current players, so that's psychology and it's understandable. I think the fans would want stability more in the ownership than the manager and his backroom. In fact, I really don't think TF understands that aspect. If a Manager does good, gets results, and puts us where that manager's capable of putting us where he thought he could and does it, then that Manager is a hero and will be a legend. So will the owner. But in the end, we would just prefer that we have a stable owner who will keep the club for 50 years but we all know managers change. Wenger and Ferguson are abnormal. You can't compare those two to too many throughout the history of football, really.
It's clear his football knowledge isn't up to scratch - how he thinks our squad is good enough after watching the last 10 games is beyond me. Tone, we've only beaten Walsall.
I may be in a minority but here goes: I think TF is right. Stability is key and, whilst I have some issues with selection and, more especially with formations, MH has a good track record as a manager (much better than mine). TF does not rule out selective purchases and, like others on here, I think a quality CB is key. I'm going to hold my nerve a while longer.
Im actually insulted by Tonys comment ' true fans understand we need stability' . I have supported QPR for 29 years. He supports west ham. End of! I like the bloke but that gets less with each day that drivel comes out of his mouth.
He only has a better track record because you have never managed in the premier league. It is irrelevant about his previous managerial record, its what he does for us that counts.
We may be the luckiest team in the Premier League to have a Chairman like TF. He's the sort of backer we've dreamed about for the last 20+ years (and I have supported QPR for 45 years). And, for what it's worth, I agree with him about holding our nerve and the importance of stability.
Exactly. Why should we care if there is any stability at all? If they hired "The Mean Machine" to play for us, a bunch of criminals and misfits, we wouldn't criticize them as long as we WIN !!!!!!!! TF is trying to use psychology in his language, but he doesn't understand that in any team, nobody really cares about stability as long as whatever the owners and directors say or do, it gets us WINS. And we're not getting that right now, Tony - can't you see that? May be you made a poor choice in MH - no shame in admitting it - but may be it's time you start the hacking and start over? I think the squad needs a shake up, don't you?
How long do you hold your nerve? 15, 20, 25, 30, games without a win? Stability would be great if hes the right manager but he isnt.
I'm one of those poor deluded people who believe that past performance is some indication of possible, or even probable, future performance. Given more time (and a CB in January), I still think MH will turn out to be a fine manager for us.
I suspect you, and many others, will violently disagree with me but I would be tempted to see MH take us right through this season and down into the Championship in the expectation that he would then get us back into the PL the following season. My nerve did wobble after the first half Reading peformance and I'm sure it will wobble again but, in the cold light of day, I think TF's made a logical/informed decision to appoint MH and he should stick with that for a considerable time. I'm a long term fan: I'm prepared to wait for the results to come.
The thing is he would resign in the summer and look for another PL job, either way we still have no stability only that wed be starting off again in a lower division without Taarabt, Granero, Faurlin etc.
How exactly do you make an appointment without taking past performance into account? In any line of work? And given his record in the Prem Hughes was a decent appointment for a smallish club languishing near the bottom last January. Granted, it's not worked out as hoped, to date, but Rodney helping me regain my nerve.....
Yeah, he has some previous with regards to his own loyalty and the worst thing about the very black scenario that I have painted would be the loss of some wonderful players. God, what to do, eh?
Which is why we should change managers, if we got a new man in, say Benitez, the players would be much more likely to stay in the NPC than the likes of Megson, McLeish, Shearer or any of the other horrific types we might get if we go down.
I wonder if anyone on hear thinks we should consider someone new for the manager's job? I've got it, why don't we have a poll on Hughes as boss. Something like back him or sack him maybe? Get an idea of how we all feel on the subject. Be nice to know everyone's views over and over and over and over and over again on the subject. Got a couple of names that no one seems to have thought about on here. How about Arry or Benitez? I'm sure they'd love to go from a champions league club to a small struggling team in West London looking to win the premier league survival trophy...... ;-)
