Is this season so far the worst you've ever felt as a QPR fan? Reading the threads over the past few weeks the air of gloom anger and disappointment is almost overwhelming. Many previously regular posters no longer contribute, and those that do are either driven by a single issue and point of view, or are almost without hope (myself included). But when we compare our situation with those of the past, perhaps we've lost our sense of perspective. 15 years in the wilderness, league one doldrums, administration, Vauxhall motors,; I could go on but I won't. Yes we are rooted to the bottom (rock bottom anyone?) BUT we are still in the premier league, we have a good squad (few additions would be nice), a great owner full of enthusiasm, with plans to build a new ground and invest in aspects of the club that have been neglected for years. Ask yourself this; which season in the last seventeen years would you prefer to be in? No brainer for me, I'll take my chances with this one. COYR's!!!
the Milk cup final for me, I actually thought we were going to win something. This feels pretty bad too because I never liked the manager and he seems intent on dragging us back to the bad old days which I thought were over.
The worst individual moment I've ever felt as a QPR fan was away at Huddersfield when we let in a late goal to lose 2-1 and find ourselves relegated to league 1. The atmosphere very quickly turned nasty and bricks were flying outside the ground afterwards. Funnily enough, I don't feel too gloomy right now as I KNOW everything will turn out ok. I'm from the future you see. Chelsea get relegated next season.
its getting that way week in week out full of depression after our matches & never known a start like it since i've been supporting them, baring this season it was when we went into admin that was lowest of the the low but at least we won some games which is more than i can say now, 4pts from 11 games f-----g abysmal.
When we were in the Championship and even in League One there was a certain sort of gallows humour around the gang I go to matches with especially when we got the second relegation. "How much worse can it get?!" was often our mantra. But we had Ollie and although I agree it wasn't the best sort of football I'd ever seen we made a real fist of it and got to the play off finals one year and up in 2nd place the next. Then comes the wilderness years in the Championship where we had to endure the merry-go-round of managers under the leadership of The Goons. That was rather rubbish as I recall but eventually turned around into the best season I have ever witnessed under Warnock & Taarabt. So there we are in the Premiership after a 15/16 year absence and it was dreadful. Woeful performances then in comes TF and we all think it is going to be rosy. Out goes Warnock and in comes Hughes and we all think it is going to be peachy! Then in come the likes of Bobby Zamora and we think all our Christmases have come at once, onwards and upwards we all shout. Sadly no. What came was a series of utter dross punctuated with a few awesome results against Liverpool, Spuds & the Gooners with one of the most emotional matches I can recall against Stoke on the last home game of the season followed by the bizarre antics at Eastlands and thanks to some dodgy ref decisions Bolton go down instead of us. Deep breath and safe in the knowledge that superstars are on their way ready for the new season with Sparky making all the right noises but 1st home game and we are shown up for what we are against Swansea. It has been awful having to watch QPR this season. I've not enjoyed a single game so far, I feel like a kid who has just found out Santa Claus doesn't exist. What a let down! (My apologies if you didn't know about Santa) I was convinced we were for the drop last season and I am equally as pessimistic now. If we are not careful we won't just be relegated but might end up going down with fewer points that Derby did a few years ago. I pay a fortune to watch QPR and they want even more for the seat next season when the price freeze stops. It isn't entertaining, it isn't value for money and I honestly don't know what the club is going to do to convince me it is worth while forking out over £700 to watch that shower of sh1t week in week out. I have to make a lot of sacrifices to keep my season ticket and unless things pick up soon I might not bother next year.
My two lowest moments were when Docherty sold Stan to Forest - just told us that we were no longer going to try to play the football that I love and the player I had worshipped since my first visit to LR as an 11 year old was gone; and when Tel left for Barca - when we were on the verge of becoming a real, long term force. What's happening now confuses rather than depresses me - so much is good - the plans, TF, many of the players, being in the Prem - that the results don't make sense.
I wouldn't say it's the worst season we've ever had, or team etc. Most seasons for as long as I remember, i've expected us to struggle or just do ok. Even when we won the championship, I thought top ten would've been an excellent finish for us. The problem with now is, most of us have probably never felt so excited going into the new season, and with (justifiably imo) such expectation to do so well. That's what makes now feel so depressing, we've fallen a long way from the high hopes we had. I'm still staying positive though, that we'll finish higher than last year.....
As a teenager I went to every home game and many away trips during our first disastrous trip to the top flight in 1968-69 during which we set an all-time low for the number of points gained. But during that season there was no sign of the manic depression and vitriolic finger pointing we have seen on here in 2012. The big difference is the level of expectation of course. Back then we knew we were a tiny club punching well above our weight and enjoying our time in the limelight come what may but this time around there were genuine dreams of the big time. I know which I preferred.
Also the 24/7 media coverage, web sites like this one, and insatiable craving for information means that the weak and addicted (like me) fan has no escape. In the old days I was just as passionate but I only really thought about QPR on match days. I keep on promising myself to strive to get back to that, but the fact of posting this shows my total failure......
I remember reading an interview with Denis Law I think about that season. We famously lost 8-1 at OT, but only 1-0 at LR. He was asked what was the toughest game that season, and without hesitation he named the LR game as it beyond a shadow of a doubt. He said QPR threw the kitchen sink at them and how they got away with a win he'll never know.
Losing to Cardiff in play-off final after getting so close, but this season is a close second in 22 years.
i know memories are a wonderful thing but Man Utd won 3-2 at Loftus road, and i think it was Don Revie the manager of Leeds Utd after winning the League said away to Qpr was there hardest game.
I fully expected that to happen, if fact I just got up and went to the train station as it went in, I was so confident in us not getting a result and I never do that in 1 or even 2 goal games.
Ditto Flyer, as soon as it went in I left. That bloody Tommy "Pass The Ball" Williams and all white kit!
It was a shocking game of football, my enthusiasm goes up and down with the managers, it was at its lowest with Holloway, Hart and Hughes (hmmm, maybe we should never hire anyone whos name starts with 'H'". Its highest with Warnock in the NPC and our last PL stint before we sold Sir Les.
Highest was 92/93 when we finished 5th in the EPL and beating Man U and Leeds 4-1 in the season before the EPL started (Leeds were champions).
Agreed it was a shocking game, maybe as im older and bought up in the Alec Stock era maybe i have a little more patience,
