A decade, not just four years, of papering over the cracks
My first blog in ages. Mercifully for you, I rarely have the time.
Down but probably not out
I’ve never been one for doomsday scenarios when it comes to QPR. By that I mean that over the course of the 16 years I’ve covered the club, I’ve encountered people at various stages who would have you believe the end is nigh. There have been difficult times during those years, but the extent of Rangers’ financial plight – or at least its impact on the playing side – was massively overstated bar a spell in 2006 when the Monaco-based investors stopped funding the club.
More recently, just as there was the last time Rangers went down, there has been plenty of speculation about the possible financial implications of relegation. My view has always been that QPR are much more likely to face spiritual ruin, through what will evolve into an extremely aggressive rebranding, rather than financial ruin under the current owners, who have access to a truly staggering supply of money.
But no amount of money is infinite, so a meltdown of some kind cannot be ruled out completely while the fecklessness and shambolic decision-making continues.
And at the turn of this year, I felt that if the wheels were to start coming off at QPR, 2015 might be the year.
read the rest here
put the kettle on swords
https://davidmcintyre.wordpress.com...-just-four-years-of-papering-over-the-cracks/
My first blog in ages. Mercifully for you, I rarely have the time.
Down but probably not out
I’ve never been one for doomsday scenarios when it comes to QPR. By that I mean that over the course of the 16 years I’ve covered the club, I’ve encountered people at various stages who would have you believe the end is nigh. There have been difficult times during those years, but the extent of Rangers’ financial plight – or at least its impact on the playing side – was massively overstated bar a spell in 2006 when the Monaco-based investors stopped funding the club.
More recently, just as there was the last time Rangers went down, there has been plenty of speculation about the possible financial implications of relegation. My view has always been that QPR are much more likely to face spiritual ruin, through what will evolve into an extremely aggressive rebranding, rather than financial ruin under the current owners, who have access to a truly staggering supply of money.
But no amount of money is infinite, so a meltdown of some kind cannot be ruled out completely while the fecklessness and shambolic decision-making continues.
And at the turn of this year, I felt that if the wheels were to start coming off at QPR, 2015 might be the year.
read the rest here
put the kettle on swords
https://davidmcintyre.wordpress.com...-just-four-years-of-papering-over-the-cracks/
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