LFW (Clive's) interview scoop with Tony Fernandes

Very interesting interview by Clive of LFW with Tony Fernandes. It seems to be a frank and open discussion where Clive asked many of the questions which "we" often discuss on this forum. Well worth a read in my opinion.

http://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/footba...grounds-and-tickets--tony-fernandes-interview

 

Well that seems to cover every critiscm of TF we've aired on this board. You'd think it was easy running a football club just going by some of the crap that gets spouted here. I say well said Tony and well done Clive for asking the questions many of us would. TF is clearly not perfect but we could have much worse. We may be stuck in this division for a few years to come but with a bit of patience we might get the club we desire.

 

Frome - I agree with you.

I am very pleased that "these questions" were asked as they are "important" to us. Some of Tony's answers were woolly but they seemed passionate and genuine. There is some new information (for me) regarding the training ground. The FFP and new ground info was also interesting, plus he seems to be aware of his "mistakes" and I hope that we benefit from the lessons learned. However, I don't think that Tony fully understands the cacophony that some of his messages on social media create.

Nobody is perfect and I wish him every success.

 

Very good interview, and as usual Tone does the media stuff well. The crux is do you believe his claim to have learned? He has one key job - appoint the right people to run the organisation. In that he has, at best, a mixed record. Debt - good, but I am struggling to see how this club can support itself unless it is run very cheaply indeed, training ground hmmm, we'll see, stadium - pull the other one Tone.

I liked the admission (perhaps implicit) that fans are pissed off because the expectations have been raised and we haven't delivered.

 

Thanks for the link QPRski

Tony's answered a lot of key questions here, and credit to Clive for asking them.

 

Excellent interview - well done Clive for asking the difficult questions.

Fernandes's mistakes were in giving in to Warnock, Hughes and Redknapp rather than dictating policy to them, or at least reining them in. I think the appointment of Les Ferdinand as DoF was designed to put a 'football man' in with clear direction as to how the club wants to go forward with transfer/youth policy. In this respect, we are now going in the right direction in my opinion.

 

im afraid reading this interveiw is no good
IF JIM GREGORY WAS HEAR HE WOULDNT CARE ABOUT BUYING A TRAINING GROUND
SPEND THAT MONEY ON PLAYERS AND WE WILL GET PROMOTED
THIS LONG TERM THOUGHT PROCESS ISNT WHAT FOOTBALL IS ABOUT
GET YOUR HEAD TOGETHER TONY
ITS BLOOD AND GUTS AND PROMOTION

 

Very good interview. Most if carried a ring of truth about it. Let's hope he has got mostly good people finally. And 5 quick wins would be very nice.

 

I'm reading that as tongue in cheek, at least I really hope it is.

 

"It’s a wonderful feeling, and it doesn’t change. Winning against Ipswich last week was as good as any other victory. The dream lives on that we can make this little club something bigger."

I have nothing to add.

 

I wish you would add something. I don't get your point.

 

Actually on reflection a decent interview doesn't make up for five years of dire football.

 

Very good interview as TF needs a recovery to get him back on the fans side. To admit to doing a thing wrong three times sums him up
But clean slate perfectly timed as the bubble he generated burst

As I said clean slate from Jesus but a stock check and monitor lizard

 

Only a fan would say something like this. There are plenty of questions about competency but at least his passion for the club cannot be in doubt. Contrast and compare to the soulless profiteering of Briatori and Ecclestone.

 

He can have all the enthusiasm in the world for all I care...

Until we start to see some better football and some wins on a more regular basis I will give anything he says a miss for the time being!

 

Good, I hoped that's what you meant. That's how I read it.

 

Excellent piece - kudos to Clive for getting this interview with TF, mostly positive vibes coming from him.

As above, there have been some dire times watching our team (Fulham, Brentford etc) but some uplifting ones too, but that's what's so good about supporting this club - it would be boring if we were Man U/Man C etc fans.

U Rrrrrrsssss

 

Read this earlier today, and I have to say I do like TF. He genuinely has this club at heart and seemingly wants to do the right things, lets just hope that he has learned from mistakes. I found the financial question interesting, and his statement that the club would be completely debt free by next season extremely encouraging.
As for the troll that said he "should disappear like his planes" is lower down the life form scale than an amoeba.

 

Great interview- and one you wouldn't get with the owners of many other clubs. Big of Fernandes to agree to an interview clearly aimed at asking the "hard questions". Yes we've not been great for the past few years - but we're still plugging away, and i'm still positive about the future.

I think the biggest problem at the club currently is the fans (and i'm aware i'll be shot down for that). There's a bloated sense of entitlement stinking out Loftus Road at the moment- there's too much nastiness. Too many people slagging off the likes of Polter for his nationality. Too many people hurling vile abuse at Fernandes on twitter. Too many people can't see the bigger pictures in terms of the reigns FFP will naturally place on our progress this season; they've become greedy and bloated from 3 years of Premier League football, and it's blown expectations out of proportion.

So much is expected of everybody else at QPR...yet we can't even produce a decent atmosphere for 90 minutes.

 

Good interview.
Honest and does make sense eg show casing Sandro and Fer to get rid of, NIMBYs on new trick to scupper training ground etc.
A good win tomorrow will help too.