please log in to view this image please log in to view this image Chris Ramsey’s race to save QPR from relegation 7DAYS March 1, 2015 please log in to view this image Chris Ramsey Queens Park Rangers manager Chris Ramsey is well aware of the fact that he has 12 games to save the club from relegation and most probably his job, but he isn’t about to complain. After more than 20 years coaching away from the spotlight, Ramsey has finally been handed the chance to prove his ability at the helm of a Premier League club. It is an opportunity he is eager to grasp. Before his appointment few football fans would have been aware of Ramsey’s accomplishments in football. The quietly-spoken north Londoner has spent years mastering the art of coaching, studying everything from physiology to anatomy to philosophy. Some will have recognised his name from his time as England Under-20 boss, or perhaps from his work alongside Tim Sherwood and Les Ferdinand at Tottenham – the trio playing an instrumental role in the development of the likes of Harry Kane, Ryan Mason and Nabil Bentaleb. But Ramsey now has to deal with the pressure of managing a top-flight club fighting their survival. It sounds like a daunting prospect. “It’s a dream come true,” Ramsey tells 7DAYS during Rangers’ warm-weather training camp in Dubai yesterday. “It is a very exciting time that I am relishing and I’m trying to grab the opportunity with both hands. “There is a myth everyone has about me that I have only worked with young players. “People think my 20 years has been spent with youth teams, but that is not the case at all. “I’ve worked with senior players for around eight or nine years and I know that really it is all about communication. It’s about how you interact with players that gives you credibility and they will respond to that and perform.” please log in to view this image QPR players celebrate their win at Sunderland in Chris Ramsey’s first match in charge Ramsey certainly made an instant impact. In caretaker charge of the club for the first time QPR would travel to the Stadium of Light and beat Sunderland 2-0. It was their first away win of the season. “I couldn’t be happier with the way the players have responded,” said Ramsey. “They have reacted fantastically to what I want them to do and they know they have more in the locker to achieve more. Hopefully together we will push ourselves up the league.” Victory over Sunderland was followed by a 2-1 loss to Hull, but thanks to a superior goal difference the west London club find themselves outside of the relegation zone. They remain in a precarious position and Ramsey is realistic when it comes to discussing his long-term goals for the club. “Obviously I want us to stay up and for me to get the job on a permanent basis, but I’m not silly about football,” he admits. “I know at some point there will be a tap on my shoulder if things don’t go well.” Should results not go his way then that polite tap will likely come from his good friend and the Rangers’ director of football, Les Ferdinand. “Les if a friend but he is also my boss,” explains Ramsey. “He’s obligated to the owners who have put him in a position, and let’s make no bones about it, he’s the right man for the job.” Still, Ramsey has a long-term blueprint for the club. He hopes to see Rangers get a new training ground, adjust their scouting network and develop a new training syllabus for the academy players. But for now the focus is survival. He hopes the trip to Dubai will create a bond among the players and act as a springboard to survival. It certainly had that affect with West Ham last season, as we inform Ramsey. “I’m not superstitious but whatever he ate [West Ham boss Sam Allardyce] and wherever he went, let me know,” Ramsey says with a smile. “But honestly I am hoping this trip will be the catalyst for us to kick on when we return home.”
My hope is that even if he isn't manager after this season, he will still be involved at the club, in a matter of a couple of games he has proved that the acadamy isn't a total waste of time at the moment, which wasn't the picture painted under the last regime
My hope is that he remains the manager of this club. I think we may have found an outstanding manager.
We just feel a bit more like proper club now and we can get on with things, rather than being the circus act we were before. I don't need QPR to be the best, I just want QPR to be a team to be proud of for their earnest work and effort.
Whether we stay up or get relegated, unless we have a really terrible last twelve games, I would stick with Ramsey. If we stay up i believe he can build and move us forward. If we go down I believe he can get us back up in a short period of time (I am not saying the first year). I haven't anything to prove this but things just seem a lot brighter with him in charge and there doesn't seem to be any bullshit going on. Oh and I am grateful we didn't get Sherwood seems an arrogant s**t.
