Are QPR really deserving of a Global Thread?
Probably not BUT this is - and isn't - about Rangers...
...it's about all clubs, teams, fans. What's happening to the Hoops now, could but for the grace of God, happen to anyone.
There we were on a roll for the first time in ages, then all of a sudden some off the pitch incident we knew nothing about - and involving a player who's hardly as influencial as Tevez - sticks you back on your arse again. It's completely ruined a great time for us. The hopes and dreams of fans should not be abused by the imposition of points deductions.
We've all got or will get, greasy owners from time to time. That's invariably a problem waiting to happen. Equally disastrous for us all is that in this age of financial instability and vastly inflated costs of players and wages, any club has the potential to go into administration. Do points deductions really help them to recover?
I'm no Leeds supporter but like many others, rooted for them relentlessly when they had to start the season so far behind. It became a weekly passion to see them winning game after game and get back in contention. It wasn't about hypocrisy or misguided loyalties: it was about the overwhelming sense of injustice for the common fan (yeah, even Leeds fans - they're not all boneheads). Fact is, we have to face it, it's them one year, us the next. So said, so done.
I cannot agree with points deductions for legal, regulatory or financial offences: these must be dealt with in such a way that only the offender(s) are punished - not their customers.
Finally, I support this as a global thread, not because I happen to be an Rs fan but because it's about the shambolic redisregard for the interests of us poor mugs who loyally support our local teams playing football - only to find our dreams destroyed by business opportunists and bureaucrats: cynical is not the word.