We can talk about tactics and team selection until we're blue but there's one obvious difference that is perhaps too obvious...
... I'm actually enjoying watching QPR again for the first time in ages, under CR.
Under HR, it was ****ing painful watching my beloved team, even last season where we finished near the top of the table and won promotion. I enjoyed about 5 games during HR's whole tenure.
Ok, we're still not setting the stage on fire but some enjoyment has come back and the team has given at least a decent account of themselves in some good performances, albeit with some of the same defensive issues still monkeying around on our backs.
So, the difference is clear to me. Even if he's gone by Summer, I'll still be grateful of the fact that he's had a proper go at trying his best at bringing some credit back into the team.
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And now a totally different subject (don't want to be greedy and create 2 threads)....
I truly hope we give Clinton Hill the biggest and best send off when he eventually leaves us. He's been here since 2010 and he has given QPR his all. He has been 100% committed in all of the many of appearances for QPR. The last 4 years have been painful, especially for having our real QPR spirit and essence brought into jeopardy, due to the way our club has been abused or mislead. And, yet, Clint Hill has been THAT kind of QPR player that we have craved more of, that we have so sorely lacked over the last few years, that type of player we used to have plenty of (the Lee Cooks, the Ainsworths, the Rowlands, etc.). He's often been written off, has been dumped for a younger model (even though his form hasn't dipped and was replaced by players who simply aren't as good as him, even at this age) and has been far too often played out of position yet has never complained and has simply done his duty. I would argue that he's been more consistent than Dunne or in fact anyone that has been here since he joined. He should be started in central defence, ahead of Crazy Caulker. He even wants to stay at the club in some other capacity when he stops playing. He's my favourite player of the last five years and a QPR hero.
And when he scored today he held the badge in his hand and ran over to the fans. Clinton Hill, I salute you.
... I'm actually enjoying watching QPR again for the first time in ages, under CR.
Under HR, it was ****ing painful watching my beloved team, even last season where we finished near the top of the table and won promotion. I enjoyed about 5 games during HR's whole tenure.
Ok, we're still not setting the stage on fire but some enjoyment has come back and the team has given at least a decent account of themselves in some good performances, albeit with some of the same defensive issues still monkeying around on our backs.
So, the difference is clear to me. Even if he's gone by Summer, I'll still be grateful of the fact that he's had a proper go at trying his best at bringing some credit back into the team.
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And now a totally different subject (don't want to be greedy and create 2 threads)....
I truly hope we give Clinton Hill the biggest and best send off when he eventually leaves us. He's been here since 2010 and he has given QPR his all. He has been 100% committed in all of the many of appearances for QPR. The last 4 years have been painful, especially for having our real QPR spirit and essence brought into jeopardy, due to the way our club has been abused or mislead. And, yet, Clint Hill has been THAT kind of QPR player that we have craved more of, that we have so sorely lacked over the last few years, that type of player we used to have plenty of (the Lee Cooks, the Ainsworths, the Rowlands, etc.). He's often been written off, has been dumped for a younger model (even though his form hasn't dipped and was replaced by players who simply aren't as good as him, even at this age) and has been far too often played out of position yet has never complained and has simply done his duty. I would argue that he's been more consistent than Dunne or in fact anyone that has been here since he joined. He should be started in central defence, ahead of Crazy Caulker. He even wants to stay at the club in some other capacity when he stops playing. He's my favourite player of the last five years and a QPR hero.
And when he scored today he held the badge in his hand and ran over to the fans. Clinton Hill, I salute you.
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