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LET QPR GO UP IN PEACE
QPR must be allowed to play Premier League football at their grotty little ground
Tuesday April 19,2011
By Mick Dennis
QPR must be allowed to play Premier League football at their grotty little ground next season, even if they are found guilty of breaking the rules when they signed Alejandro Faurlin.
The club I support, Norwich, might earn automatic promotion if Rangers are docked enough points. Or Norwich could do what Sheffield United did in the Carlos Tevez affair ââ¬â refuse to accept tribunal decisions and fight for two years until, eventually, they are awarded a multi-million-pound settlement.
Iââ¬â¢d say keeping us out of the Premier League would be worth ã90million.
But the Tevez judgment was based on a complete misunderstanding of the facts and of football. And QPR have been the best team in the Championship since the first kick of the season.
Perhaps the most elegant solution would be a points deduction that makes no difference to the final positions.
But hereââ¬â¢s a thought. Neil Warnock, who was the Blades boss hurt by Tevez, is now the QPR coach benefiting from Faurlin. If he were manager of a rival club, he would surely respond to the situation with good grace and equanimity. Or perhaps not.
LET QPR GO UP IN PEACE
QPR must be allowed to play Premier League football at their grotty little ground
Tuesday April 19,2011
By Mick Dennis
QPR must be allowed to play Premier League football at their grotty little ground next season, even if they are found guilty of breaking the rules when they signed Alejandro Faurlin.
The club I support, Norwich, might earn automatic promotion if Rangers are docked enough points. Or Norwich could do what Sheffield United did in the Carlos Tevez affair ââ¬â refuse to accept tribunal decisions and fight for two years until, eventually, they are awarded a multi-million-pound settlement.
Iââ¬â¢d say keeping us out of the Premier League would be worth ã90million.
But the Tevez judgment was based on a complete misunderstanding of the facts and of football. And QPR have been the best team in the Championship since the first kick of the season.
Perhaps the most elegant solution would be a points deduction that makes no difference to the final positions.
But hereââ¬â¢s a thought. Neil Warnock, who was the Blades boss hurt by Tevez, is now the QPR coach benefiting from Faurlin. If he were manager of a rival club, he would surely respond to the situation with good grace and equanimity. Or perhaps not.