Which senior team member or management member will be interviewed tomorrow about how Saturday is a must win game and all the squad are up for it, etc, etc. I am afraid that the words will sound very hollow after some of the performances recently.
Mark Bowen, " We've had some great sessions in training this week, the players are taking on board everything that Mark, myself and Eddie are trying to get across. There is a real sense of positivity and belief in the camp and if the lads can transfer that onto the field of play on Saturday, then hopefully we'll get the right result. "
Its already been done with Derry. http://www.qpr.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10373~2738412,00.html Same old propaganda ""They're very hard teams but we've proved in the past that we can play against these top sides. "It's up to us now to put in a strong performance against Tottenham."
Don’t bite the hand that feeds lads. Not sure what else you want them to do. I’m sure they would much rather get on with it and turn up on a Saturday and ignore the media. However because of the interest in football there is a need to feed the media to meet the demand of fans. In fact no fans more so than the sort of fans who like us can’t wait for match day and spend lots of our time in between searching message boards to seek out and debate the latest talking points and gossip.
They are contracted to do it so they do it. Same way as managers are contracted with a fixed press conference before every match. I suppose they could say thy're bricking it and worried about the implications of a loss which has really detracted from any preparation.
Brilliant. Or - we don't think we're good enough so have gone on a mini break to Clacton to take our minds off it.
Adel will dance the mazurka in national costume to the accompaniment of our Morris-dancing midfield while Mark skulks mysteriously around muttering beatitudes and scattering petals of rare house plants, the QPR haka.
In fairness as an outsider I feel this is quite comfortably the biggest game in your clubs history. The financial consequences of going down these days are too severe. I am certain if you were to stay up this year you wouldn't go down next year and could become an established PL club like Stoke and Bolton have. If you go down it's a rebuilding process which may take up to 3 years allowing rival clubs like Southampton and West Ham to move ahead. Absolute must win or it will be a tough ask to survive IMO, beating Stoke at home is likely but not a given.
As soon as someone says "It is a must win game" we are fecked, reverse psychology FACT!! Expect to be have a new arsehole torn for us on Saturday. Our ponderous defence stand little chance against the pace of Walker and Bale on the over-lap down the wings. I'd love to do Spuds in the same manner as Liverpool and Arsenal but I suspect the defeat at West Brom would have returned the fragile mind set of our players and if Bolton/Blackburn/Wigan etc all have positive results earlier on in the day then the team will be well and truly ****ting themselves along with us poor old supporters. We can but expect the worst and hope for the best.
Nah, playing away is completely different to playing at home, I think there is a refreshing confidence for you now when you play at LR which isn't apparent at your away games. West Ham in the Championship are just the reverse and seem to have zero confidence when playing at home and it cost them auto promotion
Fair comments DL but have to say we've had so many biggest games in our history, the Spurs game hardly features. I won't bore you by trotting out a list but I take your point, money-wise these next few games carry some significance... But how much that matters with the onside wealthy owners we have, I'm not so sure!
CISSE: LET'S PUT THE PRESSURE ON please log in to view this image Djibril Cisse is chomping at the bit to be involved this weekend as QPR take on Tottenham at Loftus Road. The French striker was forced to sit out the last four fixtures following his red card at Sunderland last month. And now he is keen to do his bit as the R's look to secure their top-flight status. "It's been a long time and I'm looking forward to playing again," Cisse told www.qpr.co.uk on the eve of his potential return to the side. "I feel that I can bring something to the team and, to be honest, I have no choice." Cisse believes if QPR are to stay in the Premier League he, along with all his team-mates, must have an impact on the final four fixtures. The R's go into the weekend's game on the back of a disappointing 1-0 defeat at West Brom but Cisse said: "It's always difficult to play away at West Brom. It's a difficult place to travel to. "That's in the past, it was last weekend. We have to focus on Saturday's game and do everything we can to be ready for it." While kicking his heels on the sidelines, Cisse has seen Rangers beat Arsenal and Swansea. And while he has enjoyed the results, he has found being a spectator a frustrating experience. "It's no fun not being a part of the team and the games," he added. "It's not easy." But he has been buoyed by recent performances in W12. "We're on a good run at home," he said. "We've beaten Liverpool, Arsenal and Swansea. We have to continue in this way and keep winning. "We know that Spurs are a strong team who have really good players, but they are a little bit down at the moment. "We have to be careful, but we have to put pressure on them and win the game." http://www.qpr.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10373~2738804,00.html?
