Should this deal go through....I am counting the days until he does an article in a paper to say how badly run Fulham is and how much he has a dislike to Martin Jol.
If BZ should make derogatory comments about his stay at Fulham,so what, similar things were said about us by a little cretin several years ago when he left for Hull. And look how he ended up.
If he does I will lose so much respect for him. Despite the fact that he's moving to our rivals and with our ex-manager, I'm trying to tell myself to keep admiring him as a player and remember all the great times he has given us. If you need a reminder, just skip to 3.52 in this video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fzobg1VEBA&feature=related
He was one of my favourite players, but going to our rivals into the arms of that arrogant toerag is a deep burn...
Apparently Zamora's first interview included him stating that it was QPR's ambition which led to him joining the club. Take from that what you will.
I think their ambition might attract players but the capability of achieving those ambitions is something entirely different. If the reported wages of £90,000 a week are true then to me football is dying! Simply ridiculous. Bobby Zamora has always been a decent player but he cannot be worth that much money to anyone.
All players have to say that whether it's true or not. He's not about to say 'The gaffer offered to double my wages so I said bring it on' is he! Don't read into it too much.
I don't agree. To have made such a similar statement that his manager made only a few months ago regarding the same club tells me that this was less of a formality and more of a dig at FFC.
The whole question of Fulham and QPR's respective ambition is an interesting one. I think QPR now are where we were ten or so years ago - establishing themselves back in the top flight and therefore needed to pay big wages to attract quality players while they make the transition from the Championship to established Premier League team. After a few years of having one of the biggest (in terms of %age of turnover, not in total cash value) wagebills in the division, we then started the task of reducing that wagebill to a more manageable size. I don't think that QPR are, in the long term, going to become any more capable of challenging for Champions League places etc than we are now, but in the short term they are willing to pay a lot more in wages for players - hence the likes of Wright-Phillips ending up there. I can see how 'QPR will pay bigger wages; therefore they are more ambitious' seems like a natural conclusion, but I think it's more a reflection of the two clubs being in different circumstances. They are paying out in search of survival, we are balancing books in search of sustainability. Give them two or four years in the Premier League and they will start shifting the balance of their wage bill just like we did.
Come on, what else have QPR got going for them? He was never going to say "I'm looking forward to playing in the Champions League" or "winning trophies" was he?
Looking forward to the challenge of keeping the club in the Premier League? Looking forward to helping take the club forward?
