Another one gone

[Vidal]

Neil Critchley sacked by QPR.

[cidercity1987]

He's had quite the 9 months

[Jerseybean]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/64654963

[frenchred]

Appointed on a 3 and half year contract in December, sacked after 12 games! Now that is panicking by the QPR board

[alexukhc]

Nathan Jones

[RoystonFoote'snephew]

3 or more managers a season is fast becoming the norm. 

[Vidal]

Can see him going back to Blackpool this summer 

[Lanterne Rouge]

Incredible that NP is the third longest serving Championship manager after Robins and Rowett.

[iamalagerdrinker]

Just now, Lanterne Rouge said:

Incredible that NP is the third longest serving Championship manager after Robins and Rowett.

Rowatt is the surprise one for me there, always seemed to be on the merry go round. 
 

 

[milo1111]

2 minutes ago, alexukhc said:

Nathan Jones

You might be on to something there. They must have something lined up that they are excited about, to sack a man a few months into a long deal when they are skint.

[Lanterne Rouge]

1 minute ago, iamalagerdrinker said:

Rowatt is the surprise one for me there, always seemed to be on the merry go round. 
 

 

He`s found a good fit at Millwall and they`ve probably exceeded expectations every season since he`s been there. I imagine mid-table security is all the board (and the fans) expect of him. They`re financially well run and don`t have too many unachievable dreams. I couldn`t another manager doing better there without spending a fortune.

[Vidal]

2 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

He`s found a good fit at Millwall and they`ve probably exceeded expectations every season since he`s been there. I imagine mid-table security is all the board (and the fans) expect of him. They`re financially well run and don`t have too many unachievable dreams. I couldn`t another manager doing better there without spending a fortune.

Has been the case but this season they expect playoffs. Made a number of high profile signings last summer and spent more cash than usual.

[Lanterne Rouge]

2 minutes ago, Vidal said:

Has been the case but this season they expect playoffs. Made a number of high profile signings last summer and spent more cash than usual.

Yes, the frugality of the last few years has paid off - I can`t imagine they have any FFP worries. Good luck to them if they get there doing things the right way and with no PP to help them out.

I`ve got to say, the noise when their winner went in v Blades yesterday made the hairs on the back of your neck stand up!

[E.G.Red]

1 hour ago, frenchred said:

Appointed on a 3 and half year contract in December, sacked after 12 games! Now that is panicking by the QPR board

Surprised they didn't go for Gareth Ainsworth 

[Vidal]

I heard Critchley is one of the very few coaches in uk football to have the elite coaching badge. 

[The Gasbuster]

1 hour ago, alexukhc said:

Nathan Jones

Oh Please No !

I NEVER want to hear him ever again.

[The Gasbuster]

23 minutes ago, E.G.Red said:

Surprised they didn't go for Gareth Ainsworth 

Good shout, with him being an ex player, as well.

Perhaps they will now ?

[CodeRed]

Critchley won his first game in charge of QPR - new manager bounce ? - and hasn't won since in the following 11 games. 

That's 18 out of the 24 Championship clubs who have changed manager since the start of the season ....so far!

Crazy division.

 

[TheReds]

They have been truly awful and confidence must be rock bottom, and if they don't get a new manager bounce they could find themselves in a relegation scrap. They have a few 6 pointers as well coming up  - Rotherham away, Blackpool away, Brum Home, Wigan away in their next 6 games. 

[exAtyeoMax]

I didn’t realise they were doing so badly, they were near the top earlier this season

[TheReds]

8 minutes ago, exAtyeoMax said:

I didn’t realise they were doing so badly, they were near the top earlier this season

On Oct 22nd after beating Wigan they were top after 16 games and had 30 points.

So in their last 17 games they've managed to get 9 points, that is just mental.

[exAtyeoMax]

15 minutes ago, TheReds said:

On Oct 22nd after beating Wigan they were top after 16 games and had 30 points.

So in their last 17 games they've managed to get 9 points, that is just mental.

That is bad

[Ronnie Sinclair]

Got rid of Warburton for finishing 9th, and are now in the brown stuff - no sympathy another club with a revolving door on the manager's office

[downendcity]

38 minutes ago, TheReds said:

On Oct 22nd after beating Wigan they were top after 16 games and had 30 points.

So in their last 17 games they've managed to get 9 points, that is just mental.

That's the type of sublime to ridiculous run that we've managed too often in the past.

[TheReds]

24 minutes ago, downendcity said:

That's the type of sublime to ridiculous run that we've managed too often in the past.

I'm not sure if we have even been on one that bad? It does seem an extraordinary run they are on.

[pillred]

47 minutes ago, TheReds said:

I'm not sure if we have even been on one that bad? It does seem an extraordinary run they are on.

Didn't we lose 8 in a row not that long back?

[FNQ]

Chris Martin has played the full 90 in the last two games…. He had to go.

[Sandhurst Red]

8 hours ago, Ronnie Sinclair said:

Got rid of Warburton for finishing 9th, and are now in the brown stuff - no sympathy another club with a revolving door on the manager's office

That's a bit harsh. They brought Beale in, who was a shrewd appointment. Warburton had done ok, but they'd had a really poor finish to the latter part of last season, with some issues behind the scenes apparently.

Hardly their fault that Beale decided to leave after 3 months when Rangers came calling. Was he still at the helm, I've no doubt QPR would comfortably in the top 6. Based on what he had at his disposal, they were over performing.

That said, they are in turmoil now, and someone needs to come in quickly. The hoops fans I know, want answers from the owners and what DOF Les Ferdinand's plan is - both short and long term. The main issue they have is around revenue generation. Due to location, they can't use Loftus road for anything but football, and added to that is the costs of London - wages etc. Supposedly they are being bailed out to the tune of £1.8m a month, and also have to pay off the huge FFP fine (42m!) they got given 5 years ago. They still have over £25m of that to pay off.... so little income, not sold many players for profit and it's looking quite bleak. 

Another example of why we should be very grateful for what we have. 

 

 

 

[TheReds]

2 hours ago, Sandhurst Red said:

Hardly their fault that Beale decided to leave after 3 months when Rangers came calling. Was he still at the helm, I've no doubt QPR would comfortably in the top 6.

None of us will know, but before he left he did lose 4 from 5 and that was against Brum, Coventry, WBA (they were awful back then)  and Hudds, and that was the start of their rapid downfall. I still cannot see them being anywhere close to where they are now though if he did stay, but think they have had a lot of injuries as well. The new manager really needs some sort of bounce as player and club confidence must be so low, if they don't get some points soon it could get very twitchy for them.

[TheReds]

9 hours ago, pillred said:

Didn't we lose 8 in a row not that long back?

We've had some shockers, but with our streaks we used to have some winning/unbeaten ones under LJ I'd be surprised if we had a run of 17 games with only 9 points. I think our worst run under NP was when we were already safe, so without discounting it, there were a few other factors at play too.