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Post by Macmoish on Dec 18, 2013 23:29:31 GMT
3 Year Bump (+ few days) Reuter QPR want Redknapp for the long-term - Fernandes If some Tottenham Hotspur fans still have a hankering for their former boss Redknapp, with the North Londoners seeking a replacement for sacked Andre Villas Boas, Fernandes is confident his manager is settled. "You don't have to be a professor at the London School of Economics to realise that the most successful teams have been teams with the longest managers, whether it is (Arsene) Wenger at Arsenal or Alex Ferguson or David Moyes when he was at Everton," he told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday. "I hope and pray that Harry will be with me for a long time. He is the best of the best in my opinion. "He is a top quality manager. Many people come after him but I think he is very happy working with me. I think he has found me a very different chairman from others," added the Malaysian aviation entrepreneur. Fernandes said he would be the last person to say 'he'll be with me until I die' but added he would like that to be the case. QPR were relegated from the Premier League last season after Redknapp replaced the sacked Mark Hughes, now manager of Stoke City, but they are currently two points clear at the top of the Championship. The club have big ambitions, unveiling this month plans for a new 40,000 seat stadium not far from their historic 18,000 seat Loftus Road home in West London. The ground may change but Fernandes was adamant that traditions would be upheld. The AirAsia boss said he was open to selling naming rights for the stadium if that allowed him to keep ticket prices down but he ruled out a change of home kit from blue to red, as Malaysian-owned Cardiff City did. "My life is about making it cheaper. It is not cheap going to watch a football game," said Fernandes, speaking after announcing his latest Airbus plane order worth $6 billion for AirAsia group. "Anything that can help me reduce the price for the average fan I will do." Nor would he countenance a situation like Hull City, where Egyptian-born owner Assem Allam has applied to change the name to Hull Tigers despite a fierce backlash from fans. "I take a different approach to life. I like to talk to my fans, I like to get their feedback. You see me on Twitter talking about whether the stadium should be 30,35,40,000," said Fernandes. "I don't think we have had a single fan against our move because we have managed it differently. I am in the pub with the fans, I am in the stands with the fans. Although they may not physically own the club, the fans are part of the club, without them there is no club, so I think their views have to be taken into consideration. "You buy a tradition," continued Fernandes, who also owns the Caterham Formula One team. "So you try and maintain it. "That doesn't mean we won't alter the badge. I'd love to change (the strip) to red but we bought a club that's blue, so we'll stick with blue. I think QPR is unique name but it's like buying Harrods, why do you want to change it?" (Writing by Alan Baldwin, editing by Ed Osmond) www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/12/19/qpr-want-redknapp-long-term-fernandes |
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Post by Macmoish on Dec 18, 2013 23:30:01 GMT
CUE... WE LOVE YOU TONY
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Post by Bushman on Dec 18, 2013 23:44:59 GMT
Tony can I have one of your planes, so I can go shopping. Nearly forgot.... Love you Tony.  |
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Post by sharky on Dec 18, 2013 23:53:22 GMT
Says the right things does Tony, but is wrong about no fans being against the move. Plenty are, but discussing with the fans what the stadium will include/look like, will assist in that regards.
......oh yes, Love you Tony!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2013 23:12:51 GMT
he is a wrong un.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2013 23:23:23 GMT
"I hope and pray that Harry will be with me for a long time. He is the best of the best in my opinion. "He is a top quality manager. Many people come after him but I think he is very happy working with me. I think he has found me a very different chairman from others," 'I honestly believe we have one of the best managers in the premier league. And we are in for the long term. 'Whatever happens. We love QPR. I'll be there at reading so rangers fans I'll be available to meet and chat. Trust me on this one. Keep the faith. Stability is the key.' [Macmoish: Quote From his support-Hughes www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2224507/Mark-Hughes-seven-days-save-Queens-Park-Rangers-job.html ] |
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Post by sharky on Dec 19, 2013 23:36:29 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2013 0:09:40 GMT
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Post by nomar on Dec 20, 2013 0:36:11 GMT
Aye. If only we had owners like, say, Venkys. |
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Post by alfaranger on Dec 20, 2013 9:03:37 GMT
Aye. If only we had owners like, say, Venkys. Venky's are not the only alternative though. There's Vincent Tan and the Mad Egyptians (Hull and previously Fulham). There are others. There is a commonality in all of them in that they dont give a sh*t about the fans. Oh, they'll make the right noises at times (sometimes they wish them dead) and they'll walk the same path as us as we are sometimes going in the same direction. They all love to be praised like the little gods they think they are. I don't know if we have the same destination in mind though. Its hard to find the words. I know what I feel but can't adequately express it. For help I looked at an Aboriginal website to see if I could get a feel of their relationship with the land. They don't own it but are bonded to it. Now someone else owns it. It's a little like I feel about QPR. When all is torn down and rebuilt in the image of qpr you might see a lone figure in the centre circle playing a didgeridoo. That'll be me. |
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Post by nomar on Dec 20, 2013 21:18:33 GMT
Aye, alfa. Clearly its an emotive subject for many on here.
I don't get to go to Loftus Road for many reasons (if I lived in London I'd be chomping at the bit to let my wife let me have a season ticket) so maybe I don't have that attachment to the stadium that many others have. I just accept that football, like all sports, moves on and at some point you have to either adapt and go with it or you or you get left behind.
Maybe I just don't see the kind of doomsday scenario that some are possibly fearing?
But I do believe QPR could have an awful lot worse of an owner than TF. Whatever his real motives are he does engage with the fans and seems to care about the club. Yes he has an ulterior vested interest and QPR is a vehicle for that but ultimately he's also a sports fan and he clearly gets a buzz out of QPR doing well.
Better than a lot of worse alternatives, all things being equal.
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Post by alfaranger on Dec 21, 2013 12:11:37 GMT
Aye, alfa. Clearly its an emotive subject for many on here. I don't get to go to Loftus Road for many reasons (if I lived in London I'd be chomping at the bit to let my wife let me have a season ticket) so maybe I don't have that attachment to the stadium that many others have. I just accept that football, like all sports, moves on and at some point you have to either adapt and go with it or you or you get left behind. Maybe I just don't see the kind of doomsday scenario that some are possibly fearing? But I do believe QPR could have an awful lot worse of an owner than TF. Whatever his real motives are he does engage with the fans and seems to care about the club. Yes he has an ulterior vested interest and QPR is a vehicle for that but ultimately he's also a sports fan and he clearly gets a buzz out of QPR doing well. Better than a lot of worse alternatives, all things being equal. Nothing wrong with any of that Nomar, it's all just different perspectives really. We're in a good position relatively speaking compared to others. My in laws are Bristol City season ticket holders. Boy did they find some mirth in our situation over the last few years. They were going for a new stadium, lots of investment - a bright future. Oh well! |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2013 19:44:16 GMT
Aye, alfa. Clearly its an emotive subject for many on here. I don't get to go to Loftus Road for many reasons (if I lived in London I'd be chomping at the bit to let my wife let me have a season ticket) so maybe I don't have that attachment to the stadium that many others have. I just accept that football, like all sports, moves on and at some point you have to either adapt and go with it or you or you get left behind. Maybe I just don't see the kind of doomsday scenario that some are possibly fearing? But I do believe QPR could have an awful lot worse of an owner than TF. Whatever his real motives are he does engage with the fans and seems to care about the club. Yes he has an ulterior vested interest and QPR is a vehicle for that but ultimately he's also a sports fan and he clearly gets a buzz out of QPR doing well. Better than a lot of worse alternatives, all things being equal. Aye. You dont understand. |
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Post by nomar on Dec 23, 2013 7:10:08 GMT
Aye, alfa. Clearly its an emotive subject for many on here. I don't get to go to Loftus Road for many reasons (if I lived in London I'd be chomping at the bit to let my wife let me have a season ticket) so maybe I don't have that attachment to the stadium that many others have. I just accept that football, like all sports, moves on and at some point you have to either adapt and go with it or you or you get left behind. Maybe I just don't see the kind of doomsday scenario that some are possibly fearing? But I do believe QPR could have an awful lot worse of an owner than TF. Whatever his real motives are he does engage with the fans and seems to care about the club. Yes he has an ulterior vested interest and QPR is a vehicle for that but ultimately he's also a sports fan and he clearly gets a buzz out of QPR doing well. Better than a lot of worse alternatives, all things being equal. Aye. You dont understand. That's what my wife always says. |
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Post by cpr on Dec 23, 2013 15:38:09 GMT
Maude's just peeved coz our Tone didn't get him a beer in the Adelaide.
What about the bloody NEW TRAINING GROUND AND ACADEMY?
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Post by Macmoish on Dec 24, 2014 7:47:59 GMT
Bump a year and a few days Reuter QPR want Redknapp for the long-term - Fernandes If some Tottenham Hotspur fans still have a hankering for their former boss Redknapp, with the North Londoners seeking a replacement for sacked Andre Villas Boas, Fernandes is confident his manager is settled. "You don't have to be a professor at the London School of Economics to realise that the most successful teams have been teams with the longest managers, whether it is (Arsene) Wenger at Arsenal or Alex Ferguson or David Moyes when he was at Everton," he told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday. "I hope and pray that Harry will be with me for a long time. He is the best of the best in my opinion. "He is a top quality manager. Many people come after him but I think he is very happy working with me. I think he has found me a very different chairman from others," added the Malaysian aviation entrepreneur. Fernandes said he would be the last person to say 'he'll be with me until I die' but added he would like that to be the case. QPR were relegated from the Premier League last season after Redknapp replaced the sacked Mark Hughes, now manager of Stoke City, but they are currently two points clear at the top of the Championship. The club have big ambitions, unveiling this month plans for a new 40,000 seat stadium not far from their historic 18,000 seat Loftus Road home in West London. The ground may change but Fernandes was adamant that traditions would be upheld. The AirAsia boss said he was open to selling naming rights for the stadium if that allowed him to keep ticket prices down but he ruled out a change of home kit from blue to red, as Malaysian-owned Cardiff City did. "My life is about making it cheaper. It is not cheap going to watch a football game," said Fernandes, speaking after announcing his latest Airbus plane order worth $6 billion for AirAsia group. "Anything that can help me reduce the price for the average fan I will do." Nor would he countenance a situation like Hull City, where Egyptian-born owner Assem Allam has applied to change the name to Hull Tigers despite a fierce backlash from fans.
"I take a different approach to life. I like to talk to my fans, I like to get their feedback. You see me on Twitter talking about whether the stadium should be 30,35,40,000," said Fernandes.
"I don't think we have had a single fan against our move because we have managed it differently. I am in the pub with the fans, I am in the stands with the fans. Although they may not physically own the club, the fans are part of the club, without them there is no club, so I think their views have to be taken into consideration."You buy a tradition," continued Fernandes, who also owns the Caterham Formula One team. "So you try and maintain it. "That doesn't mean we won't alter the badge. I'd love to change (the strip) to red but we bought a club that's blue, so we'll stick with blue. I think QPR is unique name but it's like buying Harrods, why do you want to change it?" (Writing by Alan Baldwin, editing by Ed Osmond) www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/12/19/qpr-want-redknapp-long-term-fernandes |
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Post by qprha4 on Dec 24, 2014 8:09:02 GMT
A year is a long time… From a new training ground to a new stadium to Harry signing a new deal…
Time will tell, personally I would just like to be told facts and stop being fed rubbish.
I'll believe it when I see it.
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Post by Macmoish on Dec 22, 2015 10:03:19 GMT
Bump 2 years
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Post by Macmoish on Dec 22, 2016 18:51:08 GMT
Flashback 3 Years and a couple of days
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