‘Wild Thing’ didn’t have a cat in hell’s chance of success in west London. The club is a wreck, bereft of depth, quality, a director of football and - as of this week - a chairman.
Pep Guardiola could man the dugout at Loftus Road this season and he’d still wind up crying into his polo neck. So what chance has poor old Marti Cifuentes got?
A catastrophic overspend during the close-but-not-quite reign of Mark Warburton, compounded by historic debt and an ongoing failure to produce saleable assets, has left Rangers in a lopsided arm wrestle with Financial Fair Play.
Last season was win or bust for QPR; promotion or destitution, and we all know how that turned out.
Ainsworth kept them up - just - but the writing was on the wall and a tenth defeat from 14 Championship games this season brought the curtain down on the 50-year-old’s brief, pointless tenure.
The football was poor. The results even worse. Cifuentes, a devotee of Johan Cruyff, has promised to change all that, but unless he’s planning on signing the Dutch World Cup squad of 1974 then the idea of QPR playing their way out of trouble is pie in the sky.
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CAM'S GOAL LEAVES MIKE FEELING BLUE
CARLISLE manager Mike Williamson said he could understand the frustration of the traveling fans after his side were booed off following a narrow defeat to Tranmere at Prenton Park.
MOORE WANTS SOME MORE
DARREN Moore hopes the win at promotion rivals Doncaster Rovers will prove to be a turning point for his Port Vale side.
SHRIMPS BID TO STIR THINGS UP
DEREK Adams wants his Morecambe side to build on a 'really big result' against Tranmere on New Year's Day when they visit Newport this afternoon.
'Don't blame this all on Freddie'
PAUL Heckingbottom leaped to the defence of Freddie Woodman after the Preston goalkeeper's mistake so nearly resulted in defeat against Oxford.
FORSON DOUBLE STUNS SKY BLUES
NORWICH head coach Johannes Hoff Thorup told goal hero Amankwah Forson to enjoy the moment after the substitute scored twice in injury-time to earn his side a scarcely believable win over Coventry City.
MCNALLY FIRES IN AS ROBINS FLY HIGH
LIAM Manning predicted a quiet transfer window in terms of signings after seeing his improving Bristol City side move up to eighth in the table - just three points off the playoff zone.
Danny downcast at wasteful Owls
FRUSTRATED Sheffield Wednesday boss Danny Rohl admitted he was \"more disappointed than happy\" after watching his side waste a succession of first-half chances before scraping a draw against Millwall.
ALLEN NO ORDINARY JOE, SAYS WILLIAMS
SWANSEA boss Luke Williams paid tribute to supersub Joe Allen after his injury-time goal claimed a point against West Bromwich Albion.
