Breaking News. Chris Ramsey Handed Three Year Contract As QPR Head Coach.

[Bluehoop]

This appointment is not about next week, next month or even next season. It's about the long term future of our Club. The strategy had to change and it had to change now. We cannot buy ready made superstars under the age of 25 and cannot change raw potential into performing ability in 5 minutes. So it will take time and yes people will moan like hell next season if we are not in the top half of the table. But the Club must stick with the blueprint no matter how loud the moaning becomes. I want a Rangers I can be proud of in 5+ years time and with ongoing sustainability, not just a team of unmotivated under performers signing up for another disastrous tilt at the PL the season after next.

[Johnnykc]

I'm pleased.

CR can now either stand or fall on his own decisions and more importantly,as a club, we are getting things sorted nice and early..... maybe the dawn of a new way of thinking?

It's very easy to whine about this being a poor decision, as unless you are Alex Ferguson or Arsene Wenger, there is an awfully good chance that the doom mongers will be proved right.

[acricketer]

Good decision in my book. Ramsey has been given time to build his own team, looks to bring on young players and has the support of the dressing room. I like the way he conducts himself, gives respect and gets respect. I think he'll do well.

[ArthurQPR_NYC]

This is absolutely true, but this thread alone is showing that plenty of fans do not have the patience for us ever to rebuild this club the way it needs.

If we don't start strongly next year, which is extremely likely given the amount of change that needs to happen in the playing staff, they'll be the ones demanding he be sacked, demanding new signings, and demanding instant improvement.

This is long term, it has to be. Coming straight back up is not the be all and end all next year. Showing signs that the ethos of the club is changing and getting back to being QPR again is the important thing.

Good post.

As for myself, a bit disappointed we didn't go after Warburton, as he'd be a perfect bloke to build long term with. But pleased and of course will support CR fully nonetheless.

now lets see if we can quickly sort out the squad and get the right players in for a proper season.

[brightonr]

Sky have premier league records as follows (tried to attach an image but assume it was too large)

Ramsey 21%
Warnock 20%
Hughes 20%
Redknapp 19%

And that doesn't take into account that Ramsey signed NO players of his own, but was left to form some sort of team from everybody else's leftovers/wastes of space.

I will certainly be giving him 100% backing until he starts regularly repeating mistakes, like the last idiot.

[Kevin Mcleod]

Genuine question here (i promise weare)
What's the difference between a head coach and a manager?
And what other clubs i might of heard of have a 'head coach', and not a 'manager'?

[Rangers77]

Good post.

As for myself, a bit disappointed we didn't go after Warburton, as he'd be a perfect bloke to build long term with. But pleased and of course will support CR fully nonetheless.

now lets see if we can quickly sort out the squad and get the right players in for a proper season.

We did go after Warburton, but he wants to be a manager, not a coach. Les is in charge.....

[Rangers77]

Genuine question here (i promise weare)
What's the difference between a head coach and a manager?
And what other clubs i might of heard of have a 'head coach', and not a 'manager'?

Coach uses the players brought for him. By Les.

[The Legendary No. 10]

We will be in league 1 before fernandes sacks this clown

You really are a miserable doom monger, how about getting behind the manager and team once in a while, virtually all your posts are full of negatives.
Personally wish Chris all the very best, ursssssssssss

[The Merry Ploughboy]

Good luck to Chris and Les, hope most show lots of paitence and not the knee jerk some on here are.
Going to take a good while rebuilding the shambles our club is in, that's down to Hughes, Saggychops and Tone having his pants pulled down. Give em a chance FFS

[gator]

As a long time QPR fan I will support the team no matter what, I just can't understand how so many are pleased with this news, am I missing something? I understand Ramsey inherited someone else's players but to me he only showed tactical ineptness and proved he wasn't up to the job, we shall see!

[stationcafe]

Genuine question here (i promise weare)
What's the difference between a head coach and a manager?
And what other clubs i might of heard of have a 'head coach', and not a 'manager'?

Manager chooses who to sign à la Wenger, Fergie, Mourinho. Head coach just does with what he's given by the board, like they do at Newcastle, Spurs etc.

[stationcafe]

On a serious note, 50-50 with this one. We've gone from appointing managers with loads of experience for a sh*t load of money, to a manager with no experience and not a lot of money. Can we just find something in the middl? Will get behind him though, for three weeks at least...

My thoughts exactly. One extreme to another.

Basically this appointment is purely so Les can handle Ramsey as he wants like a puppet on a string.

Doesnt matter who the coach or manager is now.. Les is running the club.

Yep. I don't know if that's a good thing tbh. Glad to have Ramsey as coach and they'll get my support, but I don't think another relegation is off the cards. If Fer, Philips, Austin all move on and we try to replace them with free signings and lower league prospects our form will reflect that.

[surrey_hoop]

As a long time QPR fan I will support the team no matter what, I just can't understand how so many are pleased with this news, am I missing something? I understand Ramsey inherited someone else's players but to me he only showed tactical ineptness and proved he wasn't up to the job, we shall see!

Have to say, I am very surprised by how positvely everyone has taken this appointment - thought it would be 50/50 at best. Like you, I must be missing something. It can be argued all day long about how this was someone else's team, but Ramsey didn't improve us even in the slighest as far as I could tell. We have a huge re-building job on our hands, which needs an experienced manager at the helm...not a glorified youth coach. As another poster has already intimated, this appointment smacks of monkey and organ grinder stuff as pertains to Ramsey and Ferdinand - Sir Les is effectively running the club both on and off field at this point.

[West London is Rss]

I would be happy with this appointment if we had gone through a proper interviewing process, looked at other candidates and though CR was still the man... and The fact is we havent.

Once again we have given the job to the 1st person who has asked for it.

He may be a good coach but he has taken us down, being what looks to be 3 or 6 points short