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[Kevin Mcleod]

What exactly makes us a BIG club in the championship?

The parachute payment?

That and the wealth and frugalness of the board.

[Hitman34]

That and the wealth and frugalness of the board.

I think you ment dougleness mate

#fatherted

[Stanley]

Which could have been averted by that very same Board by means of doing something productive in the January transfer window.

But that's in the past now, so why harp on about it, and every other opportunity to be negative.

Which invites the conclusion that they were already resigned to their lucrative stadium project's failure back then, hence just damage limitation.

"Which invites to conclusion" of a serial pessimist, and is purely speculative based on no concrete evidence.

I wouldn't speak so frankly to a stranger but as I know you, I feel I can.

[Kirill]

Ha, haven't seen an alternative logical explanation of their January inaction as of yet. Unless they actually thought we'd survive with Harry and zero squad reinforcement, but one would struggle to apply the adjective "logical" to this explanation

[1QPRDK]

I think they wanted to spend some money, but not unreasonable amounts on Harrys usual suspects on long contracts. Harry probably fuming, and Les as messenger saying again and again: "Sorry Harry, the board says no. They like the idea of *insert-your-favourite-Harry-has-been* at QPR, but will not approve of a 5 year deal for 100k a week"

The rest, as they say, is history...

[Stanley]

Ha, haven't seen an alternative logical explanation of their January inaction as of yet. Unless they actually thought we'd survive with Harry and zero squad reinforcement, but one would struggle to apply the adjective "logical" to this explanation

Of course there was a 'logical explanation' for that. Les had arrived, his position undermined Harry due to his influence over TF and his tightening the purse-strings over Harry's unrealistic transfer requests. TF was beginning to lose faith in Harry by then and if a manager he'd trusted had been in place he would have backed him in the window. He then gambled on CR managing to keep us up, but the gamble didn't pay off.

[1QPRDK]

Of course there was a 'logical explanation' for that. Les had arrived, his position undermined Harry due to his influence over TF and his tightening the purse-strings over Harry's unrealistic transfer requests. TF was beginning to lose faith in Harry by then and if a manager he'd trusted had been in place he would have backed him in the window. He then gambled on CR managing to keep us up, but the gamble didn't pay off.

[superhoop67]

Of course there was a 'logical explanation' for that. Les had arrived, his position undermined Harry due to his influence over TF and his tightening the purse-strings over Harry's unrealistic transfer requests. TF was beginning to lose faith in Harry by then and if a manager he'd trusted had been in place he would have backed him in the window. He then gambled on CR managing to keep us up, but the gamble didn't pay off.

in your opinion

[stanistheman]

Of course there was a 'logical explanation' for that. Les had arrived, his position undermined Harry due to his influence over TF and his tightening the purse-strings over Harry's unrealistic transfer requests. TF was beginning to lose faith in Harry by then and if a manager he'd trusted had been in place he would have backed him in the window. He then gambled on CR managing to keep us up, but the gamble didn't pay off.

In which case TF should have sacked him in Dec or early January and replaced him with someone he could make funds available for. Thereby giving QPR a proper chance to stay up.

[Kirill]

In which case TF should have sacked him in Dec or early January and replaced him with someone he could make funds available for. Thereby giving QPR a proper chance to stay up.

Amen.

[Stanley]

In which case TF should have sacked him in Dec or early January and replaced him with someone he could make funds available for. Thereby giving QPR a proper chance to stay up.

I agree but as I say, he was probably hedging his bets thinking that Harry would have still done enough to keep us up, even without backing him in January. He then would have replaced him in the summer, but never anticipated Harry walking end of Jan. Hindsight is always a wonderful thing. I agree he should have got rid of him sooner though, I was just providing Kirill with his 'logical explanation'

[Kirill]

I agree but as I say, he was probably hedging his bets thinking that Harry would have still done enough to keep us up, even without backing him in January. He then would have replaced him in the summer, but never anticipated Harry walking end of Jan. Hindsight is always a wonderful thing. I agree he should have got rid of him sooner though, I was just providing Kirill with his 'logical explanation'

Am I alone in getting a bout of cognitive dissonance out of these two phrases combined?

[Kevin Mcleod]

Half of Tony Out!