Lucien

[quote user="Gingerpele"] they just haven''t been able to spend quite the same amount of money, but they essentially did last season, what Man.C are doing this season.[/quote] What its like in your imaginary world? Obviously gets confusing from time to time. [quote user="Gingerpele"]because QPR deserve to get relegated :[/quote] Why? Never have understood the animus against our little club on here, which is a shame, because if you''ve been through what we''ve been through at QPR, you tend to have sympathy with other smaller clubs. I''d like to see all three promoted sides stay up.

Oh, poor Chelsea, so hard done by, with so few resources, always so even handed to match officials. And the indignity of having to play on a tiny pitch with opposition supporters within touching distance. How the canaries grieve for the billionaires. How ironic.

I don''t think it was a fluke. I think Chelsea caved in under the unfamilar pressure of a proper local derby in a tiny stadium with the crowd right up ''em and within touching distance. There were 22 players on the pitch when the goal went in, and the resultant meltdown was the result of pressure, off and on the park.

Quiet? It was brilliant at Fulham, even the cottaging message boards acknowledge how they were outsung when 6-0 up. On the pitch we were comically awful, then again half the defence didn''t even make it to the starting line up. We''ve got a couple of weeks to prepare for Blackburn at home, injuries and suspensions should have cleared up by then. We''re having fun and we''ll be back. And win or loose, we''ll have a laugh. XX

QPR fan in peace - and I mean it: I spent a fair bit of my childhood in N.Norfolk, always looked for the NC result. I''m here because someone suggested that the QPR presence here was down to Rs fans bigging up the side recently. Not true. I think quite a few Rs fans took note of the ranting on here when so many people were pre-judging the Faurlin issue without regard to the complex facts of that case. And then we were apparently doomed pre season in these parts, when in reality a take over had been in the offing for months. There is still a lot of misrepresentation about the club which you wont see re NC on QPR report etc. Attendances: QPR are just around the corner from two other prem clubs as you know. That is the context in which figures must be placed. We''ve always been a small club, and sometimes out performed our neighbours given fan base, more so in the glory days of the late 60s and 70s. Being pipped to the title by Liverpool on the last day is QPR''s biggest acheivement IMO. We''ve always had eccentric owners and a few really special players - again, as older NC fans will know. It''s always been a circus. That''s who we are. The financial base is actually pretty solid at the moment but no one counts chickens down the bush. Someone else on here wrote they would rather finish bottom with the Norwich set up than 10th with ours. Well, I''d beg to differ, and I''m sure at heart quite a few canaries would agree. To an extent, you do need to spend money to stay up, that may be good or it may not, but it is the way of the world .Remember, we''ve been near oblivion recently, and the glory days were history. Nope, we dont have the strongest strke force right now, but I can imagine the flak we''ll get in some quarters when that is remedied. Feels like we''re damned if we do and damned if we don''t, in some quarters, but we''ll survive. It is a bit strange to me that people here don''t begrudge Man C or Chelsea their activities but get het up when Colin has to sort a few things at the 11th hour, things which needed doing. We''re just trying to survive, good times and bad. Just like you, in fact. At least the Chelsea fans are glad to have a proper local derby in the diary again... Norwich and QPR have bigger fish to fry than each other. Good luck with it. And avoid orange Italians...