NEIL WARNOCK HAS been sacked as manager of Queens Park Rangers.
The former Crystal Palace manager had seen his side slip down towards the Premier League relegation places, having secured just two points from the last eight games, and could only secure a draw against the MK Dons in Saturday’s FA Cup third round tie.
A club statement said on qpr.co.uk: “Queens Park Rangers Football Club has today parted company with manager Neil Warnock.
“The board’s commitment to retaining our Premier League status ultimately led to this decision. QPR assistant manager Mick Jones and first-team coach Keith Curle have also left the club.”
Chairman Tony Fernandes, added: “This decision has been made in the best interests of the club and I can assure everyone that this is not a decision that was made lightly.
“Sadly, our recent run of poor form has seen us slip alarmingly down the table and the board felt it was the right time to make a change.
“Neil has acted with honesty, professionalism and integrity throughout his time at the club, and I would personally like to thank him for his significant contribution to QPR over the last 22 months.
“I genuinely wish him all the very best for the future and he will always be welcome back at Loftus Road.”
The 63-year-old Warnock insists he leaves Loftus Road with his head held high.
“Obviously I’m very disappointed, but having achieved so much, I leave the club with a great sense of pride,” he said.
“I have enjoyed my time here more than anywhere else and the QPR fans have been brilliant with me – they deserve success.
“My biggest regret is that the takeover didn’t happen earlier, because that would have given me the opportunity to bring in the targets I’d pinpointed all last summer and probably given us a better chance to succeed in the Premier League.
“The board at QPR are hugely ambitious and I wish them every success for the future.
“I’ve been involved in the game a long time and I will be spending the immediate future with my family and friends before deciding my next career move.”
QPR currently lie 17th in the Premier League table, just one point ahead of third-from-bottom Bolton Wanderers. Mark Hughes is the early bookies’ favourite to take on the job.
Aussies, known for their sportsmanship, not.
@Minom Pnnomm: will all the bookies pay back the money on bets!!
Don’t know if the fans can handle all this excitement…….
Maybe the ball has asthma….
It’s just not Cricket!
Except it was!
It wouldn’t be the first time an Australian was caught playing with their balls…. In this case it’s safe to say it wasn’t a G’day for the bowler!!!
Most exciting thing to happen in the game for yonks
Such a disappointment for the fans.
Takes away from the game when you’re embarrassed/ashamed instead of proud of your team. Anyways, this too shall pass
I don’t like cricket…. I love it!
Really stupid to cheat the way they did when there are so many camera on them
@Nick Allen: So its ok to cheat away from the cameras?
A bit of moral ambivilance there Nick why am I not surprised?
@Jarlath Murphy:
You know perfectly well what he meant,
A bit early for you to qualify for the days dumbest comment.
@P.J. Nolan: agreed
@Jarlath Murphy:
I should have expected that response from you, if you are going to try and go after me then at least try to do it properly. Please clarify where I said it was okay to cheat.
@P.J. Nolan:
Nicely put
@P.J. Nolan: No I think you already won that accolade!
@P.J. Nolan: No I think you won that accolade!
@Nick Allen: “Really stupid to cheat THAT way”
Is there an alright way to cheat?
@Jarlath Murphy:
So which comment did he make which tops your stupid comment?
@Minom Pnnomm: Well done dont forget to sign back in again and agree with yourself!
@Jarlath Murphy:
I didn’t say it was alright to cheat, I said it was really stupid to cheat that way because he was bound to get caught with all the cameras. If you are going to cheat it would make sense to do it in a way that minimises the chances of getting caught. That doesn’t mean I condone the behaviour it simply points out how dumb it is.
@Nick Allen:
So dumb as in likely to get caught which would imply it would be cleverer to do it in a way that he wouldn’t get caught?
Why not just say it was wrong to cheat?
@Jarlath Murphy: Time to step away from the keyboard. You’re just embarrassing yourself now.
@Jarlath Murphy:
You are obviously struggling with understanding the difference between being ‘dumb’ and having integrity (totally understandable). Of course it is wrong to cheat but I wasn’t commenting on whether cheating is wrong or not, I was commenting on how dumb he was to do it in the manner he did. It’s a bit like how you are highlighting how dumb you are with your comments.
@Ciara Baines: Thanks for your input!
@Nick Allen: And I was merely pointing out how lacking in integrity it would be to suggest that there was a cleverer way to cheat unseen!
@Jarlath Murphy:
You are getting confused. Pointing out what is dumb cheating and what is clever cheating does. It demonstrate a lack of integrity, it just shows an element of critical thinking.
Top tip. I appreciate that you are trying to have a pop at me personally and not my comment, which you are perfectly entitled to do. However, take the hint when other commenters say you have the dumbest comment of the day and time to step away from your keyboard that you may have called this one wrong. Take it in the chin and step away quietly rather than continuing to make a fool of yourself
@Nick Allen: No confusion this end, I don’t value the input of your acolytes so I’ll choose to disregard their guidance but you can thank them from me!
@Jarlath Murphy: well I back her up too. You’re just being stupid now.
@Ardmore02: Goodlad! Nearly a full house Adam/Frank will be along shortly to agree with you!
@Jarlath Murphy:
You write an awful lot of rubbish. Next time you want to accuse me of something trying thinking before writing a comment. It will lessen how stupid you make yourself look.
@Nick Allen: Ahh bless, whats wrong, having a bad day?
@Jarlath Murphy:
What makes you think that? I, and others point out your stupidity and the best you can come up with is that I am having a bad day. Really can’t see how you made that leap but I suppose that when you can’t argue your case and make a stupid statement there is very little left you left to say. As I said, you are probably best just taking it in the chin. Better luck next time, just put a little more thinking into your comments first
@Jarlath Murphy:
will someone take away this mans shovel…
@Jarlath Murphy: We all know what Nick meant. You just took a holier than thou attitude to it for some reason. We all agree that cheating is wrong. We can also all agree that ball-tampering in full view of the cameras is a stupid way of doing it.
https://www.todayfm.com/Gift-Cricket-Yes-We-Can-From-The-Archives
Coming from generations of bushrangers….
F**k cricket.
@Mark Mc Donnell: How?
Muppets. They shud bring back public flogging
Steve Smith is as likeable as a piece of Sandpaper!