Comments on: An Open Letter to Flavio Briatore and the Board of QPR http://blog.jameshiggs.com/2009/04/11/an-open-letter-to-flavio-briatore-and-the-board-of-qpr/ James Higgs's Blog Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:53:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Valerie http://blog.jameshiggs.com/2009/04/11/an-open-letter-to-flavio-briatore-and-the-board-of-qpr/comment-page-1/#comment-21743 Valerie Sat, 09 Oct 2010 01:45:04 +0000 http://blog.jameshiggs.com/?p=248#comment-21743 Whoever doesnt want to pay for memberships, can by all means divert the money to my mortgage...lol Some of you sound like you have more money than sense. Wish I had that problem..lol (though rolling eyes) Where is your patriotism? Teams go through highs and lows, and these days it seems, that when it is low, we all get on our high horses and do what we can to destabilise even more....Well done!!! Whoever doesnt want to pay for memberships, can by all means divert the money to my mortgage…lol Some of you sound like you have more money than sense. Wish I had that problem..lol (though rolling eyes) Where is your patriotism? Teams go through highs and lows, and these days it seems, that when it is low, we all get on our high horses and do what we can to destabilise even more….Well done!!!

]]> By: Adam http://blog.jameshiggs.com/2009/04/11/an-open-letter-to-flavio-briatore-and-the-board-of-qpr/comment-page-1/#comment-8964 Adam Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:34:18 +0000 http://blog.jameshiggs.com/?p=248#comment-8964 Support another club? It isn't a complicated thought. Support another club? It isn’t a complicated thought.

]]> By: Oliver http://blog.jameshiggs.com/2009/04/11/an-open-letter-to-flavio-briatore-and-the-board-of-qpr/comment-page-1/#comment-2915 Oliver Wed, 20 May 2009 12:00:58 +0000 http://blog.jameshiggs.com/?p=248#comment-2915 Higgis, I completely agree with you. Business model? Firing managers and having to pay their golden parachute doesn't make sense. Buying players? Yeah, we could have 2 squads full of midfielders without a proper striker, since we sent Dex on loan. Stadium "hospitality"? Worst seats ever, worst view of the pitch Meddling with the team choice, instability, value for money... I'm not paying 600£ to be depressed every time I watch a game or I read the news about the club... They thought they'd attract a new crowd, they sure did, but you can be sure that, just as me, they won't come back Higgis, I completely agree with you.
Business model?
Firing managers and having to pay their golden parachute doesn’t make sense.
Buying players?
Yeah, we could have 2 squads full of midfielders without a proper striker, since we sent Dex on loan.
Stadium “hospitality”?
Worst seats ever, worst view of the pitch
Meddling with the team choice, instability, value for money…

I’m not paying 600£ to be depressed every time I watch a game or I read the news about the club…
They thought they’d attract a new crowd, they sure did, but you can be sure that, just as me, they won’t come back

]]> By: Animal http://blog.jameshiggs.com/2009/04/11/an-open-letter-to-flavio-briatore-and-the-board-of-qpr/comment-page-1/#comment-2897 Animal Sat, 16 May 2009 22:56:02 +0000 http://blog.jameshiggs.com/?p=248#comment-2897 COCK! COCK!

]]> By: Richard http://blog.jameshiggs.com/2009/04/11/an-open-letter-to-flavio-briatore-and-the-board-of-qpr/comment-page-1/#comment-2895 Richard Sat, 16 May 2009 22:03:28 +0000 http://blog.jameshiggs.com/?p=248#comment-2895 So James, you urge me to not renew my season ticket. I can't think of a polite way to tell you to pi## off. I support my team regardless of what the board is up to, I suspect the whingers who are crying about loosing their club have been whipped up by internet forums like this one. I think the reason you are getting so many negative responses is because you are like a small child throwing his toys out of the pram and most fans do not share your views. So my toys will stay firmly in my pram and my bum will be firmly planted in R block and my vocal cords will get a good work out every couple of weeks. I hope you enjoy your Saturday afternoons next season, I know I will! So James, you urge me to not renew my season ticket. I can’t think of a polite way to tell you to pi## off. I support my team regardless of what the board is up to, I suspect the whingers who are crying about loosing their club have been whipped up by internet forums like this one. I think the reason you are getting so many negative responses is because you are like a small child throwing his toys out of the pram and most fans do not share your views. So my toys will stay firmly in my pram and my bum will be firmly planted in R block and my vocal cords will get a good work out every couple of weeks. I hope you enjoy your Saturday afternoons next season, I know I will!

]]> By: Andy Ward http://blog.jameshiggs.com/2009/04/11/an-open-letter-to-flavio-briatore-and-the-board-of-qpr/comment-page-1/#comment-2865 Andy Ward Tue, 12 May 2009 13:04:01 +0000 http://blog.jameshiggs.com/?p=248#comment-2865 While not going as far as a full-on boycott, I basically agree with and endorse what you're saying. Next season I'm just going to turn up when I feel like it and at the moment I don't think that's going to be very often. Fans have to vote with their feet for anything to change. Football is too expensive across the board and this won't change while fans allow themselves to be ripped off year after year. While not going as far as a full-on boycott, I basically agree with and endorse what you’re saying. Next season I’m just going to turn up when I feel like it and at the moment I don’t think that’s going to be very often.

Fans have to vote with their feet for anything to change. Football is too expensive across the board and this won’t change while fans allow themselves to be ripped off year after year.

]]> By: higgis http://blog.jameshiggs.com/2009/04/11/an-open-letter-to-flavio-briatore-and-the-board-of-qpr/comment-page-1/#comment-2852 higgis Mon, 11 May 2009 16:44:46 +0000 http://blog.jameshiggs.com/?p=248#comment-2852 I don't want QPR to be a mediocre club any more than I want to jackhammer my own bollocks. I'd love nothing more than to be competitive in the Championship and to build from there into a quality Premiership club with a chance of doing over one of the big boys every now and then. But I don't want to have that at the expense of genuine, loyal QPR fans. The ones who bring their kids - the next generation of fan. The ones who've been going for decades. The ones who've stuck with them through the darkest times. Those people are now being screwed over. And it'll get worse. Can you *imagine* what will happen if we did get to the Premiership. It'll be C-Club city. Did you know that you can get a season ticket at Villa in a decent seat for less than we're paying? It's an absolute scandal. I genuinely would rather be mediocre than fuck over the fans. The club *is* the fans. There's nothing else of any value. My ideal would be some kind of Barcelona style system, but that's just a fantasy. Never going to happen. I understand that. But there are clubs that are doing well that don't just treat long-standing fans like shit. It's simply not necessary. Face it: if Flav had come in and done things properly, we'd have loved him. Remember how we sang "Gigi De Canio, Bernie and Flavio" last season? Imagine if we'd been promoted and Flav had played fair with the fans. It's bad business. Simple as that. I don’t want QPR to be a mediocre club any more than I want to jackhammer my own bollocks. I’d love nothing more than to be competitive in the Championship and to build from there into a quality Premiership club with a chance of doing over one of the big boys every now and then.

But I don’t want to have that at the expense of genuine, loyal QPR fans. The ones who bring their kids – the next generation of fan. The ones who’ve been going for decades. The ones who’ve stuck with them through the darkest times.

Those people are now being screwed over. And it’ll get worse. Can you *imagine* what will happen if we did get to the Premiership. It’ll be C-Club city.

Did you know that you can get a season ticket at Villa in a decent seat for less than we’re paying? It’s an absolute scandal.

I genuinely would rather be mediocre than fuck over the fans. The club *is* the fans. There’s nothing else of any value. My ideal would be some kind of Barcelona style system, but that’s just a fantasy. Never going to happen. I understand that. But there are clubs that are doing well that don’t just treat long-standing fans like shit. It’s simply not necessary.

Face it: if Flav had come in and done things properly, we’d have loved him. Remember how we sang “Gigi De Canio, Bernie and Flavio” last season? Imagine if we’d been promoted and Flav had played fair with the fans. It’s bad business. Simple as that.

]]> By: lee hoops http://blog.jameshiggs.com/2009/04/11/an-open-letter-to-flavio-briatore-and-the-board-of-qpr/comment-page-1/#comment-2851 lee hoops Mon, 11 May 2009 16:31:36 +0000 http://blog.jameshiggs.com/?p=248#comment-2851 Higgis, while I applaud your passion and loyalty, I cannot help but associate your comments with your almost acceptance, nay desire, of QPR being a mediocre club. Again, appreciating the loyalty of Ainsworth et al, I have to concur that no additions to the existing personnel will achieve nothing. The loss, or subsequent ousting of our investors these comments may achieve, serves no other purpose than cast us back into the dark ages. To a degree, I acknowledge that the changes have been somewhat anti-supporter, but in time I truly believe that QPR will be an excellent, high flying club again. It's all our club, so rather than to deconstruct the efforts of us all, why not focus on the positives and get behind the revolution? Higgis, while I applaud your passion and loyalty, I cannot help but associate your comments with your almost acceptance, nay desire, of QPR being a mediocre club. Again, appreciating the loyalty of Ainsworth et al, I have to concur that no additions to the existing personnel will achieve nothing. The loss, or subsequent ousting of our investors these comments may achieve, serves no other purpose than cast us back into the dark ages. To a degree, I acknowledge that the changes have been somewhat anti-supporter, but in time I truly believe that QPR will be an excellent, high flying club again. It’s all our club, so rather than to deconstruct the efforts of us all, why not focus on the positives and get behind the revolution?

]]> By: higgis http://blog.jameshiggs.com/2009/04/11/an-open-letter-to-flavio-briatore-and-the-board-of-qpr/comment-page-1/#comment-2850 higgis Mon, 11 May 2009 16:27:48 +0000 http://blog.jameshiggs.com/?p=248#comment-2850 "there are plenty of other seats, ellersie road for example offers views of an equal quality" There are hardly any seats in Ellerslie Road that have an unobstructed view of both goals. I can't see the penalty spot at the School End - and my seat doesn't qualify as a restricted view one. So god knows what sort of an appalling view you get if they have to admit that it's obstructed. My brother told me that there are seats categorised as "diabolical view". Is that true? They must be in the corner where South Africa Road and the Loft meet I suppose. “there are plenty of other seats, ellersie road for example offers views of an equal quality”

There are hardly any seats in Ellerslie Road that have an unobstructed view of both goals. I can’t see the penalty spot at the School End – and my seat doesn’t qualify as a restricted view one. So god knows what sort of an appalling view you get if they have to admit that it’s obstructed.

My brother told me that there are seats categorised as “diabolical view”. Is that true? They must be in the corner where South Africa Road and the Loft meet I suppose.

]]> By: Ben Humphry http://blog.jameshiggs.com/2009/04/11/an-open-letter-to-flavio-briatore-and-the-board-of-qpr/comment-page-1/#comment-2849 Ben Humphry Mon, 11 May 2009 16:19:13 +0000 http://blog.jameshiggs.com/?p=248#comment-2849 "... more should have been done to relocate these people but there are plenty of other seats..." Our seats in block D are now part of the ever popular C-Club. We'd been sat their for 25 years. We were told that we would have priority for any new seat allocations, once existing season ticket holders had been accommodated, and as a special 'apology', we'd be given any seats in the stadium at the price of the previous season. Sadly, the were no platinum seats available at all, according to the person tasked with looking after us, and even in gold, getting the four seats together that we had previously meant we were allocated seats much further along the stadium side. It wasn't until we arrived for the first game of last season that we discovered a post obscured most of the Loft-end penalty area to varying degrees for all of us. The box office told us that there were no better seats with four together available anywhere. “… more should have been done to relocate these people but there are plenty of other seats…”

Our seats in block D are now part of the ever popular C-Club. We’d been sat their for 25 years. We were told that we would have priority for any new seat allocations, once existing season ticket holders had been accommodated, and as a special ‘apology’, we’d be given any seats in the stadium at the price of the previous season. Sadly, the were no platinum seats available at all, according to the person tasked with looking after us, and even in gold, getting the four seats together that we had previously meant we were allocated seats much further along the stadium side. It wasn’t until we arrived for the first game of last season that we discovered a post obscured most of the Loft-end penalty area to varying degrees for all of us. The box office told us that there were no better seats with four together available anywhere.

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