DAVID DAVIES'S MATCHDAY PROGRAMME NOTES
28 December 2003
Good afternoon everybody and welcome back to Loftus Road. I trust you all had a very enjoyable Christmas Day and you are here refreshed!
It's been a very busy period for the club since the last home game against Hartlepool. And unfortunately the question of club finances have caught the headlines. In answer to queries concerning whether the club is in a position to turn down transfer offers for our star players without the much promised major investment - the short answer is still no!
As many of you with long memories would realise QPR has been a selling club in the past. Without wanting to enter in to the debate about whether or not this was wise or unwise at the time at which our star players were let go, it's clear that with our current good vein of form, it's in no-one's interest to do so. However, the current position is that investment needs to come into the club - and pretty damn quick.
However, far from causing panic, my comments have elicited a number of very positive responses from a couple of people who have looked at putting investment in to the club, as well as the regeneration of the existing Hoops Fund.
For those of you who were listening in to Phil Parry, Ian Holloway, Robert Elms, Justin Pieris and the general QPR love-in a week ago on BBC London it's clear that there is a willingness for old rivalries to be buried to create a rolling-fund that will give cash to a fan based group that will cutting a cross all the interested parties to invest in the club and bring a new voice to the table.
The original Hoops Fund was intended to do that, however for various reasons failed to hit its target. This reinvigoration of that kind of fund can only be good for this club and any queries regarding it should be directed to QPR First, and Andrew Goss, who are leading the regeneration of the fund.
The original fear of selling players came from various managers, websites and scouts. Every week we are well aware that various managers come to games.
By definition this doesn't mean that they are looking to buy our players, but that they are looking at what is going on in the game and their interest is matched by many managers who see QPR as a well structured hard working team, who play efficient and attractive football.
Times are hard and our players may attract interest from a number of teams. Nevertheless we want to give Ian Holloway the best chance possible of getting this team in to Division One and major investment will help us go a long way to realising that dream.
Happy New Year everybody
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