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Well, it’s about as reasonable an explanation as anything else doncha think?
Multimillionaires are flocking…actually…multibillionaires are flocking to our aid all of a sudden. Why for so? You incoherently ask!

Could it be Oil, Diamonds, Gold or plain old real estate? Could it be the elegance and poise of Bolder, the balance and robustness of Nygaard or the sight of Ainsworth running in an exaggerated Victorian manner? Just what is it that has attracted this strange bunch of moneymen?

We are about to see the first fruits of this new found wealth, the ready made hero Buzacky, successful loanee’s Vine and Ephraim (fingers crossed). But it’s the supplementary players that’ll make the difference.

After Malcolm’s appearance snoozing on the outside lanes of a motorway recently one hopes his spluttering pilot light has gone out and the United right back loanee ought to be his replacement.

It’s the towering presence of an intelligent centre back that I’m most looking forward to see arrive, don’t mind who, but the continuing absence of such a figure is the biggest threat to our rosy future. We’ll get enough goals through the season, but I’d like them stopped at our end…especially those last minute ones!

We’ve scored some really good goals recently too! Buzacky’s second against Colchester and Rowland’s second against Watford were absolute crackers and it’s very nice to see Blackstock, despite not contributing goals, linking up very effectively with the likes of Buzacky.

New Year is the chance to reassess our hopes and fears and resolve to do better. Personally I hope we are patient, that we don’t try to do it too quickly, but continue to press for good football and a sound foundation for a solid future.

I fear that the Mittal connection is merely a chance to get an idiot son in law out of his hair…no evidence, just couldn’t believe my ears. I also hope that QPR will not become Chelsea…money should be a comfort not a stick to beat others with.

Here’s to a great 2008!

Rogue Male

Just like buses you wait ages for one billionaire to come along, then two turn up at once.

In twenty odd years of following Rangers you get used to good news eventually turning into bad, hope turning into despair, but today’s news that the Mittal family have bought a 20% stake in QPR has bought much joy to the Queens Park Rangers fanbase and particularly in this corner of Northolt.

It was only last July that we had to sell Lee Cook simply to pay a few bills and stay solvent for another month and here we are, six months on, owned by three extraordinarily wealthy men.

We couldn’t look to the future, we didn’t have one. Simply surviving week to week was an achievement, now we could be ready to reach for the stars.

I’ve said before I’d have just been happy to have Briatore on board, here’s a wealthy man who has succeeded in everything he has done but to have him helming the club with Ecclestone and Mittal’s fortunes backing him up is, frankly, staggering.

Of course we’ve (kind of) been here before under Chris Wright so there’s always the worry about what will happen should these guys decide to take their ball (and their wallets) home but that’s for another day.

We can’t say for sure what the future holds for this club now but at least we can be sure we have one. Before we didn’t know if we’d have a club to support a couple of years down the line, now the only question is what sort of club will we be supporting in a couple of years time.

It’ll be exciting finding out though.

Happy Christmas R’s!