Wednesday January 31st
Q.P.R. 0 Fulham 2
   

A game that will be forever remembered for two serious injuries and a protest against Chris Wright. It was a local derby that we never looked like winning. A goal in each half killed us off but Chris Kiwomya missed several easy chances to get us a point.

The main news and disappointment came in the first half. Clarke Carlisle went in for a tackle and fell nastily on his knee. The stretcher was brought on and it looked bad. It later emerged that Clarke had a crutiate knee ligament injury and will miss the rest of the season.

Just ten minutes later the same fate befell Richard Langley. Langley suffered a similar fall and walked off but the injury was the same and this was the end of Langleys season.

At the end of the game Chris Wright was abused by some QPR fans which has seen him resign as chairmen of QPR and he is refusing to attend any more QPR games this season

The following was posted on the QPR Mailing List about Chris Wright and Gerry Francis and sums up the mood after this game

Having seen a small group of long-standing fans storm out of nowhere to abuse Tony Incenzo the other night (funny) and then hurl abuse at the Director's Box (not funny), I can't see any protests against Francis materialising. It was a real case of turn yer clocks back to the Thomspon protests with the very same people who were larging it then and hailing Wright as the messiah not long ago now telling him to go.

Apparently, Wright should f*** off because he won't give Gerry money to spend and it's no wonder Gerry has had enough. If Wright doesn't get his wallet out we'll lose Gerry again and he's what's keeping us alive. He's 100% Rangers and is being asked to work miracles. Heard that somewhere before - seem to remember us having 3 England internationals at the time. Incidentally, the chaps who stood near Nick Blackburn hurling abuse and demanding to know where Wright was weren't to know that for some reason, Wright chose to watch the match standing by the VIP's gangway just behind the directors' area.

The guys had no idea as they shouted and were then dragged away that Wright had been standing a few feet away the whole time and saw and heard everything. People then shouting abuse at Incenzo at the end of the match, pointing at him and literally blaming him for the whole thing was both funny and sick. Ironic that the people slating the ultimate Francis apostle should accuse him of being the board's spin doctor when these chaps have spent years reading about Gerry the warrior, master tactician who digs up gems against the odds and loves his Rangers and have swallowed every single word.

Two blokes were shouting at Tony about the shite he puts on the website (they weren't referring to it being 5 days out of date), when Gerry Francis is featured on the site 3-4 times a week and Wright what...twice a year? Total interviews with board members say 4-5 times a year? Amazing.

Just remember anyone planning to protest against Francis - he's a diamond. Best manager we've ever had and if only he had some money, we wouldn't be in this mess. Wright must before we lose Gerry, our hero. It was always going to come to this. From the moment Francis was allowed back in it was a timebomb - only a matter of time before people were protesting against Wright. That's how Francis operates. It's what he did last time and he's shown he's prepared to drag the club through the mire rather than have himself blamed.

Thompson was a weak man who knew it was in QPR's best interests to get shot of Francis but was more concerned with his own position and gave into him rather than face the flak. Wright, I hope and believe, is for all his bad points a stronger man and he has to do what's best by the club and take action to stop it being dragged into the gutter.

There's a relegation battle on and some young players in the middle of it. We can't afford to have Francis lording it and trying to stir up the kind of crap that happened before.