Don’t look now but ‘Arry Redknapp and QPR are starting to win games and make up ground on the 19 teams ahead of them in the table.
I mean, they couldn’t, could they? Two wins on the bounce and they suddenly sit on level points with Reading and five points away from Aston Villa who sit in 17th place.
Initially it looked like Harry’s usual spend loads ask questions later policy was going to fail but having registered excellent wins away to Southampton and at home to Sunderlandit looks as though QPR are not going to go down without a fight.
I thought the signings of Jermaine Jenas (hasn’t played in years) and Andros Townsend were wild stabs in the dark from Redknapp, but on the evidence of the performances they put in against Sunderland on Saturday these two will be essential to QPR’s chances of survival.
The next six games are absolutely vital to QPR’s season; (a) Villa, (a) Fulham, (h) Wigan, (a) Everton, (h) Stokeand (a) Reading. There is 18 points up for the grabs there and, bar Everton, they face teams that are around them in the table and Redknapp will have to use their current form as motivation for the upcoming fixtures.
If QPR manage to get over half of the 18 points available then we will be talking about ‘Arry pulling off the miracle but if not then it all looks rather grim for Rangers and their fans.
They are the form team, however, at the bottom of the table and if there is one manager who is able to motivate his players then look no further than ‘Arry.