I truly believe QPR being in the Premier League......

[DiegoFulham]

is a good thing, I know this statement sounds weird but they make the league a lot more exciting for us and themselves, Chelsea fans don't really care about us or QPR until we get competitive like City have done with United in recent years, they see us very much so as a big rival likewise and when we play them there is a lot on the line, pride, passion and banter rights... Personally for myself i find that I personally hate Chelsea more then QPR but i always do look forward to playing them because in my mind i could see us having some really good games against them because both teams have very good players in them, with the whole added spice of Fulham Park Rangers, Bellend Hughes, Row Z amora and AJ added. I personally don't want them to go down so the rivalry will continue, I was sort of part relieved that they just managed to stay up, there again at the time, i really wanted those lot down the road to go down too.

[HatterDon]

I agree with you. It's nice having a local rivalry with a club that actually knows we exist. Chelsea are obsessed with Arsenal and Spurs. We're not even on their radar. Derbies against QPR, on the other hand, have meaning and real excitement. I hope they stay up as long as we do.

[DiegoFulham]

I agree with you. It's nice having a local rivalry with a club that actually knows we exist. Chelsea are obsessed with Arsenal and Spurs. We're not even on their radar. Derbies against QPR, on the other hand, have meaning and real excitement. I hope they stay up as long as we do.

Agree, I mean I personally believe that both clubs take it serious, and i'm really surprised that we aren't more of a rival with West Ham nowadays, West Ham for be could be a big rival also, any of you agree or is that just me? 

[jazz hardrockin]

I agree with you. It's nice having a local rivalry with a club that actually knows we exist. Chelsea are obsessed with Arsenal and Spurs. We're not even on their radar. Derbies against QPR, on the other hand, have meaning and real excitement. I hope they stay up as long as we do.

Low expectation?....

[Jack Fulham]

Its a nice rivalry to have as long as we're winning.

[hongkongfulham]

id like for them to be a yoyo team. best of both worlds(ish)

[Rupert]

I agree with you. It's nice having a local rivalry with a club that actually knows we exist. Chelsea are obsessed with Arsenal and Spurs. We're not even on their radar. Derbies against QPR, on the other hand, have meaning and real excitement. I hope they stay up as long as we do.

Just so long as we don't stay up only as long as they do  078.gif

[RolandAJ]

id like for them to be a yoyo team. best of both worlds(ish)

I agree.

A couple minutes on that QPR fansite along with presence of the "ambitious one" and I wanted them to go down in the worst way last spring.  Their spending worries me though, because even a blind squirrel finds a nut every so often.

Roland

[RidgeRider]

id like for them to be a yoyo team. best of both worlds(ish)

I'd sort of like this frankly. I agree with most everything that has been said because having them in the Prem does make us more relevant and the rivalry even more alive, but having them as a yo-yo means they are constantly being challenged financially and with their roster so they don't get too firm a footing in the Prem which will keep them under our feet.  :dft012:

[jazz hardrockin]

Let them go to a lower division where they belong. Rivals??? FCC should start looking at a bigger scalp ,so does the the fans and supporters.

[MJG]

Nope, I hope they drop like a stone and end up going bust.

[BalDrick]

Take out the Hughes factor and them staying up wouldn't have been such a bad thing, but I'm sorry I can't stand that man. The other thing is they have lots of money and once they get a decent manager in, I can see them overtaking us, I really can.

They lost last night (thanks to the Pog, having been 2-1 up with less than 20 minutes to go) and Hughes' hold on that job must be starting to slip.

[Edwatch_Winston_Malone]

I am waiting for them to do a Pompey
/ Leeds Utd..

[TonyGilroy]

I think we should enjoy it while we can. Savour the moment - it doesn't look like it will last.

[filham]

id like for them to be a yoyo team. best of both worlds(ish)

I agree.

A couple minutes on that QPR fansite along with presence of the "ambitious one" and I wanted them to go down in the worst way last spring.  Their spending worries me though, because even a blind squirrel finds a nut every so often.

Roland

Don't worry ,they have found more than one nut already.

[domprague]

Good to have local rivals.

I don't think they will soar, no matter how much cash they have. They have a small fan base and so will never generate much return. There also seems to be an impatience for success which will see a lot of turnover of players and managers.

[General]

Schadenfreude is the only reason! :)

[DiegoFulham]

Nope, I hope they drop like a stone and end up going bust.

so if they go bust you wouldn't care? That would leave us with only Chelsea who at the moment we aren't even close to in terms of footballing wise and little Brentford that nowadays are nothing more then other club, we're moving up, we need to give Chelsea a big derby!!

My first SW6 derby LIVE was the 2-2 draw when Dempsey scored last second.

[Bertie Wooster]

Agree with the author of the thread, after all QPR have decent not glory-hunter fans.
And they hosted us at their home when we were in trouble.
The only thing that annoys me is that we haven't won any major trophy in England whereas they have one League Cup won when they were in third division.
Any how, with the likes of Julio Cesar,  Granero, Cissè, Hoilett and Faurlin, I don't think they will risk to be relegated even if they have an "ambitious" awful manager. . .

[JBH]

Chelsea is our big Derby match, we have been in the premiership for over 10 seasons and have become established at that level.

QPR are local rivals due to their proximity but I don't class them as our main rivals.