VillaAndLoyal Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Anyone else watch this documentary after MOTD? Extremely interesting and followed the Club behind-the-scenes over the past four years: from the time they were taken over until their promotion to the Premier League at the end of last season. I cannot for the life of me work out why QPR allowed the BBC to film and broadcast some of the things i've just witnessed. In my opinion it made them look terrible - from caretaker managers being verbally abused by the owners, to the owners discussing sending text messages to the management staff about the team selection during games, to Flavio Briatore threatening to sell the club because fans dared to boo him inside the ground. It was fascinating and disturbing at the same time and I can't understand how anyone could say this reflects positively on the Club. What it did do is give ordinary fans like you and I a massive insight into what really happens behind the scenes at football clubs in this day and age - albeit this was perhaps an extreme example. I couldn't help but make comparisons between QPR and Aston Villa. In the first two/three seasons after QPR's takeover, they had no 'football men' running things from the top - just big business men with even bigger egos - and it showed. They got through a succession of managers - or 'idiots' as they were branded - and it was only when that management structure and the Boards approach changed, that changes started to occur on the pitch. An argument put forward by many a Villa fan recently is that these poor decisions from the top of our Club also stem from the fact that we are being run by people who don't come from footballing backgrounds - and thus don't know how to run a PL football club effectively. Is the problem which we saw highlighted on this programme at QPR also a mirror image to what is happening at Villa Park? For those who haven't watched it, I highly recommend you watch it back on BBC iplayer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuck Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Would really like to see this, heard it's a great watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyClarke Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Some of the behaviour was shocking to be honest. For the fans sake it is a good job they had that Amit guy around, the only one who comes out of it with any credit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanvilla_1994 Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Was an interesting documentary. Thought that Amit Bhatia came across very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andykeenan Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Can watch it in full. Great watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAAOsPMkYWk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 I think Chelsea probably make them look like a well run outfit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si. Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 I thought it was hilarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted March 5, 2012 Moderator Share Posted March 5, 2012 Didn't see that but did see Tony Fernandes' interview with Jeff on Soccer Saturday. Very impressive chap. I'm rooting for his F1 team this year and I can't help but wish QPR stay up too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 ^ Saw the interview too, agree he comes across as an owner which is quite set in making it work and is actually decent.. though getting rid of Warnock was the only question mark for me.. Watching this docu now and am actually quite shocked with some of the footage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slovenian Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 great watch, football through the eyes of millionaires .. makes Briatore look like a proper rocker polisher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevMur Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 It was absorbing stuff. I wonder how much footage they had to work with, editing it into something coherent was a massive undertaking and the finished product was excellent. It was amazing how quickly the likes of Souza, Hart & Magilton came and went. It was hilarious at times too, Briatore telling them to send some guy on as a sub, they did and the guy scored. Briatore is up in the stand, with the Italian hands gestures, "What did I tell you?" But you could tell he hadn't a clue about the game really. The sacking of Warnock seems all the more callous too, especially the way he turned things around. He seemed to own the place as soon as he walked through the door. I know lots of people think he's a prick, but I was impressed by what the documentary showed of him last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Just finished watching it.. must admit Amit came across really well throughout that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 was JG in it at all ?.. wasn't one of the first things they did when they took over to sack him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Didn't see that but did see Tony Fernandes' interview with Jeff on Soccer Saturday. Very impressive chap. I'm rooting for his F1 team this year and I can't help but wish QPR stay up too. I used to like QPR but the way they have acted in last few months hasnt been great. Signing Barton sacking Warnock who took them up hiring word removed Hughes paying extortionate wages on quite frankly crap players really hope they go down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 It was a great watch. Pretty sure it was just an internal film they decided to do, BBC just brought the rights to broadcast it on English TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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