Hoop Dreams - QPR FC

QPR managed to call time on their run of defeats last night, but only because their fixture against Watford was postponed due to torrential rain.

But despite receiving a game's reprieve, manager Mick Harford still isn't confident of keeping his job after five defeats in the last six games.

"There's rumours flying in that I'm not going to be here after tonight, rumours that 'X' is coming in," said Harford, speaking to The Sun.

"It's typical with QPR but, if it is for the good of the club, I'm all for it."

On getting the job, I suggested that Harford would be desperate to make the most of this job, after a series of caretaker roles and less than successful permanent appointments in the past.

It now seems that he is resigned to another caretaker role though and has admitted himself that another manager could be more qualified to do the job than him.

If that is truly how he feels, it is best that the club appoint someone new as quickly as possible though I fear they could lose further ground in the table as the new guy inevitably takes a few games to adjust to the team.

In that sense, if the current rumours have any validity, Neil Warnock would surely be a more risk-free appointment than Lothar Matthaus, as he has bags of experience in the Championship, will surely be relatively well versed in the QPR squad and is far from lacking in the necessary confidence to make his own decisions.

Harford could have been forgiven being slightly more bullish. I mean it's not like QPR lost again last night, though rain in west London was responsible instead of an actual performance on the pitch.

There is still little in the way of explanation on the QPR website though, which doesn't compare favourably with the Watford site (which has a full interview with their manager Malky Mackay about why the game was off).

Some supporters were left confused as the club posted a message before 6pm yesterday saying that the game was on and that 'at this stage, there is no risk of the game being postponed' despite heavy rain throughout yesterday afternoon and forecasts for it to continue into last night.

As late as 6.35pm, the Watford Observer was reporting that a second pitch inspection was to be held, with no news released that the game was off till roughly 7.10pm, less than an hour until the kick-off.

You'd almost think QPR didn't want to play at the moment.