Former Queens Park Rangers manager Neil Warnock feels that he was prematurely sacked as QPR boss after a poor run in form which has seen the club fall to within a point of the Premier League relegation zone.
Warnock was sacked on Sunday, and QPR have already named Mark Hughes as his replacement, but the 63-year-old Warnock believes that his firing was unwarranted given his achievements at the club.
“I take full responsibility for what’s happened and where we are. We are in the Premier League and it’s a fabulous league,” Warnock told Sky Sports News.
“I think I have probably done 10 years’ work in 22 months the things I have had to put up with and deal with at the club.
“I am disappointed to leave now. I could see the hard work we had done with two or three additions, but that’s life.
“I just want to thank all the fans, the fans have been fantastic with the response over the last few days.
“I would like to give a massive thank you to everybody at QPR and it’s been an amazing ride, where we were when I took over and what’s happened.”
Former Manchester City boss Mark Hughes, who was arguably fired prematurely at Eastlands, will succeed Warnock at Loftus Road.
Irony? I think so.
“It’s a great feeling to be back in football and to be the Manager of QPR,” Hughes told the club’s official website.
“I’m fully aware of the challenge in the short and long term and I am genuinely excited about the ambition of the owners.
“Nobody can doubt the history of this great Football Club and the passion of its fantastically loyal supporters.
“Now the immediate priority is to consolidate our place in the Barclays Premier League, but beyond that, the future is very bright and fills me with great enthusiasm.”
As previously mentioned, Warnock has not exited Loftus Road quietly.
The former Sheffield United manager warned Mark Hughes that a managerial change does not guarantee better results on the pitch.
“I think at the end of the day somebody buys the club and Tony [Fernandes] has a decision to make and he stands by or falls [by it],” Warnock added.
“I think it is the wrong decision because I am biased.
“People think every time you get a new manager it works, but we will have to see to see.
“I still felt very confident. We have been so close in the last ten games to nearly winning every game, but individual errors etc.
“But at the end of the day decisions have to be made and I get on with it.”
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