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Pressure may be piling up on Chris Ramsey after QPR’s sticky start to the season – but Neil Lennon insists he’s not exempt either!
While expectation levels may differ between Loftus Road and the Macron Stadium, the Whites boss does not consider himself safe from danger and has vowed to keep his focus on moving the club up the table.
Marinus Dijkhuizen and Steve Evans both left their posts this week, barely a fifth of the way through the new season, and Hoops fans are calling for the head of Ramsey following a 4-0 defeat against local rivals Fulham.
But Lennon believes no manager in the second tier can rest easily, such are the demands of the job, and appreciates the backing he has been given by Wanderers supporters during nearly a year in charge.
“There’s pressure on all of us – it’s all relevant,” he said.
“Brentford changed their manager, Steve Evans, who did a remarkable job at Rotherham, has gone. Nothing surprises you in this league.
“Everyone has their own pressures whether it’s to get play-offs, survive or get promoted, so Chris is no different from the other 23 of us.
“Here, it’s hard work and we’ve put a hell of a lot into it. We’re still not out of the woods in terms of the consistency we want to show or where we want to be in the table.
“But I am grateful that there are people who understand the situation and we’re working 24-7 to get it right.
“You saw by the reaction of the fans last week, they went home very happy, but I would have liked to have won the game.
“The signs were good that we can compete against anyone because that was a team that is top of the league.”
Such was the backlash against QPR head coach Ramsey this week that director of football, and former Wanderers striker, Les Ferdinand moved to address the supporters to ask for patience.
After securing the services of Charlie Austin and Matty Phillips over the summer, Ferdinand feels that expectations levels were falsely inflated at Loftus Road.
“People were getting excited and thinking that we’re going to shoot straight back up,” he told WestLondonSport. “We’ve got no divine right to do that.
“As much as we’d love to do that, it’s about patience, about time, about getting the right personnel, and people learning about the new philosophy of the club.
“I spoke at the start of the season and said that this season would be about consolidation for us.
“Now we’ve kept Charlie and Matty, everyone thinks we’re automatically going to go back up.
“It’s changed the game in terms of people’s perceptions in that many are thinking that we’ve kept those two so should go and win the league.
“But we’ve brought 14 new faces into this football club and got rid of 16. It takes time to gel.
“Charlie and Matty are very good players and are assets for this club, but there are other faces who have come in.
“We’re doing our best to get things right. At no stage have we ever said that we’re going to be going straight back up.”
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While expectation levels may differ between Loftus Road and the Macron Stadium, the Whites boss does not consider himself safe from danger and has vowed to keep his focus on moving the club up the table.
Marinus Dijkhuizen and Steve Evans both left their posts this week, barely a fifth of the way through the new season, and Hoops fans are calling for the head of Ramsey following a 4-0 defeat against local rivals Fulham.
But Lennon believes no manager in the second tier can rest easily, such are the demands of the job, and appreciates the backing he has been given by Wanderers supporters during nearly a year in charge.
“There’s pressure on all of us – it’s all relevant,” he said.
“Brentford changed their manager, Steve Evans, who did a remarkable job at Rotherham, has gone. Nothing surprises you in this league.
“Everyone has their own pressures whether it’s to get play-offs, survive or get promoted, so Chris is no different from the other 23 of us.
“Here, it’s hard work and we’ve put a hell of a lot into it. We’re still not out of the woods in terms of the consistency we want to show or where we want to be in the table.
“But I am grateful that there are people who understand the situation and we’re working 24-7 to get it right.
“You saw by the reaction of the fans last week, they went home very happy, but I would have liked to have won the game.
“The signs were good that we can compete against anyone because that was a team that is top of the league.”
Such was the backlash against QPR head coach Ramsey this week that director of football, and former Wanderers striker, Les Ferdinand moved to address the supporters to ask for patience.
After securing the services of Charlie Austin and Matty Phillips over the summer, Ferdinand feels that expectations levels were falsely inflated at Loftus Road.
“People were getting excited and thinking that we’re going to shoot straight back up,” he told WestLondonSport. “We’ve got no divine right to do that.
“As much as we’d love to do that, it’s about patience, about time, about getting the right personnel, and people learning about the new philosophy of the club.
“I spoke at the start of the season and said that this season would be about consolidation for us.
“Now we’ve kept Charlie and Matty, everyone thinks we’re automatically going to go back up.
“It’s changed the game in terms of people’s perceptions in that many are thinking that we’ve kept those two so should go and win the league.
“But we’ve brought 14 new faces into this football club and got rid of 16. It takes time to gel.
“Charlie and Matty are very good players and are assets for this club, but there are other faces who have come in.
“We’re doing our best to get things right. At no stage have we ever said that we’re going to be going straight back up.”
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