Palidini's passion

Our chairman, Gianni Palidini was seemingly involved in a bizarre incident after last weekend's game with Wolverhampton. Apparently, the ageing Chairman stormed into the Wolves dressing room to confront their gaffer, Mick McCarthy, after Gianni believed Wolves last goal was unfair as it only arrived due to a suppossedly unfair amount of stoppage time. McCarthy didn't know who Palidini was and a confrontation ensued involving words and a push from the Wolves boss.

No charges are being brought by either side....

I think this is a clear sign of Palidini's passion for QPR and his desire to see the team do well. His actions here suggest he clearly is deeply affected by the QPR results. I have seen evidence of this on two other occassions. Once when he cracked his ribs by celebrating passionately with the then QPR gaffer, John Gregory, after QPR secured their Championship safety last season. The other occassion was when i witnessed his fury after QPR had a goal disallowed that appeared, to me, at least, to be perfectly valid. Here Gianni was distraught about this result and seemed generally gutted that QPRs survival hopes had been damaged. I was also there when he had a mini-confrontation with the then Plymouth gaffer, Ollie, after that game.

This bloke has recieved a huge amount of criticism from both QPR fans and the press but he seems like a genuinely pleasent character to me. Granted he has a fiery side to him, as McCarthy found out, but he appears a very pleasant bloke and he can often be seen outside the ground after the game, looking to speak to fans and happy to sign autographs and have photos taken. The fact that he has stayed on as Chairman despite not being a major share-holder suggests he really loves QPR the club and despite past wrongs nobody could deny that he has done wonders for QPR and under his reign at Chairman we have been transformed from a relegation doomed club on the borders of administration to a Premiership bound club which huge transfer budgets and fans daring to whisper .... "Champions league at Loftus Road."

I personally think Gianni is a lovely bloke and has done for QPR. This incident at Wolves is just a sign of his positive passion for QPR.