Come on you R's...

Four unlikely wins later, and against all the odds, we're still in with a shout, albeit one that is relying on a series of results from us, Bristol City and Huddersfield which, if they were to happen, would be nothing short of miraculous. In terms of percentage, I'd give QPR less than a 10% chance of claiming that coveted sixth place.

It's easy to think that if you make the play-offs, you're as good as promoted, but then the hard work really starts. If miracles really do come true, the chances are we'd be meeting Brentford over two legs to reach the Millennium Stadium — today's visitors and final opponents of the league season at Loftus Road. What better way to send Ron Noades flurrying away with his tail between his legs.

Even if the theorists are right in that the club doesn't want promotion this year, for whatever reason, well there's no harm in cocking it up in the play-off final after banking a much needed few hundred grand in the process. So even if we don't make the play-offs, don't believe for one minute Ian Holloway and everyone else won't have tried their best if, as probabilities would suggest, we end up in 7th or 8th place.

By no means would that be a disaster. The way we are finishing the season can only make us one of the favourites for the title next season. By then, we should be out of administration (more to the point, we have to be), and if that comes in the form of the management buyout, it should only be viewed as a positive thing — we've waited long enough for a sugar daddy, and now we know there isn't one, we need to support whatever way the club finds itself back on a sure footing.

On the playing front, it will be another busy summer for Ian Holloway, with so many players out of contract, it won't be too dissimilar to the job he had to do last summer, but this time around there are many more players he'll be looking to keep rather than get rid of.

As it stands, the squad has built itself up again in numbers from a time of having less than a dozen professionals on its books going into the pre-season friendlies. Many players will be on their way, and here's hoping the right balance is struck as to who we retain and who we let go.

One player — Jermone Thomas — who no QPR fan had even heard of a month ago, simply has to be retained for next season (on loan) if at all possible. Never before has a player had such an immediate impact on the team and fans alike. He's already a star in my book, and his future in the game already looks assured.