Steve McClaren endured an appalling start to life at QPR, losing each of his opening four league matches as the R’s suffered their worst ever start to a season.
As you can imagine the former England manager was savagely torn to shreds, but to his credit he’s now orchestrated a remarkable turnaround at Loftus Road, and one few could have envisioned.
QPR, who were previously rock-bottom of the Championship, have now stormed up to 7th - one point off the top-6 - following a superb run of seven wins from 11 games, including three victories on the spin after Friday night’s 1-0 triumph over Aston Villa.
QPR’s defence has rightly been singled out for special praise after keeping six clean sheets in those 11 league games, while they are the first second-tier side to prevent Villa from scoring this term.
As a result, McClaren has been transformed from a risible figure to one who is receiving plaudits from all angles, and we’ve plucked out some of the best tweets for you below:
Steve Mclaren doing bits in the championship [@lewismccormack_]
Remember when Steve McClaren was getting hammered because QPR had a bad start to the season. Tonight they could be in 7th, 3 points off top of the league! [@jamesyboi87]
I wish Steve McClaren was my dad [@machacro]
Steve McClaren to Real Madrid in January I hear [ @abagofsand]
Steve McLaren is doing a great job. Future England manager there, mark my words [@LgbtCcfc]
You have to take your hat off to Steve McClaren. What a remarkable turnaround after a disastrous start to the season. Proving to people he is still a top coach. #QPR #hoops [@danwright82]
