Marti Cifuentes vows to fight on as QPR boss as winless run stretches to 13 matches
A second-half own goal from Stoke captain Ben Gibson rescued a point for Rangers after Tom Cannon had put the visitors in front at Loftus Road.
Rangers remain bottom of the Championship following the draw, and they are now five points from safety having won just once in the league all season.
“The supporters were fantastic today with the team and especially with me,” Cifuentes said.
“Of course the fans have the right to be frustrated when we don’t win, and that is how you must be when you love your club, but what I can say is I’m going to work as hard as I can.
“Me and Xavi [Calm, assistant head coach] are going to work to our limits as we do, coming at seven in the morning to the training ground and leaving at seven every day just to make sure we find the edges to win games.
“No team in this league will not struggle if they are missing eight players as we have done for a long time.
“We need more. The club knows well what I think from the summer that there are some areas to improve.
“I’m going to work to the best of my capacity to make sure that this club is at the level I think it can be and I think it deserves because this club has amazing potential. I’m here as a coach trying to do my best and the rest someone else has to decide [Cifuentes’ future as head coach].
Despite the winless run, QPR were arguably unfortunate to only take a draw from contest with the Potters.
Summer signing Zan Celar missed a penalty just after Cannon had given Stoke the lead, and they twice struck the woodwork through Harrison Ashby and then Alfie Lloyd.
The home support at Loftus Road remained supportive of Cifuentes throughout the game.
“I’ve been in football for 20 years and I’ve been watching a lot of football. I’m not sure that I’ve ever seen the team at the bottom of the table, 13 games without a win, that the manager goes out and everyone is supporting and singing as they did,” said the Catalan.
“This is something that will be in my heart for all my life. Saying that, people are not stupid.
“I feel an amazing support from my players and from the fans. I always do my job that way, in that intensity with that capacity because I need to work a lot to get results.
“In 20 years as a manager, everywhere I’ve been I’ve achieved the target that the club has asked me to achieve and if now someone thinks it is a coaching problem [at QPR] it’s not my call. I’m a professional.
“For me to be in the position that I am, I’ve been working really hard to be here and that will not change.
“That’s the way I am. I’m an honest manager and I try to work my best. Time will tell but for sure I will remember this support in the position where we are. I know it’s not very usual.”