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Tuesday, September 11, 2007

West Ham's Hogan Staying at QPR Another Month..Gregory on Need to Focus After Tragedy....Tonight's Reserve Team Lineup

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QPR Official Site - HOGAN STAYS ON
Queens Park Rangers Football Club have extended Hogan Ephraim's loan deal by a further month.The 19 year-old West Ham United starlet,... Ephraim's initial one month loan deal expired over the weekend, but gaffer John Gregory was eager to extend the deal, commenting: "Hogan is a quality player. "He's very versatile and has a good footballing brain for one so young. "He's come in at a hugely difficult time for everyone connected to the Club, but I'm sure we'll get to see the very best of him over the next month." Ephraim will remain at Loftus Road up to and including Monday 8th October 2007. QPR

QPR OFFICIAL SITE - John Gregory TIME TO FOCUS
"...Speaking exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, the R's boss spoke of his desire to pick his players up after the untimely death of their team-mate, Ray Jones, who tragically died in a motor accident on Saturday 25th August.
"The events of the last couple of weeks have been traumatic for everyone concerned, culminating in the funeral last Thursday,'' said Gregory.
"It's been a unique situation for everyone at the Club - none more so than the players, who had to bury one of their team-mates on Thursday.
"It's impossible to grasp how much it has affected the players and I sympathise with them all, but it's time to move on.
"We've had a fortnight to mourn and grieve and now we have to focus on the job in hand. We need to get our season up and running and that starts at the Walkers Stadium on Saturday afternoon." QPR

QPR Reserves vs Millwall tonight. Nardiello plays.
[UPDATE: QPR won 3-2, with two from Nardiello - Match Report/QPR Official Site

QPR Official Site - YOUNG GUNS IN RESERVES
Under-18s duo Cyrus Sylvan-Vanterpool and Josh Ford have been named in the R's Reserve squad for the first time for tonight's fixture against Millwall at Loftus Road (7.00pm kick-off).
Sylvan-Vanterpool is expected to start on the left wing, while Ford has been named amongst the R's substitutes.
Jake Cole is in goal, while the back four consists of Billy Coyne, Lee Brown, Dominic Shimmin and Marcus Bignot.
Fresh from penning a one-month extension to his loan deal in W12, West Ham United starlet Hogan Ephraim starts in midfield, alongside Stefan Bailey, Danny Maguire and Sylvan Vanterpool.
Shabazz Baidoo partners Danny Nardiello in attack.
QPR Reserves: Cole, Coyne, Shimmin, Brown, Bignot, Ephraim, Bailey, Maguire, Sylvan-Vanterpool, Nardiello, Baidoo.
Subs: Crowther, St Aimie, Rose, Ford, Arthur.
QPR