Ex-QPR Snippets

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Mirror - + Former QPR boss John Gregory is on the shortlist for the vacant Norwich job. Blackpool manager Simon Grayson is the favourite + Mirror

Ex-QPR Dean Parret played and scored for England U-17 against Estonia. UEFA U17 Championship Qualifiers,
Head Coach John Peacock was all smiles after watching his Young Lions book a place in the Elite Round of qualifying.
Fresh from hammering six goals past Malta on Sunday, England dished out the same treatment to hosts Estonia with six different players finding the target.
.... Nathan Delfouneso, after a series of misses, finally readjusted his radar accordingly in the 33rd minute before Matthew Briggs made it 3-0 five minutes later.
The goals kept coming with Tottenham midfielder Dean Parrett the next to find the net on 55 minutes.... "I was very pleased with the players," said Peacock, who side have hit 12 goals without conceding in two games.
"We set out to win the game and qualify - we did that. We went about the job in the right way. We played some good football.
"Some of our play going forward and our ball retention was excellent. It would have been easy to be over intricate but we did not do that. We can still improve though."
Peacock often rotates his squad during tournaments and this trip to Estonia has been no different with all the players being given a chance to showcase their talents.
"I made seven changes from the first game which means everyone has had a start," added the Head Coach. "It shows I'm looking at the whole group. I'm giving them opportunities."
England's final game is this Friday against Portugal - a team Peacock knows well..." FA

Ex-QPR Don Givens in temporary charge of the Republic of Ireland Team. BBC- The Football Association of Ireland has terminated the contract of Republic of Ireland boss Steve Staunton by mutual consent following an emergency meeting. Staunton, who took over from Brian Kerr in January 2006, had been under pressure because of poor performances in the Euro 2008 qualifying campaign....Under-21 boss Don Givens will take temporary charge of the senior side...."BBC

Ex-QPR Mark Graham Turns 33 - Mark Graham Turns 33. Born October 24, 1974. Graham made his debut exactly a decade ago (September 1996), breaking into the team in the 1996-97 season, under Stuart Houston. He played 18 games that season. And that was it. (Mark's brother, Richard Graham was also on the cusp of the QPR team, but unfortuately didn't break through.) Graham Also: Graham Playing Stats

Ian Holloway on Ex-QPR Loan Jerome Thomas
"People don't take me seriously. They think I tell crap jokes all the time. But I like to think I'm a football person who cares about his players with a passion, and cares about people with a passion....Jerome Thomas was of the best players I ever had at QPR when I borrowed him, from Arsenal," said Ollie. "That boy can do all sorts of things. "He certainly twisted my right-back - I had to undo his legs afterwards." Plymouth