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Damien Stewart: QPR's Best Consistent Performer:
The Football League's "League Leader" (prior to yesterday's game) had one QPR player in its top 30 Player Rankings for the Championship: At #29, its Damien Stewart League Leader (QPR's top ranked players are Stewart (#29), Chris Barker (#59) and Lee Camp (#108).
COMPARING QPR TODAY AND YESTERDAY
After 23 games, QPR currently have 24 points.
A year ago after 23 games, QPR had...24 points!
[In December 2005, after 24 games, QPR had 32 points
December 2006 League Table after 24 games (in 24th game, QPR beat Barnsley 1-0)
Luton 24-29
QPR 24-27
Barnsley 24-23
Hull 24-21
Leeds 24-21
Southend 24-16
Sunday Mirror - "The Write Stuff" With Rob Bowden (RB) re QPR and Chelsea
{As a lifelong QPR fan Christmas has come early with the news that Lakshmi Mittel, the world's fifth richest man, has joined Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore's bid to revive the club. After years of living in Chelsea's shadow the future looks bright with manager Luigi De Canio set for a January transfer window spending spree. Watch out Roman, we're coming to get you. - Ian Williams, Shepherds Bush
[Sunday's Mirror's ROB BOWDEN RESPONSE] RB says: That noise you can hear is all the Chelsea fans in the office laughing hysterically! Come on, Lakshmi, splash some of those billions as soon as the transfer window opens and wipe the smug smiles off their faces by dumping Chelsea out of the FA Cup. Hey, if Millwall can get to the final anything can happen! Sunday Mirror
Today's People - Surely incorrect, given the other reports saying Coco would not be coming to QPR and citing his comments re QPR and Briatore.
Sunday People - HOTLINE - COCO HOT FOR QPR
EXCLUSIVE Transfer window countdown 9 days to go
Italian legend Francesco Coco will come out of retirement to sign for Queens Park Rangers.
The former AC Milan defender quit football in September but has agreed to become the first big-name signing of QPR's new regime.
The free transfer to the struggling Championship club - the new London money kings - will show the intentions of new owners Bernie Ecclestone, Flavio Briatore and Lakshmi Mittal as they try to get QPR into the Premier League.
Coco, 30, will help to attract top players to the club, which has become the richest in the world after billionaire Mittal's investment. People
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