QPR Snippets - Praise, Snideness and Rumour

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Dave Parker/Brighouse Echo - "The Big Voice of Sport"
Praise for the QPR Operation -
"...I CALLED in last Saturday at Loftus Road in Shepherds Bush, right outside the back door of the BBC Television Centre and the famous White City.
Hardly saw a car once I was off the A40 Western Avenue as there are so many tube stations and this made it easy for getting away afterwards and we were back in Brighouse for 8.45pm.
QPR Holdings Limited is now one of the most solid financial iestablishments in football and has big motor racing magnet Bernie Ecclestone involved along with another top Formula One guy, chairman Flavio Briatore.
Some operation there and sponsored by Gulf Air and the female staff reminded you of air hostesses and they were just as polite and accommodating."..Brighouse Echo


Daily Mail/Sportsmail Reporter - HATCHET MAN: Dowie gives QPR fans a Brum steer over veteran striker Phillips
Iain Dowie has told a few porkies in his time and you don't have to take Hatchet Man's word for it.
A High Court judge said as much when he lost his battle with Simon Jordan.
So what should we make of his latest claim that the richest club in the Championship could not compete with Birmingham for old timer and free transfer Kevin Phillips because of his wages?
City slicker: Phillips has scored three times in five games for Birmingham
QPR manager Dowie said: 'Kevin's a very good player, but there's a certain structure in terms of wages and because Birmingham have the parachute payments, they can fund a two-year deal.
'Our wage structure's fairly sensible and that's the proper way to do it. It was probably a bit outside our remit,' he added, forgetting to mention the club is owned by Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone... ? Mail


Rumour (Update) - London Informer/Paul Warburton - QPR Move in for Campbell
QPR are ready to launch a loan bid for Manchester United starlet Frazier Campbell.
Rangers' focus had been across town at rivals City, with a view to taking striker Ched Evans away from Eastlands as the final piece in the squad jigsaw.
But City boss Mark Hughes has a mounting catalogue of injury woes, and Evans looks like staying put for the time being.
Rangers have since made soundings for 20-year-old Campbell who made his Premiership debut for United against Newcastle - but there are strings attached to any switch, with Ferguson only willing to release Campbell if he gets Berbatov from Spurs by Monday.
A Ranger source said: "With four strikers, including Vine, there is no urgent need for another." London Informer