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- Some Terrible-Looking Playing Strips
- Flashback: QPR's former CEO Simon Crane (who was replaced by David Davies)
- Flavio Briatore's Websites
- Video: 1969/1970 Fifth Round FA Cup: QPR vs Derby County (Rodney Marsh vs Dave Mackay)
Mirror Interest in Darius Vassell?
- "QPR are keen to sign former Aston Villa and England Striker from Man City to Boost their Championship promotion push." Mirror
- See Wikipedia Vassell Profile
IMS Scouting Report -[b]Malaga sign Tottenham attacker Adel Taarabt on a year’s loan
- "...Moroccan attacking midfielder Adel Taarabt will move to Spanish side Malaga from Tottenham on a season-long loan for the duration of the 2009/2010 campaign.
- Malaga have an option to sign Taarabt at the end of the season for three million euros, according to reports in the Spanish press[/b]....
- Malaga president Fernando Sanz has pinpointed Taarabt as the natural replacement for Portuguese winger Eliseu who earlier this week joined Lazio.
- Taarabt has long been tipped to make an impact at White Hart Lane since joining from French club Lens in 2007. He made one Premier League appearance for Spurs last season as a substitute in the 0-0 draw with Arsenal.
- The 20-year-old trickster also moved on loan to QPR and played seven games, scoring one goal, for the Championship side, during the latter stages of the 2008/2009 campaign. IMS Scouting
Western Mail/Chris Wathan - Bruno Oliveira backing Paulo Sousa to make big Swansea City impact
- SWANSEA CITY’S new No 2 Bruno Oliveira has backed boss Paulo Sousa to emulate the best in the business as he gets down to work in South Wales.
- Oliveira is set to be named as Sousa’s assistant over the next few days, part of a new backroom staff to accompany the Portuguese manager’s appointment.
- And the right-hand man arrives at the Liberty Stadium having worked under some of Europe’s top managers including Sven-Goran Eriksson, Carlos Queiroz and Sir Alex Ferguson.
- But, as he gets set to begin life with the Swans, Oliveira is convinced Sousa has what it takes to add his own name to that list of luminaries.
- “Paulo was a brilliant player,” said Oliveira, who will link up with the former Portugal international for a second time after working with him at QPR following a recommendation.
- “He was a legend in Portugal. When I was a little boy and when I started playing football he was my hero. He was a national hero because he was one of the first Portuguese players to go abroad when he went to Juventus.
- “When he won the Champions League it was a massive thing for the country because we hadn’t had a Luis Figo or Cristiano Ronaldo at that point. He was a member of our golden generation.
- “But he is someone who invested a lot of time at the end of his playing career because he knew he wanted to be a manager.
- “And he has the will and the knowledge to achieve the same level as a manager as he did as a player.”
- Despite being surprisingly young for an assistant manager at just 31, Oliveira has enough first-hand experience of the elite European game to judge.
- Having seen his own playing career wrecked at just 21 after two cruciate knee ligament injuries, the native of Lisbon set out on a coaching path that took in internships at some of the continent’s biggest clubs.
- That included spells at Manchester United and four months at Real Madrid under Queiroz, who would later team up with Sousa in the Portuguese national side.
- “I had a university background so it was important for me to have this experience,” said Oliveira. “I also spent two years at Lazio because they were the top team in Europe then and that time with Sven was important.
- “Other young coaches there have gone on to Real Madrid and another works with (former Inter Milan manager) Roberto Mancini and are very important people in performance and physical training.
- “These times benefited me as a coach.”
- And it has seemed to have paid off with the young training ground tactician being hailed for his work during the pair’s short time at Loftus Road and tipped to be a major player on the coaching scene.
- Yet Oliveira stressed it is Sousa who can really spark the next stage in Swansea’s development from the dugout, adding he won’t be afraid to go to another of Europe’s top men for advice.
- “We have built up a good relationship,” said Oliveira of his partnership with 38-year-old Sousa. “He is someone who works very hard, is very passionate and very demanding and also thinks about football every minute of the day.
- “His network of contacts is incredible with some very important managers, for example he has direct access to Jose Mourinho.
- “So we can look forward to working together again. We did not have very long at QPR, but it was an experience and a good one because I think we did a good job in the conditions.”
- Another member of QPR’s backroom staff is set to join the duo at the Liberty with veteran performance coach John Harbin lined up by Swans officials. The former rugby league coach has made a name as an expert in conditioning and sports psychology since switching codes and is expected to be appointed on Monday alongside a new European scout and goalkeeping coach. Wales onLine
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London Fan Census Findings: 20% QPR Fans Supposedly Not Renewing...QPR Reject Parma Friendly...Ex-QPR Andy King Recovering From Heart Attack
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- Club Changes Name to Incorporate Sponsor
- Snippet: Thirty-Nine Years Since the Signing of arguably QPR's greatest-ever goalkeeper
- FA Silence on Panorama Claims
- Setanta Collapse: Biggest Impact on Smallest Clubs
- Horrible Strips: Some Examples of Clubs' Shirts
- Five Years ago Today: QPR Chairman Nick Blackburn Resigns and is replaced by Bill Power.
This is London/Raoul Simons
Fuming fans show referees the red card
- Referees are falling short of the standards expected of them by football supporters.That is the stark message to the game's authorities from the Evening Standard's 2009 London Football Report.
More than 2,000 fans were asked to rate the performance of middle men in matches involving their clubs last season and the results reveal widespread disillusionment.
Only 12 per cent said the referees were "good" or "very good" as opposed to 31 per cent who responded "bad" and a further 13 per cent who said "very bad". The remaining 44 per cent labelled refereeing standards as "ok".
The barrage of criticism follows a season marred by high-profile gaffes from top officials. When the report's results are broken down by club, Chelsea and Watford fans are the most damning with at least 70 per cent in the "bad" or "very bad" category.
It is perhaps no coincidence that the Blues and the Hornets were on the receiving end of two of last season's worst refereeing displays.
Tom Henning Ovrebo's failure to give clear penalties to Chelsea in their Champions League semi-final second leg was widely blamed for the club's away-goal defeat by Barcelona.
Similarly infuriating was the award of Reading's "ghost goal" - when the ball crossed the line wide of the posts - by Stuart Attwell against Watford at Vicarage Road last September.
The report's damning verdict on referees comes at time when their performances have never been under greater scrutiny. Other errors - such as Howard Webb's dubious penalty to Manchester United against Tottenham in April - highlight more deficiencies.
Concerns have also been evident within the game and were highlighted in a recent review by the Professional Footballers' Association and League Managers' Association which called for a referee overhaul to raise standards. As the Football Association and UEFA continue to demand greater respect for referees, the report indicates that fans expect improved performance in return. A minimum representation of 100 supporters from each of London's 14 professional clubs took part in last month's survey, which was conducted online and in person by research company Football Fans Census.
The results are published in two parts, starting today with the fans' verdict on referees, plus four other key talking points - player and fan behaviour, pricing and television coverage.
Tomorrow, part two features approval ratings for London's managers and boards along with the fans' view on whether players are doing enough to justify their salaries.
London fans are savvy enough to know that referees are not alone in shouldering the blame for the game's onfield ills. Players faking fouls to win free-kicks continues to be a big concern. Asked about offenders from their own clubs to produce a more accurate result, 81 per cent admitted seeing their side's players "dive" last season. That compares to 76 per cent in last year's survey and 70 per cent in 2007. By club, 97 per cent of Arsenal fans said their team's players were guilty at least once which was the highest score ahead of Chelsea (90 per cent), Crystal Palace (88 per cent) and West Ham (87 per cent). Most fans believed their players were guilty on one to five occasions, although 19 per cent of Chelsea fans - a London high - put their divers in the highest available category of more than 20 times.
Since its inception in 2006, the report has monitored racism and hooliganism at matches. While neither problem has been eradicated, our results show that incidents of both are declining. Only 22 per cent of fans reported racism or hooliganism last season compared to 25 per cent in 2008. The club with the biggest issue with football violence last season was Crystal Palace with 28 per cent of fans witnessing it.
There are signs that London's Premier League clubs are showing some empathy with fans hit by the recession. Taking into account ticket prices and other key expenses, fans of all five of the capital's top-flight clubs reported a drop in the cost of watching football. The average cost for a game in London was £55, the same as 2008, which includes a significant hike reported by fans of QPR (11.5 per cent). Despite this plateau in costs, 70 per cent fans still believe ticket prices are too high with 20 per cent admitting they will either attend fewer matches next year and/or not be renewing season tickets. Twenty five per cent of Arsenal fans said the price of tickets will mean they go to fewer games next season - the highest of all London clubs - while 20 per cent of QPR fans claim they won't renew season-tickets.
The disappearance of broadcaster Setanta will see few tears among fans. Only four per cent listed it as their channel of choice but that was still more than ITV (two per cent), perpetrator of the year's biggest TV blunder when it went to an advert break and missed Everton's winning goal against Liverpool in the FA Cup. Sky (49 per cent) pipped the BBC (42 per cent) to the top. This is London
Note: These Were the Football Fan Census Questions
Kilburn Times - Rs pass up Parma opportunity
-Action from Southampton's last visit to Loftus Road, when Saints defender Oliver Lancashire was sent off for bringing down Damien Delaney
QPR have surprisingly arranged a home pre-season friendly against a lower league side after passing up on the chance to play Serie A side Parma.
Parma were keen to take on an English side on Saturday August 1, but the proposed game at Loftus Road fell through and the Italians will now face Watford on that date instead.
Rangers, meanwhile, will complete their preparations for the new season - which starts a week later - with an uninspiring home game against relegated Southampton.
The announcement completes a generally drab pre-season line-up for the Rs, with trips to Aldershot, Forest Green Rovers, Oxford and Wycombe to come before the Southampton match. Kilburn Times
Former Everton FC player Andy King thanks fans for best wishes during his illness Jun 24 2009 by Dominic King, Liverpool Echo
ANDY KING has issued a huge thank you to all Evertonians who have inundated him with well wishes after he suffered a heart attack.
As a man who played with carefree zest and energy – and enjoyed making a nuisance of himself in derby games – King retains the affections of all Blues from a certain era.
So it was no surprise that many voiced their concerns after learning that he had fallen ill over the weekend and were anxious to learn of his plight.
King is currently in hospital awaiting to undergo an angiogram that will ascertain the extent of the damage he has suffered but, typically, the 52-year-old is taking a positive outlook.
And his spirits have been lifted by the messages of support he has received, along with a phone call from chairman Bill Kenwright that came out of the blue.
“I’d just like to thank everyone for all their good wishes and it says everything about the kind of football club Everton is,” said King.
“The first phone call I received when I came into hospital was from Bill Kenwright and that was overwhelming.
“Financially he might not be able to match (Roman) Abramovich but he has never made that out to be the case; Bill is a Blue and having a chairman like that means more than having someone with stacks of money who doesn’t care for the club.
“It’s more than 25 years since I last played for Everton yet the chairman still felt compelled to ring me straight away. That symbolises the kind of care and warmth the club has as a whole.”
Signed by Billy Bingham in April 1976, King was a precocious talent when he arrived from Luton Town and quickly made a name for himself on the Gwladys Street thanks to the energy and passion in his displays.
That bond was cemented in October 1978 when he scored the goal that gave Everton their first win over Liverpool in seven years – a 20-yard volley which flew past Ray Clemence – and he was talked of as being a contender to play for England. He was eventually sold to Queens Park Rangers two years later but never made any secret of the affection he held for the Blues and once claimed he would “crawl back over broken glass” to play at Goodison again.
Howard Kendall made that wish come true in 1982 but a string of injuries stopped his progress and he never really established himself in a team that went to become the best in England for a period and he joined the Dutch club Cambuur Leewarden.
In total, the 248 appearances he made during two spells on Merseyside yielded 67 goals and he has been given a warm welcome whenever he has returned to these parts in the time since.
“It’s humbling that people have been concerned about me and it’s just a question of waiting now for the results of the angiogram,” said King, who had a couple of spells scouting for Everton in between managerial jobs with Swindon Town and Grays Athletic.
“Hopefully everything will be ok in the long run and in time, I’ll make a full recovery; with a bit of luck I’ll be fit enough to give Tim Cahill a run for his money!”
- For cutting-edge, continually-updated news about QPR: Visit the combination, quasi-blog/messageboard QPR Report Messageboard. QPR and football. Nothing else! All posters and all views welcome!
- Club Changes Name to Incorporate Sponsor
- Snippet: Thirty-Nine Years Since the Signing of arguably QPR's greatest-ever goalkeeper
- FA Silence on Panorama Claims
- Setanta Collapse: Biggest Impact on Smallest Clubs
- Horrible Strips: Some Examples of Clubs' Shirts
- Five Years ago Today: QPR Chairman Nick Blackburn Resigns and is replaced by Bill Power.
This is London/Raoul Simons
Fuming fans show referees the red card
- Referees are falling short of the standards expected of them by football supporters.That is the stark message to the game's authorities from the Evening Standard's 2009 London Football Report.
More than 2,000 fans were asked to rate the performance of middle men in matches involving their clubs last season and the results reveal widespread disillusionment.
Only 12 per cent said the referees were "good" or "very good" as opposed to 31 per cent who responded "bad" and a further 13 per cent who said "very bad". The remaining 44 per cent labelled refereeing standards as "ok".
The barrage of criticism follows a season marred by high-profile gaffes from top officials. When the report's results are broken down by club, Chelsea and Watford fans are the most damning with at least 70 per cent in the "bad" or "very bad" category.
It is perhaps no coincidence that the Blues and the Hornets were on the receiving end of two of last season's worst refereeing displays.
Tom Henning Ovrebo's failure to give clear penalties to Chelsea in their Champions League semi-final second leg was widely blamed for the club's away-goal defeat by Barcelona.
Similarly infuriating was the award of Reading's "ghost goal" - when the ball crossed the line wide of the posts - by Stuart Attwell against Watford at Vicarage Road last September.
The report's damning verdict on referees comes at time when their performances have never been under greater scrutiny. Other errors - such as Howard Webb's dubious penalty to Manchester United against Tottenham in April - highlight more deficiencies.
Concerns have also been evident within the game and were highlighted in a recent review by the Professional Footballers' Association and League Managers' Association which called for a referee overhaul to raise standards. As the Football Association and UEFA continue to demand greater respect for referees, the report indicates that fans expect improved performance in return. A minimum representation of 100 supporters from each of London's 14 professional clubs took part in last month's survey, which was conducted online and in person by research company Football Fans Census.
The results are published in two parts, starting today with the fans' verdict on referees, plus four other key talking points - player and fan behaviour, pricing and television coverage.
Tomorrow, part two features approval ratings for London's managers and boards along with the fans' view on whether players are doing enough to justify their salaries.
London fans are savvy enough to know that referees are not alone in shouldering the blame for the game's onfield ills. Players faking fouls to win free-kicks continues to be a big concern. Asked about offenders from their own clubs to produce a more accurate result, 81 per cent admitted seeing their side's players "dive" last season. That compares to 76 per cent in last year's survey and 70 per cent in 2007. By club, 97 per cent of Arsenal fans said their team's players were guilty at least once which was the highest score ahead of Chelsea (90 per cent), Crystal Palace (88 per cent) and West Ham (87 per cent). Most fans believed their players were guilty on one to five occasions, although 19 per cent of Chelsea fans - a London high - put their divers in the highest available category of more than 20 times.
Since its inception in 2006, the report has monitored racism and hooliganism at matches. While neither problem has been eradicated, our results show that incidents of both are declining. Only 22 per cent of fans reported racism or hooliganism last season compared to 25 per cent in 2008. The club with the biggest issue with football violence last season was Crystal Palace with 28 per cent of fans witnessing it.
There are signs that London's Premier League clubs are showing some empathy with fans hit by the recession. Taking into account ticket prices and other key expenses, fans of all five of the capital's top-flight clubs reported a drop in the cost of watching football. The average cost for a game in London was £55, the same as 2008, which includes a significant hike reported by fans of QPR (11.5 per cent). Despite this plateau in costs, 70 per cent fans still believe ticket prices are too high with 20 per cent admitting they will either attend fewer matches next year and/or not be renewing season tickets. Twenty five per cent of Arsenal fans said the price of tickets will mean they go to fewer games next season - the highest of all London clubs - while 20 per cent of QPR fans claim they won't renew season-tickets.
The disappearance of broadcaster Setanta will see few tears among fans. Only four per cent listed it as their channel of choice but that was still more than ITV (two per cent), perpetrator of the year's biggest TV blunder when it went to an advert break and missed Everton's winning goal against Liverpool in the FA Cup. Sky (49 per cent) pipped the BBC (42 per cent) to the top. This is London
Note: These Were the Football Fan Census Questions
Kilburn Times - Rs pass up Parma opportunity
-Action from Southampton's last visit to Loftus Road, when Saints defender Oliver Lancashire was sent off for bringing down Damien Delaney
QPR have surprisingly arranged a home pre-season friendly against a lower league side after passing up on the chance to play Serie A side Parma.
Parma were keen to take on an English side on Saturday August 1, but the proposed game at Loftus Road fell through and the Italians will now face Watford on that date instead.
Rangers, meanwhile, will complete their preparations for the new season - which starts a week later - with an uninspiring home game against relegated Southampton.
The announcement completes a generally drab pre-season line-up for the Rs, with trips to Aldershot, Forest Green Rovers, Oxford and Wycombe to come before the Southampton match. Kilburn Times
Former Everton FC player Andy King thanks fans for best wishes during his illness Jun 24 2009 by Dominic King, Liverpool Echo
ANDY KING has issued a huge thank you to all Evertonians who have inundated him with well wishes after he suffered a heart attack.
As a man who played with carefree zest and energy – and enjoyed making a nuisance of himself in derby games – King retains the affections of all Blues from a certain era.
So it was no surprise that many voiced their concerns after learning that he had fallen ill over the weekend and were anxious to learn of his plight.
King is currently in hospital awaiting to undergo an angiogram that will ascertain the extent of the damage he has suffered but, typically, the 52-year-old is taking a positive outlook.
And his spirits have been lifted by the messages of support he has received, along with a phone call from chairman Bill Kenwright that came out of the blue.
“I’d just like to thank everyone for all their good wishes and it says everything about the kind of football club Everton is,” said King.
“The first phone call I received when I came into hospital was from Bill Kenwright and that was overwhelming.
“Financially he might not be able to match (Roman) Abramovich but he has never made that out to be the case; Bill is a Blue and having a chairman like that means more than having someone with stacks of money who doesn’t care for the club.
“It’s more than 25 years since I last played for Everton yet the chairman still felt compelled to ring me straight away. That symbolises the kind of care and warmth the club has as a whole.”
Signed by Billy Bingham in April 1976, King was a precocious talent when he arrived from Luton Town and quickly made a name for himself on the Gwladys Street thanks to the energy and passion in his displays.
That bond was cemented in October 1978 when he scored the goal that gave Everton their first win over Liverpool in seven years – a 20-yard volley which flew past Ray Clemence – and he was talked of as being a contender to play for England. He was eventually sold to Queens Park Rangers two years later but never made any secret of the affection he held for the Blues and once claimed he would “crawl back over broken glass” to play at Goodison again.
Howard Kendall made that wish come true in 1982 but a string of injuries stopped his progress and he never really established himself in a team that went to become the best in England for a period and he joined the Dutch club Cambuur Leewarden.
In total, the 248 appearances he made during two spells on Merseyside yielded 67 goals and he has been given a warm welcome whenever he has returned to these parts in the time since.
“It’s humbling that people have been concerned about me and it’s just a question of waiting now for the results of the angiogram,” said King, who had a couple of spells scouting for Everton in between managerial jobs with Swindon Town and Grays Athletic.
“Hopefully everything will be ok in the long run and in time, I’ll make a full recovery; with a bit of luck I’ll be fit enough to give Tim Cahill a run for his money!”
Paulo Sousa "I thought I did a great job at QPR, but it did not work out for me"...QPR's Harbin to Swansea?...Flashback: Blackburn out; Bill Power in
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- For cutting-edge, continually-updated news about QPR: Visit the combination, quasi-blog/messageboard QPR Report Messageboard. QPR and football. Nothing else! All posters and all views welcome!
- Club Changes Name to Incorporate Sponsor
- Snippet: Thirty-Nine Years Since the Signing of arguably QPR's greatest-ever goalkeeper
- FA Silence on Panorama Claims
- Setanta Collapse: Biggest Impact on Smallest Clubs
- Horrible Strips: Some Examples of Clubs' Shirts
- Five Years ago Today: QPR Chairman Nick Blackburn Resigns and is replaced by Bill Power.
Daily Mail - Paulo Sousa unveiled as Roberto Martinez's replacement at Swansea
- New Swansea manager Paulo Sousa says he has unfinished business after being controversially sacked by Queens Park Rangers in April.
- The 38-year-old Portuguese wants to show QPR co-owner Flavio Briatore he made a mistake.
- He said: ‘I thought I did a great job at QPR, but it did not work out for me. I want to be a success in English football.’
- The Portuguese was officially unveiled as the Swans' new manager.
Swans song: Paulo Sousa is the new man in charge at the Liberty Stadium
Sousa, 38, who left Queens Park Rangers in controversial circumstances back in April after just five months in charge, finally put pen to paper today having spoken to - his family after verbally accepting a three-year deal last Thursday.
The former Portugal midfielder and assistant manager replaces Roberto Martinez after he left the Liberty Stadium to take charge of Barclays Premier League side Wigan.
Sousa becomes Swansea's 12th manager in the last 14 years and will bring a brand new backroom team to south Wales after Martinez took his managerial staff to the JJB Stadium with him.
- Sousa is expected to name a multi-national team to assist him with a Portuguese, a Spaniard and an Australian tipped to be by his side...
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Wales Online/Chris Wathan
Paulo Sousa aims to put Swansea City on world map
- PAULO SOUSA swaggered into the Liberty Stadium yesterday and immediately set his sights on becoming Swansea City’s very own Special One.
- Having been officially unveiled as new Swans boss, the Portuguese breezed into his new home with all the confidence and charm you would expect from a close pal of Jose Mourinho.
- Just like when the ex-Chelsea chief first arrived at Stamford Bridge, two-time Champions League winner Sousa wasted no time in outlining his grand plans for his new club.
- And the Portugal playing legend insisted he’s ready to help put Swansea City’s name on the world map . . . despite conceding he knew little of the club not so long ago.
- The 38-year-old coyly chuckled when asked if he had the Swans in his thoughts back when he ran the midfield for a string of Europe’s top clubs including Inter Milan, Juventus and Borussia Dortmund.
- But in his first in-depth interview since accepting a three-year deal for the Swansea post, he stressed: “The history of any club builds with success, with achieving important targets. The recent past is very good and I want to keep that.
- “I want to put the club on the map. Not just England and Wales, but the world.
- “And not by just myself, but with the commitment of everyone here. I want to help the club become something special, something important and I don’t have doubts with the people here we will achieve that.
- “When? Step by step. I don’t care about how long it takes, what I care about is when we get it we keep it and we keep growing all the time.”
- Sousa accepted there are solid foundations on which to build following the work of Roberto Martinez, before his decision to join Wigan.
- Yet, although the spectre of the Spaniard will loom for a long while yet, Sousa’s tangible excitement about his Swansea challenge did much to draw something of a line under the summer saga.
- And, although those tanned shoes could prove big ones to fill, Sousa insisted he feels not an ounce of pressure as he prepares his attempt to do so.
- “I don’t feel it,” the multi-lingual manager said. “And the club, the chairman, hasn’t put me under any pressure. We are looking to continue a philosophy.
- “We know our project, we know the way we want to go, we know what kind of targets we want to achieve and I have the time to do it.
- “The club is bigger than any individual so it will take all of our commitment and will to make sure the club grows bigger than it is today, to be better and better every day, stronger and stronger and not just on the map in terms of Wales and England but everywhere.”
- Still, though his stature remains impressive, the stand-alone statistics from his first spell in management seem to suggest he will have his work cut out.
- At Queens Park Rangers, with some of richest owners in football, Sousa could not make his mark before leaving under a cloud just five months into the job.
- Yet. while not wishing to be drawn too much on the subject of his time in south London, he left little doubt what he values more in a club.
- “Swansea is a club with big foundations, stability and a lot of support for the manager, which are the right things to bring success,” said Sousa, silver-suited for his welcoming parade in front of the cameras yesterday.
- “And that support is more important than money. The most important things are the vision, the identity, the club.“And to know the way to achieve success is the key. Money does not buy you success – but ideas, vision and desire can. We have it and we want to become even stronger in that sense. And because of that I have no doubts we will achieve what we want.”
- Unlike his predecessor, the romanticism is tempered with the realism of a manager who knows last year’s push for the play-offs will be a tough ask to emulate at the first time of asking, especially for a new boss with just weeks to work with his new squad before the campaign kick-off in an increasingly difficult division.
- And while he encouraged fans to fantasise about top-flight football, it came with a plea for patience first.
- What Sousa would promise was a continuation of the continental style that saw Swansea capture the imagination on their first year back in the second tier.
- “The first week I arrived in Britain I spent as much time as I could watching Championship games and one of the first things I said here was that Swansea were one of the best footballing sides in the division,” he said.
- “That’s something I want to continue. It’s my philosophy. During my career I played at a lot of big, important clubs and every one of them we played good football and as a manager it’s the same because I believe it’s easier to win games when you do that.
- “So this is a restarting of things. We want to continue things that have been done well here, but we also want to improve, step by step, to be better and better as a club, as players and as staff.”
- When asked on what targets have been set for the season ahead, he stressed: “The second year is the most difficult year for a club after promotion.
- “This season, in my opinion, is the most difficult season in the last five or six years because we have a minimum of 10 teams who will be looking for automatic promotion. Teams are here can spend a lot of money and have started already spending.
- “But I believe in our squad, in my club, and the people here to keep us among them. And slowly we will understand where we can look further ahead.
- “The chairman has already told me about being in the top division and we want to get back there. And with time we will arrive there. I am ambitious, I want to go to the Premier League.
- “We need to dream, but we must dream with 90% of reality. Dreams are fantastic because they keep us alive trying to follow it. But we need to know the way to follow and we must be clever to recognise that.
- “The project is not about today, it’s about today, tomorrow, and the next three years and more when we can build something stronger. That excites me.”
- So does he see himself as Swansea’s own Special One?
- “I will just be the one who gives all my knowledge, all my commitment to help the club to be more recognised than they are today.” WalesonLine
Wales online - Paulo Sousa: 'I am the right man for Swansea'
- PAULO SOUSA has insisted he is the right man to bring continued success to Swansea City after agreeing a three-year deal to take over the Liberty Stadium hot seat.
- Sousa, who was unveiled as the Swans new manager on Tuesday, believes the club can still challenge for the Championship play-offs next season. And, while determined to lay down his own marker at the club, he claimed it could be achieved by continuing to produce the stylish football that made Swansea such a success under Roberto Martinez.
-The Portuguese legend will meet his new players for the first time when they return from pre-season on Thursday. And, as he prepared for the new campaign, he was already looking forward to working with the talented squad Martinez left behind.
- “I’ve no doubt I can make this work and get the right success for Swansea," he said. "I believe in my knowledge and ability and I know how to apply it for this club.
- “Swansea has the same football philosophy as me and we agreed from the start about how we can get success in the Championship.
- “I already know how much quality the players have. Now I need to see if they have the same will to succeed as last year.”
- Swansea Chairman Huw Jenkins added: “We are very pleased and excited that Paulo has agreed to join us. We are really looking forward to developing the team and pushing on over the next few years.” Walesonline
This is South Wales - Bruno Oliviera and John Harbin
- Sousa's former assistant manager at QPR, Bruno Oliviera, is to join him at the Liberty. The 31-year-old has been involved in coaching for a decade after seeing his playing career ended by a cruciate ligament injury.
- John Harbin, a 68-year-old Australian performance coach who worked for a long time alongside Iain Dowie, is also expected to join the Swansea staff as well as a Europe-based scout. This is South Wales
Also: Swansea Official Site Profile/Comments
- Key Dates for QPR's 2009-2010 Season
- The Complete QPR Websites Listing
- For cutting-edge, continually-updated news about QPR: Visit the combination, quasi-blog/messageboard QPR Report Messageboard. QPR and football. Nothing else! All posters and all views welcome!
- Club Changes Name to Incorporate Sponsor
- Snippet: Thirty-Nine Years Since the Signing of arguably QPR's greatest-ever goalkeeper
- FA Silence on Panorama Claims
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Daily Mail - Paulo Sousa unveiled as Roberto Martinez's replacement at Swansea
- New Swansea manager Paulo Sousa says he has unfinished business after being controversially sacked by Queens Park Rangers in April.
- The 38-year-old Portuguese wants to show QPR co-owner Flavio Briatore he made a mistake.
- He said: ‘I thought I did a great job at QPR, but it did not work out for me. I want to be a success in English football.’
- The Portuguese was officially unveiled as the Swans' new manager.
Swans song: Paulo Sousa is the new man in charge at the Liberty Stadium
Sousa, 38, who left Queens Park Rangers in controversial circumstances back in April after just five months in charge, finally put pen to paper today having spoken to - his family after verbally accepting a three-year deal last Thursday.
The former Portugal midfielder and assistant manager replaces Roberto Martinez after he left the Liberty Stadium to take charge of Barclays Premier League side Wigan.
Sousa becomes Swansea's 12th manager in the last 14 years and will bring a brand new backroom team to south Wales after Martinez took his managerial staff to the JJB Stadium with him.
- Sousa is expected to name a multi-national team to assist him with a Portuguese, a Spaniard and an Australian tipped to be by his side...
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Wales Online/Chris Wathan
Paulo Sousa aims to put Swansea City on world map
- PAULO SOUSA swaggered into the Liberty Stadium yesterday and immediately set his sights on becoming Swansea City’s very own Special One.
- Having been officially unveiled as new Swans boss, the Portuguese breezed into his new home with all the confidence and charm you would expect from a close pal of Jose Mourinho.
- Just like when the ex-Chelsea chief first arrived at Stamford Bridge, two-time Champions League winner Sousa wasted no time in outlining his grand plans for his new club.
- And the Portugal playing legend insisted he’s ready to help put Swansea City’s name on the world map . . . despite conceding he knew little of the club not so long ago.
- The 38-year-old coyly chuckled when asked if he had the Swans in his thoughts back when he ran the midfield for a string of Europe’s top clubs including Inter Milan, Juventus and Borussia Dortmund.
- But in his first in-depth interview since accepting a three-year deal for the Swansea post, he stressed: “The history of any club builds with success, with achieving important targets. The recent past is very good and I want to keep that.
- “I want to put the club on the map. Not just England and Wales, but the world.
- “And not by just myself, but with the commitment of everyone here. I want to help the club become something special, something important and I don’t have doubts with the people here we will achieve that.
- “When? Step by step. I don’t care about how long it takes, what I care about is when we get it we keep it and we keep growing all the time.”
- Sousa accepted there are solid foundations on which to build following the work of Roberto Martinez, before his decision to join Wigan.
- Yet, although the spectre of the Spaniard will loom for a long while yet, Sousa’s tangible excitement about his Swansea challenge did much to draw something of a line under the summer saga.
- And, although those tanned shoes could prove big ones to fill, Sousa insisted he feels not an ounce of pressure as he prepares his attempt to do so.
- “I don’t feel it,” the multi-lingual manager said. “And the club, the chairman, hasn’t put me under any pressure. We are looking to continue a philosophy.
- “We know our project, we know the way we want to go, we know what kind of targets we want to achieve and I have the time to do it.
- “The club is bigger than any individual so it will take all of our commitment and will to make sure the club grows bigger than it is today, to be better and better every day, stronger and stronger and not just on the map in terms of Wales and England but everywhere.”
- Still, though his stature remains impressive, the stand-alone statistics from his first spell in management seem to suggest he will have his work cut out.
- At Queens Park Rangers, with some of richest owners in football, Sousa could not make his mark before leaving under a cloud just five months into the job.
- Yet. while not wishing to be drawn too much on the subject of his time in south London, he left little doubt what he values more in a club.
- “Swansea is a club with big foundations, stability and a lot of support for the manager, which are the right things to bring success,” said Sousa, silver-suited for his welcoming parade in front of the cameras yesterday.
- “And that support is more important than money. The most important things are the vision, the identity, the club.“And to know the way to achieve success is the key. Money does not buy you success – but ideas, vision and desire can. We have it and we want to become even stronger in that sense. And because of that I have no doubts we will achieve what we want.”
- Unlike his predecessor, the romanticism is tempered with the realism of a manager who knows last year’s push for the play-offs will be a tough ask to emulate at the first time of asking, especially for a new boss with just weeks to work with his new squad before the campaign kick-off in an increasingly difficult division.
- And while he encouraged fans to fantasise about top-flight football, it came with a plea for patience first.
- What Sousa would promise was a continuation of the continental style that saw Swansea capture the imagination on their first year back in the second tier.
- “The first week I arrived in Britain I spent as much time as I could watching Championship games and one of the first things I said here was that Swansea were one of the best footballing sides in the division,” he said.
- “That’s something I want to continue. It’s my philosophy. During my career I played at a lot of big, important clubs and every one of them we played good football and as a manager it’s the same because I believe it’s easier to win games when you do that.
- “So this is a restarting of things. We want to continue things that have been done well here, but we also want to improve, step by step, to be better and better as a club, as players and as staff.”
- When asked on what targets have been set for the season ahead, he stressed: “The second year is the most difficult year for a club after promotion.
- “This season, in my opinion, is the most difficult season in the last five or six years because we have a minimum of 10 teams who will be looking for automatic promotion. Teams are here can spend a lot of money and have started already spending.
- “But I believe in our squad, in my club, and the people here to keep us among them. And slowly we will understand where we can look further ahead.
- “The chairman has already told me about being in the top division and we want to get back there. And with time we will arrive there. I am ambitious, I want to go to the Premier League.
- “We need to dream, but we must dream with 90% of reality. Dreams are fantastic because they keep us alive trying to follow it. But we need to know the way to follow and we must be clever to recognise that.
- “The project is not about today, it’s about today, tomorrow, and the next three years and more when we can build something stronger. That excites me.”
- So does he see himself as Swansea’s own Special One?
- “I will just be the one who gives all my knowledge, all my commitment to help the club to be more recognised than they are today.” WalesonLine
Wales online - Paulo Sousa: 'I am the right man for Swansea'
- PAULO SOUSA has insisted he is the right man to bring continued success to Swansea City after agreeing a three-year deal to take over the Liberty Stadium hot seat.
- Sousa, who was unveiled as the Swans new manager on Tuesday, believes the club can still challenge for the Championship play-offs next season. And, while determined to lay down his own marker at the club, he claimed it could be achieved by continuing to produce the stylish football that made Swansea such a success under Roberto Martinez.
-The Portuguese legend will meet his new players for the first time when they return from pre-season on Thursday. And, as he prepared for the new campaign, he was already looking forward to working with the talented squad Martinez left behind.
- “I’ve no doubt I can make this work and get the right success for Swansea," he said. "I believe in my knowledge and ability and I know how to apply it for this club.
- “Swansea has the same football philosophy as me and we agreed from the start about how we can get success in the Championship.
- “I already know how much quality the players have. Now I need to see if they have the same will to succeed as last year.”
- Swansea Chairman Huw Jenkins added: “We are very pleased and excited that Paulo has agreed to join us. We are really looking forward to developing the team and pushing on over the next few years.” Walesonline
This is South Wales - Bruno Oliviera and John Harbin
- Sousa's former assistant manager at QPR, Bruno Oliviera, is to join him at the Liberty. The 31-year-old has been involved in coaching for a decade after seeing his playing career ended by a cruciate ligament injury.
- John Harbin, a 68-year-old Australian performance coach who worked for a long time alongside Iain Dowie, is also expected to join the Swansea staff as well as a Europe-based scout. This is South Wales
Also: Swansea Official Site Profile/Comments
- Key Dates for QPR's 2009-2010 Season
- The Complete QPR Websites Listing
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Brian Glanville on QPR's Owners and Managers
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- For cutting-edge, continually-updated news about QPR: Visit the combination, quasi-blog/messageboard QPR Report Messageboard. QPR and football. Nothing else! All posters and all views welcome!
- Even Stronger Ainsworth Praise for Sousa
Brian Glanville/World Soccer
- WHO would envy Jim Magilton, newly made manager of Queens Park Rangers? One fervently hopes that he will last longer than his predecessors. My own view was that a couple of seasons back Italian Luigi Di Canio was doing a decent job of reviving a then struggling team, but he didn't stay and perhaps he wanted to return to Italy.
- Next up, Ian Dowie which seemed an odd appointment, given his recent ups and downs. Walking away from Crystal Palace asserting he needed to join his family up in the North, then joining next door Charlton Athletic where he lasted little time as indeed he did at Coventry. He wasn't very long at Shepherds Bush either, where Flavio Briatore, an F1 figure known also for his prowess in the fashion field, hardly, as chairman, stays in the background.
- In next came Paulo Sousa, once such a star for Portugal, with to be fair no more than modest results. The revolving door spun again when he was accused of unacceptable behaviour, allegedly because he had revealed that the loan of his striker Blackstock to Nottingham Forest was against his wishes. It hardly seemed a cardinal crime. Now here's Magilton, once an effective Northern Ireland midfielder, not long since jettisoned by Ipswich Town, “guilty,” it seemed of not getting them back into the Premier League.
- How long will he last? And when will QPR begin to splash out the big money – Mittal, Ecclestone – which is presumed to be behind them? World Soccer
- For cutting-edge, continually-updated news about QPR: Visit the combination, quasi-blog/messageboard QPR Report Messageboard. QPR and football. Nothing else! All posters and all views welcome!
- Even Stronger Ainsworth Praise for Sousa
Brian Glanville/World Soccer
- WHO would envy Jim Magilton, newly made manager of Queens Park Rangers? One fervently hopes that he will last longer than his predecessors. My own view was that a couple of seasons back Italian Luigi Di Canio was doing a decent job of reviving a then struggling team, but he didn't stay and perhaps he wanted to return to Italy.
- Next up, Ian Dowie which seemed an odd appointment, given his recent ups and downs. Walking away from Crystal Palace asserting he needed to join his family up in the North, then joining next door Charlton Athletic where he lasted little time as indeed he did at Coventry. He wasn't very long at Shepherds Bush either, where Flavio Briatore, an F1 figure known also for his prowess in the fashion field, hardly, as chairman, stays in the background.
- In next came Paulo Sousa, once such a star for Portugal, with to be fair no more than modest results. The revolving door spun again when he was accused of unacceptable behaviour, allegedly because he had revealed that the loan of his striker Blackstock to Nottingham Forest was against his wishes. It hardly seemed a cardinal crime. Now here's Magilton, once an effective Northern Ireland midfielder, not long since jettisoned by Ipswich Town, “guilty,” it seemed of not getting them back into the Premier League.
- How long will he last? And when will QPR begin to splash out the big money – Mittal, Ecclestone – which is presumed to be behind them? World Soccer
Axed by QPR. Appointed by Swansea - Sousa and Oliveria....QPR Announce Home Friendly Against.....Southampton!
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- For cutting-edge, continually-updated news about QPR: Visit the combination, quasi-blog/messageboard QPR Report Messageboard. QPR and football. Nothing else! All posters and all views welcome!
- Various messageboard rumours that QPR's Delaney has joined Ipswich for between 750K and 1million.
- Even Stronger Ainsworth Praise for Sousa
Planet Swans/Sousa Appointed. Brings in Oliveria« Thread Started Today at 9:00am »
Planet Swans/Lisa Higgins - Sousa Officially Unveiled By Swansea
- Swansea City have unveiled new manager Paulo Sousa this afternoon after the 36 year old signed a three year deal with the club last night.
- Speaking about the foundations that former boss Roberto Martinez left the club in, the Portuguese tactician wants to continue the Spaniards work and be a success at Swansea as he told the BBC, “ I dont have doubt to continue his work to get the right success for the club and believe in my knowledge and what I can for the club.I agreed from the beginning, the philosophy is the same like I have it and we have it very clear to archive our success .”
- Sousa has also brought with him former QPR assistant boss Bruno Oliveria. Planet Swans
Flashback re :
QPR Official Site - April 6, 2009 - OLIVEIRA DEPARTS
- Queens Park Rangers Football Club can confirm Bruno Oliveira has had his contract terminated with immediate effect. - Bruno joined the Club in November 2008 as part of Paulo Sousa's backroom staff. - The Club will be making no further comment at this stage. QPR
What was Said Back in November, 2008
QPR Official Site - EXCLUSIVE: OLIVEIRA JOINS STAFF
- The Club are pleased to announce that Bruno Oliveira has joined Paulo Sousa's backroom staff.
- The 30 year-old (pictured, right) has been named as Assistant Coach, complimenting Gareth Ainsworth and David Rouse, who have retained their positions under the new structure.
- John Harbin will also continue in his role as Performance Manager, but, as revealed earlier today (Thursday), Tim Flowers has left the Club with immediate effect.
- Sousa told www.qpr.co.uk: "Bruno has great knowledge of the game and we have both been working towards this moment for a number of years.
- "He is a great student of the game, has some fantastic, unique ideas and will be a valuable addition to the impressive team we have in place." QPR Official Site
BBC - Swansea unveil new manager Sousa
Paulo Sousa spent five difficult months at Queens Park Rangers
Paulo Sousa has been unveiled as Swansea City's new boss.
The two-time Champions League winner flew back to Wales on Monday after discussing the situation with his family in his native Portugal.
The former Queens Park Rangers manager signed a three-year deal to become Roberto Martinez's successor at the Liberty Stadium.
Sousa is expected to name a fellow Portuguese, a Spaniard and an Australian in his backroom team.
The 38-year-old is Swansea's 12th manager in 14 years after verbally accepting the job last Thursday.
The 51-times capped Portugal international has been out of work since April after his controversial departure from QPR following just five months and 26 games in charge at Loftus Road.
The midfielder, who graduated through the Benfica academy, played for some of the biggest clubs in Europe including Sporting Lisbon, Juventus, Borussia Dortmund, Inter Milan and Parma.
He was in the Juventus team that beat Dutch giants Ajax on penalties in Rome in 1996 before moving to Germany and winning the trophy with Borussia Dortmund who beat his old club Juventus in Munich.
Sousa's coaching break came on the international stage as he took charge of Portugal's under-15 team before being appointed assistant to Portugal's first-team coach Carlos Queiroz in 2008.
Sousa's first managerial job was as boss of Championship rivals Queens Park Rangers but parted company when the club claimed he divulged sensitive information.
He beat off competition from former Tottenham assistant manager Gus Poyet, former Wales captain and Sheffield United player coach Gary Speed and ex-Watford boss Aidy Boothroyd.
Sousa is bringing in his own backroom team after Martinez took all his managerial staff with him to Wigan Athletic.
Swans physiotherpist Richie Evans has joined Martinez at the Premier League club, ending a 10-year stay at Swansea, and follows assistant Graeme Jones, chief scout Kevin Reeves, goalkeeping coach Inaki Bergara and masseur Oscar Brau to the JJB Stadium. BBC
QPR Official Site - SAINTS MARCH IN TO W12
- Old friends will be reunited when the Super Hoops welcome Southampton to Loftus Road for the R's final pre-season friendly on Saturday 1st August, kick off 3.00pm.
- Gaffer Jim Magilton and assistant boss John Gorman both enjoyed fruitful spells with the Saints during their careers and the latter welcomed the news of the friendly date in W12.
- "It's a great final fixture for us - against a Club that means so much to both myself and Jim," he told www.qpr.co.uk.
- "Southampton are a Club very close to my heart and it hurts me to see where they are now, especially with their current financial problems.
- "I'm really happy with the fixtures we've got on English soil and I can't wait to see the R's fans come out in force for our final pre-season fixture."
- And the news just gets better and better for R's supporters, who will be able to come and watch the Super Hoops in action at amazing discounted prices.
- Tickets are priced at £15 adults, £10 concessions (seniors and 16-21 year-olds) and £5 under-16's - but all Season Ticket holders and Members will be entitled to a £5 discount if they book tickets in advance!
- Ten loyalty points will also be awarded for this fixture, so R's fans are encouraged to purchase their tickets as soon as possible.
- The fixture will also serve as a dummy-run for the Club, with the recently installed Access Control system being tested for the final time prior to the big kick-off against Blackpool seven days later.
- Operations Manager, Steve Pike, told www.qpr.co.uk: "It was of paramount importance that we organised a home friendly prior to the start of the season, as it will provide a valuable trial run ahead of the first league fixture against Blackpool.
- "The installation of Access Control over the summer months was a huge step in the right direction for us in terms of enhancing the matchday experience on offer to supporters and I am sure the fans will join us in embracing the new technology we're putting in place here.
- "The fans are an integral part of the Football Club and this new venture with Ticketmaster will certainly improve the experience they enjoy on a matchday at Loftus Road."
- *Supporters wishing to organise hospitality for this friendly should contact Julie Newman on 020 8740 2588.
2009/10 PRE-SEASON FIXTURES
Aldershot Town v QPR - Saturday 11th July 2009 (3.00pm)
Forest Green Rovers v QPR - Tuesday 21st July 2009 (7.45pm)
Oxford United v QPR - Friday 24th July 2009 (7.45pm)
Wycombe Wanderers v QPR - Tuesday 28th July 2009 (7.45pm)
QPR v Southampton - Saturday 1st August 2009 (3.00pm) QPR
- For cutting-edge, continually-updated news about QPR: Visit the combination, quasi-blog/messageboard QPR Report Messageboard. QPR and football. Nothing else! All posters and all views welcome!
- Various messageboard rumours that QPR's Delaney has joined Ipswich for between 750K and 1million.
- Even Stronger Ainsworth Praise for Sousa
Planet Swans/Sousa Appointed. Brings in Oliveria« Thread Started Today at 9:00am »
Planet Swans/Lisa Higgins - Sousa Officially Unveiled By Swansea
- Swansea City have unveiled new manager Paulo Sousa this afternoon after the 36 year old signed a three year deal with the club last night.
- Speaking about the foundations that former boss Roberto Martinez left the club in, the Portuguese tactician wants to continue the Spaniards work and be a success at Swansea as he told the BBC, “ I dont have doubt to continue his work to get the right success for the club and believe in my knowledge and what I can for the club.I agreed from the beginning, the philosophy is the same like I have it and we have it very clear to archive our success .”
- Sousa has also brought with him former QPR assistant boss Bruno Oliveria. Planet Swans
Flashback re :
QPR Official Site - April 6, 2009 - OLIVEIRA DEPARTS
- Queens Park Rangers Football Club can confirm Bruno Oliveira has had his contract terminated with immediate effect. - Bruno joined the Club in November 2008 as part of Paulo Sousa's backroom staff. - The Club will be making no further comment at this stage. QPR
What was Said Back in November, 2008
QPR Official Site - EXCLUSIVE: OLIVEIRA JOINS STAFF
- The Club are pleased to announce that Bruno Oliveira has joined Paulo Sousa's backroom staff.
- The 30 year-old (pictured, right) has been named as Assistant Coach, complimenting Gareth Ainsworth and David Rouse, who have retained their positions under the new structure.
- John Harbin will also continue in his role as Performance Manager, but, as revealed earlier today (Thursday), Tim Flowers has left the Club with immediate effect.
- Sousa told www.qpr.co.uk: "Bruno has great knowledge of the game and we have both been working towards this moment for a number of years.
- "He is a great student of the game, has some fantastic, unique ideas and will be a valuable addition to the impressive team we have in place." QPR Official Site
BBC - Swansea unveil new manager Sousa
Paulo Sousa spent five difficult months at Queens Park Rangers
Paulo Sousa has been unveiled as Swansea City's new boss.
The two-time Champions League winner flew back to Wales on Monday after discussing the situation with his family in his native Portugal.
The former Queens Park Rangers manager signed a three-year deal to become Roberto Martinez's successor at the Liberty Stadium.
Sousa is expected to name a fellow Portuguese, a Spaniard and an Australian in his backroom team.
The 38-year-old is Swansea's 12th manager in 14 years after verbally accepting the job last Thursday.
The 51-times capped Portugal international has been out of work since April after his controversial departure from QPR following just five months and 26 games in charge at Loftus Road.
The midfielder, who graduated through the Benfica academy, played for some of the biggest clubs in Europe including Sporting Lisbon, Juventus, Borussia Dortmund, Inter Milan and Parma.
He was in the Juventus team that beat Dutch giants Ajax on penalties in Rome in 1996 before moving to Germany and winning the trophy with Borussia Dortmund who beat his old club Juventus in Munich.
Sousa's coaching break came on the international stage as he took charge of Portugal's under-15 team before being appointed assistant to Portugal's first-team coach Carlos Queiroz in 2008.
Sousa's first managerial job was as boss of Championship rivals Queens Park Rangers but parted company when the club claimed he divulged sensitive information.
He beat off competition from former Tottenham assistant manager Gus Poyet, former Wales captain and Sheffield United player coach Gary Speed and ex-Watford boss Aidy Boothroyd.
Sousa is bringing in his own backroom team after Martinez took all his managerial staff with him to Wigan Athletic.
Swans physiotherpist Richie Evans has joined Martinez at the Premier League club, ending a 10-year stay at Swansea, and follows assistant Graeme Jones, chief scout Kevin Reeves, goalkeeping coach Inaki Bergara and masseur Oscar Brau to the JJB Stadium. BBC
QPR Official Site - SAINTS MARCH IN TO W12
- Old friends will be reunited when the Super Hoops welcome Southampton to Loftus Road for the R's final pre-season friendly on Saturday 1st August, kick off 3.00pm.
- Gaffer Jim Magilton and assistant boss John Gorman both enjoyed fruitful spells with the Saints during their careers and the latter welcomed the news of the friendly date in W12.
- "It's a great final fixture for us - against a Club that means so much to both myself and Jim," he told www.qpr.co.uk.
- "Southampton are a Club very close to my heart and it hurts me to see where they are now, especially with their current financial problems.
- "I'm really happy with the fixtures we've got on English soil and I can't wait to see the R's fans come out in force for our final pre-season fixture."
- And the news just gets better and better for R's supporters, who will be able to come and watch the Super Hoops in action at amazing discounted prices.
- Tickets are priced at £15 adults, £10 concessions (seniors and 16-21 year-olds) and £5 under-16's - but all Season Ticket holders and Members will be entitled to a £5 discount if they book tickets in advance!
- Ten loyalty points will also be awarded for this fixture, so R's fans are encouraged to purchase their tickets as soon as possible.
- The fixture will also serve as a dummy-run for the Club, with the recently installed Access Control system being tested for the final time prior to the big kick-off against Blackpool seven days later.
- Operations Manager, Steve Pike, told www.qpr.co.uk: "It was of paramount importance that we organised a home friendly prior to the start of the season, as it will provide a valuable trial run ahead of the first league fixture against Blackpool.
- "The installation of Access Control over the summer months was a huge step in the right direction for us in terms of enhancing the matchday experience on offer to supporters and I am sure the fans will join us in embracing the new technology we're putting in place here.
- "The fans are an integral part of the Football Club and this new venture with Ticketmaster will certainly improve the experience they enjoy on a matchday at Loftus Road."
- *Supporters wishing to organise hospitality for this friendly should contact Julie Newman on 020 8740 2588.
2009/10 PRE-SEASON FIXTURES
Aldershot Town v QPR - Saturday 11th July 2009 (3.00pm)
Forest Green Rovers v QPR - Tuesday 21st July 2009 (7.45pm)
Oxford United v QPR - Friday 24th July 2009 (7.45pm)
Wycombe Wanderers v QPR - Tuesday 28th July 2009 (7.45pm)
QPR v Southampton - Saturday 1st August 2009 (3.00pm) QPR
QPR Accounts Update...No AGM This Year
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- For cutting-edge, continually-updated news about QPR: Visit the combination, quasi-blog/messageboard QPR Report Messageboard. QPR and football. Nothing else! All posters and all views welcome!
- Various messageboard rumours that QPR's Delaney has joined Ipswich for between 750K and 1million.
QPR Official Site - ANNUAL ACCOUNTS UPDATE
- Tue 23 Jun 2009
- In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 and the Articles of Association of QPR Holdings Limited (the 'Club'), the directors of the Club have decided not to hold an Annual General Meeting this year and to make available online to shareholders the Club's annual report and financial statements for the period 31 December 2008 (the 'Financial Statements') at the Club's website www.qpr.co.uk.
- We will notify Club shareholders when the Financial Statements are put up on the website.
- All queries or questions will be handled by e-mail. In this regard, please e-mail agm@qpr.co.uk - QPR
- [In the interim: Accounts Posted]
- Video: Terry Venables' QPR Score Eight
- For cutting-edge, continually-updated news about QPR: Visit the combination, quasi-blog/messageboard QPR Report Messageboard. QPR and football. Nothing else! All posters and all views welcome!
- Various messageboard rumours that QPR's Delaney has joined Ipswich for between 750K and 1million.
QPR Official Site - ANNUAL ACCOUNTS UPDATE
- Tue 23 Jun 2009
- In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 and the Articles of Association of QPR Holdings Limited (the 'Club'), the directors of the Club have decided not to hold an Annual General Meeting this year and to make available online to shareholders the Club's annual report and financial statements for the period 31 December 2008 (the 'Financial Statements') at the Club's website www.qpr.co.uk.
- We will notify Club shareholders when the Financial Statements are put up on the website.
- All queries or questions will be handled by e-mail. In this regard, please e-mail agm@qpr.co.uk - QPR
- [In the interim: Accounts Posted]
- Video: Terry Venables' QPR Score Eight
Further Ainsworth Praise for Sousa "Can’t judge anyone on four months work...a phenomenal manager...Every player improved"
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For cutting-edge, continually-updated news about QPR: Visit the combination, quasi-blog/messageboard QPR Report Messageboard. QPR and football. Nothing else! All posters and all views welcome!
- QPR Official Site - "Coming Soon: The Annual Accounts"
- [In the interim: Accounts Posted]
- Video: Terry Venables' QPR Score Eight
Wales on Sunday/Blair Wood: Gareth Ainsworth: ‘Swans will be stronger next season with Sousa’
- CHAMPIONSHIP rivals beware – Swansea City will be even stronger with Paulo Sousa at the helm next season.
- That’s the view of QPR player-coach Gareth Ainsworth, who believes the Portuguese legend is exactly the man to pick up where Roberto Martinez left off and lead the club’s Premiership push.
- Having both played for Sousa and worked as part of his coaching team, Ainsworth is perfectly placed to comment on what he will bring to the Liberty Stadium.
- And, worryingly for the rest of the division, he believes the two-time Champions League winner can take the Swans to a whole new level.
- Despite lasting just four months and winning only seven of his 26 games at Rangers, Ainsworth insists Sousa was a huge hit in London.
- With all the politics going on at the club – and claims that Rangers joint owner Flavio Briatore was interfering with team selection – Ainsworth said results on the pitch didn’t reflect the impact Sousa was having off it.
- The former Cardiff winger believes QPR’s loss will soon be Swansea’s gain.
- And he, for one, certainly isn’t relishing the prospect of coming up against his old boss next season.
- “No stone is left unturned with Paulo and it’s bad news for everyone else in the league,” he told Wales on Sunday when asked about the appointment.
- “It means Swansea will be just as good as last year, if not better.
- “I always thought Paulo would be a big success in British football. It looks like Swansea will be the ones to benefit from it.
- “You certainly can’t judge him on what happened at QPR. You can’t judge anyone on four months work.
“It’s the worst situation for any manager to be in and you need at least a season to get your ideas across.
- “It takes time to get everyone singing from your sheet and Paulo never got that with us.
“I’m sure that won’t be the case at Swansea and he could make them serious challengers.”
- If Swansea are to be promotion contenders next season, Sousa – who has been linked with a move for Dutch striker Rob Braber – will first have to win the battle to keep some of the club’s star players. Failing that, he will have to use his wealth of contacts to find replacements.
- With top-scorer Jason Scotland already the subject of a firm offer from Premiership new boys Burnley and the likes of Angel Rangel and Ferrie Bodde being heavily linked with moves to the top flight, the Portuguese certainly has a fight on his hands.
- For many it’s almost impossible to believe he will inherit the exact squad Martinez left behind.
- But Ainsworth has warned those considering a move not to be too hasty in leaving the Liberty. The much-travelled 36-year-old believes they could all benefit in ways they hadn’t even imagined by spending time under Sousa’s stewardship.
- “I know there is talk about some of their big names leaving,” he said.
- “But, if they stay, the players are in for an absolute treat with Paulo.
- “Roberto Martinez has introduced them to the continental flavour and Paulo is definitely the man to keep it going. He knows how football should be played and, with the players they have, he will deliver.
- “Paulo is a phenomenal manager to work for. Some of the ideas he brings in are just fantastic and the way he transformed some players was amazing.
- “Every player improved under Paulo and I learnt more from him in four months than I did in years with other managers.
- “He sees things other managers don’t and he knows how to get the best out of individuals.
- “It’s just a shame we didn’t get to work with him for longer because he is a really nice, genuine guy and a pleasure to work with.
- Without a doubt it’s a great move for Swansea and they are very lucky to have him”
- Added Ainsworth: “I can’t tell you too much about his style because Paulo always likes to keep things close to his chest.
- “It would be unfair for me to reveal his secrets.
- “But what I can say is that his techniques added to people’s games. When you work with a legend like that, you can’t help but be inspired.
- “You don’t win two Champions League medals for nothing. Paulo has got the lot.”
- Even if some of Swansea’s big names do leave, Ainsworth is adamant the club’s fans shouldn’t be too worried.
- Pointing out Sousa’s glittering playing career included spells at clubs like Juventus, Borussia Dortmund, Sporting Lisbon, Inter Milan and Espanyol, he knows the former midfielder has important contacts throughout Europe.
- Ainsworth believes that, like Martinez, Sousa will be able to turn unknown players into stars in Wales.
- And, with lingual talents to match his footballing skills, he has no doubts the 38-year-old will be able to get the best out of the multi-cultural dressing room he is likely to create.
- “The thing about Paulo is that he is fluent in four different languages,” he explained.
- “That is a big help in the modern game, especially in the transfer market.
- “He has got great contacts around the world but there’s no point bringing in foreign talents if you can’t communicate with them. I’ve seen it before and it’s a big problem.
- “Paulo will go round and happily speak in Spanish one minute, English the next and then French.
- “It means he can get across exactly what he wants to say and everyone benefits from it.
- “He is a very intelligent and thoughtful man with a huge knowledge of the game.
- “That would be wasted if he couldn’t share it with the whole dressing room.” Wales on Sunday
- Cardiff Interest in Liam Miller
For cutting-edge, continually-updated news about QPR: Visit the combination, quasi-blog/messageboard QPR Report Messageboard. QPR and football. Nothing else! All posters and all views welcome!
- QPR Official Site - "Coming Soon: The Annual Accounts"
- [In the interim: Accounts Posted]
- Video: Terry Venables' QPR Score Eight
Wales on Sunday/Blair Wood: Gareth Ainsworth: ‘Swans will be stronger next season with Sousa’
- CHAMPIONSHIP rivals beware – Swansea City will be even stronger with Paulo Sousa at the helm next season.
- That’s the view of QPR player-coach Gareth Ainsworth, who believes the Portuguese legend is exactly the man to pick up where Roberto Martinez left off and lead the club’s Premiership push.
- Having both played for Sousa and worked as part of his coaching team, Ainsworth is perfectly placed to comment on what he will bring to the Liberty Stadium.
- And, worryingly for the rest of the division, he believes the two-time Champions League winner can take the Swans to a whole new level.
- Despite lasting just four months and winning only seven of his 26 games at Rangers, Ainsworth insists Sousa was a huge hit in London.
- With all the politics going on at the club – and claims that Rangers joint owner Flavio Briatore was interfering with team selection – Ainsworth said results on the pitch didn’t reflect the impact Sousa was having off it.
- The former Cardiff winger believes QPR’s loss will soon be Swansea’s gain.
- And he, for one, certainly isn’t relishing the prospect of coming up against his old boss next season.
- “No stone is left unturned with Paulo and it’s bad news for everyone else in the league,” he told Wales on Sunday when asked about the appointment.
- “It means Swansea will be just as good as last year, if not better.
- “I always thought Paulo would be a big success in British football. It looks like Swansea will be the ones to benefit from it.
- “You certainly can’t judge him on what happened at QPR. You can’t judge anyone on four months work.
“It’s the worst situation for any manager to be in and you need at least a season to get your ideas across.
- “It takes time to get everyone singing from your sheet and Paulo never got that with us.
“I’m sure that won’t be the case at Swansea and he could make them serious challengers.”
- If Swansea are to be promotion contenders next season, Sousa – who has been linked with a move for Dutch striker Rob Braber – will first have to win the battle to keep some of the club’s star players. Failing that, he will have to use his wealth of contacts to find replacements.
- With top-scorer Jason Scotland already the subject of a firm offer from Premiership new boys Burnley and the likes of Angel Rangel and Ferrie Bodde being heavily linked with moves to the top flight, the Portuguese certainly has a fight on his hands.
- For many it’s almost impossible to believe he will inherit the exact squad Martinez left behind.
- But Ainsworth has warned those considering a move not to be too hasty in leaving the Liberty. The much-travelled 36-year-old believes they could all benefit in ways they hadn’t even imagined by spending time under Sousa’s stewardship.
- “I know there is talk about some of their big names leaving,” he said.
- “But, if they stay, the players are in for an absolute treat with Paulo.
- “Roberto Martinez has introduced them to the continental flavour and Paulo is definitely the man to keep it going. He knows how football should be played and, with the players they have, he will deliver.
- “Paulo is a phenomenal manager to work for. Some of the ideas he brings in are just fantastic and the way he transformed some players was amazing.
- “Every player improved under Paulo and I learnt more from him in four months than I did in years with other managers.
- “He sees things other managers don’t and he knows how to get the best out of individuals.
- “It’s just a shame we didn’t get to work with him for longer because he is a really nice, genuine guy and a pleasure to work with.
- Without a doubt it’s a great move for Swansea and they are very lucky to have him”
- Added Ainsworth: “I can’t tell you too much about his style because Paulo always likes to keep things close to his chest.
- “It would be unfair for me to reveal his secrets.
- “But what I can say is that his techniques added to people’s games. When you work with a legend like that, you can’t help but be inspired.
- “You don’t win two Champions League medals for nothing. Paulo has got the lot.”
- Even if some of Swansea’s big names do leave, Ainsworth is adamant the club’s fans shouldn’t be too worried.
- Pointing out Sousa’s glittering playing career included spells at clubs like Juventus, Borussia Dortmund, Sporting Lisbon, Inter Milan and Espanyol, he knows the former midfielder has important contacts throughout Europe.
- Ainsworth believes that, like Martinez, Sousa will be able to turn unknown players into stars in Wales.
- And, with lingual talents to match his footballing skills, he has no doubts the 38-year-old will be able to get the best out of the multi-cultural dressing room he is likely to create.
- “The thing about Paulo is that he is fluent in four different languages,” he explained.
- “That is a big help in the modern game, especially in the transfer market.
- “He has got great contacts around the world but there’s no point bringing in foreign talents if you can’t communicate with them. I’ve seen it before and it’s a big problem.
- “Paulo will go round and happily speak in Spanish one minute, English the next and then French.
- “It means he can get across exactly what he wants to say and everyone benefits from it.
- “He is a very intelligent and thoughtful man with a huge knowledge of the game.
- “That would be wasted if he couldn’t share it with the whole dressing room.” Wales on Sunday
- Cardiff Interest in Liam Miller
Video: QPR Score Eight..."Coming Soon: The Annual Accounts"...QPR Snippets
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- For cutting-edge, continually-updated news about QPR: Visit the combination, quasi-blog/messageboard QPR Report Messageboard. QPR and football. Nothing else! All posters and all views welcome!
- QPR Official Site - "Coming Soon: The Annual Accounts"
- [In the interim: Accounts Posted]
- Video: Terry Venables' QPR hit Eight
- Three QPR-connected players make The Times's "Arsenal's Fifty Greatest-Ever Players" List
- Two Year Flashback: Gianni Paladini Talking About Selling QPR
- European Draw: Alan McDonald's Glentoran Drawn vs Maccabi Haifa
BBC - Lopez's agent cools Swansea link
- Jordi Lopez's agent has played down speculation that the Queens Park Rangers midfielder is set for a move to Championship rivals Swansea City.
- Alex Bonnot has already stated that the 28-year-old Spaniard is set to leave Loftus Road at the end of his three-month contract.
- New Swans boss Paulo Sousa signed Uefa Cup-winner Lopez during his short-lived reign at Loftus Road last season.
- "No contact has been made from Swansea," Bonnot told BBC Sport Wales.
- "There was a good relationship when Jordi and Paulo were at QPR. Jordi very much liked working with him.
- "If Paulo is still happy to work with Jordi, he will come back to us. I want to let him do what he wants to do."
- Lopez won the Uefa Cup with Sevilla in 2006 when the Spanish side beat Middlesbrough 4-0 in the final.
- Before the switch to Sevilla two years earlier, Lopez made three appearances for Real Madrid.
- He arrived in English football after being released by Real Mallorca last December, joining QPR in February.
- Lopez opened talks after his three-month contract at Loftus Road expired, but was unhappy with the wages being offered and negotiations have ended.
- Sousa, 38, is set to be unveiled by the Swans on Tuesday as the replacement for Roberto Martinez, who left to join Wigan last week. BBC
Zesh Rehman's Blog - Bradford Permanent Deal
- I feel absolutely delighted having put pen to paper on 2 year deal with Bradford City on Thursday (18/06/09) and once again team up with the Stuart Mcall and the bantams faithful following my loan spell last season. My gut feeling told me this was the right club for me despite higher league interest and a better financial package. I have been fortunate enough to have played in all 4 Divisions in England and see this a the next step in my journey to hopefully inspire the next generation of kids and inparticular Asian kids pursuing a career in the game. At 25 I feel I have the best years ahead of me and am looking forward to the start of pre season and settling back into life in Bradford and witnessing the terrific home and away support once again. Zesh Rehman Blog
- Crystal Palace's Warnock: QPR Tried to Hijack Sears Deal"...Even after he shook my hand QPR came in for him but he gave me his word and he stuck to it, which can be rare these days..."
- Top Football Programmes in the country....QPR's Progamme #17
- 1974 Video: West Ham vs QPR
- Sousa Appointing Assistants and Being Given a Free Hand (Updated)
- F1 Updates re Briatore & Ecclestone
- (The Earlier Entries to the Magilton Diaries (Satire)
- Key Dates for QPR's 2009-2010 Season
- The Complete QPR Websites Listing
- "I'm Sorry But Who Would Want to Sign for Chelsea"
- Ken Bates Libel Trial Updated
- For cutting-edge, continually-updated news about QPR: Visit the combination, quasi-blog/messageboard QPR Report Messageboard. QPR and football. Nothing else! All posters and all views welcome!
- QPR Official Site - "Coming Soon: The Annual Accounts"
- [In the interim: Accounts Posted]
- Video: Terry Venables' QPR hit Eight
- Three QPR-connected players make The Times's "Arsenal's Fifty Greatest-Ever Players" List
- Two Year Flashback: Gianni Paladini Talking About Selling QPR
- European Draw: Alan McDonald's Glentoran Drawn vs Maccabi Haifa
BBC - Lopez's agent cools Swansea link
- Jordi Lopez's agent has played down speculation that the Queens Park Rangers midfielder is set for a move to Championship rivals Swansea City.
- Alex Bonnot has already stated that the 28-year-old Spaniard is set to leave Loftus Road at the end of his three-month contract.
- New Swans boss Paulo Sousa signed Uefa Cup-winner Lopez during his short-lived reign at Loftus Road last season.
- "No contact has been made from Swansea," Bonnot told BBC Sport Wales.
- "There was a good relationship when Jordi and Paulo were at QPR. Jordi very much liked working with him.
- "If Paulo is still happy to work with Jordi, he will come back to us. I want to let him do what he wants to do."
- Lopez won the Uefa Cup with Sevilla in 2006 when the Spanish side beat Middlesbrough 4-0 in the final.
- Before the switch to Sevilla two years earlier, Lopez made three appearances for Real Madrid.
- He arrived in English football after being released by Real Mallorca last December, joining QPR in February.
- Lopez opened talks after his three-month contract at Loftus Road expired, but was unhappy with the wages being offered and negotiations have ended.
- Sousa, 38, is set to be unveiled by the Swans on Tuesday as the replacement for Roberto Martinez, who left to join Wigan last week. BBC
Zesh Rehman's Blog - Bradford Permanent Deal
- I feel absolutely delighted having put pen to paper on 2 year deal with Bradford City on Thursday (18/06/09) and once again team up with the Stuart Mcall and the bantams faithful following my loan spell last season. My gut feeling told me this was the right club for me despite higher league interest and a better financial package. I have been fortunate enough to have played in all 4 Divisions in England and see this a the next step in my journey to hopefully inspire the next generation of kids and inparticular Asian kids pursuing a career in the game. At 25 I feel I have the best years ahead of me and am looking forward to the start of pre season and settling back into life in Bradford and witnessing the terrific home and away support once again. Zesh Rehman Blog
- Crystal Palace's Warnock: QPR Tried to Hijack Sears Deal"...Even after he shook my hand QPR came in for him but he gave me his word and he stuck to it, which can be rare these days..."
- Top Football Programmes in the country....QPR's Progamme #17
- 1974 Video: West Ham vs QPR
- Sousa Appointing Assistants and Being Given a Free Hand (Updated)
- F1 Updates re Briatore & Ecclestone
- (The Earlier Entries to the Magilton Diaries (Satire)
- Key Dates for QPR's 2009-2010 Season
- The Complete QPR Websites Listing
- "I'm Sorry But Who Would Want to Sign for Chelsea"
- Ken Bates Libel Trial Updated
Monday, June 22, 2009
QPR Programme Ranked #17...Lopez Linked to Swansea....Ainsworth on Sousa....QPR's Oastler Profiled....Forest Still Want Camp...Other Snippets
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- For cutting-edge, continually-updated news about QPR: Visit the combination, quasi-blog/messageboard QPR Report Messageboard. QPR and football. Nothing else! All posters and all views welcome!
- Crystal Palace's Warnock: QPR Tried to Hijack Sears Deal
- Top Football Programmes in the country....QPR's Progamme #17
- European Draw: Alan McDonald's Glentoran Drawn vs Maccabi Haifa
- 1974 Video: West Ham vs QPR
This is South Wales - Spanish midfielder linked to Swans
- PAULO Sousa could make Uefa Cup winner Jordi Lopez his first Swansea City signing.
- Spanish creator Lopez signed a short-term deal at Queens Park Rangers when Sousa was manager back in February.
- But the 28-year-old looks set to move on during the close season — and Sousa is tipped to make a move.
- Lopez played two games for Real Madrid before switching to Sevilla, where he was part of the side which lifted the Uefa Cup in 2006.
- Then came spells with Real Mallorca and Racing Santander before he decided to try his luck in English football. Lopez had trials with Portsmouth and Blackburn last summer and, after spending the autumn training alone in his homeland, was expected to join Birmingham City in January.
- When that move fell through, Lopez penned a three-month deal at Loftus Road and went on to score once in 10 appearances. Swansea
- Sousa Appointing Assistants and Being Given a Free Hand (Updated)
- "In case you missed it" - Gareth Ainsworth Strongly Praises Sousa
".... Former Cardiff City winger Gareth Ainsworth was on Sousa's coaching staff at QPR and took over as caretaker boss at Loftus Road when he left the club.
- "I don't think you can judge someone on just four or five months in any circumstances," Ainsworth told the Back Page.
- "Fans and players wanted him to stay as they enjoyed the change of style and the learning experience.
- Just to say Sousa will play good football like your ex-manager. He will attract good players and you will keep on improving
- "He's a fantastic man, well-respected, honest and an intelligent guy that comes across super-intelligent tactically.
- "In training he changed players, changed some players' positions and he brought some things out of players that I didn't see and I've been at QPR for seven years!
- "He's a real thinker, he can be a shouter and aggressive in the dressing room but is a very intelligent talker who speaks a lot of languages which is useful thesedays - but I'm not sure how he'll cope with the Welsh accents!
- "Swansea were blessed with Roberto Martinez who got them playing some great stuff and Paulo will add to that style as he was a fan of Swansea's way of playing the game.
"In a way he has a team that suits his footballing philosophies - and I can tell the Swansea fans that they're in for a treat. He'll be a top manager of the future." BBC - Your view re Sousa and his QPR Departure
Portsmouth News/Neil Allen - Rejected Oastler proves he's no average Joe
- Matt Ritchie may be heading the next generation of local talent in their assault on professional football - but Joe Oastler is right on his shoulder.
- For Pompey, he's the one that got away, with the Milton starlet now gunning for the QPR first team.
- Oastler contemplated quitting the game upon his Pompey release last summer following 10 years with his hometown club.
- Yet barely a month later he was snapped up by QPR after impressing at the exit trials.
- Since then the central defender has gone on to captain their reserve team and make two first-team squads, earning him a fresh one-year deal.
Oastler spent a decade alongside Ritchie at Fratton Park.
- Also among their team-mates was Emsworth's Joel Ward, who enjoyed a successful loan spell at Bournemouth last season.
- Now the 18-year-old from Shelford Road is bidding to become the latest local player to break into the Football League.
- He said: 'Being released by Pompey was devastating and afterwards a few times I felt like giving up – but things couldn't have turned out any better.
- 'QPR picked me up at the Exit trials and put me with the youth team.
- 'Two days later I was told to train with the first team, given a squad number and stayed with them for the rest of the season.
- 'Only myself and another youth player, Lee Brown, did that. Gareth Ainsworth – the reserve manager – also gave me the captain's armband for the season.
- 'It's all happened so quick. I cannot remember much of the season, it flew by.
- 'I definitely feel I've improved. I've been on a weight programme which has really built me up and feel much better when playing now.
- 'The next aim is to start making some first-team appearances. We're back to training on July 1 and I'm really excited with a new manager (Jim Magilton) to impress.
- 'I still speak to Matt (Ritchie) and what he has done is phenomenal. I hope, like him, I will make a few appearances next season, on loan elsewhere if need be.
- 'I've just got to get into a first-team somewhere.'
Oastler was spotted by Pompey at the age of eight while turning out for Copnor North End.
- He remained on the Blues' books for the next 10 years until his release at the end of the 2007/08 campaign.
- The Milton Cross schoolboy found himself without a club last summer – then had 13 chasing his signature after starring in the exit trials.
- After opting for QPR, he featured as an unused substitute in the FA Cup Third Round goalless draw with Burnley and as an unused sub in the November 2-1 victory over Charlton.
- And he's backing the R's for a successful season ahead.
- He added: 'There are a few big clubs in there now and I think with the squad we have got we are good enough to get promoted,
- 'If we can get it right we can definitely challenge.' Portsmouth News
Nottingham Evening Post - Forest still keen on QPR keeper Camp
- Nottingham Forest are planning a fresh bid to land QPR keeper Lee Camp.
Reds boss Billy Davies is plotting a new seven-figure offer for the former Derby County player, as he looks to bolster his squad for the new season.
- It had seemed that Forest's interest in Camp (pictured) – who enjoyed an impressive spell on loan at the end of 2008 – had waned after they had failed to agree a fee for the player with the London club in January.
- Furthermore, the change of management at Loftus Road, where Jim Magilton has been appointed following the departure of Paulo Sousa, had prompted speculation that Camp might still have a future with the Hoops.
- But Davies, who managed Camp at Pride Park, is still a big fan of the 24-year-old who played 15 games for Forest and produced some spectacular performances under Colin Calderwood and John Pemberton.
And he is still keen to bring him to the City Ground to challenge Paul Smith for the number one jersey.
It is wrongly believed by many that Davies fell out with Camp during his tenure at Derby.
The Scot was in fact very keen to bring the keeper back to Forest when he initially took over the reigns.
And the Evening Post understands Forest are preparing to test new QPR manager Magilton's resolve with a fresh bid to sign Camp, who is likely to remain behind Czech international Radek Cerny in the pecking order.
- Camp himself remains enthusiastic about a return to Forest, if the club are willing to come close to matching the terms of his current QPR contract, which is believed to have three years left to run. Nottingham Evening Post
QPR MASTERS CHAMPIONS
- Masters Reports
- F1 Updates re Briatore & Ecclestone
- "USA Still Struggling for Global Impact"
- The Guardian's David Conn Wins Sportswiter of the Year Award
- Flashback: Alan Mullery Takes Over at QPR
- The Magilton Diaries (Satire) - Entry V ----- (The Earlier Entries to the Magilton Diaries (Satire)
- Key Dates for QPR's 2009-2010 Season
- The Complete QPR Websites Listing
- For cutting-edge, continually-updated news about QPR: Visit the combination, quasi-blog/messageboard QPR Report Messageboard. QPR and football. Nothing else! All posters and all views welcome!
- Crystal Palace's Warnock: QPR Tried to Hijack Sears Deal
- Top Football Programmes in the country....QPR's Progamme #17
- European Draw: Alan McDonald's Glentoran Drawn vs Maccabi Haifa
- 1974 Video: West Ham vs QPR
This is South Wales - Spanish midfielder linked to Swans
- PAULO Sousa could make Uefa Cup winner Jordi Lopez his first Swansea City signing.
- Spanish creator Lopez signed a short-term deal at Queens Park Rangers when Sousa was manager back in February.
- But the 28-year-old looks set to move on during the close season — and Sousa is tipped to make a move.
- Lopez played two games for Real Madrid before switching to Sevilla, where he was part of the side which lifted the Uefa Cup in 2006.
- Then came spells with Real Mallorca and Racing Santander before he decided to try his luck in English football. Lopez had trials with Portsmouth and Blackburn last summer and, after spending the autumn training alone in his homeland, was expected to join Birmingham City in January.
- When that move fell through, Lopez penned a three-month deal at Loftus Road and went on to score once in 10 appearances. Swansea
- Sousa Appointing Assistants and Being Given a Free Hand (Updated)
- "In case you missed it" - Gareth Ainsworth Strongly Praises Sousa
".... Former Cardiff City winger Gareth Ainsworth was on Sousa's coaching staff at QPR and took over as caretaker boss at Loftus Road when he left the club.
- "I don't think you can judge someone on just four or five months in any circumstances," Ainsworth told the Back Page.
- "Fans and players wanted him to stay as they enjoyed the change of style and the learning experience.
- Just to say Sousa will play good football like your ex-manager. He will attract good players and you will keep on improving
- "He's a fantastic man, well-respected, honest and an intelligent guy that comes across super-intelligent tactically.
- "In training he changed players, changed some players' positions and he brought some things out of players that I didn't see and I've been at QPR for seven years!
- "He's a real thinker, he can be a shouter and aggressive in the dressing room but is a very intelligent talker who speaks a lot of languages which is useful thesedays - but I'm not sure how he'll cope with the Welsh accents!
- "Swansea were blessed with Roberto Martinez who got them playing some great stuff and Paulo will add to that style as he was a fan of Swansea's way of playing the game.
"In a way he has a team that suits his footballing philosophies - and I can tell the Swansea fans that they're in for a treat. He'll be a top manager of the future." BBC - Your view re Sousa and his QPR Departure
Portsmouth News/Neil Allen - Rejected Oastler proves he's no average Joe
- Matt Ritchie may be heading the next generation of local talent in their assault on professional football - but Joe Oastler is right on his shoulder.
- For Pompey, he's the one that got away, with the Milton starlet now gunning for the QPR first team.
- Oastler contemplated quitting the game upon his Pompey release last summer following 10 years with his hometown club.
- Yet barely a month later he was snapped up by QPR after impressing at the exit trials.
- Since then the central defender has gone on to captain their reserve team and make two first-team squads, earning him a fresh one-year deal.
Oastler spent a decade alongside Ritchie at Fratton Park.
- Also among their team-mates was Emsworth's Joel Ward, who enjoyed a successful loan spell at Bournemouth last season.
- Now the 18-year-old from Shelford Road is bidding to become the latest local player to break into the Football League.
- He said: 'Being released by Pompey was devastating and afterwards a few times I felt like giving up – but things couldn't have turned out any better.
- 'QPR picked me up at the Exit trials and put me with the youth team.
- 'Two days later I was told to train with the first team, given a squad number and stayed with them for the rest of the season.
- 'Only myself and another youth player, Lee Brown, did that. Gareth Ainsworth – the reserve manager – also gave me the captain's armband for the season.
- 'It's all happened so quick. I cannot remember much of the season, it flew by.
- 'I definitely feel I've improved. I've been on a weight programme which has really built me up and feel much better when playing now.
- 'The next aim is to start making some first-team appearances. We're back to training on July 1 and I'm really excited with a new manager (Jim Magilton) to impress.
- 'I still speak to Matt (Ritchie) and what he has done is phenomenal. I hope, like him, I will make a few appearances next season, on loan elsewhere if need be.
- 'I've just got to get into a first-team somewhere.'
Oastler was spotted by Pompey at the age of eight while turning out for Copnor North End.
- He remained on the Blues' books for the next 10 years until his release at the end of the 2007/08 campaign.
- The Milton Cross schoolboy found himself without a club last summer – then had 13 chasing his signature after starring in the exit trials.
- After opting for QPR, he featured as an unused substitute in the FA Cup Third Round goalless draw with Burnley and as an unused sub in the November 2-1 victory over Charlton.
- And he's backing the R's for a successful season ahead.
- He added: 'There are a few big clubs in there now and I think with the squad we have got we are good enough to get promoted,
- 'If we can get it right we can definitely challenge.' Portsmouth News
Nottingham Evening Post - Forest still keen on QPR keeper Camp
- Nottingham Forest are planning a fresh bid to land QPR keeper Lee Camp.
Reds boss Billy Davies is plotting a new seven-figure offer for the former Derby County player, as he looks to bolster his squad for the new season.
- It had seemed that Forest's interest in Camp (pictured) – who enjoyed an impressive spell on loan at the end of 2008 – had waned after they had failed to agree a fee for the player with the London club in January.
- Furthermore, the change of management at Loftus Road, where Jim Magilton has been appointed following the departure of Paulo Sousa, had prompted speculation that Camp might still have a future with the Hoops.
- But Davies, who managed Camp at Pride Park, is still a big fan of the 24-year-old who played 15 games for Forest and produced some spectacular performances under Colin Calderwood and John Pemberton.
And he is still keen to bring him to the City Ground to challenge Paul Smith for the number one jersey.
It is wrongly believed by many that Davies fell out with Camp during his tenure at Derby.
The Scot was in fact very keen to bring the keeper back to Forest when he initially took over the reigns.
And the Evening Post understands Forest are preparing to test new QPR manager Magilton's resolve with a fresh bid to sign Camp, who is likely to remain behind Czech international Radek Cerny in the pecking order.
- Camp himself remains enthusiastic about a return to Forest, if the club are willing to come close to matching the terms of his current QPR contract, which is believed to have three years left to run. Nottingham Evening Post
QPR MASTERS CHAMPIONS
- Masters Reports
- F1 Updates re Briatore & Ecclestone
- "USA Still Struggling for Global Impact"
- The Guardian's David Conn Wins Sportswiter of the Year Award
- Flashback: Alan Mullery Takes Over at QPR
- The Magilton Diaries (Satire) - Entry V ----- (The Earlier Entries to the Magilton Diaries (Satire)
- Key Dates for QPR's 2009-2010 Season
- The Complete QPR Websites Listing
Sunday, June 21, 2009
QPR Masters Champions
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- 1974 Video: West Ham vs QPR
- Numerous other old QPR Video snippets
- Sousa Appointing Assistants and Being Given a Free Hand
QPR MASTERS CHAMPIONS
Screwfix London Masters Cup 2009
Winners: QPR Masters
Pld Pts Gd
QPR 2 4 +3
Chelsea 2 2 0
Fulham 2 1 0
Pld Pts Gd
West Ham 2 6 +4
Spurs 2 1 -2
Arsenal 2 1 -2
Group results
QPR Masters 3 - 0 Fulham Masters Spurs Masters 2 - 4 West Ham Masters
Sinton
Meaker (2)
Caskey
Wilson Brown
Rowland
Horlock
Pearce
Fulham Masters 3 - 3 Chelsea Masters Spurs Masters 3 - 3 Arsenal Masters
Herrera
Hayles (2) Stein
Flo
Lee
Austin
Sedgley
Wilson Selley
Thomas (2)
QPR Masters 1 - 1 Chelsea Masters West Ham Masters 3 - 1 Arsenal Masters
Sinton Barnard
Rowland
Sinclair
Hughes Parlour
Final
West Ham Masters 1 - 1 QPR Masters QPR win 4 - 3 on penalties
Pearce Thorpe
Awards
Man of the Match Tony Roberts Golden Boot Michael Meaker (3)
QPR Masters QPR Masters
Masters
- For cutting-edge, continually-updated news about QPR: Visit the combination, quasi-blog/messageboard QPR Report Messageboard. The place where for QPR and football. Nothing else! And all views welcome! No cliques. No board wars, No ad-hominem attacks on fellow posters
- 1974 Video: West Ham vs QPR
- Numerous other old QPR Video snippets
- Sousa Appointing Assistants and Being Given a Free Hand
QPR MASTERS CHAMPIONS
Screwfix London Masters Cup 2009
Winners: QPR Masters
Pld Pts Gd
QPR 2 4 +3
Chelsea 2 2 0
Fulham 2 1 0
Pld Pts Gd
West Ham 2 6 +4
Spurs 2 1 -2
Arsenal 2 1 -2
Group results
QPR Masters 3 - 0 Fulham Masters Spurs Masters 2 - 4 West Ham Masters
Sinton
Meaker (2)
Caskey
Wilson Brown
Rowland
Horlock
Pearce
Fulham Masters 3 - 3 Chelsea Masters Spurs Masters 3 - 3 Arsenal Masters
Herrera
Hayles (2) Stein
Flo
Lee
Austin
Sedgley
Wilson Selley
Thomas (2)
QPR Masters 1 - 1 Chelsea Masters West Ham Masters 3 - 1 Arsenal Masters
Sinton Barnard
Rowland
Sinclair
Hughes Parlour
Final
West Ham Masters 1 - 1 QPR Masters QPR win 4 - 3 on penalties
Pearce Thorpe
Awards
Man of the Match Tony Roberts Golden Boot Michael Meaker (3)
QPR Masters QPR Masters
Masters
Flashback: 1974/75 Video of QPR vs West Ham....Sousa at Swansea...Alan Mullery Appointed....QPR Win London Masters
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- 1974 Video: West Ham vs QPR
- Numerous other old QPR Video snippets
- Sousa Appointing Assistants and Being Given a Free Hand
Marking A Quarter Century Since Alan Mullery Appointed:
Twenty-Five Years ago (yesterday!) Chairman Jim Gregory announced the appointment of Alan Mullery as QPR's new manager. Mullery's task wasn't aided by the fact that he was replacing the very popular and brilliant Terry Venables. Mullery wasn't even the first successor. In the summer Gordon Jago had been hired - and then axed a week later! And QPR had tried to hire David Pleat from Luton. Mullery was at QPR for six months and 17 games before being axed (after a 2-0 home win against Stoke). In his six months, saw the departure of Clive Allen and the arrival of Gary Bannister and John Byrne. It saw the great 1-1 draw at Liverpool; an amazing 5-5 comeback against Newcastle at Loftus Road; and the appalling 0-4 collapse to Partisan Belgrade after a 6-2 "home" win by QPR.
Mullery was axed. The initial replacement was hoped to have been ex-Leeds and England Manager, Don Revie. When that fell through, Frank Sibley took over for the rest of the season - and QPR stayed up by one point - Final Table
The Mullery Record - QPR 1984/1985 Results
English Division 1 (old) QPR 3-1 West Brom 25-08-1984
English Division 1 (old) Watford 1-1 QPR 28-08-1984
English Division 1 (old) Liverpool 1-1 QPR 01-09-1984
English Division 1 (old) QPR 3-0 Nottm Forest 08-09-1984
English Division 1 (old) Tottenham 5-0 QPR 15-09-1984
UEFA Cup KR Reykjavik 0-3 QPR 18-09-1984
English Division 1 (old) QPR 5-5 Newcastle 22-09-1984
English League Cup York 2-4 QPR 25-09-1984
English Division 1 (old) Southampton 1-1 QPR 29-09-1984
UEFA Cup QPR 4-0 KR Reykjavik 02-10-1984
English Division 1 (old) QPR 2-3 Luton 06-10-1984
English League Cup QPR 4-1 York 09-10-1984
English Division 1 (old) Ipswich 1-1 QPR 13-10-1984
English Division 1 (old) QPR 2-1 Coventry 20-10-1984
UEFA Cup QPR 6-2 Partizan Belgrade 24-10-1984
English Division 1 (old) Norwich 2-0 QPR 27-10-1984
English League Cup QPR 1-0 Aston Villa 30-10-1984
English Division 1 (old) Sunderland 3-0 QPR 03-11-1984
UEFA Cup Partizan Belgrade 4-0 QPR 07-11-1984
English Division 1 (old) QPR 0-0 Sheff Wed 10-11-1984
English Division 1 (old) Arsenal 1-0 QPR 17-11-1984
English League Cup Southampton 1-1 QPR 20-11-1984
English Division 1 (old) QPR 2-0 Aston Villa 24-11-1984
English League Cup QPR 0-0 Southampton 27-11-1984
English Division 1 (old) Leicester 4-0 QPR 01-12-1984
English Division 1 (old) QPR 2-0 Stoke 04-12-1984
Soccerbase
See also: - Mullery's website ----
Mullery Wikipedia Profile ----Alan Mullery Speaker
- Congratulations to QPR on Winning the London Masters Cup(beating other ex-QPRs!) - Match Details
- Video: QPR vs Cardiff Playoff Final Video
- The Guardian's David Conn Wins Sportswiter of the Year Award
- The Magilton Diaries (Satire) - Entry V ----- (The Earlier Entries to the Magilton Diaries (Satire)
- Key Dates for QPR's 2009-2010 Season
- The Complete QPR Websites Listing
- For cutting-edge, continually-updated news about QPR: Visit the combination, quasi-blog/messageboard QPR Report Messageboard. The place where for QPR and football. Nothing else! And all views welcome! No cliques. No board wars, No ad-hominem attacks on fellow posters
- 1974 Video: West Ham vs QPR
- Numerous other old QPR Video snippets
- Sousa Appointing Assistants and Being Given a Free Hand
Marking A Quarter Century Since Alan Mullery Appointed:
Twenty-Five Years ago (yesterday!) Chairman Jim Gregory announced the appointment of Alan Mullery as QPR's new manager. Mullery's task wasn't aided by the fact that he was replacing the very popular and brilliant Terry Venables. Mullery wasn't even the first successor. In the summer Gordon Jago had been hired - and then axed a week later! And QPR had tried to hire David Pleat from Luton. Mullery was at QPR for six months and 17 games before being axed (after a 2-0 home win against Stoke). In his six months, saw the departure of Clive Allen and the arrival of Gary Bannister and John Byrne. It saw the great 1-1 draw at Liverpool; an amazing 5-5 comeback against Newcastle at Loftus Road; and the appalling 0-4 collapse to Partisan Belgrade after a 6-2 "home" win by QPR.
Mullery was axed. The initial replacement was hoped to have been ex-Leeds and England Manager, Don Revie. When that fell through, Frank Sibley took over for the rest of the season - and QPR stayed up by one point - Final Table
The Mullery Record - QPR 1984/1985 Results
English Division 1 (old) QPR 3-1 West Brom 25-08-1984
English Division 1 (old) Watford 1-1 QPR 28-08-1984
English Division 1 (old) Liverpool 1-1 QPR 01-09-1984
English Division 1 (old) QPR 3-0 Nottm Forest 08-09-1984
English Division 1 (old) Tottenham 5-0 QPR 15-09-1984
UEFA Cup KR Reykjavik 0-3 QPR 18-09-1984
English Division 1 (old) QPR 5-5 Newcastle 22-09-1984
English League Cup York 2-4 QPR 25-09-1984
English Division 1 (old) Southampton 1-1 QPR 29-09-1984
UEFA Cup QPR 4-0 KR Reykjavik 02-10-1984
English Division 1 (old) QPR 2-3 Luton 06-10-1984
English League Cup QPR 4-1 York 09-10-1984
English Division 1 (old) Ipswich 1-1 QPR 13-10-1984
English Division 1 (old) QPR 2-1 Coventry 20-10-1984
UEFA Cup QPR 6-2 Partizan Belgrade 24-10-1984
English Division 1 (old) Norwich 2-0 QPR 27-10-1984
English League Cup QPR 1-0 Aston Villa 30-10-1984
English Division 1 (old) Sunderland 3-0 QPR 03-11-1984
UEFA Cup Partizan Belgrade 4-0 QPR 07-11-1984
English Division 1 (old) QPR 0-0 Sheff Wed 10-11-1984
English Division 1 (old) Arsenal 1-0 QPR 17-11-1984
English League Cup Southampton 1-1 QPR 20-11-1984
English Division 1 (old) QPR 2-0 Aston Villa 24-11-1984
English League Cup QPR 0-0 Southampton 27-11-1984
English Division 1 (old) Leicester 4-0 QPR 01-12-1984
English Division 1 (old) QPR 2-0 Stoke 04-12-1984
Soccerbase
See also: - Mullery's website ----
Mullery Wikipedia Profile ----Alan Mullery Speaker
- Congratulations to QPR on Winning the London Masters Cup(beating other ex-QPRs!) - Match Details
- Video: QPR vs Cardiff Playoff Final Video
- The Guardian's David Conn Wins Sportswiter of the Year Award
- The Magilton Diaries (Satire) - Entry V ----- (The Earlier Entries to the Magilton Diaries (Satire)
- Key Dates for QPR's 2009-2010 Season
- The Complete QPR Websites Listing
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Gareth Ainsworth Highly Praises Paulo Sousa
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- The Magilton Diaries (Satire) - Entry V ----- (The Earlier Entries to the Magilton Diaries (Satire)
- The Formula One Dispute: Briatore vs Ecclestone (Updated?) ------ Various earlier stories re the Formula One Dispute
- No Jordi Lopez for QPR (Seemingly)
- Leicester Drop Out of Chase for Swindon's Simon Cox
- Video: The QPR vs Cardiff Millenium Final
- Day, Kelly, Shittu, Carlisle, Padula (Williams 79), Gallen, Bircham, Palmer, McLeod, Pacquette (Thomson 60), Furlong. Subs not used: Culkin, Angell, Forbes.
Playoff Final Memories
Gareth Ainsworth on Paulo Sousa
.... Former Cardiff City winger Gareth Ainsworth was on Sousa's coaching staff at QPR and took over as caretaker boss at Loftus Road when he left the club.
- "I don't think you can judge someone on just four or five months in any circumstances," Ainsworth told the Back Page.
- "Fans and players wanted him to stay as they enjoyed the change of style and the learning experience.
- Just to say Sousa will play good football like your ex-manager. He will attract good players and you will keep on improving
- "He's a fantastic man, well-respected, honest and an intelligent guy that comes across super-intelligent tactically.
- "In training he changed players, changed some players' positions and he brought some things out of players that I didn't see and I've been at QPR for seven years!
- "He's a real thinker, he can be a shouter and aggressive in the dressing room but is a very intelligent talker who speaks a lot of languages which is useful thesedays - but I'm not sure how he'll cope with the Welsh accents!
- "Swansea were blessed with Roberto Martinez who got them playing some great stuff and Paulo will add to that style as he was a fan of Swansea's way of playing the game.
"In a way he has a team that suits his footballing philosophies - and I can tell the Swansea fans that they're in for a treat. He'll be a top manager of the future."
Full BBC article below
BBC - Sousa warned of Martinez effect
- Sousa parted company with QPR in April after only five months in the job
Paulo Sousa has been warned of the difficult task he will face to succeed Roberto Martinez as Swansea City boss.
- Paul Lambert, a team-mate when Sousa won the Champions League crown in 1996 with Borussia Dortmund, says to follow fans favourite Martinez will be tough.
- Martinez, who has joined Premier League Wigan Athletic, guided Swansea to the League One title before their eighth placed Championship finish last term.
- "It will be tough to take over from a man who has done great," said Lambert.
- The former Scottish international was Sosua's central midfielder partner when the Portugal great won the second of his European titles against Juventus in Munich.
- Sousa played for the Italian giants the previous season when he won the first of his Champions League medals when Juventus beat Ajax on penalties in Rome in 1996.
- The 51-times Portuguese international joins Swansea after the Welsh club enjoyed its highest league position for 25 years, playing a stylish and attractive brand of football that earned universal plaudits.
- "It will be tough for Paulo," Lambert told BBC Radio Wales' Back Page programme.
- "Paulo is very single-minded, has his own ideas of the game and will show it is not difficult for a top player to become a good manager
- Former Borussia Dortmundteam-mate Paul Lambert
"Just like whoever takes over from Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United will have a difficult ask.
- "But I'm pretty sure that Paulo will get a bit of success and if he gets them out of the Championship, people will forget everything that went before."
- The former Queens Park Rangers manager has "verbally accepted" a three-year deal to become Swansea's 12th boss in 14 years and is set to be unveiled next week.
- Sousa was QPR chief for just five months and 26 games and parted company when the club claimed he divulged sensitive information as the London team claimed they acted to "protect their position."
- The 38-year-old - once assistant to Portugal manager Carlos Queiroz - lost six of his 23 league games in charge at the club hailed one of the richest in the world due to its millionaire owners.
- Sousa departed Loftus Road amid suggestion that he was unhappy with QPR chairman Flavio Briatore meddling in team affairs.
- Briatore denied the claims and even said in a statement on the club's website after Sousa's departure "Paulo picked the team all the time."
- Lambert says that Sousa - a member of the Portuguese national team's golden generation alongside Rui Costa and LuÃs Figo - is his "own man" and "single-minded."
- "I think it's a great appointment for Swansea," said Lambert, now manager of League One Colchester United.
- "He did a fine job at Queens Park Rangers. It is well-documented that there are problems at that particular football club.
- "Paulo said when he took the QPR job that he'd be his own man and he wouldn't like people telling him what to do."
- Former Cardiff City winger Gareth Ainsworth was on Sousa's coaching staff at QPR and took over as caretaker boss at Loftus Road when he left the club.
- "I don't think you can judge someone on just four or five months in any circumstances," Ainsworth told the Back Page.
- "Fans and players wanted him to stay as they enjoyed the change of style and the learning experience.
- Just to say Sousa will play good football like your ex-manager. He will attract good players and you will keep on improving
- "He's a fantastic man, well-respected, honest and an intelligent guy that comes across super-intelligent tactically.
- "In training he changed players, changed some players' positions and he brought some things out of players that I didn't see and I've been at QPR for seven years!
- "He's a real thinker, he can be a shouter and aggressive in the dressing room but is a very intelligent talker who speaks a lot of languages which is useful thesedays - but I'm not sure how he'll cope with the Welsh accents!
- "Swansea were blessed with Roberto Martinez who got them playing some great stuff and Paulo will add to that style as he was a fan of Swansea's way of playing the game.
"In a way he has a team that suits his footballing philosophies - and I can tell the Swansea fans that they're in for a treat. He'll be a top manager of the future."
Asked about Sousa's limited managerial experience, Lambert added: "It's all very well being a world-class footballer and playing at some unbelievable football clubs but how do you get experience as a manger? By being given an opportunity.
- "And when Swansea gave Roberto Martinez the chance he did an absolutely brilliant job with not much experience and Paulo will be great.
- "Paulo is very single-minded, has his own ideas of the game and will show it is not difficult for a top player to become a good manager" BBC
- Assessments of Sousa at Swansea
- Your opinion about Sousa: As QPR Manager...Should QPR have axed him? How he'll do at Swansea?
- For cutting-edge, continually-updated news about QPR: Visit the combination, quasi-blog/messageboard QPR Report Messageboard. The place where for QPR and football. Nothing else! And all views welcome! No cliques. No board wars, No ad-hominem attacks on fellow posters
- The Magilton Diaries (Satire) - Entry V ----- (The Earlier Entries to the Magilton Diaries (Satire)
- The Formula One Dispute: Briatore vs Ecclestone (Updated?) ------ Various earlier stories re the Formula One Dispute
- No Jordi Lopez for QPR (Seemingly)
- Leicester Drop Out of Chase for Swindon's Simon Cox
- Video: The QPR vs Cardiff Millenium Final
- Day, Kelly, Shittu, Carlisle, Padula (Williams 79), Gallen, Bircham, Palmer, McLeod, Pacquette (Thomson 60), Furlong. Subs not used: Culkin, Angell, Forbes.
Playoff Final Memories
Gareth Ainsworth on Paulo Sousa
.... Former Cardiff City winger Gareth Ainsworth was on Sousa's coaching staff at QPR and took over as caretaker boss at Loftus Road when he left the club.
- "I don't think you can judge someone on just four or five months in any circumstances," Ainsworth told the Back Page.
- "Fans and players wanted him to stay as they enjoyed the change of style and the learning experience.
- Just to say Sousa will play good football like your ex-manager. He will attract good players and you will keep on improving
- "He's a fantastic man, well-respected, honest and an intelligent guy that comes across super-intelligent tactically.
- "In training he changed players, changed some players' positions and he brought some things out of players that I didn't see and I've been at QPR for seven years!
- "He's a real thinker, he can be a shouter and aggressive in the dressing room but is a very intelligent talker who speaks a lot of languages which is useful thesedays - but I'm not sure how he'll cope with the Welsh accents!
- "Swansea were blessed with Roberto Martinez who got them playing some great stuff and Paulo will add to that style as he was a fan of Swansea's way of playing the game.
"In a way he has a team that suits his footballing philosophies - and I can tell the Swansea fans that they're in for a treat. He'll be a top manager of the future."
Full BBC article below
BBC - Sousa warned of Martinez effect
- Sousa parted company with QPR in April after only five months in the job
Paulo Sousa has been warned of the difficult task he will face to succeed Roberto Martinez as Swansea City boss.
- Paul Lambert, a team-mate when Sousa won the Champions League crown in 1996 with Borussia Dortmund, says to follow fans favourite Martinez will be tough.
- Martinez, who has joined Premier League Wigan Athletic, guided Swansea to the League One title before their eighth placed Championship finish last term.
- "It will be tough to take over from a man who has done great," said Lambert.
- The former Scottish international was Sosua's central midfielder partner when the Portugal great won the second of his European titles against Juventus in Munich.
- Sousa played for the Italian giants the previous season when he won the first of his Champions League medals when Juventus beat Ajax on penalties in Rome in 1996.
- The 51-times Portuguese international joins Swansea after the Welsh club enjoyed its highest league position for 25 years, playing a stylish and attractive brand of football that earned universal plaudits.
- "It will be tough for Paulo," Lambert told BBC Radio Wales' Back Page programme.
- "Paulo is very single-minded, has his own ideas of the game and will show it is not difficult for a top player to become a good manager
- Former Borussia Dortmundteam-mate Paul Lambert
"Just like whoever takes over from Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United will have a difficult ask.
- "But I'm pretty sure that Paulo will get a bit of success and if he gets them out of the Championship, people will forget everything that went before."
- The former Queens Park Rangers manager has "verbally accepted" a three-year deal to become Swansea's 12th boss in 14 years and is set to be unveiled next week.
- Sousa was QPR chief for just five months and 26 games and parted company when the club claimed he divulged sensitive information as the London team claimed they acted to "protect their position."
- The 38-year-old - once assistant to Portugal manager Carlos Queiroz - lost six of his 23 league games in charge at the club hailed one of the richest in the world due to its millionaire owners.
- Sousa departed Loftus Road amid suggestion that he was unhappy with QPR chairman Flavio Briatore meddling in team affairs.
- Briatore denied the claims and even said in a statement on the club's website after Sousa's departure "Paulo picked the team all the time."
- Lambert says that Sousa - a member of the Portuguese national team's golden generation alongside Rui Costa and LuÃs Figo - is his "own man" and "single-minded."
- "I think it's a great appointment for Swansea," said Lambert, now manager of League One Colchester United.
- "He did a fine job at Queens Park Rangers. It is well-documented that there are problems at that particular football club.
- "Paulo said when he took the QPR job that he'd be his own man and he wouldn't like people telling him what to do."
- Former Cardiff City winger Gareth Ainsworth was on Sousa's coaching staff at QPR and took over as caretaker boss at Loftus Road when he left the club.
- "I don't think you can judge someone on just four or five months in any circumstances," Ainsworth told the Back Page.
- "Fans and players wanted him to stay as they enjoyed the change of style and the learning experience.
- Just to say Sousa will play good football like your ex-manager. He will attract good players and you will keep on improving
- "He's a fantastic man, well-respected, honest and an intelligent guy that comes across super-intelligent tactically.
- "In training he changed players, changed some players' positions and he brought some things out of players that I didn't see and I've been at QPR for seven years!
- "He's a real thinker, he can be a shouter and aggressive in the dressing room but is a very intelligent talker who speaks a lot of languages which is useful thesedays - but I'm not sure how he'll cope with the Welsh accents!
- "Swansea were blessed with Roberto Martinez who got them playing some great stuff and Paulo will add to that style as he was a fan of Swansea's way of playing the game.
"In a way he has a team that suits his footballing philosophies - and I can tell the Swansea fans that they're in for a treat. He'll be a top manager of the future."
Asked about Sousa's limited managerial experience, Lambert added: "It's all very well being a world-class footballer and playing at some unbelievable football clubs but how do you get experience as a manger? By being given an opportunity.
- "And when Swansea gave Roberto Martinez the chance he did an absolutely brilliant job with not much experience and Paulo will be great.
- "Paulo is very single-minded, has his own ideas of the game and will show it is not difficult for a top player to become a good manager" BBC
- Assessments of Sousa at Swansea
- Your opinion about Sousa: As QPR Manager...Should QPR have axed him? How he'll do at Swansea?
Cardiff Playoff Final Video...QPR Play in London Masters Tournament Tonight....Two Ex-QPR Birthdays
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- For cutting-edge, continually-updated news about QPR: Visit the combination, quasi-blog/messageboard QPR Report Messageboard. The place where for QPR and football. Nothing else! And all views welcome! No cliques. No board wars, No ad-hominem attacks on fellow posters
- The Magilton Diaries (Satire) - Entry V ----- (The Earlier Entries to the Magilton Diaries (Satire)
- The Formula One Dispute: Briatore vs Ecclestone (Updated?) ------ Various earlier stories re the Formula One Dispute
- No Jordi Lopez for QPR (Seemingly)
- Video: The QPR vs Cardiff Millenium Final
- Day, Kelly, Shittu, Carlisle, Padula (Williams 79), Gallen, Bircham, Palmer, McLeod, Pacquette (Thomson 60), Furlong. Subs not used: Culkin, Angell, Forbes.
Playoff Final Memories
The London Masters Tournament
Heat 3: Wembley Arena, London - Saturday 20th June
Teams: Spurs, Arsenal, West Ham, Chelsea, Fulham, QPR
UPDATED QPR SQUAD
Tony Roberts
Steve Palmer
Danny Maddix
Michael Meaker
Bradley Allen
Andy Tillson
Tony Thorpe
Karl Connolly
Andy Sinton
[Ex-QPRs playing for the other Masters teams: The Arsenal squad has Jimmy Carter; Chelsea have Mark Stein and Clive Wilson; West Ham have Rufus Brevett, Steve Lomas, Keith Rowland and Trevor Sinclair!; Fulham have no ex-QPRs in their squad!]
- Doors: 6.30pm - Kick off: 8pm - Event finish: 11pm
Ticket Information: Reserved Seating
Premium seats: £25 - Adult regular: £18 - Concession (U16, over 65): £12
London Masters
Ainsworth View of Sousa
.... Former Cardiff City winger Gareth Ainsworth was on Sousa's coaching staff at QPR and took over as caretaker boss at Loftus Road when he left the club.
- "I don't think you can judge someone on just four or five months in any circumstances," Ainsworth told the Back Page.
- "Fans and players wanted him to stay as they enjoyed the change of style and the learning experience.
- Just to say Sousa will play good football like your ex-manager. He will attract good players and you will keep on improving
- "He's a fantastic man, well-respected, honest and an intelligent guy that comes across super-intelligent tactically.
- "In training he changed players, changed some players' positions and he brought some things out of players that I didn't see and I've been at QPR for seven years!
- "He's a real thinker, he can be a shouter and aggressive in the dressing room but is a very intelligent talker who speaks a lot of languages which is useful thesedays - but I'm not sure how he'll cope with the Welsh accents!
- "Swansea were blessed with Roberto Martinez who got them playing some great stuff and Paulo will add to that style as he was a fan of Swansea's way of playing the game.
"In a way he has a team that suits his footballing philosophies - and I can tell the Swansea fans that they're in for a treat. He'll be a top manager of the future."
BBC - Sousa warned of Martinez effect
- Sousa parted company with QPR in April after only five months in the job
Paulo Sousa has been warned of the difficult task he will face to succeed Roberto Martinez as Swansea City boss.
- Paul Lambert, a team-mate when Sousa won the Champions League crown in 1996 with Borussia Dortmund, says to follow fans favourite Martinez will be tough.
- Martinez, who has joined Premier League Wigan Athletic, guided Swansea to the League One title before their eighth placed Championship finish last term.
- "It will be tough to take over from a man who has done great," said Lambert.
- The former Scottish international was Sosua's central midfielder partner when the Portugal great won the second of his European titles against Juventus in Munich.
- Sousa played for the Italian giants the previous season when he won the first of his Champions League medals when Juventus beat Ajax on penalties in Rome in 1996.
- The 51-times Portuguese international joins Swansea after the Welsh club enjoyed its highest league position for 25 years, playing a stylish and attractive brand of football that earned universal plaudits.
- "It will be tough for Paulo," Lambert told BBC Radio Wales' Back Page programme.
- "Paulo is very single-minded, has his own ideas of the game and will show it is not difficult for a top player to become a good manager
- Former Borussia Dortmundteam-mate Paul Lambert
"Just like whoever takes over from Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United will have a difficult ask.
- "But I'm pretty sure that Paulo will get a bit of success and if he gets them out of the Championship, people will forget everything that went before."
- The former Queens Park Rangers manager has "verbally accepted" a three-year deal to become Swansea's 12th boss in 14 years and is set to be unveiled next week.
- Sousa was QPR chief for just five months and 26 games and parted company when the club claimed he divulged sensitive information as the London team claimed they acted to "protect their position."
- The 38-year-old - once assistant to Portugal manager Carlos Queiroz - lost six of his 23 league games in charge at the club hailed one of the richest in the world due to its millionaire owners.
- Sousa departed Loftus Road amid suggestion that he was unhappy with QPR chairman Flavio Briatore meddling in team affairs.
- Briatore denied the claims and even said in a statement on the club's website after Sousa's departure "Paulo picked the team all the time."
- Lambert says that Sousa - a member of the Portuguese national team's golden generation alongside Rui Costa and LuÃs Figo - is his "own man" and "single-minded."
- "I think it's a great appointment for Swansea," said Lambert, now manager of League One Colchester United.
- "He did a fine job at Queens Park Rangers. It is well-documented that there are problems at that particular football club.
- "Paulo said when he took the QPR job that he'd be his own man and he wouldn't like people telling him what to do."
- Former Cardiff City winger Gareth Ainsworth was on Sousa's coaching staff at QPR and took over as caretaker boss at Loftus Road when he left the club.
- "I don't think you can judge someone on just four or five months in any circumstances," Ainsworth told the Back Page.
- "Fans and players wanted him to stay as they enjoyed the change of style and the learning experience.
- Just to say Sousa will play good football like your ex-manager. He will attract good players and you will keep on improving
- "He's a fantastic man, well-respected, honest and an intelligent guy that comes across super-intelligent tactically.
- "In training he changed players, changed some players' positions and he brought some things out of players that I didn't see and I've been at QPR for seven years!
- "He's a real thinker, he can be a shouter and aggressive in the dressing room but is a very intelligent talker who speaks a lot of languages which is useful thesedays - but I'm not sure how he'll cope with the Welsh accents!
- "Swansea were blessed with Roberto Martinez who got them playing some great stuff and Paulo will add to that style as he was a fan of Swansea's way of playing the game.
"In a way he has a team that suits his footballing philosophies - and I can tell the Swansea fans that they're in for a treat. He'll be a top manager of the future."
Asked about Sousa's limited managerial experience, Lambert added: "It's all very well being a world-class footballer and playing at some unbelievable football clubs but how do you get experience as a manger? By being given an opportunity.
- "And when Swansea gave Roberto Martinez the chance he did an absolutely brilliant job with not much experience and Paulo will be great.
- "Paulo is very single-minded, has his own ideas of the game and will show it is not difficult for a top player to become a good manager" BBC
- Assessments of Sousa at Swansea
Two June 20 Ex-QPR Birthdays: Rob Steiner (36) and Peter Reid (53)-- Steiner joined QPR initially on loan, signed by Gerry Francis: Helped save QPR and had a good next season before injury ended his career.
- Reid was signed by Trevor Francis on a free...Released by Don Howe. - Background
- Setanta Loses Premiership Rights
- The Selling of Michael Owen
- Brian Glanville on Ronaldo sale; big spending; Joey Barton
- Key Dates for QPR's 2009-2010 Season
- The Complete QPR Websites Listing
- Week-by-Week Championship Fixtures
- Week-by-Week Premiership Fixtures
- For cutting-edge, continually-updated news about QPR: Visit the combination, quasi-blog/messageboard QPR Report Messageboard. The place where for QPR and football. Nothing else! And all views welcome! No cliques. No board wars, No ad-hominem attacks on fellow posters
- The Magilton Diaries (Satire) - Entry V ----- (The Earlier Entries to the Magilton Diaries (Satire)
- The Formula One Dispute: Briatore vs Ecclestone (Updated?) ------ Various earlier stories re the Formula One Dispute
- No Jordi Lopez for QPR (Seemingly)
- Video: The QPR vs Cardiff Millenium Final
- Day, Kelly, Shittu, Carlisle, Padula (Williams 79), Gallen, Bircham, Palmer, McLeod, Pacquette (Thomson 60), Furlong. Subs not used: Culkin, Angell, Forbes.
Playoff Final Memories
The London Masters Tournament
Heat 3: Wembley Arena, London - Saturday 20th June
Teams: Spurs, Arsenal, West Ham, Chelsea, Fulham, QPR
UPDATED QPR SQUAD
Tony Roberts
Steve Palmer
Danny Maddix
Michael Meaker
Bradley Allen
Andy Tillson
Tony Thorpe
Karl Connolly
Andy Sinton
[Ex-QPRs playing for the other Masters teams: The Arsenal squad has Jimmy Carter; Chelsea have Mark Stein and Clive Wilson; West Ham have Rufus Brevett, Steve Lomas, Keith Rowland and Trevor Sinclair!; Fulham have no ex-QPRs in their squad!]
- Doors: 6.30pm - Kick off: 8pm - Event finish: 11pm
Ticket Information: Reserved Seating
Premium seats: £25 - Adult regular: £18 - Concession (U16, over 65): £12
London Masters
Ainsworth View of Sousa
.... Former Cardiff City winger Gareth Ainsworth was on Sousa's coaching staff at QPR and took over as caretaker boss at Loftus Road when he left the club.
- "I don't think you can judge someone on just four or five months in any circumstances," Ainsworth told the Back Page.
- "Fans and players wanted him to stay as they enjoyed the change of style and the learning experience.
- Just to say Sousa will play good football like your ex-manager. He will attract good players and you will keep on improving
- "He's a fantastic man, well-respected, honest and an intelligent guy that comes across super-intelligent tactically.
- "In training he changed players, changed some players' positions and he brought some things out of players that I didn't see and I've been at QPR for seven years!
- "He's a real thinker, he can be a shouter and aggressive in the dressing room but is a very intelligent talker who speaks a lot of languages which is useful thesedays - but I'm not sure how he'll cope with the Welsh accents!
- "Swansea were blessed with Roberto Martinez who got them playing some great stuff and Paulo will add to that style as he was a fan of Swansea's way of playing the game.
"In a way he has a team that suits his footballing philosophies - and I can tell the Swansea fans that they're in for a treat. He'll be a top manager of the future."
BBC - Sousa warned of Martinez effect
- Sousa parted company with QPR in April after only five months in the job
Paulo Sousa has been warned of the difficult task he will face to succeed Roberto Martinez as Swansea City boss.
- Paul Lambert, a team-mate when Sousa won the Champions League crown in 1996 with Borussia Dortmund, says to follow fans favourite Martinez will be tough.
- Martinez, who has joined Premier League Wigan Athletic, guided Swansea to the League One title before their eighth placed Championship finish last term.
- "It will be tough to take over from a man who has done great," said Lambert.
- The former Scottish international was Sosua's central midfielder partner when the Portugal great won the second of his European titles against Juventus in Munich.
- Sousa played for the Italian giants the previous season when he won the first of his Champions League medals when Juventus beat Ajax on penalties in Rome in 1996.
- The 51-times Portuguese international joins Swansea after the Welsh club enjoyed its highest league position for 25 years, playing a stylish and attractive brand of football that earned universal plaudits.
- "It will be tough for Paulo," Lambert told BBC Radio Wales' Back Page programme.
- "Paulo is very single-minded, has his own ideas of the game and will show it is not difficult for a top player to become a good manager
- Former Borussia Dortmundteam-mate Paul Lambert
"Just like whoever takes over from Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United will have a difficult ask.
- "But I'm pretty sure that Paulo will get a bit of success and if he gets them out of the Championship, people will forget everything that went before."
- The former Queens Park Rangers manager has "verbally accepted" a three-year deal to become Swansea's 12th boss in 14 years and is set to be unveiled next week.
- Sousa was QPR chief for just five months and 26 games and parted company when the club claimed he divulged sensitive information as the London team claimed they acted to "protect their position."
- The 38-year-old - once assistant to Portugal manager Carlos Queiroz - lost six of his 23 league games in charge at the club hailed one of the richest in the world due to its millionaire owners.
- Sousa departed Loftus Road amid suggestion that he was unhappy with QPR chairman Flavio Briatore meddling in team affairs.
- Briatore denied the claims and even said in a statement on the club's website after Sousa's departure "Paulo picked the team all the time."
- Lambert says that Sousa - a member of the Portuguese national team's golden generation alongside Rui Costa and LuÃs Figo - is his "own man" and "single-minded."
- "I think it's a great appointment for Swansea," said Lambert, now manager of League One Colchester United.
- "He did a fine job at Queens Park Rangers. It is well-documented that there are problems at that particular football club.
- "Paulo said when he took the QPR job that he'd be his own man and he wouldn't like people telling him what to do."
- Former Cardiff City winger Gareth Ainsworth was on Sousa's coaching staff at QPR and took over as caretaker boss at Loftus Road when he left the club.
- "I don't think you can judge someone on just four or five months in any circumstances," Ainsworth told the Back Page.
- "Fans and players wanted him to stay as they enjoyed the change of style and the learning experience.
- Just to say Sousa will play good football like your ex-manager. He will attract good players and you will keep on improving
- "He's a fantastic man, well-respected, honest and an intelligent guy that comes across super-intelligent tactically.
- "In training he changed players, changed some players' positions and he brought some things out of players that I didn't see and I've been at QPR for seven years!
- "He's a real thinker, he can be a shouter and aggressive in the dressing room but is a very intelligent talker who speaks a lot of languages which is useful thesedays - but I'm not sure how he'll cope with the Welsh accents!
- "Swansea were blessed with Roberto Martinez who got them playing some great stuff and Paulo will add to that style as he was a fan of Swansea's way of playing the game.
"In a way he has a team that suits his footballing philosophies - and I can tell the Swansea fans that they're in for a treat. He'll be a top manager of the future."
Asked about Sousa's limited managerial experience, Lambert added: "It's all very well being a world-class footballer and playing at some unbelievable football clubs but how do you get experience as a manger? By being given an opportunity.
- "And when Swansea gave Roberto Martinez the chance he did an absolutely brilliant job with not much experience and Paulo will be great.
- "Paulo is very single-minded, has his own ideas of the game and will show it is not difficult for a top player to become a good manager" BBC
- Assessments of Sousa at Swansea
Two June 20 Ex-QPR Birthdays: Rob Steiner (36) and Peter Reid (53)-- Steiner joined QPR initially on loan, signed by Gerry Francis: Helped save QPR and had a good next season before injury ended his career.
- Reid was signed by Trevor Francis on a free...Released by Don Howe. - Background
- Setanta Loses Premiership Rights
- The Selling of Michael Owen
- Brian Glanville on Ronaldo sale; big spending; Joey Barton
- Key Dates for QPR's 2009-2010 Season
- The Complete QPR Websites Listing
- Week-by-Week Championship Fixtures
- Week-by-Week Premiership Fixtures
Friday, June 19, 2009
Probably No Lopez at QPR....Sears Chooses Crystal Palace Over QPR ....Rehman Joins Bradford....QPR and All Clubs: Fighting Racism
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- For cutting-edge, continually-updated news about QPR: Visit the combination, quasi-blog/messageboard QPR Report Messageboard. The site where the focus is only QPR and football. Nothing else! And all views welcome!
- The Magilton Diaries (Satire) - Entry V
- (The Earlier Entries to the Magilton Diaries (Satire)
BBC -Lopez 'unlikely' to return to QPR
- Lopez was brought to QPR by former coach Paulo Sousa
Jordi Lopez's agent Alex Bonnot has admitted the midfielder is "very unlikely" to be at QPR this season.
- Spaniard Lopez, 28, made 10 appearances for the west London club last season and opened talks after his three-month contract at Loftus Road expired.
- But he was unhappy with the wages being offered and negotiations have ended.
- Bonnot, a former QPR player, said: "Jordi really liked it at Rangers and could have stayed if the offer was right, but it wasn't."
Your views on Lopez's future
Lopez had a spell with Real Madrid before winning the Uefa Cup with Sevilla in 2006.
- He was signed by former QPR coach Paulo Sousa after being released by Mallorca earlier this year.
- Sousa, who left Rangers in April, has been offered the Swansea manager's job. BBC
Dave McIntyre/BBC606 - Lopez set to move on
- It seems there is next to no chance of Jordi Lopez being at QPR this season.
- For some weeks the word coming out of Rangers has been that Lopez wanted a three-year contract and that his wage demands were excessive, and he would not be returning.
- This often happens with out-of-contract players and sometimes a compromise is reached even after one or both sides are adamant that a deal is impossible.
- But Lopez’ agent, former QPR player Alex Bonnot, seemed pretty sure when I spoke to him on Friday that there was now no going back.
- According to him, Rangers simply never came up with a reasonable offer.
- Bonnot was previously keen to stress that talks were ongoing and all options were being considered.
- But those talks are now dead.
- Lopez is likely to speak to other Championship clubs in the near future, while Rangers are looking elsewhere having ended any interest they had in the player.
- I wonder if Lopez will end up at Swansea, where Paulo Sousa has been offered the manager’s job.
- Sousa was pleased to sign Lopez for QPR and the two get on very well.
- Coincidentally, the first player Rangers tried to sign this summer was Swansea midfielder Darren Pratley.
- Perhaps they’ll be tempted to try again now Swansea have a new manager, although there’s no reason to think they’d have more luck. BBC606
Guardian - HAMMERS TALK: Sears sworn in to Palace
- CRYSTAL PALACE have beaten off competition from QPR, Sheffield Wednesday and Peterborough to land West Ham striker Freddie Sears on a season-long loan deal, according to the Sun.
- Hammers boss Gianfranco Zola is keen to let the 19-year-old striker leave Upton Park to gain some valuable first-team experience, and it is understood that he has chosen Palace, despite a last-ditch effort by QPR to hijack the deal.
A source close to Sears told the Sun: “Freddie turned them down as he'd already shaken hands with Palace boss Neil Warnock.”
Guardian
- In Formula One Racing: Briatore et al vs Ecclestone et al?
Bradford Official Site - Zesh Rehman agrees two-year deal
- Zesh Rehman signed a two-year deal with City on Thursday after snubbing higher-division interest.
- Luke O'Brien, Joe Colbeck and Leon Osborne are also putting pen to paper as Stuart McCall's squad continues to take shape.
- Talking to the Telegraph & Argus Rehman said: "There were a couple of other clubs from a higher league but this just felt right.
- "My gut feeling told me to sign for Bradford and I've absolutely no regrets.From day one, I felt at home here. I'm fortunate enough to have played in all the divisions and I see this as the next step of my journey.
- "I'm 25 now and still feel the best years are ahead of me."
- McCall revealed that Rehman, like Peter Thorne, has taken a hefty pay cut to commit to the club where he spent the second half of last season on loan.
- He said: "We know the differential from what Zesh was getting paid last season and this season is huge. And I know he could have got more money from a club at a higher division.
- "When that's the case you're never sure you're going to get the player but Zesh has shown great commitment to us and he is desperate to do well here.
- "He's settled into the place and enjoys everything about it. Zesh is certainly not signing for Bradford for money - he wants to be a success here and it will be great to have him on board."
- Rehman made 17 appearances last term right across the back four but McCall intends to utilise the Pakistan international in his favoured central-defensive role.
- The City boss added: "He is versatile and played full back and centre back last season. I thought Zesh was outstanding at left back against Gillingham and had some good games on the right but we're looking at him to be a centre half.
- "Simon Ramsden is adept at playing right back and centre back but we definitely see Zesh playing in the middle." Bradford
- Flashback: Rehman Joins QPR
- Ex-QPR Oli Burgess Update
- 2009-2010 Championship Promotion Odds
- Two Ex-QPR Birthdays: David Kerslake and Paul McGee
- The QPR squads of 2007-2008 and 2008-2009
- Top Ten Sports Brands
- Key Dates for QPR's 2009-2010 Season
- 2009-2010 FA Cup Round Dates - and QPR in Masters Tournament June 20
- Top Twenty Football Club Programmes
- Five Years Ago: QPR's Chairman Blackburn and CEO Davies Depart
- Six Sodjes Playing Together
- The Complete QPR Websites Listing
- Week-by-Week Championship Fixtures
- Week-by-Week Premiership Fixtures
QPR Official Site - KICK IT OUT NEEDS YOU!
- Kick It Out officially launched its 2009 One Game One Community weeks of action earlier this week. This year's campaign will take place from 15th - 27th October, coinciding with Black History Month.
- As well as all 92 professional clubs in England and Wales taking part, the weeks have a strong community focus and play a role in celebrating diversity and inclusion across all other areas of the game.
- Grassroots clubs, schools, community groups and fans join the professional game in coming together in symbolic activities and initiatives, which resulted in over 1,000 events taking place last year.
- There are many ways that you could get involved in this year's weeks of action; you could host an event, run a competition or arrange a football tournament.
- Kick It Out may also be able to help with part funding your event through the One Game One Community Development Grants.
- Kick It Out offers a wide range of resources to support activities taking place, including t-shirts, sweatbands, key rings and badges as well as flags and banners which will help to link your event with football's most established equality and inclusion campaign.
- Visit www.kickitout.org to view the full range of resources and to find out more about the One Game One Community Development Grants. QPR
See also - www.kickitout.org
- For cutting-edge, continually-updated news about QPR: Visit the combination, quasi-blog/messageboard QPR Report Messageboard. The site where the focus is only QPR and football. Nothing else! And all views welcome!
- The Magilton Diaries (Satire) - Entry V
- (The Earlier Entries to the Magilton Diaries (Satire)
BBC -Lopez 'unlikely' to return to QPR
- Lopez was brought to QPR by former coach Paulo Sousa
Jordi Lopez's agent Alex Bonnot has admitted the midfielder is "very unlikely" to be at QPR this season.
- Spaniard Lopez, 28, made 10 appearances for the west London club last season and opened talks after his three-month contract at Loftus Road expired.
- But he was unhappy with the wages being offered and negotiations have ended.
- Bonnot, a former QPR player, said: "Jordi really liked it at Rangers and could have stayed if the offer was right, but it wasn't."
Your views on Lopez's future
Lopez had a spell with Real Madrid before winning the Uefa Cup with Sevilla in 2006.
- He was signed by former QPR coach Paulo Sousa after being released by Mallorca earlier this year.
- Sousa, who left Rangers in April, has been offered the Swansea manager's job. BBC
Dave McIntyre/BBC606 - Lopez set to move on
- It seems there is next to no chance of Jordi Lopez being at QPR this season.
- For some weeks the word coming out of Rangers has been that Lopez wanted a three-year contract and that his wage demands were excessive, and he would not be returning.
- This often happens with out-of-contract players and sometimes a compromise is reached even after one or both sides are adamant that a deal is impossible.
- But Lopez’ agent, former QPR player Alex Bonnot, seemed pretty sure when I spoke to him on Friday that there was now no going back.
- According to him, Rangers simply never came up with a reasonable offer.
- Bonnot was previously keen to stress that talks were ongoing and all options were being considered.
- But those talks are now dead.
- Lopez is likely to speak to other Championship clubs in the near future, while Rangers are looking elsewhere having ended any interest they had in the player.
- I wonder if Lopez will end up at Swansea, where Paulo Sousa has been offered the manager’s job.
- Sousa was pleased to sign Lopez for QPR and the two get on very well.
- Coincidentally, the first player Rangers tried to sign this summer was Swansea midfielder Darren Pratley.
- Perhaps they’ll be tempted to try again now Swansea have a new manager, although there’s no reason to think they’d have more luck. BBC606
Guardian - HAMMERS TALK: Sears sworn in to Palace
- CRYSTAL PALACE have beaten off competition from QPR, Sheffield Wednesday and Peterborough to land West Ham striker Freddie Sears on a season-long loan deal, according to the Sun.
- Hammers boss Gianfranco Zola is keen to let the 19-year-old striker leave Upton Park to gain some valuable first-team experience, and it is understood that he has chosen Palace, despite a last-ditch effort by QPR to hijack the deal.
A source close to Sears told the Sun: “Freddie turned them down as he'd already shaken hands with Palace boss Neil Warnock.”
Guardian
- In Formula One Racing: Briatore et al vs Ecclestone et al?
Bradford Official Site - Zesh Rehman agrees two-year deal
- Zesh Rehman signed a two-year deal with City on Thursday after snubbing higher-division interest.
- Luke O'Brien, Joe Colbeck and Leon Osborne are also putting pen to paper as Stuart McCall's squad continues to take shape.
- Talking to the Telegraph & Argus Rehman said: "There were a couple of other clubs from a higher league but this just felt right.
- "My gut feeling told me to sign for Bradford and I've absolutely no regrets.From day one, I felt at home here. I'm fortunate enough to have played in all the divisions and I see this as the next step of my journey.
- "I'm 25 now and still feel the best years are ahead of me."
- McCall revealed that Rehman, like Peter Thorne, has taken a hefty pay cut to commit to the club where he spent the second half of last season on loan.
- He said: "We know the differential from what Zesh was getting paid last season and this season is huge. And I know he could have got more money from a club at a higher division.
- "When that's the case you're never sure you're going to get the player but Zesh has shown great commitment to us and he is desperate to do well here.
- "He's settled into the place and enjoys everything about it. Zesh is certainly not signing for Bradford for money - he wants to be a success here and it will be great to have him on board."
- Rehman made 17 appearances last term right across the back four but McCall intends to utilise the Pakistan international in his favoured central-defensive role.
- The City boss added: "He is versatile and played full back and centre back last season. I thought Zesh was outstanding at left back against Gillingham and had some good games on the right but we're looking at him to be a centre half.
- "Simon Ramsden is adept at playing right back and centre back but we definitely see Zesh playing in the middle." Bradford
- Flashback: Rehman Joins QPR
- Ex-QPR Oli Burgess Update
- 2009-2010 Championship Promotion Odds
- Two Ex-QPR Birthdays: David Kerslake and Paul McGee
- The QPR squads of 2007-2008 and 2008-2009
- Top Ten Sports Brands
- Key Dates for QPR's 2009-2010 Season
- 2009-2010 FA Cup Round Dates - and QPR in Masters Tournament June 20
- Top Twenty Football Club Programmes
- Five Years Ago: QPR's Chairman Blackburn and CEO Davies Depart
- Six Sodjes Playing Together
- The Complete QPR Websites Listing
- Week-by-Week Championship Fixtures
- Week-by-Week Premiership Fixtures
QPR Official Site - KICK IT OUT NEEDS YOU!
- Kick It Out officially launched its 2009 One Game One Community weeks of action earlier this week. This year's campaign will take place from 15th - 27th October, coinciding with Black History Month.
- As well as all 92 professional clubs in England and Wales taking part, the weeks have a strong community focus and play a role in celebrating diversity and inclusion across all other areas of the game.
- Grassroots clubs, schools, community groups and fans join the professional game in coming together in symbolic activities and initiatives, which resulted in over 1,000 events taking place last year.
- There are many ways that you could get involved in this year's weeks of action; you could host an event, run a competition or arrange a football tournament.
- Kick It Out may also be able to help with part funding your event through the One Game One Community Development Grants.
- Kick It Out offers a wide range of resources to support activities taking place, including t-shirts, sweatbands, key rings and badges as well as flags and banners which will help to link your event with football's most established equality and inclusion campaign.
- Visit www.kickitout.org to view the full range of resources and to find out more about the One Game One Community Development Grants. QPR
See also - www.kickitout.org
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