Next Fulham at Loftus Road: Past "Shared" Players...Past Results and Photos
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- "Long chat with Harry. Lots to do. But we will give 150 percent. Got to believe. If players play to their potential every week we got to believe we can get out of this mess."
Kenny; Walker, Connolly, Gorkss, Hill; Derry, Faurlin (Orr 59); Mackie, Taarabt (Clarke 59) Smith; Helguson (Hulse 70). Subs: Cerny (g), Hall, Rowlands, Ephraim.
The Third Night of Hannukah
Hanukkah Greetings from QPR
QPR FC @OfficialQPR- "Wishing all our Jewish #QPR fans around the world a happy Hanukkah #QPR"
(QPR Report recently-expressed "concerns" re QPR Holiday Greetings (or non-Greetings). Concerns now assuaged, QPR Report would now like to thank the Club for the Hanukkah Greetings!)
- 23 Years Ago YEsterday: QPR under new Manager Don Howe Defeat Chelsea 4-2 (Two from Les Ferdinand)
REACTIONS TO WIGAN vs QPR
- Can't fault the dedication and passion. Probably our longest streak of not losing. But we need wins. Had a chance. Bring on fulham.
Philip Beard @philipb1
- We may have the worst Premier League record but with a couple of wins we can defy the stats and still save our season. #QPR
Tony Fernandes @tonyfernandes
- 3 wins before the FA cup and we are in the same position we were last year. Can be done. Keep believing.
[Pre-Match Tweets
Tony Fernandes @tonyfernandes
- Come you rangers. I hope we finally begin to show the potential. Nothing has gone right. Huge huge challenge. Here's hoping for a good sunday morning.
- Come on you rangers. Players you got to stand tall and be counted.
TELEGRAPHHarry Redknapp looks to grafters - at least until transfer window - to find a route to salvation for winless QPR
The lavish recruitment drive undertaken at Queens Park Rangers in the last two transfer windows has proven to be one of the most misguided in recent history.
By Si Hughes, at the DW Stadium10:00PM GMT 09 Dec 2012Comment
It seemed like a good idea to spend £6.8 million - more money than any other club in the land - on agents' fees alone by signing a selection of players with Champions League success on their CVs.
Between the efforts of previous manager Mark Hughes and his advisor Kia Joorabchian, club owner Tony Fernandes was sold on the recommendations of Djibril Cissé, Park Ji-Sung, Júlio César and José Bosingwa.
Injuries have played a part but all bar Bosingwa were absent from Harry Redknapp’s starting XI when QPR drew with Wigan on Saturday - a result that means after 16 matches, the London side have gone longer than any other team in the Premier League without victory and have the fewest points at this stage of the season.
Even the Swindon vintage of 1993-94 that included lesser-heralded names such as Fraser Digby, Martin Ling and Jan Age Fjortoft had a better return and they eventually finished bottom, 13 points adrift of safety.
Afterwards, Redknapp said that Champions League medals mean “nothing”. Cissé later appeared from the bench to score but it seems - until next month at least - Redknapp is leading with the type of player that he believes will roll his sleeves up.
One of them in this match was Clint Hill; the defender of limited ability but maximum effort. Together with centre-back partner Ryan Nelsen and goalkeeper Robert Green, the trio just about kept the visitors’ in the tie.
Nelsen, particularly, was crucial at both ends of the pitch, scoring an equaliser in the first half with a header and making an obdurate block on just before the final whistle.
Hill insists making a raft of changes to the squad will not provide an escape route for QPR but had a message for any new arrivals at Loftus Road, one of whom is likely to be Robbie Keane.
“The chairman is throwing money everywhere, left, right and centre and sometimes that doesn’t work,” he said. “You’ve got to stick with people and work on them and try and get the best out of the ability they have.
“You can look at it two ways. You can think ‘Oh my God, how the hell are we going to get out of this?’ or you go ‘let’s prove people wrong’. If we do manage to do it, what a record and achievement it would be when you’re sitting in your armchair in 15 or 20 years’ time. So we’ve got to be up for it. If you’re not up for it, don’t come here.”
In comparison to the situation at QPR, Wigan, despite their struggles, do not appear to be panicking just yet. Both of their goals came from the right boot of James McCarthy. “Technically, it is difficult to find a better player,” claimed his boss, Roberto Martinez.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/footbal....inless-QPR.html
GUARDIAN/Richard Jolly
QPR's Clint Hill says spending is not the answer after draw with Wigan
• QPR defender says bottom club need stability
• Harry Redknapp wants players who 'roll up their sleeves'
Scattergun spending is very different to team-building. Permanent revolution equates to perpetual problems. The answer does not always lie in the chequebook. It may be a familiar critique of Queens Park Rangers but when the damning analysis comes from within their dressing room, it amounts to an insider's indictment of a failing club.
"The chairman is throwing money everywhere, left, right and centre and sometimes that doesn't work," the defender Clint Hill said. "You've got to stick with people, work on them and try and get the best out of their ability. I just think we need a bit of stability." Instead, the only consistency Rangers have is of the unwanted variety. "We're the bottom club and we've got a lovely 16-game winless streak, which is fantastic," added Hill. "I still can't believe it. The table doesn't lie. We've been poor."
This particular Clint has only seen the bad and the ugly; he hopes the good is to come. "You can think: 'Oh my God, how the hell are we going to get out of this?'" he said. "Or you go: 'Sod this, let's prove people wrong.' If we do manage to do it, what an achievement it would be when you're sitting in your armchair in 15 or 20 years' time."
Yet the path QPR may plot to survival could be a familiar one. The combination of Rangers and Harry Redknapp, a meeting of minds among shopaholics, meant mentions of Robbie Keane, Darren Bent, Nicolas Anelka, Joe Cole and Scott Parker were predictable.
Hill has witnessed a revolving-door recruitment policy. Another overhaul, he says, may not be needed. New players have been a constant. "We've had loads," he added. "That's not the way to do it. I've been here three years now and I've seen loads come and go. I do think we will go and try and get a couple of players, but I don't think it will be five, six or seven."
If his candour can seem unwise, Hill's no-nonsense style endears him to the supporters, who voted him their player of the year last season, and Redknapp alike. "You need the lads who are going to roll up their sleeves for you," said the manager.
Hill represents values lost in Mark Hughes' reign, of honest endeavour from a resolutely unglamorous player. Redknapp is seeking to restore them, with the spine of Neil Warnock's Championship-winning side, in Hill, Shaun Derry and Jamie Mackie, augmented by the battling qualities of Ryan Nelsen. They were the players saluted in song by the travelling fans.
Rangers may have been blinded by the stardust of their new recruits but now it is about muck and nettles, not men with medals. "Whatever they have won before is in the past," Redknapp added. "They may have won Champions Leagues, but this is all about now. They obviously haven't performed to their potential this season."
It is an understatement. The scale of their plight means Redknapp suggests the blame will lie elsewhere if Rangers go down. "People ain't stupid," he said. "I don't feel under pressure." This is the footballing equivalent of a shot to nothing.
Yet there was a voice of optimism. Wigan's ever upbeat manager, Roberto Martínez, believes Redknapp can keep Rangers up. "Absolutely. I am convinced of that," he said. His side are both an example to, and the antithesis of, QPR. Wigan propped up the Premier League in March before winning seven of their final nine games to stay up. "We have been in a similar situation," added Martínez. But by making a solitary signing last January, the influential Jean Beausejour, they proved an influx of arrivals is not the only route to safety.
Man of the match James McCarthy (Wigan Athletic)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/dec/09/wigan-qpr-clint-hill
The Sun- Paul Jiggins
Paladini's
Brum rush
GIANNI PALADINI’S on-off takeover of Birmingham could finally be completed this month.
The former QPR chairman’s consortium tabled an improved £30million bid last month after having a previous offer turned down.
Negotiations were believed to have stalled. But Paladini, whose group faces competition, is still hopeful he can seal a deal before Christmas.
Two other parties, from Hong Kong, are also said to be interested in taking over at St Andrew’s.
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