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Daily Star - QPR hitman Charlie Austin out for the season
HARRY REDKNAPP claims Charlie Austin’s season is over - but tipped QPR to win promotion even without their Roy of the Rovers.
By Darren Witcoop/Published 1st February 2014
Austin has single-handedly kept Rangers on course for a Premier League return.
The £4m striker has scored almost half of his side’s miserly 33-goal tally this season.
But the west Londoners have learned Austin he needs surgery on a shoulder injury picked up in the midweek win over Bolton.
Redknapp said: “Charlie will be out for the season and losing him is a blow to us. He’s been fantastic for us - our Roy of the Rovers.
qpr, queens park rangers, charlie austin, austin, harry redknapp, harry, redknapp HOPEFUL: Harry Redknapp hopes that Austin's injury won't affect QPR's push for promotion [GETTY]
“Charlie will be out for the season and losing him is a blow to us”
Harry Redknapp
“Every week he’s pulled us out of the mire. But hopefully we can still maintain our promotion bid despite being without him.”
QPR’s credentials will be put on the line today when they begin life after Austin with the visit of third-placed Burnley.
Redknapp added: “It’ll be a difficult game. People say they’ll fade away but I don’t see why.
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37 Years ago Today: League Cup Semi Final First Leg: QPR 0 Aston Villa 0
Flashback 4 Years: Nigel Quashie praising Briatore as good for QPR!
Quashie TELLS QPR FANS: BRIATORE IS GOOD FOR THIS CLUB
ABOVE: Nigel Quashie has told protesting QPR fans: Flavio Briatore has been good for this club 1st February 2010 By Scott ColemanYur Shout ( 0 )
QPR 0, Scunthorpe 1
NIGEL Quashie has told protesting hoops fans: Flavio Briatore has been good for this club.
Hundreds stayed behind after watching Rangers lose at home to sc*n*horpe for the first time ever. Many were dressed as clowns as they believe the Italian co-owner’s hire-and-fire policy with managers has left the club a laughing stock.
And a run of just one win in the last 13 games hasn’t improved their mood either, with Briatore and part-owner Bernie Ecclestone leaving well before full-time. But Quashie, who has just rejoined the club from West ham, reckoned the fans should take a look at another of his former clubs. he said: “Fans have their views and I know what they’re about, I know what they want. But the owners have kept the club afloat."
“They have pumped money in and the club is in a financially good position. Just look at Portsmouth. Everyone thought the club was doing well but all of a sudden things turned upside down. so you have to give credit to the owners. They have balanced the books.”
Rangers’ worries were of no concern to sc*n*horpe, who deserved to take all three points. Striker Gary hooper was his side’s outstanding performer. He set up winger Thompson for the winner and had a goal disallowed. No wonder the 22-year-old is being linked with a move to bigger clubs, with QPR understood to have been rebuffed.
Thompson said: “For selfish reasons I want him to stay but you can’t stand in anybody’s way when there’s a chance to step up.
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By Daily Express reporter
NIGEL QUASHIE believes QPR’s angry fans need to take a look at one of his former clubs.
Supporters massed behind the main stand after Garry Thompson’s 74th-minute goal had given Sc**thorpe their first victory at Loftus Road.
Many were dressed as clowns because they feel co-owner Flavio Briatore has made the club a laughing stock by firing so many managers.
Quashie, who has just rejoined the club, said: “The fans have their views but the club is stable and in a financially good position.
“Look at Portsmouth. Everyone thought the club was doing well but all of a sudden things turned upside down.
“The owners here are trying to get the club in a position where it doesn’t go under and you have to give them credit for that.”
Also The Mirror - By Oliver Pickup
Nigel Quashie blasted Queens Park Rangers’ fans following their protest outside Loftus Road against billionaire chairman Flavio Briatore.
Angry fans dressed in clowns outfits to complain about the way Briatore has turned the club into a laughing stock.
But the 31-year-old former Hoops’ trainee, who rejoined the club a fortnight ago, reckons they should wake up and be grateful that they have a wealthy benefactor.
In the 29 months since Italian Briatore has been at the helm, QPR have seen no fewer than six permanent managers come and go.
And following Sc*n*horpe’s first ever win at Loftus Road the club sit 12th in the Championship, seven points off the play-offs.
“Do the owners get credit for keeping the club afloat?” asked ex-West Ham midfielder Quashie, with hundreds of fans’ stinging chants ringing in his ears. “In the current climate, balancing the books is not always easy.
“I first left QPR at 19 years of age and the club were in a difficult position – they needed to sell and balance the books. But the owners have kept the club afloat, they have pumped money in to keep it on a level and keep it on a structure.
“The club is stable, in a financially good position and obviously no one wants to see the supporters outside.
“Just look at the likes of Portsmouth - everyone thought the club was doing well, they got into the Premier League and clubs want to push further and all of a sudden things can turn upside down.
“I’ve seen it for myself at West Ham. So you have to give credit to the owners, the owners here have given that structure, balanced the books and people have to respect that.
“They are trying to get the club in a position where it doesn’t go under and you have to give them credit for that.”
Quashie, signed by Mick Harford, the third QPR manager this season, could do little about Garry Thompson’s 73rd minute winner that leaves the club with only seven points gained from their last 11 Championship games.
Sc*n*horpe were combative and deserved their famous win - they have won 10 points from their last four league games and move up to 16th. The Iron’s fan roared: “We are staying up.”
They may not be out of the woods yet, but if they can hang on to key players like Gary Hooper, who Harford was reportedly trying to sign last week, then matters should be in their hands.
The bustling 22-year-old forward was man-of-the-match in an otherwise dour game. He outfoxed the sluggish QPR defence, latching on to Donal McDermott’s lofted through ball and laid on Thompson for his third goal of the season.
It was too much for Brigtore, who immediately stood up and left his seat in the directors’ box, much to the fans’ annoyance. Boos rang out at full time but Harford, in his first home game in charge since he was caretaker manager in 2007, believed that they they were not directed towards the players.
“I don’t think that the fans were booing the team, who played well,” said the 50-year-old. “I don’t know what they were booing for and I’m not sure where Flavio went after the goal.
“If the fans want to voice their opinion then they are entitled to - they pay their money and they pay the players’ wages. It doesn’t affect me or the players.
“The club needs stabilising and someone to take control at all levels and take this club back to where it belongs. My remit is to take first team affairs and that is what I do, though Flavio has not given me any targets.
“I don’t know what Flavio wants from this club. We want to be successful, but success takes time. Hopefully Flavio will give me time. You can’t have it overnight. We are aiming to win as many games as possible.”
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Seven Years ago
Feb 1, 2007
QPR's 15-Year Old Star Joins Tottenham Hotspur
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QPR OFFICIAL SITE
QPR's teenage starlet Dean Parrett has joined Tottenham Hotspur.
Dean, 15, will move into the Tottenham Academy on a student registration before joining full-time as a scholar in July 2008.
Parrett helped England Under-16s retain the Victory Shield against Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland in October last year.
A talented midfielder with bags of natural ability, Parrett made five starts and four sub appearances for the Under-18's this season, scoring one goal.
Tottenham's Sporting Director Damien Comolli said: "Dean is exactly the kind of player we want to attract to our Club, a player who will be part of the next generation to come through to the first team.
"He is an extremely talented young player who has that rare combination of pace, aggression and creativity."
Academy Manager John McDermott added: "Dean has played wide right, wide left and in central midfield and as a Year 10 or Under-15 player, has done extremely well up against older boys.
"He's very level-headed, has potential, a desire to succeed and that's fantastic raw material to work with. Dean comes into a rich pool of talent able to stretch him, and he will stretch them. We've four internationals in our Under-16 age group and he makes it five."
The deal has been extremely helpful for the club and QPR will benefit from a future move.
The club wishes Dean all the best for the future and thank him for all of his hard work during his time at QPR. QPR
SPURS OFFICIAL SITE ANNOUNCEMENT PARRETT JOINS01/02/2007
The Club is delighted to announce that it has reached agreement with QPR for the transfer of promising young player Dean Parrett.
Dean, 15, will come into our Academy on a student registration before joining us full-time as a scholar in July 2008. An attacking midfielder, he helped England Under-16s retain the Victory Shield against Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland in October last year.
Sporting Director Damien Comolli said: �Dean is exactly the kind of player we want to attract to our Club, a player who will be part of the next generation to come through to the first team.
�He is an extremely talented young player who has that rare combination of pace, aggression and creativity.�
Academy Manager John McDermott added: �Dean has played wide right, wide left and in central midfield and as a Year 10 or Under-15 player, has done extremely well up against older boys.
�He�s very level-headed, has potential, a desire to succeed and that�s fantastic raw material to work with. Dean comes into a rich pool of talent able to stretch him, and he will stretch them. We�ve four internationals in our Under-16 age group and he makes it five.� Spurs
And the Press reports
Dean Parett's Sale to Spurs - Further Reports
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Independent - Tottenham beat Chelsea to signing young talent Parrett
By Sam Wallace -Published: 02 February 2007
Tottenham were last night celebrating victory in the battle to sign one of the most highly rated young players in English football after they beat Chelsea to the signature of Dean Parrett.
The 15-year-old midfielder, who has already represented England at Under-16 level, was signed from Queen's Park Rangers in a deal that could be worth more than £1m according to how he progresses at his new club. The player has been targeted by a host of Premiership clubs and has long interested Chelsea.
A Londoner, Parrett is an attacking midfielder in the mould of Steven Gerrard and has already played for QPR's Under-18s side. A good sprinter in schoolboy athletics, he still attends the Quintin Kynaston school in north-west London. He will become a full-time trainee at Tottenham only in the summer of 2008.
Competition for the top schoolboy footballers, especially English players, is fierce. Tottenham's sporting director, Damien Comolli, said last night: "Dean is exactly the kind of player we want to attract to our club, a player who will be part of the next generation to come through to the first team. He is an extremely talented young player who has that rare combination of pace, aggression and creativity." Independent
Sporting Life - SPURS REACH AGREEMENT FOR PARRETT
By Mike McGrath, PA Sport
Tottenham have reached an agreement with QPR to sign 15-year-old midfielder Dean Parrett.
The teenager will join the academy at Spurs before becoming a full-time player in 18 months.
Spurs sporting director Damien Comolli said: "Dean is exactly the kind of player we want to attract to our club, a player who will be part of the next generation to come through to the first team.
"He is an extremely talented young player who has that rare combination of pace, aggression and creativity."
It had been reported Spurs may have to pay a compensation fee to QPR of up to £2million, which would make him one of the most expensive teenagers in British football.
Spurs academy manager John McDermott added on the club's website www.tottenhamhotspur.com: "Dean has played wide right, wide left and in central midfield and as a Year 10 or under-15 player, has done extremely well up against older boys.
"He's very level-headed, has potential, a desire to succeed and that's fantastic raw material to work with.
"Dean comes into a rich pool of talent able to stretch him, and he will stretch them. We've four internationals in our under-16 age group and he makes it five."
Sporting Life
BBC -Tottenham capture QPR youngster
Tottenham have agreed a deal with QPR to sign 15-year-old midfielder Dean Parrett, who will join the Premiership club on a student registration.
Parrett, an England under-16 international, will join as a full-time scholar in July 2008.
Spurs sporting Director Damien Comolli said: "Dean is exactly the kind of player we want to attract to our club.
"He is an extremely talented young player who has that rare combination of pace, aggression and creativity." BBC