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I League | By Indian Football Network

Queens Park Rangers to own a club in the Indian Football League

It has been learnt that Chennai may get its first I-League club holding the hands of the English club Queens Park Rangers also called QPR. The AIFF has extended the deadline for the new bidders till 27th of May and the result would be announced on the very day along with the new club names.
Chennai based club may be renamed as the Chennai Rangers FC. QPR will be owning this club along with the latest entrant in the Indian aviation Air Asia. The Air Asia owner Tony Fernandez has confirmed that they will be submitting their bid to own an I-League club.
According to Mr Prafull Patel, the league may see as many as 4 new franchisee teams from 4 different cities. These are the Dodsal group owned Mumbai Tigers (Mumbai), Air Asia & QPR (Chennai), Eagles FC (Kochi) and Jindal group (Bangalore).  Indian Football Network

MAIL - David Kent - QPR may need to spend a couple of seasons in Championship, warns Fernandes

QPR chairman Tony Fernandes has given a blunt assessment of his time at the helm of the club, admitting his mistakes contributed to the club's recent relegation.
Fernandes will preside over a major overhaul of the squad at Loftus Road this summer, less than two years after buying up the majority shareholding.
The Malaysian entrepreneur has spent millions in a forlorn attempt to keep the Rs in the top flight but says he is now ready to accept a period of stability in the second tier rather than aim for an immediate return to the Barclays Premier League.
Speaking in Monte Carlo, where his other major sporting investment, Caterham, are competing in this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix, Fernandes said: 'With QPR we are right back at the drawing board, and we are going to go back to my principles of life.
'You learn a lot when you are going down. You don't learn a lot when you are doing great.
'I am not predicting we will bounce back up straight away, but I am working hard to make sure we have the right culture and right type of people in the club.
'If that means staying in the Championship for a couple of seasons to get it right, then that is worth it.'
The AirAsia boss certainly has a full portfolio to deal with, and though the day-to-day running of his airline must take precedence, he admits things might be different at QPR and F1 back-markers Caterham had he been able to give either more of his time.

'The difference between QPR, Caterham and AirAsia is that AirAsia is something I live and breathe every day,' he said.
'With all due respect, if I'd spent every day at Hingham [Caterham's headquarters] and every day at Loftus Road, I dare say it would have been a bit different.
'It's easy to say I've spread myself too thinly, but I don't think that's the case. What I should have done is delegate more.
'I am not that involved in my other businesses as much and I should have been like that, but this is the danger when passion conflicts with common sense.
'You get excited and carried away and you throw away all the things you are good at - planning and analysing." Asked whether he had taken his eye off the ball, Fernandes replied: "It is an an experience, and I'm just a bit different to everyone else.
'Take Formula One. Everyone in the paddock has made huge errors in their life. They don't stand up and say 'I f***** up'. I have.

Disappointment: QPR went down despite a number of high-profile signings

'It's the same in the football world. I don't think every single chairman has made a decision that's right all the time.
'But I have decided to step up and say I could have done it better. We did a lot of things wrong and I f***** up.
'With AirAsia, right now we the most profitable airline in the world. Now did I make huge mistakes in the process? Absolutely.
'But I don't think you have to be a b*****d to be successful in sport, you just need experience, which is something you can't buy.'
Fernandes has promised a clearout of QPR's playing staff this summer, but the same cannot be said of manager Harry Redknapp, who the owner hopes will not be lured away in the coming months.
'You can never say never,' said Fernandes. 'If a massive club offers Harry a job, you can't stand in the way of it. It's his career, his life. You've got to be reasonable.
But we get on very well, we know each other, and I long for stability.
'You can't build anything successful unless you have stability. I am an old-fashioned believer in that.
'Harry is someone I trust. He's a great football manager and a great spotter of talent.'
ends  Mail

QPR OFFICIAL SITE  - THANK YOU RADEK [Cerny]
Goalkeeping coach David Rouse pays tribute to the departing Cerny …

Radek has been a complete professional in the time he has been with us"
David Rouse

RADEK CERNY will be heading for pastures new following the completion of his contract at QPR, and goalkeeping coach David Rouse has paid tribute to the professionalism and ability of the 39-year-old.

Cerny joined the R’s prior to the 2008/09 season and went on to make 87 appearances during his five-year stay at Loftus Road.

“People use the word ‘professional’ too widely but in Radek’s case it’s very apt,” Rouse told www.qpr.co.uk. “He has been a complete professional in the time he has been with us.

“You look at how he has carried himself as he’s gone from being first-choice in his first season to number two, down to number three and this season he has been down the pecking order at number four.

“But throughout all that, his manner about the place and his good humour has never changed and never wavered. It’s a good mark of the man. Irrespective of whether you’re playing or not, you have to put in 100 per cent and Radek has always done that.

“He enjoyed every single training session, and he had the ability to make everyone else in the group enjoy it too.

“Even though he was not in the 25-man squad this season, the work he has put in with the rest of the goalkeepers is immeasurable. He has a lot of experience and always gave good advice.”

Cerny’s defining moment for the Hoops arguably came at Watford during the 2010/11 campaign. Paddy Kenny had been between the sticks all season and looked set to remain so for the match at Vicarage Road. But it wasn’t just any game. Rangers knew victory would seal Championship glory.

Incredibly, Kenny pulled up in the warm-up and Cerny was drafted in to make his first start of the campaign in a fixture of huge importance as the R’s looked to seal a return to the Premier League after a 15-year exile.

Cerny was a more-than-able deputy and produced a solid display, keeping a clean sheet in the process as the R’s beat the Hornets 2-0.

“A lot of goalkeepers would struggle in that situation, particularly people not as experienced as Radek,” Rouse said. “But his temperament meant it wasn’t a problem for him. You knew on the day that you had no worries there.”

At 39, some may feel now is the right time for Cerny to hang up his gloves. Rouse doesn’t agree.

“I think he’s got a few more years in him, and a few more saves in him,” he said. “As a goalkeeper, the experience you have in your latter years means you don’t need to rely so much on your athleticism.

“But Radek still has those physical attributes to go with his experience and I’d like to think he has got at least two or three years left in him.

“I’d like to extend a big thanks to Radek. Throughout my time at the club I have worked with him and it has been a fantastic honour to do so. I’ll be sad to see him go but wish him all the very best for the future.” QPR


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10 YEARS AGO TODAY (TONIGHT) THE FIRE ALARM GOES OFF

 
QPR Report Blog...
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
When The Fire Alarm Rang Out in Cardiff
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[As an addendum, when QPR played Cardiff at the Millenium Stadium, there was an issue for Cardiff about the playing of the National Anthem. Wonder whether that "issue" will be replicated at Wembley.]

As Cardiff City set to play Portsmouth in the FA Cup Final at Wembley on May 17, many QPR fans will recall the last time Cardiff played in a Stadium Final. That was the Nationwide Division Two Play-Off Final between Cardiff at QPR, almost exactly five years previously: May 25th 2003. That Playoff final was held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff (as the new Wembley was under construction).
For QPR Fans, losing in extra time in a game they deserved to win is part of their history. But for QPR fans what rankled far more than the loss can be summed up in two phrases which have become synonimous with that match: "Fire Alarm" and the "Celtic Mannor Hotel"

To Recap: The night before the playoff final against Cardiff City, QPR Players were sleeping at the Celtic Mannor hotel. In the early morning hours, the fire alarm went off, all the guests were awoken, including the QPR players. It subsequently transpired that the false alarm set off by one Neil MacNamara, previously a "Security Guard" with Cardiff City (also described as "former minder of Cardiff City Football Club owner Sam Hammam." MacNamara Was also described as a "former bodyguard" of Sam Hammam). As The Guardian reported the day after "QPR's preparations had hardly been helped by the fact that they were woken at about 4.15am after Cardiff fans apparently set off a fire alarm at their hotel." The Guardian

As the BBC Reported a few years later: The life-long Cardiff City football fan was given a five-year match ban after magistrates in Abergavenny decided that the crime was intended to disrupt rivals Queens Park Rangers before their play-off game against Cardiff City. But after his appeal Cardiff Crown Court later said there was insufficient evidence to prove the incident was connected to football and lifted the ban." BBC April 2006 BBC - "Ex-minder is jailed for tax dodge"

REMEMBERING...
From BBC June 19, 2003 Ex-soccer minder admits hoax
"...A former minder of Cardiff City Football Club owner Sam Hammam has admitted setting off a fire alarm in the hotel where a rival team was sleeping before a crucial match.
Neil MacNamara, 39, of Nantgarw, south Wales, set off a fire alarm at the Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, in the early hours of 25 May.
Queens Park Rangers players were staying at the hotel before their Division Two play-off final against Cardiff at the Millennium Stadium later that day.
MacNamara pleaded guilty to causing criminal damage and giving a false fire alarm.
But he denied the offence was football-related in the hearing at Newport Magistrates Cour.
Paul Moore, prosecuting, said: "There will be legal argument as to whether the offence was football-related.
"It will be the prosecution's suggestion this was football-related and we will invite a banning order.
"This will be opposed by the defence."
He was released on unconditional bail to reappear at the court on 16 July, when another hearing will decide whether the hoax was aimed at the QPR players.
Some 200 people had to leave the Celtic Manor while the alarm was investigated.
The QPR players were able to stay inside as they were sleeping in a different wing of the hotel.
The alarm went off at 0300 BST, 12 hours before QPR's play-off final kicked off at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, which the London team lost 1-0 in extra time. ...
BBC

The Off-The-Field Aftermath

BBC - "QPR Hotel Alarm - Man Charged"

BBC - "Ex-soccer minder admits hoax"

The Times - "Fan says he set off alarm in hotel of rival team"

"Ex Minder Gets Five Year Soccer Ban"

PRE-Fire Alarm Story BBC "Key test for war on hooligans" and BBC Story
BBC - Hammam minder sent to jail

From April 2006 BBC - "Ex-minder is jailed for tax dodge"

10 Years Ago: Tomorrow - The Playoff Final Defeat

Recalling The Game Itself: May 25, 2003: Cardiff 1 QPR 0
QPR Team on that day:
Day, Kelly, shitetu, Carlisle, Padula (Williams 79), Gallen, Bircham, Palmer, McLeod, Pacquette (Thomson 60), Furlong. Subs not used: Culkin, Angell, Forbes.
Manager: Ian Holloway. Coach: Kenny Jackett: Board's Nigel Blackburn and Ross Jones. CEO: David Davies.

BBC Match Report Cardiff seal promotion
Substitute Andy Campbell came off the bench to guide Cardiff past Queens Park Rangers in a nerve-wracking Division Two play-off final.
QPR's defensive partnership of Danny shitetu and Clark Carlisle had managed to shackle Cardiff's 35-goal striker Rob Earnshaw.
But with six minutes to go of extra-time, Campbell proved more elusive...BBC

The Guardian - Bluebirds soar towards top flight

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Flashback 12 years ago: 15 Players released

QPR Official Site - May 2001

15 PLAYERS RELEASED

Following discussions with players and their representatives, the management and directors of QPR have decided to release the following out of contract players;

# Ian Baraclough
# Paul Bruce
# Alvin Bubb
# Lee Harper
# Chris Kiwomya
# Danny Maddix
# Terry McFlynn
# Ludek Miklosko
# Steve Morrow
# Michel Ngonge
# Karl Ready
# Matthew Rose
# Keith Rowland
# Tony Scully

Loftus Road chief executive David Davies said: "We've had to make a lot of hard choices and the simple fact is we had to cut the wage bill substantially. It's disappointing for staff and fans alike to see some of our favourite players leave, but it's about time we started dealing with reality. We're in Division Two, we can't afford to carry on with the number of players we had.

"In all honesty we have needed a clearout for a while. It's a very painful process to go through but a very necessary one if we are to build for the future of this club and put it on a sound footing. We have to lay the right foundations on which to build in future seasons.

"However, should the club find new owners before the start of the season, a number of players have been told that we would like to renegotiate with them at the earliest possible stage."


BBC Friday, 25 May, 2001,
QPR release 16 players

Troubled QPR have released 16 out-of-contract players in order to cut the wage bill following the club's relegation to Division Two.

Chris Kiwomya, Danny Maddix, Ludek Miklosko and Steve Morrow lead the names of those who are not being offered new terms by the Loftus Road club.

And Michel Ngonge, Lee Harper, Ian Baraclough, Karl Ready, Matthew Rose, Keith Rowland, Bertie Brayley, Paul Bruce, Alvin Bubb, Alex Higgins, Terry McFlynn and Tony Scully have also been released.

Rangers are in administration with debts of around �11m, and chief executive David Davies explained that a reduced playing staff was necessary following relegation.


We can't afford to carry on with the number of players we had
Chief executive David Davies
"We've had to make a lot of hard choices and the simple fact is we had to cut the wage bill substantially," said Davies.

"It's disappointing for staff and fans alike to see some of our favourite players leave, but it's about time we started dealing with reality.

"We're in Division Two, we can't afford to carry on with the number of players we had.

"However, should the club find new owners in the summer, a number of players have been told the club would like to renegotiate with them at the earliest possible stage."

Midfielder George Kulscar recently had his contract with the club terminated by mutual consent.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/q/qpr/1351445.stm

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FLASHBACK to May 2001

In Division III for the first time since 1966/67....In Administration.....No Money for Players....and many of the Players released...But from Ian Hollway did we hear kvetching or negativity (or talk of big money signings?)

QPR OFFICIAL SITE - May 24, 2001

OLLY'S TIME TO PLAN

RANGERS boss Ian Holloway has spoken about his plans to rebuild the team at Loftus Road, both on and off the field.

Olly said:" There are an awful lot of changes going on at QPR at the moment. But if you ask me, I feel we've needed that. I'm sure the fans will agree. We want to see a new atmosphere around the place.

"Everyone is working hard to try to correct the club's financial state and give us a chance to move forward. At the moment, we carry on in administration.

"Sometimes you have to bring players in from a lesser standard on not-so-much money who will grasp the opportunity and can still play well and with pride for this football club. Pride in the blue and white hoops is what the supporters here deserve.

"You can also bring through the youth team players. If they are good enough, they are old enough.

"Hopefully one or two exciting things can be sorted out in the next few weeks. I'm also looking to appoint an assistant manager and some of the staff that I would like to work with. We will then be able to move forward and I am very, very excited about the start of next season."

QPR Official Site - May 2001

15 PLAYERS RELEASED

Following discussions with players and their representatives, the management and directors of QPR have decided to release the following out of contract players;

# Ian Baraclough
# Paul Bruce
# Alvin Bubb
# Lee Harper
# Chris Kiwomya
# Danny Maddix
# Terry McFlynn
# Ludek Miklosko
# Steve Morrow
# Michel Ngonge
# Karl Ready
# Matthew Rose
# Keith Rowland
# Tony Scully

Loftus Road chief executive David Davies said: "We've had to make a lot of hard choices and the simple fact is we had to cut the wage bill substantially. It's disappointing for staff and fans alike to see some of our favourite players leave, but it's about time we started dealing with reality. We're in Division Two, we can't afford to carry on with the number of players we had.

"In all honesty we have needed a clearout for a while. It's a very painful process to go through but a very necessary one if we are to build for the future of this club and put it on a sound footing. We have to lay the right foundations on which to build in future seasons.

"However, should the club find new owners before the start of the season, a number of players have been told that we would like to renegotiate with them at the earliest possible stage."


BBC - Friday, 25 May, 2001,
QPR release 16 players

Troubled QPR have released 16 out-of-contract players in order to cut the wage bill following the club's relegation to Division Two.

Chris Kiwomya, Danny Maddix, Ludek Miklosko and Steve Morrow lead the names of those who are not being offered new terms by the Loftus Road club.

And Michel Ngonge, Lee Harper, Ian Baraclough, Karl Ready, Matthew Rose, Keith Rowland, Bertie Brayley, Paul Bruce, Alvin Bubb, Alex Higgins, Terry McFlynn and Tony Scully have also been released.

Rangers are in administration with debts of around �11m, and chief executive David Davies explained that a reduced playing staff was necessary following relegation.


We can't afford to carry on with the number of players we had
Chief executive David Davies
"We've had to make a lot of hard choices and the simple fact is we had to cut the wage bill substantially," said Davies.

"It's disappointing for staff and fans alike to see some of our favourite players leave, but it's about time we started dealing with reality.

"We're in Division Two, we can't afford to carry on with the number of players we had.

"However, should the club find new owners in the summer, a number of players have been told the club would like to renegotiate with them at the earliest possible stage."

Midfielder George Kulscar recently had his contract with the club terminated by mutual consent.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/q/qpr/1351445.stm



QPR Official Site - May 24, 2001 - STRIKER SIGNS

QPR have today completed the signing of Leroy Griffiths from Hampton and Richmond Borough.

Pacey striker Griffiths, 24, boasts an impressive goalscoring record at non-league level having scored 22 goals in 58 appearances for the Ryman League Premier club.

Before joining Hampton and Richmond, he scored 23 goals in 49 games for Ryman Division 3 outfit Corinthian Casuals. He joins QPR for an undisclosed fee.


OLLY ON FIRST SUMMER SIGNING - Leroy Griffiths

Ian Holloway is delighted with the signing of Leroy Griffiths,24, from Ryman League Hampton and Richmond Borough for an undisclosed fee. The R's boss has a fine track record for unearthing players from the non-League level.

When Holloway was in charge at Bristol Rovers, he signed Barry Hayles from Stevenage Borough, Nathan Ellington from Walton and Hersham and Dwayne Plummer from Chesham United. He also plucked former Hayes striker Jason Roberts from Wolves reserves.

All of those players prospered under Holloway's tutelage. And the boss seems confident that he has found another gem in Griffiths.

Holloway said:" I am very excited about this signing. Leroy is someone that our scouting department have been tracking for quite a while. I sent my director of football Gerry Francis down to Hampton to see a game and Gerry felt that this was a very exciting player.

"We invited Leroy over for a trail and he did exceptionally well. He is hungry, very strong and very quick. He's an entertainer. The QPR fans do appreciate someone with a bit of flair and a bit of skill. Leroy started off as a young player with Charlton before drifting into the non-League game, so he wants to make a name for himself.

"With full-time training everyday, I am sure that Leroy can hopefully improve on what he has got already and excite our supporters.

"I like to do my homework and scout around the non-League levels. I've never been scared to take a gamble. It is not where you have come from, but where you want to go.

"There are an awful lot of talented players out there who haven't been given the opportunity to play at the professional level. Or maybe they had the chance before and wasted it. I always find that the desire they've got within them makes them a successful player at the end of the day."

Griffiths scored 22 goals in 58 appearances for Hampton and Richmond Borough. He previously played for Corinthian Casuals, where he hit the net 23 times in 49 games.


SEASON TICKET PRICES 2001/02

WATCHING QPR will be better value than ever next season with kids costing as little as £3 per match and adults from a little over £7 per game.

Families will also benefit from the new prices with a joint ticket for one adult and two juniors working out at just £12 per match.

Other great value prices and offers include;

# Adult season ticket prices from £169 and £69 for juniors
# Family season tickets for one adult and two juniors from £273 - ranging from as little as £494 for two adults and three juniors
# Savings for tickets purchased before June 30
# Save 10 per cent on the price of your ticket if you introduce a friend
# Special prices for students

The club will be writing to fans shortly with full details of the season ticket prices and offers. Fans will also be able to buy their tickets on-line.

QPR SEASON TICKET PRICES 2001/02

Early Bird and Renewal price Adult Junior OAP/Student

South Africa Road £299 £119 £149
Alfred McAlpine Homes Stand £249 £99 £125
Loftus Road Upper and Lower £199 £79 £99
East and West Paddocks £169 £69 £85

Non-Discounted price Adult Junior OAP/Student

South Africa Road £339 £138 £170
Alfred McAlpine Homes Stand £283 £115 £142
Loftus Road Upper and Lower £227 £92 £114
East and West Paddocks £193 £80 £97

Family Season Tickets 1 Adult 1 Adults 2 Adults 2 Adults 2 Adults
2 Juniors 3 Juniors 1 junior 2 Juniors 3 Juniors

South Africa Road £478 £567 £688 £777 £866
Alfred McAlpine Homes Stand £398 £472 £573 £647 £721
Loftus Road Upper and Lower £318 £377 £458 £517 £576
East and West Paddocks £273 £325 £390 £442 £494

Season tickets will be available at the early bird renewal prices until June 30. After that the non-discounted prices will apply. Family season ticket prices are only available until June 30. To qualify as a junior you must have been born on or after August 1 1985. To qualify for student prices you must be in full-time education and hold a valid NUS card. All tickets are subject to availability.


QPR Official Site

PLAYING GREEN'S MAIN MOTIVATION
PUBLISHED

12:00 22nd May 2013

QPR keeper prioritises regular first team football over everything else next season ...

I am a professional footballer and being part of a professional footballer is playing games."

PLAYING regular first team football is goalkeeper Robert Green’s motivating factor next season, not the division he will be playing it in.

The QPR stopper admitted his experience this season has reaffirmed his belief that playing football is the most important consideration for him next season.

And following the R’s relegation into the Championship Green confirmed his desire to give his all for Rangers unless he is told otherwise.

He told www.qpr.co.uk: “I am a professional footballer and being part of a professional footballer is playing games. I made my 500th club appearance recently at the age of 33. I want to add more games to that and I feel like I have a lot more years and games to play.

“A lot of keepers are still playing at the top with the likes of Brad Friedel and Mark Schwarzer, and they both have years on me.

“I want to carry on playing, to play football is my life.”

Following Brazilian stopper Julio Cesar’s arrival at Loftus Road, Green found first-team opportunities limited this season, and he admitted: “Not playing is not something I have had to deal with for the best part of 15 years. To deal with that I’ve used one of the few positives from it and that is the support from the fans I have had when I have played.

“I’ve used that as a motivation and a tool for working hard and keeping going.

“It has been a big aid to my season in something that has been very difficult. I have gone from playing every week in a team that won promotion and then going to European Championships to then sat watching one.

“That has been tough but one of the few crumbs of consolation has been going out playing and feel like I have been supported by the QPR fans.”

As for Green’s immediate future as Rangers prepare for life back in the Football League, the experienced custodian said: “I see my future wherever I am told it is really.”

“Life of a keeper, particularly an English one, is very different to an outfield player where you get 25 squad places with rotation and maybe European games if you are at one of the bigger clubs.

“You get the need for a lot of players whereas with a keeper there are not many teams where you have two first choice keepers - here is one of them.

“You see people saying it is up to us if we stay or go but sometimes it really isn’t.

“If I get told I am here next season then I am here next season and I will do my utmost for the team. If I get told I am here next season and I am on the bench then that is my life and you have got to take it how it is. That is something I have learned from this season as much as anything that it is not all laid for you on a red carpet.”

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The Sun:  A heavy fine for Taarabt

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By ANDREW DILLON

Published: 21st May 2013

ADEL TAARABT has been fined over £60,000 in the past month — more than his weekly wage.

And the Moroccan hothead is on collision course with boss Harry Redknapp for serious breaches of discipline.
They include REFUSING to have a routine weight check and repeatedly turning up late for training.
Striker Taarabt, 23, missed QPR’s final game of a dreadful season because he was back home following the death of his grandmother.
Rangers finished bottom of the Premier League and now face an an uncertain future in the Championship.
A Loftus Road insider said: “The club’s in meltdown because there is a lack of discipline.
“It’s why there needs to be a big clearout and why the team performed so badly.”
Taarabt was fined by Redknapp’s predecessor Neil Warnock for a petulant reaction to being subbed against Chelsea in 2011.

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Glen Roeder introducing Princess Anne to Tony Currie.



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Crooks & Currie battle for the ball.







Terry Fenwick with the equaliser.



Gary Waddock & Graham Roberts (Spurs) at the end of the game.

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Ex-QPR chief: "Responsibility lies at the top"

by Robert Shepherd

21st May 2013 10:15am BST

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Ex-Queens Park Rangers chief executive Simon Crane has warned the club to "stop the relegation blame game" and introduce a 10-year plan to future-proof the club.
The west London outfit were relegated from the Premier League to the Championship this season, with manager Harry Redknapp, the players, chairman Tony Fernandes, plus former managers Neil Warnock and Mark Hughes all either facing blame or blaming each other for the club's demise.
However, speaking exclusively to SportsDirect News, Crane, who was chief executive of former QPR owner Loftus Road plc, said: "I'm not interested in blaming managers and players. In any organisation, responsibility lies at the very top and that means chairman and owner Tony Fernandes."

 

Crane said the the biggest problem facing the club is "nobody knows what the vision is" and that Fernandes has struggled to come to terms with running a football club.

 

"I think Fernandes is a decent, honourable man who means well for QPR but he needs to put a 10-year plan in place so that everybody knows which direction the club is going in,"

 

Crane added. "I don't think he [Fernandes] understands the needs of a Premier League club. We are talking about a club whose ambition is to stay into Premier League rather than win it. I know that's not something that will happen immediately, but QPR need to think like a big club, including the way it sells merchandising."

 

Crane pointed at Manchester United as a good example of a club with a vision.

 

"Most  of their success was down to [manager] Sir Alex Ferguson, but they would have been successful anyway because of the professional and forward-looking way the club is run. They've had stability for years," he added. 

 

"QPR fans have a tremendous understanding of their club. They will support a custodian who demonstrates they are willing to listen, learn and evolve; include them and other stakeholders. Sports Direct


MORNING STAR

Relegated QPR need to adopt new philosophy

Tony Fernandes needs to axe the dead wood — including manager Harry Redknapp — and realise that money isn't everything

Monday 20 May 2013

by Lewis Jones

Football comment: Useless, disjointed, heartless, farcical, embarrassing. This writer was asked a produce a 600-word review on Queens Park Rangers’ 2012-13 season. In truth, I really only needed to use five.

The next 595 are going to be equally painful for fans of the Loftus Road club. Make sure you’re strapped in.
Some of the stats from this campaign, which saw QPR relegated, make disturbing reading.
In 38 games, the not-so-super Hoops won only four times and accumulated the third-lowest points total in the history of the Premier League. As a team they scored just 30 goals and in the final six games failed to notch from open play. The Rs finished rock bottom and deserved everything they got. 

This monstrosity all transpired following a summer of optimism, seemingly proactive transfer dealings and even predictions of European qualification from some deluded quarters. From a poll on the brilliant QPR online fanzine Loftforwords not one of the 2,000-plus voters had Rangers finishing in the bottom three.
QPR’s philosophy of signing big-name players, who, with hindsight, were well past their sell by date and had no affiliation or interest in the club, was a lazy and catastrophic mistake made by those running the club.
Former boss Mark Hughes has to carry the can to a certain extent, but the decision to give him the keys to run QPR as he pleased last summer was one that sums up chairman Tony Fernandes’s naivety.
It was this blank-chequebook mentality that set the tone for a woeful season.
Hughes was sacked in November and, despite a brief change in fortunes under Harry Redknapp which included a memorable 1-0 win away at local rivals Chelsea, the clear lack of unity in the dressing room gave the Rs no chance of survival.
Redknapp is far from blameless though. Fernandes gave him plenty of time and money to arrest the decline, but, once results started to waver, he seemed to lose the stomach for the fight and had excuses lined up after every defeat, shifting the blame from his door. The state of the Loftus Road pitch after a defeat to Manchester United was my personal favourite.
In my view it’s best for both parties if Redknapp walks away over the summer. The rebuilding job at QPR is going to take years rather than months and his body language in recent weeks suggests he may not have the energy, drive or even time left in football management to sort this mess out.
Fernandes is a very charming, likeable character but desperately needs help from an experienced football businessman over the summer, not a free-spending Redknapp.
The chairman’s eyes are firmly fixed on the lucrative opportunity of a move, in five or six years’ time, from Loftus Road to a new multi-complex arena. 

Planning permission on a site in the north-west London area is rumoured to be close to being signed off.
He and the executive team he’s assembled are well equipped to make a huge success of such plans, but, in terms of football business strategy, some new blood and philosophies are needed in the boardroom.
Putting into action another quick-fix, transfer-happy attitude under Redknapp in the Championship is likely to do more harm than good.
Perhaps not to the extent of financial meltdown, as it’s predicted that Fernandes won’t walk away from QPR due to the lucrative stadium plans, but, if he continues on this path, in six years’ time Rangers may have a shiny new 60,000 seater-stadium that hosts lower league football.
New division. New ethos. New start. Implement it now, Tony, while you still have the chance. Morning Star

Charles Sale - Daily Mail online

Brooklyn picks up the Beckham baton after joining QPR's academy side


David Beckham’s retirement doesn’t mean the end of his family’s playing involvement with a professional football club.

His eldest son Brooklyn has just started with relegated Queens Park Rangers’ Under 14 academy side, who train near the Beckhams’ new family home in west London.

Brooklyn, who was 14 in March, started playing at Spurs as a four-year-old and has had trials with Chelsea juniors. He was also on the Under 14 roster at LA Galaxy and would join his dad in training at Paris Saint-Germain.  MAIL

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