MIRROR Marooned 5: QPR players fuming after being given the cold shoulder Bothroyd, Young, Campbell, Hulse and Smith can't understand why Mark Hughes is treating them so badly Dead wood: Mark Hughes has ignored players signed by former boss Neil Warnock Dead wood: Mark Hughes has ignored players signed by former boss Neil Warnock Julian Finney Queens Park Rangers have dumped five senior players into training ground exile. Jay Bothroyd, Luke Young, DJ Campbell, Rob Hulse and Tommy Smith were all ordered to train away from the rest of the first team squad. Along with bad boy Joey Barton, who has been told he can move on, the quintet were not allocated squad numbers as boss Mark Hughes made it clear they were surplus to his requirements. Smith joined Cardiff on Friday but the other ­quartet are still on the payroll and unhappy at their treatment. A source close to the players said: âThey find the way they have been treated disrepectful. They have not been a momentâs trouble to the club. They cannot understand what is going on and why this has happened.â Both striker Bothroyd and full-back Young are England internationals and, along with Campbell and Hulse, believe they have done nothing to justify the cold shoulder ­treatment from Rangers. Jay Bothroyd (Pic: Getty Images) Wanted man: Jay Bothroyd is being chased by Sheffield Wednesday boss Dave Jones They have been ordered to ­report at various times since the players returned to full training after the summer break. Sometimes they must work ­together from 4pm. On other occasions, they are told to report at 9am and stay until 5pm with no inter-action with the first team squad. All five players were signed by former boss Neil Warnock who was sacked in January to make way for Hughes. They were part of the squad that ensured Rangers survived in their first season back in the top flight. The players have made their feelings known to the PFA and the union representative at the club â midfielder Shaun Derry â is also aware of their feelings. Bothroyd turned his career around after he was kicked out of Arsenal as a young player for throwing his shirt at coach Don Howe when he was substituted. He played for Perugia in Italy and went to ­Cardiff where he excelled. He became one of the few ­players from outside the top flight to play for England when he won his England cap against France in 2010. He was taken on by Rangers after his contract expired in July last year. Bothroyd is rated highly by former Cardiff boss Dave Jones, now in charge at Sheffield Wednesday. The ambitious Yorkshire club would like to see the striker join their bid for ­successive promotions and a ­return to the top flight, but his £30,000 a-week wages are ­proving a stumbling block. Young cost £1million when signed from Aston Villa and ­Warnock praised both his ­attititude and his versaility. The 33-year-old can play at both full-back and in central defence and played seven times for ­England. Striker Campbell cost £1.2m when he joined from Blackpool last August, while Hulse, 32, was a £500,000 signing from Derby in 2010. Campbell has had talks with Blackpool recently but was ­unable to agree terms while Hulse is ­believed to be ready to allow his contract to run down which will make him a free agent at the end of this season. Mirror
Hope that this isn't true. Provided players show respect they should be shown respect. There needs to be a good working environment to get the best out of people.
I saw this article earlier this morning so thought there would be - but couldn't find one probably because I'm only half awake!
Didn't we take Bothroyd on the Asia tour? He had a fair crack and revealed himself as a lazy, useless lump. What's he complaining about??? Young and DJ I can understand. As for Hulse, is he 'avin a laugh? Does he really nott know why he's been frozen out?
It's hard to know how much truth there is in something like this. Have they really anything much to moan about, other than their hurt pride, or is MH and his team really giving them a hard time?
Unfortunately None of these players are in the SUPPOSED 25 names of the first team squad. Thus if MH dont rate them, then HOW can they be expected to be training with the players that are supposed to be making the 25? Hopefully they can all be found clubs soon... DJ i dont think got a fair crack of the whip, and though Young was easily one of our best buys from last season... Such is life... Stan
