QPR boss Redknapp cancels the Christmas party - again Dec 04, 2014 11:38 By Paul Warburton Hoops manager will not allow his players to have a festive do QPRâs manager will not allow players a Christmas do - not least because of the rise of camera phones. Harry Redknapp insists players have summer to celebrate and let their hair down, but itâs noses to the grindstone over the festive period starting with Burnley at home on Saturday. The coach was none too enamoured with boozy sprees when he was in charge at Tottenham, and has so far resisted the calls from his Rs squad. Redknapp is only too aware that a shandy or two over the limit leaves his player prey to the paparazzi. He said: âItâs more aggravation than itâs worth. âThere is a Christmas do on Monday for the staff behind the scenes - but thatâs just a meal. "But youâve only got to be closing your eyes and someoneâs got a pic of you looking drunk, and everyoneâs got camera phones.â
 With three games in a week, Redknapp is going easy in training for those who played in two of them so far while monitoring energy reserves. But has declared everyone fit including full-back Yun Suk-Young who came off for the second time in a week when he made way for Armand Traore in the 1-0 midweek defeat at Swansea.
So the reason given is that it might look bad from the outside? He isn't actually quoted as saying that they have got to focus on our season. I wonder how is other managerial appointments were affected going back in time.... 1980s - Xmas party - CANCELLED - fears over the rise in polaroid cameras. 1800s - Xmas party - CANCELLED - the annaul party was dropped after rumours that the first telegraphed message was "Did you see him - he's wasted?" 1480s - Xmas party - CANCELLED - concerns over published revelations following Caxton's invention of the printing press. Several of his teams console themselves by penning their autobiographies that could then reach a wider audience. 2500BC - Xmas party - CANCELLED - the utilisation of papyrus raises fears that there could be documented evidence of debauchery AND the chance of drawing people with their eyes shut. 10,000BC - Xmas party - HELD - a great time was had by all the newly populated hunter gathere homo sapiens but it was a slightly subdued due to brewing not commencing in the British Isles for a further 4,000 years.
On a seperate note I don't re-call YSY being replaced at Swans or am I missing something?......the performance was mind numbing....
In order to cancel something it has to have been planned/mooted in the first place. No Christmas party has been planned for the players by the club so Harry can't have cancelled it! Where does he get the bit about "calls from his R's squad" wanting a party? Then there is the bit about YSY being substituted for the second time in a week. Reading between the lines I can sum it up in five words .... "Paul Warburton is a W@nker".
I didn't even get as far as the glaring errors with the article! I'm also slightly concerned that I haven't seen any updates on "chip Friday" for a while. It could be that our evil overlords are oppressing the players that may or may not have played as punishment for a result that didn't happen. Bastards!
Hoilett for Barton was the only substitution. As for the 'and everyone’s got camera phones ' comment, my mum hasn't. They can have a bit of a knees up round her place if they want. There's no chance of getting snapped with their eyes shut around there and she makes a mean eggnog.
One thing for sure it doesn't take long for him to drop himself in it does it? … Why do you think the flies hover over him … he talks a load of **** and feds them with rubbish to print
This is again old school stuff that will do a lot of harm than good. the players are being wrongly punished for losing a game and that wont get the players to play better at all, In fact he will probably get the opposite reaction where the players wont want to play for him and put in a half hearted shift..
God i wish i knew everything like all the swans posters do (just look at their board). If ever their were an arrogant smug bunch of w**kers after the scummers..it would be them. They love their mid table mediocre performances and are proud of them and delight in a draw.... I suppose thats what years of living in the drivell will do to ya EDIT: I've just realised...they are the new Fulham...that explains a lot !
Gutted i joined this thread so late...offers of a knees up round your mums house with no camera's is a joke i'd not be able to resist ... you got off lightly! next time Nines...next time....
Cancelling the Christmas party seems to be the big statement to make these days...gets the message across you are not happy. Realistically though, do they care? If they do, surely they'll just all head off to someone's house for a party anyway...can management really stop that from happening?
