Clive Whittingham has done an interview with Ale Faurlin. It's quite extensive and very good and in two parts, so I thought it deserved its own thread. ( Rather than put into the 'Random QPR Stuff.') The Ale Faurlin interview – Part one Monday, 13th Apr 2020 09:20 by Clive Whittingham The first part of our mammoth catch-up with former QPR midfielder Ale Faurlin takes in his early days in Argentina, his move to London, Jim Magilton’s red face, and that promotion season. Early Days Let’s start right at the start, you’re a Rosario boy and they were your first club, but you only played for them once… My first team was Rosario Central. I grew up there, did my basics, went through the academy and got my first game as a 17-year-old back in 2004. I was very young. At this time there was a situation in Argentina with third parties buying players - anybody could buy your rights as a player. I found myself in a package with another four players, five of us were sold by the club to a guy and from there we started to move. Did you get any say in that - the ownership or the moves? I was very young, my parents were not familiar with this. It was a boom in Argentina at that time. All the clubs in Argentina are always surrounded by debt, deep debt, and a few years after this Rosario Central actually went bankrupt. They sold everything, all their promising players coming through, they did whatever they could to survive and we were part of that. We didn’t have much say, we had to sign. It’s an uncomfortable situation to find yourself in. Read the rest here ... https://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/queensparkrangers/news/52269/the-ale-faurlin-interview-–-part-one The Ale Faurlin interview – part two Monday, 13th Apr 2020 09:23 by Clive Whittingham The second half of our deep dive with former QPR midfielder Ale Faurlin starts with him flying in the Premier League and attracting interest from one of the biggest clubs in the world, but heartbreak and dark times lurk just around the corner. Flying High How did you find the step up to the Premier League? We had a few players coming in. Shaun, Joey, Luke Young, Jay Bothroyd came in. We kept the spirit in the group. We had a lot of passion to play, every single one of us. We really enjoyed it, even in defeat the message was to enjoy every moment. We had good players. In the Premier League you find yourself with a little more time, to think and see things happen, and some of us really enjoyed it. That was the case for me, I really enjoyed that half of the season, and with Adel, Tommy Smith, Heidar - we all enjoyed it and played well. Some great wins early in that season. I remember us absolutely dismantling Wolves at Molineux when you scored (Ale’s celebration in that game is still his WhatsApp profile pic), and of course the historic win against Chelsea, although we weren’t quite so convincing in that game… We had a few nice wins. At Wolves I remember down the left hand side myself, Adel and Armand Traore jammed very well there. We played, at times, very nice football under Neil, he gave us that freedom and winning mentality. I remember playing very good football at Wolves, and also I remember we played really, really well away at Stoke against a team that was very difficult to play against. https://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/queensparkrangers/news/52270/the-ale-faurlin-interview-–-part-two please log in to view this image
****ing hell we had Ale and Adel at their peaks and still ****ed it up. Faurlin was a proper footballer, desperately unlucky with injury.
Comes across as a gentleman. No slating anyone just some misgivings (rightly, I’d say) on the manner in which he was released.
He really was. Without the injuries he would of played at a very high level. With an extra yard of pace he could have been world class. Superb ball winner, good in the air and a proper player. My lad liked him as much as Adel.
I like Ale's kind words for many of his fellow players during his time with us, too many of whom get mostly abuse.
One of our best all-time midfielders. Shame his departure was so abrupt. He could have been a long-term squad player/coach. Thanks for the memories Ale.
That's a great interview, really enjoyavle read Ale was a stand-out, even in that great team, and should rightly be fondly thought of by all Rs fans
The 2010/2011 Championship winners season is on the Official in 2 parts. Watched the first part this evening, about 1 and a half hours long but there's a lot of great football in there, with Ale improving and tidy, and Adel at his brilliant best.
Cheers for that a great read. He came across how I expected in that interview. I loved watching Ale play and it was a pleasure to have a genuine player like him at the club. Shame about his injuries and he could have easily stepped up to a bigger club and not look out of place. He will always be welcome at QPR and will always receive decent applause.
Great interview, really enjoyed the read. I absolutely loved Ale as a player. That goal against Sheffield United will live long in the memory. A few years ago after he left us, he was playing for Getafe just outside Madrid. I went to see him play a game against Zaragoza. I had a QPR shirt on and as he was warming up in front of me, I shouted ALEEEEE. As soon as he seen the shirt, he gave me a thunbs up and a wave. Our club obviously still means a lot to him. Great memories.
A great interview. A great player. A great loss for us but we had so much from him. But he definitely ‘jammed’ with the fans. Comes across as a true professional, almost classic type of footballer compared to today’s modern money-focused player.
