"......Bobby Zamora's hip woes mean he is unlikely to be a regular starter. An operation would repair the problem definitively but put Zamora out of action for around 10 months so Redknapp, left, hopes the player will postpone surgery until the end of next season so that he can play some role in the promotion push. "We'll look to keep him going because if he's out all year, what's the point? He's out of contract next year so you need him playing." Don't understand the logic of that at all. This is why Redknapp has to go IMO. Looking at it charitably, this is why Zamora would rather not be playing football at all and possibly why he chose to get sent off against Wigan. If he is seriously injured, he should not be playing until it is sorted. Our manager should not be forcing him to play. There will be alternatives next year if he can be arsed to go out and find someone. He has had an alternative this year but chose not to play Bothroyd. Redknapp would rather handicap us by playing a half fit striker for 30-45 productive minutes because he rates him.
This exactly. For me, where did the problems start? They started with an absolute total and utter lack of football knowledge, forethought and planning. Briatore and Ecclestone had the dream, but not the know-how to bring that dream to fruition. This lead to panic decisions, both with management dismissals, managerial appointments and players signings/sales. I wonder if in the early days of QPR being 'in the money' any of the investors really sat down and planned for the next five years in detail, with an extra man who had a real football brain. If they did, it was most likely with Warnock...but if that was the case, why did we have ten days of panic buys at the start of our first season in the premiership? Planning would have meant we could have identified the right players to sign...not panic and sign this bunch of overpaid, under-committed, aged players who will move on without a care for the mess they leave our club in. All so sad...one decent football thinker and I wonder what difference it would have made. As for the disparity in pay, and the divisions that has caused. It's understandable, and it must be frustrating for those 'only' on £15,000 to £20,000 a week...I wonder how they are coping in these tight times. I was bought up to be grateful for what I have, and not compare with others all the time...and in this case, if they do want to compare...why don't they ask 100 supporters to write their salaries, take the average of those 100...and then they might realise just how stupid it is to be miffed about their £780,000 a year.
I haven't believed much of what Harry says for years, and have no reason to believe this. I expect it is overblown and being overblown, saying it doesn't help our Club, but only serves to proclaim what Harry wants to project, his lack of guilt in what is happening to us. These quotes says it all: “It is hard to know who speaks to who; I just take them out on the training ground.", "I haven’t had this too much anywhere else, but when we came it was obvious there was a problem.” Can't beat that for trying to shift the blame to his predecssors and yet admits that he can't handle it himself! F*kk off, Harry. I'm beginning to think you are as big a sham as Hughes. All PL Clubs like many busy concerns are going to have a huge variety of contarct types with top and lower earners - handle it!
Colin wanted to bring in the likes of Graham and hold Rouledge in the summer of 2011, hold the good players and build up gradually but the owners would not fund it. TF came in too late and with too little time to get the ones he wanted that summer. He'd have taken the same approach in the first January window if given the chance, but as Telford says he was never given the backing that Hughes and Harry have been given since, so underservedly. We did well in the PL under Colin given the background and resources he had to work with. We were a huge disater under Hughes, with his appalling buys, and lack of the abilty to relate to the players, and to date Harry has only managed to tighten our defense for a while and not much more, despite his spending.
Is there any point in bickering over what caused our demise? It won't change anything and, for now, Harry appears to be staying. That might change if there are sackings in the Premier League but we have to take it that Harry will probably be in charge come August. I really believe that from day one Harry has known that this is the most fractured squad he's ever had the misfortune to be in charge of, there were never gonna be any quick fixes and this summer we will see just who are the ones we are best rid of. I confidently forecast that the team that starts the first match next season will have no more than five of the current squad although a number of them may be on bench...
Maybe those that stay will have had their (ahem) professional pride sufficiently dentrd enough to try a bit fricking harder next season. I think if he stays SWP is going to have some joy in the Championship.
Obviously can't argue that our 'high earners' have returned desperately poor value for money. But I am totally sick of what appears to be the 'old guard' (presumably Hill, Mackie and Derry) whining on about the pay difference. They all accepted new contracts from the club after others were brought in on inflated wages. If they didn't like it they could have asked to leave or go on loan to the championship - if they were lucky as subs for a decent team (like HH, Smith and Connolly at Cardiff) or playing more often for a lower team, like Hulse and ****tu at Millwall This is a collective failure of management and players, they all take responsibility in my book. Splits in the dressing room? Surely a piece of cake for Harold, the greatest man manager/motivator of our time (allegedly)?
Obviously can't argue that our 'high earners' have returned desperately poor value for money. But I am totally sick of what appears to be the 'old guard' (presumably Hill, Mackie and Derry) whining on about the pay difference. They all accepted new contracts from the club after others were brought in on inflated wages. If they didn't like it they could have asked to leave or go on loan to the championship - if they were lucky as subs for a decent team (like HH, Smith and Connolly at Cardiff) or playing more often for a lower team, like Hulse and ****tu at Millwall This is a collective failure of management and players, they all take responsibility in my book. Splits in the dressing room? Surely a piece of cake for Harold, the greatest man manager/motivator of our time (allegedly)?
Obviously can't argue that our 'high earners' have returned desperately poor value for money. But I am totally sick of what appears to be the 'old guard' (presumably Hill, Mackie and Derry) whining on about the pay difference. They all accepted new contracts from the club after others were brought in on inflated wages. If they didn't like it they could have asked to leave or go on loan to the championship - if they were lucky as subs for a decent team (like HH, Smith and Connolly at Cardiff) or playing more often for a lower team, like Hulse and ****tu at Millwall This is a collective failure of management and players, they all take responsibility in my book. Splits in the dressing room? Surely a piece of cake for Harold, the greatest man manager/motivator of our time (allegedly)?
Obviously can't argue that our 'high earners' have returned desperately poor value for money. But I am totally sick of what appears to be the 'old guard' (presumably Hill, Mackie and Derry) whining on about the pay difference. They all accepted new contracts from the club after others were brought in on inflated wages. If they didn't like it they could have asked to leave or go on loan to the championship - if they were lucky as subs for a decent team (like HH, Smith and Connolly at Cardiff) or playing more often for a lower team, like Hulse and ****tu at Millwall This is a collective failure of management and players, they all take responsibility in my book. Splits in the dressing room? Surely a piece of cake for Harold, the greatest man manager/motivator of our time (allegedly)?
One obvious name: Mark Hughes - it was his bright idea to bring in these highly paid idiots. TF is not totally blameless, but he probably didn't have much choice otherwise it looks like he's not backing the manager.
I blame TF and PB. If being polite they have been naïve but I can think of far stronger words! They must have sanctioned all the purchases and wages and don't get me going about backing Hughes for far too long. PB demonstrated last week he has not got a clue by saying that we need to keep the squad together - the opposite is true?? I am sorry but they have made us hated laughing stock and I really fear for the future now
