Sun, sea and serious hard work for QPR flops after Hughes reads riot act By CHRIS WHEELER Last updated at 10:32 PM on 12th February 2012 Comments (0) Share QPR leave for a four-day break in Portugal on Tuesday but it will be no holiday after Mark Hughes administered the first dressing-down of his reign at Loftus Road. Hughes admitted he was âastoundedâ by his teamâs first-half performance at Blackburn as they went three goals behind. Although Rangers recovered with two late strikes from substitute Jamie Mackie, it was not enough to save Hughes from a third defeat in five Premier League games in charge. Mackieâs second goal kept QPR above Blackburn and out of the bottom three on goal difference, and they now have a two-week break before facing their managerâs old club Fulham at home a week on Saturday. Too little, too late: Jamie Mackie's two goals were not enough for QPR Hughes will use it to give the Loftus Road pitch a rest and his players a change of scenery that he hopes will lead to a change of fortunes after making his feelings clear to them at Ewood Park on Saturday. âIâm still astounded by the first half, to be honest,â he said. âWe wonât labour the point because they were told in no uncertain terms about that. âItâs probably the first time theyâve seen that side of me but theyâll see it again if we have the same problem. We understood straightaway that that wasnât acceptable and I donât anticipate that weâll see that level of performance again. âWeâre going to Portugal to get some work done because weâre struggling at our training ground at the moment. Itâs frozen so weâve been training at the stadium and we need to give that a break.â Plenty to ponder: Mark Hughes raged at his QPR side after their horror show However, Hughes admits the trip will also give him a chance to assess the mentality of his new charges and rebuild their fragile confidence after their first-half performance at Blackburn. He added: âIt will give us the opportunity to have a couple of sessions a day and have a real understanding of what type of personalities they are and how they react to certain situations. âIâve learned a lot about the group, both in the performance in the first half and in the second half as well. We conceded two goals from two shots and they were really poor from our point of view. âGiven the circumstances weâre in, the confidence ebbed away somewhat and we canât afford to have that. Weâre in a position where, even if things go against us, weâve still got to dig in and do the right things. In the first half we felt too sorry for ourselves.â Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...-Portugal-Blackburn-defeat.html#ixzz1mDJ1ILhM
Portugal? Sun and sea? In the middle of winter when football is rough and hard? Unless they're going to be playing beach soccer or something to understand how to play with touch and balance skills, I don't understand why they aren't practicing in Siberia. MH is having a laugh, right? What's he going to do with the squad - lube them up with oil and show them a good time? Yeah the team will be so very relaxed. Yeah that should be good
They are all off to Tea at James the one's pad ... Place is full of hard core vice I have heard from Swords
