QPR boss Harry Redknapp hails Everton star Ross Barkley but SLAMS Adel Taarabt again

QPR boss Harry Redknapp hails Everton star Ross Barkley but SLAMS Adel Taarabt again

QPR boss Harry Redknapp has bigged up Everton’s young star Ross Barkley as a potential great – but shot down his own midfield prospect Adel Taarabt.

By Tony Stenson / Published 13th December 2014






Struggling Rangers are at Goodison Park tomorrow night hoping to cash in on their win over Burnley last week.

And Redknapp knows his side will need to be at their best to combat the impressive Barkley, 21.

He said: “He’s fantastic, top class and, for me, one the most exciting players in the Premier League.

“He has everything – great ability, good physique, strong, runs with the ball. He is a top young player.

“David Moyes did a great job there with him and Roberto Martinez is doing the same.”

Everton were comfortable 4-0 winners when the two sides met at Goodison in the FA Cup Third Round last January and Redknapp said: “It is always a difficult place togobutwe’vegottofinda way of going there and start picking up some points.

“You can’t keep relying on your home form because some of the fixtures in the second half of the season are very difficult at home.”



“He’s fantastic, top class and, for me, one the most exciting players in the Premier League. He has everything – great ability, good physique, strong, runs with the ball. He is a top young player”



The Toffees will undoubtedly field a stronger line-up than the young side which took to the field against Krasnodar in their 1-0 Europa League defeat on Thursday night, when four teenagers made their debut.

One player who will definitely not feature in the QPR side – or squad – is Taarabt, 25.

The midfielder is a player Redknapp admires but the R’s boss admits to being totally frustrated with the Moroccan.

He said: “Only he can get himself fit and ready to play. You can take a horse to water – but how far away is the water?

“I want Adel to get fit and start playing football. We need him fit and playing. I’ve told him that if he is fit, he’s back in he squad.

“He has had injuries pretty much since the start of the year – but don’t ask me how you get injuries when you don’t train and you don’t play.”

Redknapp hopes to add several new faces to his squad during the January transfer window but he knows it will not be easy to compete in the market, with the club relying on home gates of just 17,000.


He said: “We’re not talking about spending massive amounts of money. Maybe we can get a couple of loans in.

”You’re only allowed 25 players whatever you do, so if a couple come in we will have to let a couple out.

“The Premier League is not a level playing field and it never will be.

“There are probably seven teams up there at the top, then everybody else has to get on with it.“When some clubs can spend £40million and pay incredible wages that’s the way it is. We just have to get on with it.

“It’s not that on any given day you can’t beat those teams – you can.

“We nearly beat Manchester City and were better than Liverpool on the day.

“That is what makes it such a good league.”

 

Well why don't he do something about it
get rid sharpish,were not goin to make money
on him anyway

 

I think we should call his bluff and play Adel Taarabt upfront vs Everton.

It's live on Sky, so it would tap into the fellow's Machiavellian character allowing him to showcase his talents.

 

He would be knackered after 5mins

 

Game, set & match ........ thank you ball boys, thank you ball girls........... or is that, girls with balls, no, maybe boys with no balls .......... whatever!

 

"You can’t keep relying on your home form because some of the fixtures in the second half of the season are very difficult at home.”

Oh dear. We'll be setting up not to lose these 'difficult' games, which are also 'not easy', then.

Personally I'd give Adel a free so he can go and join Colin at Palace. Would be better if he went abroad though, then we could forget about him.

Let's talk up the opposition a bit before we play them, softens the blow of losing, I suppose.

**** it, broke my rule of not reading or watching anything from Redknapp. Apologies. I will go away and regain my tranquility.

 

oh FFS...why do we carry on with this clown
Send him somewhere else and lets get on with the TEAM we have. Wegot promoted and are 17tgh without him. send him n loan to Wycombe and he'll be a star again.

F-it i may take up kickboxing again and go fight 12 yr olds......

 

All the more reason for offloading both Adel and SWP.

 

Doesn't appear to be any managers out there looking for a clockwork dwarf or a Shisa-smoking Tellytubby...

 

sound like decent xmas presents

 

Precisely, oh and did you mention on astronomical wages ??

 

I still don't think we should give up on Adel Taarabt.

There's the rest of the season to come; and as Harry Redknapp opines - we need our Moroccan Magician fit and playing.

 

We've been saying that for so long the record is stuck ... and everybody else has moved on to CDs and MP3s.

 

18th

 

and Cassette Tapes

 

What about 8-track?...

 

He's moved up slightly in his estimation from when he called him a Donkey

 

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I was one of the guy's biggest admirers but it has taken a long time for it to sink in with me that he is an absolute disgrace. Now that he is on strike is the final straw for me. The sooner he goes the better so we can all finally move on.

 

Fair play Kerry.

Now all we need is for Ozzie, Stroller and Damage to finally open their eyes to the reality of this guy.