I am sure many of us have been involved in teams at work that are dysfunctional at one time or another. There are may ways to combat that dysfunction and try and build team spirit again. What would you do with the first eleven (whoever that is) to clear the air and get them playing again? A facilitated away day?? A big punch up and then shake and forget at the end (except SWP who is too small and might get killed)?? Serious and not so serious suggestions welcome.
Change the manager, make any dissenters train on their own at 7am every morning and again at 2pm in the afternoon. Id also ban non English speaking with the exception of any players who are struggling to learn it. Weve got too many French speakers which leads to cliques.
Put MH in the blocks and have the team throw custard pies at him. Not sure if it would help team spirit but it'd make me feel a lot better!
New manager would be a start. Quite clear we are being taken in the wrong direction...then I'd get them all to do a bleep test, competing for their place on Saturday...those who want it will work their socks off to be in the last eleven running, those who don't won't bother, and should be left to one side and labelled as lazy wastes of space.
locked in a room and everything left out no holds barred say what you want about who you want and only when its over do you leave them out. Ireland rugby team done it a few years ago and won grand slam at next attempt..
Think they just need to be kept on their toes, the way Terry Tate does it [video=youtube;J8702Im2P18]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8702Im2P18[/video]
I'd take the Youth Team + Nelson, Mackie, Derry, Cerny, Hill, Taarabt and Faurlin to Manchester United. Tell the others that they'll get back in when they start applying themselves on the training pitch like they never have before.
As much as I'd like to see something drastic like this done it will never happen. If you did remove the sulky non-performers what incentive do they have to try and get back into the team? If reports are to be believed there are some very well paid players on the books with nothing in their contracts to say they get paid less for poor performances. I'd imagine the likes of Bosingwa would be perfectly happy to have a little jog around at training a couple of times a week and not be arsed if he never made the team again. If you can't motivate through money in this sport then what can you do? It has to be passion from the top downwards, constantly encouraging players and reinforcing the message. Owners who are out of the country for most of the time with their businesses and other hobbies doesn't help. A manager who thinks that it will all turn around sooner or later all the while drifting down that big river in Egypt (In De Nile) is certainly not working. A lack of effort on the pitch from some of the highest paid players is evident. Players bought on reputation only and not on actual proven ability has also come back to bite us in the rear. What we need is enthusiasm and a manager who can get the best out of his players along with something sadly lost amongst many in the game today which for me would best be described as pride.
Get him for a teamtalk! [video=youtube;zg_lPJ8hHP0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg_lPJ8hHP0[/video]
Lovely. I particularly like the comment "F**k the technical s**t, it's down to this [points to his heart]". No way could Hughes match this.
Hey GroveRanger. I completely agree that it's likely not to work - but I'd do it anyway. Partly for the fans - and partly because anything else is caving to player-pressure. If he's happy to rot in the reserves then fine him. I know I'm probably living in an alternative universe, but you can't blame me! It might gee up one or two - the Cisse's of this world, who do seem to care, but not quite enough. Bosingwa might be beyong hope...
An hour doing laps around the training ground would be my choice, 2 hours if you lose by two goals etc. Run them until they puke after that performance.
How about the club furthering cisse's invitation to come and see him at the training ground, but taking it a stage further. Invite 20 or 50 or 250 of us fans to the training ground to tell them all what QPR means to us, and why we're not happy with what's being dished up.
Put the tree stooges (Hughes, Bowen and Niedzwiecki) on gardening leave (preferably in Siberia). Promote Sean Derry to caretaker manager and Ryan Nelsen assistant - and leave the rest of the squad to answer to them - and us.
Possibly best suggestion so far Brix. Worked when Ainsworth was in charge - sort of. 1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses. Better than where we're at now.
