| Ramsey returns 14:10 - Jan 5 with 33531 views | Northernr |
Well this should make for a fun afternoon on here...
CHRIS RAMSEY APPOINTED TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Ramsey to head up new role within QPR Academy
CHRIS Ramsey has been appointed Technical Director at QPR.
Ramsey will be responsible for a variety of roles relating to coaching and player development.
The 53 year-old will oversee all aspects of coaching and coach education within the Academy, and be responsible for developing and implementing player development strategies.
He will also oversee the integration between the Academy, Development Squad and First Team, as well as focusing on the monitoring and reporting of players on loan to other clubs.
Ramsey will also develop and implement the scouting strategy to include the necessary processes and procedures to acquire players, and develop and implement club partnership programmes at both domestic and international level to facilitate greater market accessibility, exchange of best practice, and development / exit opportunities for players.
Director of Football, Les Ferdinand, explained why Ramsey — who was relinquished of his First Team duties in early November — is the ideal candidate for the role, commenting: “Whilst we were disappointed things didn’t work out with Chris at First Team level earlier in the season, we were determined to retain his services at QPR.
“As such, we actually put a clause in his contract which allowed us to retain Chris’s services in a player-development role should things not work out for him as Head Coach.
“Chris knows Academy football inside-out and having put the building blocks in place for a lot of the good restructuring work that’s been done here over the past 11 months, he can come in and make an instant impact in an environment he has helped build.”
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| Ramsey returns on 15:50 - Jan 5 with 2664 views | PinnerPaul |
"Slightly" ott! | | | |
| Ramsey returns on 15:52 - Jan 5 with 2657 views | lave16 |
I hope he can achieve what he achieved at spurs... with our youuth team (kane etc)... and I hope people recognise it may take him a few years to achieve that.... and that we don't get tiger tim in and try to recreate the 3 musketeers... | |
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| Ramsey returns on 15:56 - Jan 5 with 2632 views | Rangersw12 |
We put a clause in the contract so we can retain his services if it didn't work out as 1st team coach | | | |
| Ramsey returns on 15:58 - Jan 5 with 2620 views | Loft1979 |
Chris pretty back in his old job, previously where he was being praised.
Should never have been given the 3 year deal. Anyway good luck Chris and QPR. | | | |
| Ramsey returns on 16:10 - Jan 5 with 2576 views | Nov77 |
Why is Kane's emergence down to Ramsey?
with that logic Raheem sterling is all down to Steve Gallen, the guy who is now out of a job. | |
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| Ramsey returns on 16:15 - Jan 5 with 2550 views | Dorse |
I'm glad he's back. All of his best work has been at Academy / Development level. It would be a shame to lose his input. A manager he wasn't, but on a day to day basis working with young players? I think he'd be a good fit. Colour me clappy. | |
| 'What do we want? We don't know! When do we want it? Now!' |
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| Ramsey returns on 16:18 - Jan 5 with 2538 views | Match82 |
If I've interpreted les correctly, he had a clause in said 3 year contract which says he would get reassigned if the club didn't feel it was working out as first team coach.
In which case he wasn't given a 3 year contract as manager at all, he was given a 3 year contract at the club, in the knowledge that he could be put back into a role that he had been successful in, and given a chance at proving himself as manager.
Perhaps I'm naive but isn't this unexpectedly and encouragingly shrewd by the club, for once? | | | |
| Ramsey returns on 16:28 - Jan 5 with 2485 views | DejR_vu |
He seems to be reasonably well thought of in football circles if we are to believe what we are told, so on that basis it must be a positive to have him back in a different role. But, how motivated is he likely to be and how much credibility does he have within the club? And what is LF going to do, sit in his office all day, feet on desk, smoking cigars? | |
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| Ramsey returns on 16:32 - Jan 5 with 2468 views | adhoc_qpr |
I've never actually heard anyone who isn't from our club hierarchy praising Ramsey's coaching ability and reputation  | | | |
| Ramsey returns on 16:38 - Jan 5 with 2444 views | kernowhoop |
That would be good. Unfortunately, two are dead, one is losing his sight and another has Alzheimer's disease. The rest are probably OK, albeit a little older than the average SkyBet Championship player. Experienced, though. | | | |
| Ramsey returns on 16:45 - Jan 5 with 2402 views | Hunterhoop |
Then you didn't read the Football League paper's doubled page article on him from back in Aug/Sept.
I don't see what the fuss is. He wasn't sacked. If he was we'd have had to pay off his contract. We didn't. He's not been sacked and rehired. He was removed from his post, and after some time, given his previous post back. One which we were all fairly happy he was in in the first place.
The Les Reed comparison is perfectly reasonable. | | | |
| Ramsey returns on 16:52 - Jan 5 with 2380 views | QPRDave |
Weeping Quim......Is that a pus-y?! | | | |
| Ramsey returns on 16:55 - Jan 5 with 2366 views | QPRDave |
Confident then, ....he would fail | | | |
| Ramsey returns on 16:58 - Jan 5 with 2344 views | ActonOccident |
Any chance this is a ray of hope for Gallen? I'm sure Ramsey mentioned on the podcast that he has positive history with Steve at some point. | | | |
| Ramsey returns on 17:04 - Jan 5 with 2307 views | DannyPaddox |
" a Caligula-esque orgy" !?
So ... Ramsey back in control by the spring with Ruud Van Nistelrooy his assistant. [Post edited 5 Jan 2016 17:06]
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| Ramsey returns on 17:06 - Jan 5 with 2296 views | Rangersw12 |
No different to players having relegation clauses | | | |
| Ramsey returns on 17:10 - Jan 5 with 2276 views | HendonHoop |
I'm so glad that the Club has now gone all "Technical". I can now sleep easy. Surely the good times are just around the corner after this stunning news. In the words of dear old Arthur Daley, " Awww mah good gawd Terrence !!" | | | |
| Ramsey returns on 17:40 - Jan 5 with 2201 views | TacticalR |
'A man who has been in football for probably nearly forty year.'
Man and boy. | |
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| Ramsey returns on 17:47 - Jan 5 with 2170 views | DeepcutHoop |
This, there's a lot of windmilling going on at the moment. | | | |
| Ramsey returns on 17:49 - Jan 5 with 2163 views | daveB |
Ramsey has been under contract with us so not been able to find a new job, sounds like a sensible clause put in his contract.
It's a role he is very good at so makes sense to try and keep him on. I'd have liked to have seen Gallen stay as well but not sure what he could do now as most positions have been filled.
One thing that will work against Ramsey other than fans moaning is that when he was manager he didn't bring kids through this season and basically ignored them so going to be tough to convince players they have a chance to break through when thats not something he did. | | | |
| Ramsey returns on 17:49 - Jan 5 with 2163 views | R_from_afar |
Heresy like that will see you marched straight to the ducking stool, do not pass "Go"!
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| "Things had started becoming increasingly desperate at Loftus Road but QPR have been handed a massive lifeline and the place has absolutely erupted. it's carnage. It's bedlam. It's 1-1." |
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| Ramsey returns on 18:11 - Jan 5 with 2120 views | FloridaR |
' Technical '
This is the most important part that's sailing past people congratulating him coming back.
If he designs the way the club plays from youth academy to 1st team then this is very worrying, especially if Clubs going down his version of 4-2-3-1 in the future. | |
| Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink: Happy I'm the 'chosen one' |
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| Ramsey returns on 18:17 - Jan 5 with 2101 views | GloryHunter |
"Exit opportunities for players" - that should keep him busy. | | | |
| Ramsey returns on 18:34 - Jan 5 with 2053 views | CamberleyR |
As is the Neil Adams comparison at Norwich. He went back to what he did before after being relieved of the first team coaching duties last season. | |
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| Ramsey returns on 18:54 - Jan 5 with 2005 views | UPPERLOFTNZ |
Have no evidence for this, but suspect Ramsay's contract had holes big enough to drive a 737 through and he's basically got his lawyers to tell them if he isnt given another job within the club he'll tear them a new one in the courts. We already have/had good poeple covering this supposed role... Incompetence anyone? Rare at QPR (shakes head and walks off into the sea, fully clothed..) | |
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