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"You can party 'til you drop! Redknapp cancels QPR's end-of-season do, saying 'I've got nothing to celebrate...'
PUBLISHED: 20:02 GMT, 11 May 2013 | UPDATED: 20:02 GMT, 11 May 2013
QPR boss Harry Redknapp has cancelled the club’s end-of-season party for fear of it turning nasty.
Rangers host Newcastle today, three points adrift at the bottom of the table. Vast differences in salaries between the club’s old guard and new faces has caused splits in the camp and midfielder Stephane Mbia was fined this week by the club for apparently asking for a transfer on Twitter.
It's off! Redknapp has cancelled plans for an end-of-season do for the QPR players Redknapp said: ‘I’ve got nothing to have an end-of-season party for.’
The 66-year-old faces the challenge of attempting to bring QPR back up the Premier League next season, but with several players on the wage bill that may need offloading, it is a tough one.
But Redknapp has already said it will be a challenge and wants to change the culture of the club by bringing in players he feels will bring a better work ethic to the dressing room, with the ex-Tottenham manager placing as much emphasis on character as ability.
'It is right up there with it for me,' he said.
'It needs to be. We need good characters like that. When I took over at Portsmouth, I brought good lads in who were just fantastic and they made the difference for me. It made the job easy.
'If you look this year, people like Clint Hill has been excellent. He is a good lad, good pro. There are people like him around. You need a good group of them and all of them pulling together.'
QPR welcome Newcastle to Loftus Road on Sunday with the Magpies still involved in the fight to avoid the final relegation place and, with Samba still unavailable, Redknapp is likely to name the same starting line-up which played against Arsenal last weekend."
Relegation yonder, again good plans ahead for overall club getting the infrastructures, good owners, reduced price ticket etc an upturn nonetheless. It would be epic!
Note: Thread starter formatted at such to avoid being deleted by Forum Moderator.
Excerpt 'Like all cultures, football has its rituals, its customs, its deities, its language, its music, its respect for its history, its sense of identity and its urge to celebrate and demonstrate it. Football’s ultimate source of strength is its fans, the global football nation, billions strong, who live and breathe the game every minute of their lives and express through it a sense of their belonging.'
This how big football really is. And TF went on (other article, find it yourself) "... it takes 3 years for Caterham, so as QPR too." -something like that if I can remember. No, football is different.
You need to be like a Chef overseeing entiriety of restaurant from top to bottom, day in day out, blood & sweat, in short. Elect sort of "Lieutenant" that have accustomed with hardship along the way. 'Resume' can be a real sucker at times.
This is not an advise, just a thought of what the heck is really going on around.
The relegation only depicts the shortfall in certain key aspect & that goes with everyone the so called "QPR fans." LFW somewhat failed in it's true endeavour, so as the rest of QPR-inclined website TBH.
You guys are gifted with social-savvy, excellent skill & proper education but that's all, is it? IMHO
Excerpt 'It's not for us to say that people don't have sources, just that when these things are picked apart, as we often do, it would appear that some of these sources spend quite a lot of time on the sauce. And given that the infamous Rob Beal was unmasked after the Dream Football League farce, we know these things spread to even the country's very best newspapers and journalists. For every Rob Beal caught, it's easy to assume there must be a whole lot of others still feeding horse meat to hungry news outlets.'
TF need to sit down at Loftus Road move entire department i.e Air Asia, Formula One Grand Prix, Tune etc right there. Get yourself a first hand-on of event, do a penalty kick once in awhile, if clerk day dreaming throw a spear like pen or two, share cheese around during meal time & not forgetting pub visits.
Cardiff City FC is different though, Tan Sri remote controlled management from afar. No detrimental effect arise & probably never will it be. Welsh thing? Probably so.
Now I wonder who are the core administration staff that may still hold influence since Palladini era (with subtlety) around Loftus Road office? A cancer, humbly noted? Toss it off, with eagerness.
I'm about to add something that may embarrassed us all since the Victorian age.
Is there Risk Management implemented in so called QPR grand scheme of things? If however relegated (confirmed 29.04.2013), is there mechanism to soften the blow?
The answer is Yes & No. Why there is a 'NO?' This can't be right isn't it? Go figure Mr.TF. Look into their eyes & say "Why haven't you thought of this earlier, you're supposed to come up with preventive measures."
To dismantle the whole squad & INCLUDING people at the administration is what QPR fans really wanted but not the god given club owner bless him so as shareholders but advisors around him also the immediate intel circle.
A score of good people (incl. LFW operator) have kept reminding that something strange going on about. Why is it that "strange?" The whisper, voices of seed of discontent passing around infecting everyone, vision becomes blurry, the objective fell apart, any failsafe attempt deemed futile.
Yes, Loki have won & we are doomed in relegation-planar plain.
Things just went downhill for Barton in Loftus Road after Warnock left, no one seems be able to see through him. Most of us only remember his unbecoming behaviour on off field but then let me remind you it is only skin deep.
We can't ignore the work rate & his mental attitude towards match day.
Now my worry is, why Hughes didn't see this? Why club hierarchy agreed in letting him go (loan to Marseille)? Is it ignorance? Foolishness? Or simply Indian owners are easily manipulated by power hungry subordinates like what happened with Venky's currently?
A bit of controversy? Life is short, enough bush whacking.
Such clause, can be added upon? Amazing. Two advantages if implemented; 1)To lessen finance burden in salary payout. 2)If intended player refuse to sign such contract then we'll know he's in for the money only typical merc.
This could have save a lot of trouble for QPR but then, why it is not implemented earlier?
A second chance for everyone who didn't managed to foot in last two season ago. Maybe could set up a small library in regards of Hoops history & related paraphelnelias. Locally. Greater spread in scouting network etc. New models & ideas. Finance wise, investors would gladly chip in something bullish in the next coming of years.
QPR will bounce back question now is what're fans going to do about it?
Harry would laughed his head off watching the replays, probable quip "stay calm & enjoy football" with a grin. And it looks like the last piece of puzzle QPR need.
After last match, Forum is abuzz with constructive criticism.
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