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Want to know how many players we're still short after three solid years of multi-million pound transfer deals? Want to know how difficult it's going to be at Burnley on Saturday? Want to know what a good team Sheffield United are and how many Premier League teams they've beaten recently? You're in the right place. We're sort of live from 9.45ish.
In he comes, bold as brass, rubs his hands together, says good morning to Andy, takes a massive slurp of tea. And it's live.
Errrrm not sure about injuries. One or two knocks. See how we go this morning. Looking at it out there we're struggling, the groundsman says the pitch is under water, we've got a ten yard strip to train the team on. We haven't got anywhere else to go. It's a problem. Not ideal is it? Everytime it rains they get flooded (excuse #1) we'll have to see how it goes in an hour or so. (Joe Jordan walks past with a bucket with a hole in it swearing loudly)
We've taken Zarate on loan. Hope he does well for us. Bags of ability. Lovely fascist. Loves his mum. Not close to doing anything else at the moment.
What Sam said, at the moment he's got Valencia, Carroll, the boy Sakho is it? Scoring for fun. And Carlton Cole. I can see where Sam is coming from (unplesant image), my situation is different, 've got Charlie and Bobby Zamora, different when you have four. I've got two. We need him to make an impact.
Difficult to spend big money in January. We bought some in during the summer, now we're looking for loans. When you sign in January on loan you're taking gambles. If you're signing Bony from Swansea you're not taking a gamble, he's top quality, he's £25m. If people are loaning them out there's a question mark, you don't loan him out unless there's a reason. (He's not happy). You don't loan players out at this time of year. It's an absolute gamble.
I'd take Salah on loan, I don't think he's available on loan, I'd never thought about him until you just mentioned him there.
Tough game. Big game. Burnley came up last year. Leicester ran away with it, Burnley chased em, we came up through the play offs. They're a good outfit.
Sean has done an amazing job with them, difficult game, we've got to be ready, it's a big game for us, really looking forward to it, we have to start picking up away from home.
Danny Ings an outstanding player, came from Bournemouth. Vokes came from Bournemouth. Vokes scored against Tottenham. They're both from Bournemouth. I've watched them develop. Both good players. Bournemouth.
Ings is in Under 21s doing well, great if they did, not up to me, up to somebody else.
Sky's wnk off question is about Ched Evans, thinly veiled.
people make dreadful mistakes in life, go in prison, murdered somebody or whatever, a lot of them come out, some of them you wouldn't want to see come out, once you've done your time you've done your time, at some point you've got to come out and make a go of your life. If the lad is a footballer what does he do? If he works in a supermarket people will say there's rapist at the supermarket. Has to have a chance in life somewhere doing something. Lad who drunk drove wiped a family out back playing, another killed a guy and fled the scene back playing, what does he do with his life? Got to go somewhere and work. Has to carry on with his life. Difficult. Lots of issues.
No opinion on the growing financial crisis in the EU. Have to speak to the chairman, I don't deal with the money.
Ajax lad? Sigurdsson, Sigthorson, Sigbordson, I don't know, he's Icelandic. (actual quote) That was a while ago. Nothing at the moment.
Not involved in Charlie's contract. Don't know where we're at. I don't deal with that.
We're all down there scrapping away trying to stay in. Lots of them. Played Villa, Palace, Leicester, West Brom at home, had a big run, it went well for us. Now got to get points away from home against these teams.
It's an advantage for them now, playing at home, everybody would rather play at home. We need to up our away form, if we don't it's going to be difficult.
Both teams know each other, we came up with Burnley, they know us, we know all about them. At the end of the day it's about good players. No magic formula to winning the game. PLayers have to be at their best.
Sandro is coming on. After the Man Utd game there's a break (otherwise known as FA Cup fourth round day) and he'll hopefully be back at Stoke.
I made a lot of changes, changed the way we played, it didn't work. I've got players coming back this week. It's not a case of getting a response, the players have been excellent. I can't get any more out of them. If you said you can have 19 points at this point I'd have taken that. Not disapointed with where we are. We've got the best out of the players and you can't get any more.
I don't blame the lads who came in, we tried something new, it didn't work.
It's difficult to know what will keep us up. Just got to keep picking up points and see where we end up. Sighs. Seems bored.
The training ground is waterlogged apparently. The dome over the pitch is not available today, somebody pulled the pin out and its deflated. We'll have to go out and splosh through the puddles. We're training whether they like it or not.
We're looking at loans. You can only have two from this country so we haven't got a lot up our sleeve. We'll see what we can do.
Cue the dry ice, strike up the band and pray silence please for Kevin Bondy Bond.
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Little Boy Vargas and other tall tales - 'Arry's pre-Burnley 'presser' on 14:12 - Jan 8 with 2434 views
With the usual disclaimer about not reading anything into these nonsense things, as somebody who has sat through every one of them for a season and a half now, I found that quite dispiriting. Redknapp came across as thoroughly pisd off, clearly doesn't think we'll survive without more signings and is basically going to hammer that point home all the way through to the end of the season. Pisd off with the training ground, pisd off with the loans, pissd off with the budget. Also at pains to point out that this is all these players have got, he can't get anymore out of them and neither will anybody else.
Thoroughly depressing 15 minutes.
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Little Boy Vargas and other tall tales - 'Arry's pre-Burnley 'presser' on 14:28 - Jan 8 with 2386 views
If he was my employee and had said those things, I'd would get rid of him immediately. Compromise agreement, pay him off, happy to make it look like it was his decision. Anything to get rid.
If we can justify spending money on signings and big salaries because safety is worth £60m, we can justify paying 6 months off his contract. Having a "leader" of a large team saying those sorts of things and being that negative, defeatist and miserable is sure fire route to failure.
He (and every manager) should always be looking to the teams they've got. They should always be driving for improvement. Redknapp, in an effort to justify bringing players in, is effectively throwing his hands up in the air at the resources he's got and giving up.
If you were a really bolshie manager you could just about put a case forward that, in the working world, those sorts of comments and that approach is tantamount to gross misconduct.
As far as I can see, Redknapp exhibits no leadership qualities whatsoever. This can't have been the case his whole career. He's clearly lost the motivation and desire to do this job anymore.
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Little Boy Vargas and other tall tales - 'Arry's pre-Burnley 'presser' on 14:29 - Jan 8 with 2379 views
Little Boy Vargas and other tall tales - 'Arry's pre-Burnley 'presser' on 14:12 - Jan 8 by Northernr
With the usual disclaimer about not reading anything into these nonsense things, as somebody who has sat through every one of them for a season and a half now, I found that quite dispiriting. Redknapp came across as thoroughly pisd off, clearly doesn't think we'll survive without more signings and is basically going to hammer that point home all the way through to the end of the season. Pisd off with the training ground, pisd off with the loans, pissd off with the budget. Also at pains to point out that this is all these players have got, he can't get anymore out of them and neither will anybody else.
Thoroughly depressing 15 minutes.
Well, if he doesn't like it he knows what he can do. Plenty of other managers would like this job.
Bare bones.
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Little Boy Vargas and other tall tales - 'Arry's pre-Burnley 'presser' on 14:31 - Jan 8 with 2368 views
Little Boy Vargas and other tall tales - 'Arry's pre-Burnley 'presser' on 14:12 - Jan 8 by Northernr
With the usual disclaimer about not reading anything into these nonsense things, as somebody who has sat through every one of them for a season and a half now, I found that quite dispiriting. Redknapp came across as thoroughly pisd off, clearly doesn't think we'll survive without more signings and is basically going to hammer that point home all the way through to the end of the season. Pisd off with the training ground, pisd off with the loans, pissd off with the budget. Also at pains to point out that this is all these players have got, he can't get anymore out of them and neither will anybody else.
Thoroughly depressing 15 minutes.
He's the wrong manager for QPR. You got to admire Sean Dyche, he just gets on with the job and never seems to complain about budget etc. Sympathize with Redknapp about training ground though. We need a new training ground.
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Little Boy Vargas and other tall tales - 'Arry's pre-Burnley 'presser' on 15:20 - Jan 8 with 2271 views
Thanks for the link... Damn, can't believe there's not 'any size' all-weather pitch available to train the team anywhere in London , ffs he's the Manager and should make arrangements to train his team on a regular basis.
I don't believe he's got the best out of the players I'd say he's gone as far as he can go with his & staff's ability to train, educate & challenge players.
As much as we are poor as a team I don't hate him but the fact that he's been clearly told he cannot buy and seemingly only allowed 2 loans tells me there is a light at the end of the tunnel and his time with QPR is ending...
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink: Happy I'm the 'chosen one'
Little Boy Vargas and other tall tales - 'Arry's pre-Burnley 'presser' on 14:12 - Jan 8 by Northernr
With the usual disclaimer about not reading anything into these nonsense things, as somebody who has sat through every one of them for a season and a half now, I found that quite dispiriting. Redknapp came across as thoroughly pisd off, clearly doesn't think we'll survive without more signings and is basically going to hammer that point home all the way through to the end of the season. Pisd off with the training ground, pisd off with the loans, pissd off with the budget. Also at pains to point out that this is all these players have got, he can't get anymore out of them and neither will anybody else.
Thoroughly depressing 15 minutes.
I laughed all the way through that OP.
Then I read this post, and the laughter stopped....
Still, no surprise that he's giving it the poor mouth. He's a chancer.
"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
holy cow i thought it was just a wind up, watching that, why on earth is he our manager, every things wrong, its everyone elses fault, did he roll around on the floor having a tantrum after?
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Little Boy Vargas and other tall tales - 'Arry's pre-Burnley 'presser' on 16:08 - Jan 8 with 2186 views
Little Boy Vargas and other tall tales - 'Arry's pre-Burnley 'presser' on 14:28 - Jan 8 by Hunterhoop
If he was my employee and had said those things, I'd would get rid of him immediately. Compromise agreement, pay him off, happy to make it look like it was his decision. Anything to get rid.
If we can justify spending money on signings and big salaries because safety is worth £60m, we can justify paying 6 months off his contract. Having a "leader" of a large team saying those sorts of things and being that negative, defeatist and miserable is sure fire route to failure.
He (and every manager) should always be looking to the teams they've got. They should always be driving for improvement. Redknapp, in an effort to justify bringing players in, is effectively throwing his hands up in the air at the resources he's got and giving up.
If you were a really bolshie manager you could just about put a case forward that, in the working world, those sorts of comments and that approach is tantamount to gross misconduct.
As far as I can see, Redknapp exhibits no leadership qualities whatsoever. This can't have been the case his whole career. He's clearly lost the motivation and desire to do this job anymore.
Some managers would simply resign and be respected for it. It's not as if he hasn't coined it for the last couple years . Other managers, knowing the ship was sinking, would jump at any chance to get out with a bit of money and a bit of dignity. Harry, the word on the street is that youv'e lost it. Lost any grip of the reality of the situation. Do you really think the BBC will want you as a pundit if you hang on to the bitter end ?
Strong and stable my arse.
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Little Boy Vargas and other tall tales - 'Arry's pre-Burnley 'presser' on 16:09 - Jan 8 with 2184 views
After watching that I don't think we have any chance of winning Saturday!! Arry left the dome out in the rain and it took so long to inflate it, but our lose of a pitch is burnleys gain!!! 😀
AND WHEN I DREAM , I DREAM ABOUT YOU AND WHEN I SCREAM I SCREAM ABOUT YOU!!!!!
Little Boy Vargas and other tall tales - 'Arry's pre-Burnley 'presser' on 12:18 - Jan 8 by bosh67
I don't think the squad is that bad. Sure it has had injuries but the planning has been terrible from a management perspective.
We go up with one good striker and one hero/crocked veteran striker.
We get no other strikers but we do get a loan of Vargas, who like many foreign players, probably take a good season to adjust, if they ever do, to the climate and level of pace of football here. We then tell him he's a winger, which must have been news to him.
We have Hoilett and Phillips. Phillips has never played at this level to any extent and looks like a good Championship player and perhaps a sub option and Hoilett is relentlessly played down the left wing where he cannot cross from the byline because he can't kick with his left foot. So everyone knows he has to cut in. We don't have a right winger who has the guile and brain to put in the crosses.
We have no supply to the 2 strikers we have so they feed on scraps, we have no playmaker in the middle to link up play since we lost Faurlin. We have Fer so we play him as a wide left midfielder rather than a central playmaker, because at the moment he is the best option in that position. He too is right footed.
We then bring in Mutch and he doesn't know what position he is meant to be playing or why. But play him at a Lampard style midfielder through the middle and he may do something and come good. But the policy is to have him floating around somewhere behind the strikers or over on the right. Neither position he knows.
Our one left wing player, Traore, who can occasionally cross with his left foot we play at left back where he is hopeless or we put him on the left wing as an emergency filler, when he hasn't played competitively for weeks and looks totally off the pace and clueless. We also could recall Andrade, who despite only being in his 20s can cross with both feet. God forbid we consider that.
We have needed more strikers for 2 seasons and done nothing about it, apart from Hitchcock, who, being under 30 we shipped out as soon as he dared to score a goal on his debut.
We then have Sandro who has regularly won the Matty Rose award for injuries for about 3 seasons. Undoubtedly a good player but a massive risk when that is the player you are depending on to shore up the midfield.
So, are we getting the best out of our players? Not really. I am surprised we don't play Charlie in goal. I thought we were when McCarthy missed the cross at the weekend and Charlie was our deepest line goal line marking defender.
If we can't cross to the forwards we need to play a diamond formation and play through teams with strength and pace. We have half of that.
For me we have nothing at all going down the left. So we need a dedicated left footed left winger who can cross. We need to play Mutch/Fer in areas that they are used to rather than this strange self zonal positioning they seem to have.
We need two more strikers to vary the attack options and style. Okay, we have Zarate, so we need one more. Do these strikers have to be outcasts from fellow Prem clubs, no. We have proven that with Charlie and whilst Harry says where do you get strikers from, then there are a few at least in lower divisions with the ability to make the step up. Better we look for English strikers because they don't have to settle here, get used to the weather, they just have to get up to the pace and touch at this level.
So, bottom line, look at talent in the lower divisions and play what you do have in the positions the players are designed to be in.
It ain't rocket science.
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Phillips played 27 times for Blackpool in the prem.
And for all the grief we give him, the lad is still only 23. There's a deffo a player there. Just needs a bit of nurturing and coaching. So obviously he's spent here
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Little Boy Vargas and other tall tales - 'Arry's pre-Burnley 'presser' on 16:23 - Jan 8 with 2144 views
Little Boy Vargas and other tall tales - 'Arry's pre-Burnley 'presser' on 16:09 - Jan 8 by connell10
After watching that I don't think we have any chance of winning Saturday!! Arry left the dome out in the rain and it took so long to inflate it, but our lose of a pitch is burnleys gain!!! 😀
I have tweeted Ruben Gnanalingam to ask him to watch this press conference.
I'm not going to stop tweeting him examples of Redknapp's performances either. This is ridiculous. If he's half as bad as that with the players we're going to get absolutely tonked against Burnley.
The oft used refrain about not wanting to be in the trenches with someone certainly applies in this case........ I mean feck King and Country as far as I'm concerned, but how much worse would it be with Redknapp by your side? Gawd!
‘morbid curiosity about where this is all going’
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Little Boy Vargas and other tall tales - 'Arry's pre-Burnley 'presser' on 16:25 - Jan 8 with 2143 views
Little Boy Vargas and other tall tales - 'Arry's pre-Burnley 'presser' on 12:36 - Jan 8 by Jigsore
The boy Zarate, loves his Fuhrer, top top player.
I still don't understand why we're obliged to sign every tempermental forward we can on loan but must never ever play Taarabt. Half-surprised we didn't go for Ben-Arfa on loan too.
otherwise ust the usual. Increasingly confused as to what Harry actually does control at QPR
I heard we're going to try sneak in ahead of Olympiakos for a Balotelli loan deal .
100% of people who drink water will die.
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(No subject) (n/t) on 16:53 - Jan 8 with 2016 views
I think people need to actually go down and look at Harlington if they ever get chance. I was amazed how poor it was.
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Despite have spent several years living not too far away, I don't have the pleasure of knowing Hayes or Harlington at all............ I would go down there to see the training ground, but if it would be likely to depress me even further about QPR I think I'll give it a miss...........
Wouldn't recommend it as our new ground when we become an AFC then?
‘morbid curiosity about where this is all going’
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Little Boy Vargas and other tall tales - 'Arry's pre-Burnley 'presser' on 18:35 - Jan 8 with 1863 views
People would be amazed at just how amateurish some pro clubs really are.
Harlington and our non-coaching methods are well documented.
Two seasons ago Bentford were in the same boat when Osterely was waterlooged. Rather than head to the local pool, a health club or gym or even pound the streets they actually all went en mass for a fry up down the local cafe. People might say "oh well that was League One".... dont forget that word professional in front of footballer now mind!
Cherish and enjoy life.... this ain't no dress rehearsal
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Little Boy Vargas and other tall tales - 'Arry's pre-Burnley 'presser' on 18:38 - Jan 8 with 1860 views
I think people need to actually go down and look at Harlington if they ever get chance. I was amazed how poor it was.
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Might just be my poor memory, but when we first moved to Harlington wasn't there a load of talk about how much better it was than our prior training ground? Didn't we take it over from Chelsea?
Edit: Yep.
Which suggests that we've either let it fall into complete ruins through mis-management, or potentially says more about how poor Twyford Ave was.
QPR chief executive Mark Devlin said: "This is an outstanding sporting facility and we are thrilled to be on the verge of moving the club's training set-up to Harlington.
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