Flashback: 9 Years - QPR Lack of Youth Development

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Flashback: 9 Years - QPR Lack of Youth Development Jan 30, 2010 8:24:26 GMT

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edit/Bump... QPR 7,8, 9 Years ago

4 Years ago, Sousa's QPR 7th Bhut with the transfer deadline closing, his wish to sign players (that he wanted) was not granted

Flashback Two Years Ago - QPR Drop Into The Relegation Trio with a Loss at Barnsley - QPR, were in the middle of a terrible run, From QPR's Last 12 League Games: 10 Losses and 2 wins:

January 30, 2009
P GD PTS
1 Wolverhampton 29 21 59
2 Reading 29 32 57
3 Birmingham 29 10 55
4 Cardiff 28 13 48
5 Sheff Utd 29 14 47
6 Preston 29 4 47
7 QPR 29 4 45
8 Swansea 29 10 44
9 Burnley 29 -1 43
10 Ipswich 29 11 42
11 Crystal Palace 28 6 40
12 Bristol City 28 0 38
13 Sheff Wed 29 -10 38
14 Coventry 29 -3 37
15 Blackpool 29 -9 34
16 Plymouth 28 -6 33
17 Nottm Forest 29 -7 33
18 Barnsley 29 -10 32
19 Norwich 29 -7 30
20 Watford 29 -9 30
21 Doncaster 28 -12 30
22 Derby 28 -12 29
23 Southampton 29 -18 27
24 Charlton 29 -21 22

Also

January 30, 2008 Bottom Cubs

Norwich 29 35
Leicester 29 34
Blackpool 29 34
QPR 29 33
Coventry 28 32
Sheff Wed 28 31
Preston 29 30
Sc**thorpe 29 27
Colchester 28 26

January 30, 2007
17 Norwich 29 -11 34
18 Leicester 29 -9 33
19 Barnsley 30 -15 32
20 Hull 30 -11 31
21 Luton 30 -14 31
22 QPR 30 -12 30
23 Southend 30 -21 27
24 Leeds 29 -22 27

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Flashback: 9 Years - QPR Lack of Youth Development Jan 30, 2010 8:25:12 GMT

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But Sousa was confident.! Little did he know

BBC January 30, 2009 - Sousa confident of success at QPR - Queens Park Rangers manager Paulo Sousa has said he believes he can achieve his ambitions at Loftus Road.
- The former Portugal international midfielder was appointed Rangers boss in November 2008.
- And Sousa told BBC London 94.9: "I'm an ambitious person, I'm an ambitious coach and manager and I want to achieve the targets.
- "The team work very hard, they believe in my methods, they believe in my ideas and believe they can grow with me."
- Rangers are now seventh in the Championship after their 3-0 victory against Blackpool on Tuesday.
- And Sousa added: "They [the players] believe and when it's like that you get victories.
- "We are getting better as a team every minute, defending, attacking, and of course I'm happy with that."
- Sousa started his managerial career as part of the coaching staff with the Portuguese national team before joining Rangers. BBC

[QPR were set toplay Reading. QPR had just won 3-0 at Blackpool
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Flashback: 9 Years - QPR Lack of Youth Development Jan 30, 2010 8:27:14 GMT

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And this season (IF we win our "games in hand" compared to last season...!)

BBC - January 30, 2010
1 Newcastle 26 27 55
2 Nottm Forest 27 24 52
3 West Brom 26 24 47
4 Cardiff 26 21 42
5 Swansea 27 3 42
6 Sheff Utd 26 6 41
7 Blackpool 26 10 39
8 Leicester 25 2 38
9 Middlesbrough 27 7 36
10 Bristol City 26 -4 35
11 QPR 26 -3 34
12 Doncaster 25 0 33
13 Barnsley 25 -7 33
14 Preston 25 -4 32
15 Watford 26 -6 32
16 Coventry 27 -8 32
17 Sc**thorpe 26 -14 30
18 Ipswich 26 -6 29
19 Derby 27 -12 29
20 Sheff Wed 27 -13 28
21 Crystal Palace 26 0 27
22 Plymouth 25 -13 24
23 Reading 26 -17 23
24 Peterborough 27 -17 18

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Flashback: 9 Years - QPR Lack of Youth Development Jan 30, 2010 8:31:25 GMT

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Bump: 9 Years Ago From Ben Kosky/Kilburn Times Ago
QPR's "Discarding" of Home Grown Talent: Perspective of Kilburn Times' Ben Kosky-

Ben Kosky/Kilburn Times - January 30, 2008 - What about tomorrow, Flavio?
JANUARY 2008 may become renowned as the month when Queens Park Rangers transformed beyond all recognition - but not necessarily for the better.

At first glance, everything seems rosy in the Loftus Road garden. Rangers have reversed a decade of penury by embarking on a breathtaking buying binge during the transfer window.
Few would question the wisdom of adding players of the calibre of Akos Buzsaky, Rowan Vine and Fitz Hall to the squad, even though some of the other recent signings look superfluous and overpriced.
But it's all too easy for Rangers fans to be carried away by the influx of expensive players and ignore the alarming trend with regard to movement in the opposite direction.

A few years ago, the playing staff included several promising youngsters nurtured by the likes of Gary Waddock and Joe Gallen and knocking on the first team door.
Tragically, we will never know how Ray Jones might have progressed - but what about Scott Donnelly, Shabazz Baidoo, Pat Kanyuka and, even more recently, Kieron St Aimie?

None of them were wanted at QPR. Donnelly and Baidoo seemed to lose enthusiasm after being frozen out by John Gregory, but both had shown enough ability to suggest they were far from being lost causes.
By contrast, Kanyuka performed well under Gregory until injury ruined his season - and having missed the first half of the current campaign for the same reason, he was surely worthy of a chance to prove himself under new boss Luigi de Canio.
Apparently not. Nor was St Aimie, handed a pro contract only six months ago and now discarded without more than a single substitute appearance in the Carling Cup.

All this sends out the message that QPR are a club that no longer places any importance on homegrown talent - because they can now shell out a fortune for other teams' youngsters instead.
One of those is ex-West Ham forward Hogan Ephraim - who, in a recent interview with the Times, stressed the need for Rangers to copy his old club's blueprint and make sure they are planning for the future.
Ephraim said: "Fans love nothing more than seeing one of their own players breaking into the team. If QPR can get on that road as well as bringing in quality players from elsewhere, it'll be a great mix."
Fat chance. Neither Flavio Briatore nor any of his fellow investors have said one word to indicate that they have any intention of putting funds into the Centre of Excellence - or, for that matter, regaining the club's Academy status.
Even Chelsea, the detested enemy who Rangers fans dream of deposing one day, were building up their youth facilities at the same time they were lavishing £24m on Didier Drogba.

That's because they plan to be a serious player in world football for many years. It looks as if QPR's plan is to keep stockpiling as many players as possible, then buy some more next season.
Some may see that as ambition. Actually, it's better described as greed, recklessness and stupidity.
Remember the pride we felt when Gerry Francis, Clive Allen, Peter Hucker, Alan McDonald, Kevin Gallen and many others broke into the first team to carry our hopes and dreams?
Remember those days well... because it looks as if they're gone forever. Kilburn Times

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sharky Alec Stock Posts: 14,488	Flashback: 9 Years - QPR Lack of Youth Development Jan 30, 2016 12:54:37 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sharky on Jan 30, 2016 12:54:37 GMT Interesting to look back on this on the day Steve Gallen leaves, having had much input in our youth development on the last 19 years.
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