Post by QPR Report on Feb 13, 2010 23:02:04 GMT
But this is not in the short term. And our concern is this week. This month. And staying up...Not what's available in the Summer
News of The World
COPPELL LINED UP FOR PALACE RETURN
Ex-boss is Noades' choice if he regains control
13/02/2010
STEVE COPPELL could make his return to management with debt-riddled Crystal Palace - if Ron Noades has his way.
The former Eagles chairman has expressed an interest in rescuing the South London outfit with Coppell, his manager at previous club Brentford, being given the arduous job of keeping them in the Championship.
Should Noades take over, current boss Neil Warnock will be free to join a more financially stable club, rumoured to be London rivals Queens Park Rangers.
In a measure designed to keep the administrators happy, Coppell would sign a short-term deal, earning less than his predecessor. He and Noades have been prominent in the club's recent history - with Coppell having had four spells as manager while Noades was chairman from 1980 to 1998.
Fans hold reservations about the return of Noades, whose often-ruthless business acumen has evoked anger, but his success during his time at the club is written for all to see.
Businessman Noades has kept up a more then passing interest in the club he made his name with by retaining ownership of the ground until recently, causing much disruption to Simon Jordan's time in charge.
Selling the club back to Noades would appear to be a bitter pill for outspoken Jordan to swallow however he has long publicised his disillusionment with football and the people that run the game and, with the dire straits Jordan and the club he represented as a schoolboy find themselves in, he may find himself with little choice.
www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/sport/football/727674/COPPELL-LINED-UP-FOR-PALACE-RETURN.html
News Of The World
WARNOCK STILL FIGHTING DESPITE PALACE CRISIS
Boss says Clyne is best full-back he's ever had
By Andy Dunn, 13/02/2010
NEIL WARNOCK is in full flow, imploring potential purchasers to roll up for the big match.
"Come and have a look," he beckons. "A full house, live on TV, it's a great opportunity for a buyer."
He is talking about Crystal Palace Football Club, in administration and available at the right price.
But he's also talking about Neil Warnock. Make no mistake, this afternoon, Palace AND Warnock are in the shop window. And he knows it.
On £15,000 a week until the summer of 2011 and with a compensation clause that could bring Palace £1million, the stark reality is that an offer for Warnock's services would suit manager AND club.
Queens Park Rangers are in freefall and Warnock has become prominent on their list of targets.
Adminstrator Brendan Guilfoyle - who informed the manager that a new owner might well dispense with his services in an instant - was composing an e-mail to be sent to Warnock this weekend, outlining the reasons why he should stay at Palace despite having suffered the bitter blow of a 10-point deduction when in serious play-off contention.
And as he prepares to face Aston Villa in the FA Cup fifth round, Warnock, 61, claims he is relishing the task of meeting such desperate circumstances head-on.
"Five or six years ago, there were times when I thought I would pack in," he says. "But I've got a buzz now. Maybe it's because of the problems, maybe it's because of the adversity. Maybe I might be better fighting fires.
"I'm enjoying it and I want to manage in the Premier League again. The only chance I've got is taking a club up. I don't think any Premier League club would employ me."
But note, taking 'a club' up. Not taking Palace up.
He might be revelling in the challenge posed by financial disaster but not in the grim reality of it.
"It first hit home when I went to pay for petrol on the company credit card," he explains. "It was declined. I had no cash. It was embarrassing.
"My wife was in the front seat and I had to borrow hers. But that was only embarrassing for me... it's the staff who you worry about.
"We have a fabulous masseur who is self-employed and he's not being paid.
"Prozone has been closed down for us so we had no details of Swansea before the game on Tuesday (which they lost 1-0).
"The girl who cooks hasn't been paid for two months and she's self-employed. She can't do a decent menu because she's got no money. No matter what front you put on it, it's not nice."
Warnock now has to work alongside Guilfoyle - an arrangement that must be interesting, to say the least.
CLYNE: Bags of potential
CLYNE: Bags of potential
Warnock accepted that Victor Moses had to be sold - he went for £2.5million to Wigan - but fought with the administrator over 18-year-old defender Nathaniel Clyne after Wolves offered a fee in the region of £700,000.
"The administrator told some of my staff to tell him what a good move it was," says Warnock. "And if Victor Moses' agent had had hold of him, he would have gone.
"He will be a serious player. He's the best full-back I've ever had.
"Clyne needs another 100 games but he will be a top, top player."
And the teenager will be stretched this afternoon when he faces a Villa side with English youth at its core. Warnock says: "I hope Martin O'Neill is the next manager of England because he has done brilliantly for English football. We should all be proud of him.
"It's not easy to buy the English footballers - he's giving them all games at the top level and they are all blossoming."
Warnock's deep-seated respect for O'Neill is based on the Irishman's managerial CV - one that starts at Grantham and goes via Wycombe and Norwich to the Premier League elite. Warnock says: "Like me, he's done it from starting at the bottom. He's seen all the muck, known what it is like to have to fight for expenses and got to the top.
The pair appear to be hewn from the same volcanic stone when it comes to touchline behaviour.
"He's worse than me," declares Warnock. "When he was at Wycombe, I was at Huddersfield.
"I've got a reputation but he was almost like a man that had been electrocuted. His hair was standing on end at half-time. He was absolutely insane.
He was ranting at this ref who had sent one of his players off. And the things he said... if that had been me, I'd have got sine die.
"Not only did he not get cautioned, the referee gave him every decision from then on.
"Apart from taking him a cup of tea at half-time, he couldn't have done any more for Martin and they beat us 2-1."
O'Neill will not rely on any favours this afternoon. And he will know an old foe appears to have been rejuvenated by the tribulations faced by Palace.
Those troubles have inspired Warnock. But not necessarily to take Palace to the heights or even to fulfil his desire to manage in the Premier League again.
No. He has another plan in reserve.
"I now look at it and think... well, if I've got this enthusiasm then not only do I want to manage a Premier League club, I can see myself getting a happy medium in a few years' time.
"I can go round the world, see places with my wife and kids and work November until the end of April every year at a different club.
"Go in, get a club out of the cart, do five months and keep them up, help them pick a manager and then off I go for another six months' holiday."
A novel idea from a novel manager.
www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/sport/727637/WARNOCK-STILL-FIGHTING-DESPITE-PALACE-CRISIS.html
News of The World
COPPELL LINED UP FOR PALACE RETURN
Ex-boss is Noades' choice if he regains control
13/02/2010
STEVE COPPELL could make his return to management with debt-riddled Crystal Palace - if Ron Noades has his way.
The former Eagles chairman has expressed an interest in rescuing the South London outfit with Coppell, his manager at previous club Brentford, being given the arduous job of keeping them in the Championship.
Should Noades take over, current boss Neil Warnock will be free to join a more financially stable club, rumoured to be London rivals Queens Park Rangers.
In a measure designed to keep the administrators happy, Coppell would sign a short-term deal, earning less than his predecessor. He and Noades have been prominent in the club's recent history - with Coppell having had four spells as manager while Noades was chairman from 1980 to 1998.
Fans hold reservations about the return of Noades, whose often-ruthless business acumen has evoked anger, but his success during his time at the club is written for all to see.
Businessman Noades has kept up a more then passing interest in the club he made his name with by retaining ownership of the ground until recently, causing much disruption to Simon Jordan's time in charge.
Selling the club back to Noades would appear to be a bitter pill for outspoken Jordan to swallow however he has long publicised his disillusionment with football and the people that run the game and, with the dire straits Jordan and the club he represented as a schoolboy find themselves in, he may find himself with little choice.
www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/sport/football/727674/COPPELL-LINED-UP-FOR-PALACE-RETURN.html
News Of The World
WARNOCK STILL FIGHTING DESPITE PALACE CRISIS
Boss says Clyne is best full-back he's ever had
By Andy Dunn, 13/02/2010
NEIL WARNOCK is in full flow, imploring potential purchasers to roll up for the big match.
"Come and have a look," he beckons. "A full house, live on TV, it's a great opportunity for a buyer."
He is talking about Crystal Palace Football Club, in administration and available at the right price.
But he's also talking about Neil Warnock. Make no mistake, this afternoon, Palace AND Warnock are in the shop window. And he knows it.
On £15,000 a week until the summer of 2011 and with a compensation clause that could bring Palace £1million, the stark reality is that an offer for Warnock's services would suit manager AND club.
Queens Park Rangers are in freefall and Warnock has become prominent on their list of targets.
Adminstrator Brendan Guilfoyle - who informed the manager that a new owner might well dispense with his services in an instant - was composing an e-mail to be sent to Warnock this weekend, outlining the reasons why he should stay at Palace despite having suffered the bitter blow of a 10-point deduction when in serious play-off contention.
And as he prepares to face Aston Villa in the FA Cup fifth round, Warnock, 61, claims he is relishing the task of meeting such desperate circumstances head-on.
"Five or six years ago, there were times when I thought I would pack in," he says. "But I've got a buzz now. Maybe it's because of the problems, maybe it's because of the adversity. Maybe I might be better fighting fires.
"I'm enjoying it and I want to manage in the Premier League again. The only chance I've got is taking a club up. I don't think any Premier League club would employ me."
But note, taking 'a club' up. Not taking Palace up.
He might be revelling in the challenge posed by financial disaster but not in the grim reality of it.
"It first hit home when I went to pay for petrol on the company credit card," he explains. "It was declined. I had no cash. It was embarrassing.
"My wife was in the front seat and I had to borrow hers. But that was only embarrassing for me... it's the staff who you worry about.
"We have a fabulous masseur who is self-employed and he's not being paid.
"Prozone has been closed down for us so we had no details of Swansea before the game on Tuesday (which they lost 1-0).
"The girl who cooks hasn't been paid for two months and she's self-employed. She can't do a decent menu because she's got no money. No matter what front you put on it, it's not nice."
Warnock now has to work alongside Guilfoyle - an arrangement that must be interesting, to say the least.
CLYNE: Bags of potential
CLYNE: Bags of potential
Warnock accepted that Victor Moses had to be sold - he went for £2.5million to Wigan - but fought with the administrator over 18-year-old defender Nathaniel Clyne after Wolves offered a fee in the region of £700,000.
"The administrator told some of my staff to tell him what a good move it was," says Warnock. "And if Victor Moses' agent had had hold of him, he would have gone.
"He will be a serious player. He's the best full-back I've ever had.
"Clyne needs another 100 games but he will be a top, top player."
And the teenager will be stretched this afternoon when he faces a Villa side with English youth at its core. Warnock says: "I hope Martin O'Neill is the next manager of England because he has done brilliantly for English football. We should all be proud of him.
"It's not easy to buy the English footballers - he's giving them all games at the top level and they are all blossoming."
Warnock's deep-seated respect for O'Neill is based on the Irishman's managerial CV - one that starts at Grantham and goes via Wycombe and Norwich to the Premier League elite. Warnock says: "Like me, he's done it from starting at the bottom. He's seen all the muck, known what it is like to have to fight for expenses and got to the top.
The pair appear to be hewn from the same volcanic stone when it comes to touchline behaviour.
"He's worse than me," declares Warnock. "When he was at Wycombe, I was at Huddersfield.
"I've got a reputation but he was almost like a man that had been electrocuted. His hair was standing on end at half-time. He was absolutely insane.
He was ranting at this ref who had sent one of his players off. And the things he said... if that had been me, I'd have got sine die.
"Not only did he not get cautioned, the referee gave him every decision from then on.
"Apart from taking him a cup of tea at half-time, he couldn't have done any more for Martin and they beat us 2-1."
O'Neill will not rely on any favours this afternoon. And he will know an old foe appears to have been rejuvenated by the tribulations faced by Palace.
Those troubles have inspired Warnock. But not necessarily to take Palace to the heights or even to fulfil his desire to manage in the Premier League again.
No. He has another plan in reserve.
"I now look at it and think... well, if I've got this enthusiasm then not only do I want to manage a Premier League club, I can see myself getting a happy medium in a few years' time.
"I can go round the world, see places with my wife and kids and work November until the end of April every year at a different club.
"Go in, get a club out of the cart, do five months and keep them up, help them pick a manager and then off I go for another six months' holiday."
A novel idea from a novel manager.
www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/sport/727637/WARNOCK-STILL-FIGHTING-DESPITE-PALACE-CRISIS.html