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Post by Macmoish on May 1, 2011 17:02:36 GMT
Telegraph Piece/John LeyQueens Park Rangers celebrate after beating Watford but their fate has yet to be decided by FA Little with Queens Park Rangers is straightforward. Their players danced in the Hertfordshire sunshine yet the threat of a points deduction still looms large. Queens Park Rangers celebrate after beating Watford but their fate has yet to be decided by FA Even one of their entourage could be heard, through the dressing-room window, saying: “Enjoy this feeling boys because we’ll probably get caned next season.” Little with Queens Park Rangers is straightforward. Their players danced in the Hertfordshire sunshine yet the threat of a points deduction still looms large. Even one of their entourage could be heard, through the dressing-room window, saying: “Enjoy this feeling boys because we’ll probably get caned next season.” There is no doubting that Rangers have been the best team in the Championship this season. But was the presence of key player Alejandro Faurlin illegal? Will the Football Association find Rangers guilty of third-party ownership? Will they fine them or, worse, deduct points? And if they do enjoy the promotion most accept they deserve, where to now? They have very wealthy backers and want to be part of the Premier League party for a long time. So many imponderables but, for chairman Gianni Paladini, there is only hard work and excitement to look forward to. Paladini, a one-time player and agent, is as colourful as his manager, Neil Warnock.
“This is the most unbelievable time of my life,” the Italian said outside the condemned main stand at Vicarage Road. “We have worked so hard to get this far and get investors like Flavio [Briatore], Bernie [Ecclestone], [Lakshmi] Mittal and [Amit] Bhati.”The FA issued a statement on Saturday morning distancing themselves from quotes attributed to an FA ‘source’, hinting at a 15-point deduction. P aladini, though, remains defiant, insisting Rangers will contest any serious punishment.
“We will fight all the way,” he said. “Justice will be done. We have not tried to cheat anybody. We have done everything in good faith. But there will be no need for us to fight because we have done everything right.”
They have certainly done things right on the pitch, with the season’s outstanding performer, Adel Taarabt, and Tommy Smith scoring the goals which, at the third attempt, delivered Rangers to the Premier League. “It’s been a great story,” Paladini said. “It’s great for the fans who have had to put up with ---- for so many years.”Paladini was involved in a court case in 2006 after which all defendants were found not guilty of conspiring to blackmail and falsely imprison him at gunpoint.The memories remain and Paladini said: “I went through so much to save the club. What a story. I went through so much when nobody would touch the club. I’ve been to hell and back, there were so many tough times. But this makes it all worthwhile.”And he promised that Rangers would remain in the top flight, saying: “I can’t wait for next season. We will stay up. Now that we have got into the Premier League, we are not going there for half an hour.”Warnock, though, accepts that nothing at QPR is certain. Bathing in the glory of his latest success rather than worry about tomorrow’s start of the inquiry, Warnock admitted his time in management is ticking down. Five years ago he hinted at retirement and, at the age of 62, he is under orders from his wife to finish – but not just yet. “Yes, she’s given me the ultimatum,” he added. “I won’t tell you how long I’ve got left. Listen, I can’t see me staying the length she’s told me I’ve got left, at QPR. Can you? Because we’re bound to lose three or four next year on the trot.” Much could depend on how Taarabt takes to the Premier League. A complex character, the former Spurs playmaker dazzles with his tricky feet but at times his attempts to be the second Cristiano Ronaldo see him fall flat on his backside. “I’ve said to Adel he’s got to change,” warned Warnock. “He’s at a crucial period in his career. He’s got to be more dedicated, he’s got to listen to me and take it on board. "He’s got everything in his locker but if he went somewhere now and it was the wrong place we’d probably get him back at Christmas on loan.” www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/queens-park-rangers/8486740/Queens-Park-Rangers-celebrate-after-beating-Watford-but-their-fate-has-yet-to-be-decided-by-FA.html
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Post by Macmoish on May 1, 2011 17:38:33 GMT
Guardian/Jamie JacksonQPR's Neil Warnock hoping FA will permit the club's Premier League dreamNeil Warnock will be hoping for good news from the FA disciplinary panel on Friday and if he gets it, extra funds from the club owners Will Queens Park Rangers' billionaire owners, Bernie Ecclestone and Lakshmi Mittal, finally splash the cash if they are confirmed as a Premier League club 15 years after last playing in England's top division? After Rangers' win at Watford on Saturday only the Football Association can now prevent Neil Warnock's side from facing the likes of Manchester United and their neighbours Chelsea at Loftus Road next season. On Friday QPR will hear the verdict from an independent panel regarding the seven charges relating to alleged third‑party ownership of their Argentinian midfielder Alejandro Faurlín. If found guilty on one or more counts QPR could be docked enough points to stop automatic promotion and force them into the play-offs. They could, though, receive only a fine or be cleared of wrongdoing. If so, Warnock can then start planning his third tilt at managing in the top division, having done so already with Notts County from 1991‑93, and Sheffield United in 2005‑06. Ecclestone, the commercial-rights holder of Formula One, and Mittal, a steel tycoon, have the wherewithal to inject more money into QPR than Chelsea have received from Roman Abramovich. Yet since the pair and the former chairman Flavio Briatore bought the club in 2007 spending has been modest, with QPR's latest accounts indicating only £15m-20m has been provided so far, in the form of loans. The £3.5m to secure Faurlín from Instituto de Cordoba in July 2009 was the most expensive buy under the current owners.Yet Mittal is promising to increase spending: "I think so because it is a big responsibility. You have to live up to the Premier League. But there are some clubs who like to have a big budget. There are other clubs who can do a job with limited budgets but higher productivity." This last comment echoes Ecclestone's vision for QPR. The majority shareholder, who has stated that he may be willing to sell his stake for £100m, said: "The idea of pouring in millions to buy success is not my way of doing things. I won't be trying to outdo the likes of the top, well-established Premier League teams by spreading money all over the place. "Sure, we will try to buy players to fit the right positions – but at the right price. And by that I don't mean spending £100m." Warnock is proud of the blend of a team that mixes the talents of Faurlín and Adel Taarabt, the Championship player of the year, with players he says were finished before he signed them. "Look all down the spine at Paddy Kenny, Gorkssy [Kaspars Gorkss], [Shaun] Derry, Clint Hill, [Heidar] Helguson," he says. "Helguson was bombed out last year [on loan from QPR] the other two got free transfers from Crystal Palace, Paddy Kenny was cast away [from Sheffield United]." Derry, a defensive midfielder, is 33, the central defender Hill is 32, Helguson 33, Gorkss 29 and Kenny 32. Apart from Kenny, who played a full Premier League season for Warnock at Sheffield United, and Helguson with Watford and Fulham, the rest have little or no experience of the Premier League. Mittal sounds like he has been listening to Warnock, probably via his son-in-law, Amit Bhatia, who runs the club for him. "There is still much we need to improve, such as the defence," the vice-chairman said. "To stay up we will also need a good goalscorer. But it is very different to a year ago. Then, if you had asked me, I would have said QPR should not go into the Premier League. But now we are ready." Taarabt, the 21-year-old Moroccan often given a free role by Warnock, has scored 19 times, with Helguson, who has 12, the only other player in double figures. For Warnock the dream is for the FA not to sour what has been a fine season so that he can try and establish QPR, and himself, in the Premier League. "I would imagine that teams going up nowadays have to stabilise, like Stoke and Bolton have done: it's staying up, generating the money and getting better players each year," he said. "That's the art of management." www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/may/01/neil-warnock-qpr-premier-league
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Post by RoryTheRanger on May 1, 2011 17:50:30 GMT
Well its surely a good sign that GP doesn't seem to be worried about the FA. He wouldn't have said all that if he knew or even thought a points deduction is on the table.
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Post by Macmoish on May 1, 2011 17:52:32 GMT
Maybe...
Personally I think it's idiocy to be speaking out...
I think he's signalling he's planning to be here next year...
He's repeating some of the old stuff....
"I went through so much to save the club. What a story. I went through so much when nobody would touch the club. I’ve been to hell and back, there were so many tough times. But this makes it all worthwhile.”
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Post by toboboly on May 1, 2011 18:28:34 GMT
GP should be nowhere near the club.
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Post by Macmoish on May 1, 2011 18:30:04 GMT
Telegraph Piece/John Ley..... So many imponderables but, for chairman Gianni Paladini, there is only hard work and excitement to look forward to. Paladini, a one-time player and agent, is as colourful as his manager, Neil Warnock.
“This is the most unbelievable time of my life,” the Italian said outside the condemned main stand at Vicarage Road. “We have worked so hard to get this far and get investors like Flavio [Briatore], Bernie [Ecclestone], [Lakshmi] Mittal and [Amit] Bhati.”The FA issued a statement on Saturday morning distancing themselves from quotes attributed to an FA ‘source’, hinting at a 15-point deduction. P aladini, though, remains defiant, insisting Rangers will contest any serious punishment.
“We will fight all the way,” he said. “Justice will be done. We have not tried to cheat anybody. We have done everything in good faith. But there will be no need for us to fight because we have done everything right.”
They have certainly done things right on the pitch, with the season’s outstanding performer, Adel Taarabt, and Tommy Smith scoring the goals which, at the third attempt, delivered Rangers to the Premier League. “It’s been a great story,” Paladini said. “It’s great for the fans who have had to put up with ---- for so many years.”Paladini was involved in a court case in 2006 after which all defendants were found not guilty of conspiring to blackmail and falsely imprison him at gunpoint.The memories remain and Paladini said: “I went through so much to save the club. What a story. I went through so much when nobody would touch the club. I’ve been to hell and back, there were so many tough times. But this makes it all worthwhile.”And he promised that Rangers would remain in the top flight, saying: “I can’t wait for next season. We will stay up. Now that we have got into the Premier League, we are not going there for half an hour.”....” The Gianni portion of the Telegraph article  |
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Post by toboboly on May 1, 2011 18:33:41 GMT
Hahaha! I edited it quickly as I realised I was thick!
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Post by superckat on May 1, 2011 20:23:34 GMT
Yep GP has put himself out there again. To let everyone know what a great job he has done. he just can't shut up can he. Ever since he has been here almost every bad thing that has happened or been reported about this club has involved him. We now have a wait for confirmation of our promotion because of him. He should shut his trap. Many aren't interested in what he says, many don't believe his bull sh*t and many want hin gone.
I'm trying to enjoy this moment because it's been a long and painful road. But it's winding me up that one of the most despicable people at the club during that time is still here sucking publicity.
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Post by 56vespanvic on May 1, 2011 21:58:22 GMT
What a pillock Paladini is..."I've been to hell......."
Unfortunately our problems intensified with a vengeance when he
came BACK.
How come Ecclestone, Briatore & co either ignored or failed to see
Paladini's frailties? Or did they (for themselves, not the 'Club') keep him 'in stock' in case his services may be required at a later date.......as a 'fall guy' perhaps?
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Post by RoryTheRanger on May 1, 2011 22:00:45 GMT
He was no doubt crying fake tears throughout the whole match  |
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Post by Macmoish on May 1, 2011 22:04:07 GMT
Funnily enough on a board, someone did say he was crying yesterday...
But beyond whatever various people may think of Gianni's seven years of QPR - or even the FA claims, I just don't understand
why he's saying a word on this subject before the hearing.
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Post by RoryTheRanger on May 1, 2011 22:07:46 GMT
Well he is either incredibly stupid or incredibly confident on the matter
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Post by Macmoish on May 1, 2011 23:14:48 GMT
Paladini also quoted in this report...Not sure if they took the quotes from the other (I doubt it.) Or whether he's on the interview circuit... EXPRESS
WATFORD 0 QPR 2: FAURLIN CLOUD MAY RAIN ON QPR PARADE By Ian Ridley VISITING fans, noisy but not nasty, had been corralled back to their corner of the ground by four police horses and the celebrating QPR players had returned to the dressing room, from where there came the sounds of success. “Enjoy it lads,” one player’s voice exhorted, “because we are going to get caned next season.” Cue laughter. It was a time to delight in for Rangers but behind every self-deprecating gag, there is a fear. Their silver lining has a cloud. For QPR to take up the place in the Premier League, clinched here thanks to goals by their talisman Adel Taarabt and ex-Watford star Tommy Smith, they are going to have to escape a caning off the field this week before they contemplate ways of avoiding one on the pitch next season. Tomorrow, they face the Football Association hearing on seven counts of breaching regulations relating to the third-party ownership of their Argentinian Alejandro Faurlin. The verdict is expected at the end of the week. They could be fined, which will not concern them given that the top flight is now worth a minimum of £100million over four years even with a first-season relegation. Or they could also be docked points, which would alarm them and could throw the Championship and its play-offs into chaos – along with the FA’s appeals process. QPR currently have an eight-point cushion at the top of the table ahead of Cardiff and Norwich, who are both playing today. And while the third-party ownership rule has not been tested after its introduction following the Carlos Tevez affair at West Ham, breaches of player-registration regulations usually attract FA deductions of between one and five points, depending on seriousness.
“We will fight all the way. Justice will be done,” said QPR chairman Gianni Paladini, whose elation that mutated into defiance mirrors the mood of his club.
“We have not tried to cheat anybody. We have done everything in good faith. We are ready to fight all the way but there will be no need for us to fight because we have done everything right.”
Ironies abound for Rangers manager Neil Warnock.
He was at Sheffield United – relegated on Saturday just as his current club were going up – when the Blades lost their place in the Premier League, believing themselves victims in the Tevez affair.
Angered and wearied by talk of points deductions now, he preferred to savour his seventh promotion as a manager – a record to equal Dave Bassett and Graham Taylor – and one conceived a year ago today after a 1-0 home defeat against Championship-winning Newcastle.
“We looked at them and said, ‘That’s the way forward for us’,” said Keith Curle, Warnock’s assistant.
“They had players who could win games as well as some flair. We wanted to get the same type of players – and the manager brought them in. It was the flair players who saw us through at the end here.”
Chief among them was the mercurial Taarabt, talented but scattergun.
A dull game was heading for a goalless draw when he guided home a cross by Smith, who sealed the win in added time.
“He has to change,” said Warnock of Taarabt. “He can’t do what he has done with us in the top flight and progress.
“He has the ability to be one of the best in the world but not like he is. He has to be more dedicated and listen to me and take it on board.”
The aim will be to keep Taarabt and also bring in reinforcements. But while the perception is that money will magically appear from such wealthy shareholders as Bernie Ecclestone, Flavio Briatore and Lakshmi Mittal, they are clearly sparing with their investments. They may even decide that now is the time to sell.
“I have a number of players I would like to bring in,” said Warnock. “I know some cost money and want wages, so I don’t say we want X millions.
“I have to be sensible and I believe they will be sensible if I am. I have no intention of going stupid. We haven’t gone stupid this year, if you look at what we have done in 14 months.”
Paladini, once bizarrely threatened at gunpoint by a gang wanting control of the club, said Rangers would not just be going up for the ride.
“We will stay up,” he said. “We are not going there for half an hour. We will be a force.”
Assuming, that is, they get the chance.
WATFORD (4-2-3-1): Loach; Hodson, Mariappa, Taylor (Bennett 55), Doyley; Eustace, Cowie; Buckley (Murray 78), Sordell (Whichelow 73), Deeney; Graham.
QPR (4-2-3-1): Cerny; Orr, Hall (Shittu 23), Gorkss, Connolly; Derry, Faurlin; Routledge (Buzsaky 75), Taarabt (Ramage 90), Smith; Helguson. Goals: Taarabt 77, Smith 90.
Referee: N Swarbrick (Lancashire).
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Post by blueeyedcptcook on May 2, 2011 6:00:54 GMT
I think that it may be about Gianni saw a shrink.  |
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Post by Lonegunmen on May 2, 2011 8:37:42 GMT
Oh dear. They had to bring up the gun incident and he still appears to be in denial that he screwed that up too.
still I blame the club spouting that faurlin cost 3.5 mill when he didn't. And who was that doing the spouting?
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Post by klr on May 2, 2011 10:36:57 GMT
Wow, some absolutely disgusting comments there, why is he even being allowed to speak in an official capacity ?
Unbelievable.
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Post by cpr on May 2, 2011 11:58:39 GMT
Surely our legal team would have told him to say nothing to the press!!!
We take a pop at the FA for "sources" then he does this! For Gawd's sake man, shut up!!!
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Post by 56vespanvic on May 2, 2011 23:21:26 GMT
"I went through so much to save the club...." he whinged. More like the words of a bleating self-pitying juvenile than a mature honorable man eh? GP, you needed to apply NO energy or any other worthwhile input to save this club. All you needed to do was to keep away from it.
WHY THE **** DIDN'T YOU?
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