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Post by Zamoraaaah on Apr 2, 2009 7:02:03 GMT
Bump: Flashback 6 Years... Sousa: I won't be sacked by QPR
Andrew Allen 01 April 2009 www.sport.co.uk/news/Football/17180/Sousa_I_wont_be_sacked_by_QPR.aspxQPR manager Paulo Sousa is adamant he won't be sacked, but has pleaded with the club's billionaire owners to have patience as they bid to reach the Premier League. Sousa is reportedly under pressure just four months after taking over at Loftus Road after his side dropped to 11th in the Championship table, seven points off the play-offs. But he has now told owners Flavio Briatore and Berne Ecclestone he needs time to build the club from the bottom up and insists he is the right man for the job. "I'm sure I will continue as QPR manager," said the former Juventus, Inter and Borussia Dortmund midfielder.
"We are preparing the project to take the club into the Premier League, but first it is necessary to strengthen the club's base.
"The owners bought the club a year and a half ago, and little by little they have seen it can go a long way, but it is necessary to have patience." And Sousa says he doesn't regret his decision to work in England but admits the expectations of the QPR fans increases the pressure on him. Sousa, speaking to Portuguese newspaper Publico, added: "I am satisfied with the decision I took to come to London, even though like any coach you go through good and bad moments.
"It is a job I always wanted because English football is full of intensity and an enormous amount of passion. And QPR has many fans, which adds to the pressure of the job." |
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Post by Zamoraaaah on Apr 2, 2009 7:07:45 GMT
You tell 'em Paulo.
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Post by QPR Report on Apr 2, 2009 7:13:10 GMT
To quote Scott yesterday on WATRB (where he's stating Sousa is out - NOT advocating it as Pete has been doing it incessantly - to the degree that even fellow posters are saying ENOUGH - and questioning his motivation) "Sousa is getting the boot at some point. Him and Flavio have fell out, rightly or wrongly and that's that. It's BS. But that is where we are at. And that has nought to do with a few blokes on messageboards (Taken from WATRB - www.wearetherangersboys.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4875 |
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Post by Zamoraaaah on Apr 2, 2009 8:11:05 GMT
As far as I can see, the only people stirring the anti Sousa campaign are QockPete, Paul Warburton and to a lesser but still notable degree ScottJones.
From reading the boards and speaking to people, it is obvious their views are the complete opposite of all true fans who have the clubs best interests at heart and their motivations have been rightly questioned. I think your previous "stalking horse" reference is spot on.
I have also heard from a number of people that more than one of them has been quoted in The London Informer which if true is disgusting behaviour but would not surprise me in the least baring in mind the character, or lack of, involved.
Probably said to much and should try not to sully this positive thread with their agenda driven crap but one day soon...
"truth will come to light, murder cannot be hid long, a man's son may, but at the length truth will out."
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Post by QPR Report on Apr 2, 2009 8:30:32 GMT
I'll confess my literary ignorance: I looked up the quote!
If Pete truly believes that Sousa should be out, that's fine. May disagree but who's to say he shouldnt have such views. But he's always been very supportive of club actions over the years and berated me when I criticized the club over Witney "Stab in the back/putting Witney over own club" etc so it's especially jarring when coming from him.
As for Briatore: The problem isn't that we may disagree with what he may be planning on doing just re Sousa. It's the whole approach and having already left behind a stream of managers. THAT is what is truly disturbing re Briatore.
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Post by QPR Report on Apr 1, 2010 7:12:58 GMT
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Post by Macmoish on Apr 1, 2011 6:59:30 GMT
Bump...
Also two years ago yesterday:And a year ago today (and about a week before he was terminated for disclosing confidential info, blah, blah, blah.... Sousa's Future at QPR? Daily Mirror/Alan Nixon - QPR to demote manager Paulo Sousa in summer shake-up- QPR will shake up their management team next season - with Paulo Sousa being demoted in the new-look regime. - Sousa, whose title is first team coach, has found it hard to turn round the club's fortunes and was told a new man will come in above him at the end of this campaign. - He still has a year left on his contract and may stay on at Loftus Road, but in reality will not call the shots. - The Portugal legend was the surprise replacement for axed Iain Dowie and came to west London as a big-name former player with fresh ideas. But he has failed to provide tactical inspiration and Rangers have slipped out of the Championship play-off race. - The club, whose wealthy owners have seen other teams do far better with less cash, are looking for a new manager or director of football. Among possible targets are Paul Ince, Bristol City's Gary Johnson and MK Dons chief Roberto Di Matteo. Mirror Daily Mail - Queens Park Rangers will shake up their management team next season, with the Londoners on the hunt for a new man who will take over from Paulo Sousa at the helm. Sousa, whose title is first team coach, has found it difficult to turn around the club's fortunes since replacing Iain Dowie in November, and has been told a new man will come above him at the end of the season. - The club's wealthy owners are looking for a new manager or director of football, according to a report in the Mirror. A new man will come in above current manager Paulo Sousa at QPR in the summer QPR have fallen out of the play-off reckoning in recent weeks and currently sit in 11th place in the Championship table. Among those who might be considered for the post are Paul Ince, out of work since being sacked by Blackburn, Bristol City's Gary Johnson and MK Dons boss Roberto Di Matteo. Lawrie Sanchez and Alan Pardew are also managers currently out of work, who would surely jump at the chance to manage the London club. Mail From BBC Gossip/Daily Mirror: "QPR manager Paulo Sousa looks set to be demoted in a new-look shake-up at the Championship club." (Daily Mirror) - BBC Gossip Read more: qprreport.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=2600#ixzz1IFhvwhCH
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Post by Macmoish on Apr 1, 2011 7:03:40 GMT
And two years (+ a couple days) ago - Dexter Blackstock Talks
Nottingham Forest Official Site - -Dexter Rarin' To Go
- New City Ground striker Dexter Blackstock can't wait to play his part in Nottingham Forest's Championship survival fight.
- The on-loan Queens Park Rangers goalscorer took part in his first Forest training session today and revealed:
- "I just want to do everything I can to help the club out of the situation they are in.
- "We've got six very important games coming up, starting with a huge match against Barnsley on Saturday, and we have to get something from that.
- "But from what I know about Forest there is more than enough quality at the club for us to get out of trouble.
- "I'm just happy to be given the opportunity to come here, play games and hopefully play my part in what is such a vital time for the club."
- Blackstock, who has signed until the end of the season with Rangers having no recall on him, added: "It's purely a loan move at the moment. There has been speculation about it being made permanent but everyone will have to take a look at that again in the summer.
- "I was a little bit surprised that Rangers allowed me to come out on loan, particularly with Heidar Helguson being out injured, but I am very happy to be at Forest and want to do my very best for them...."
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Post by harlowranger on Apr 1, 2011 7:05:27 GMT
Another QPR Manager that got treated poorly , more importantly is Zed ok ?
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Post by Macmoish on Apr 1, 2011 7:13:38 GMT
[Bump two years...And I said at the time "Hope he knows what he's Saying..."]
This is London/James Olley - Sousa's the lone Ranger in charge
Paulo Sousa says he calls the shots at Queens Park Rangers and claims the club are on track for a return to the Premier League.
Chairman Flavio Briatore was rumoured to have exerted increasing influence over team selection during both Iain Dowie's tenure and Gareth Ainsworth caretaker spell in charge.
But Sousa, who took charge at Loftus Road in November, quashed talk of the Formula One team boss acting in such a manner on his watch.
He said: "Each person is different from the other. I am looking to do my job and I do it like I want always. I do always what I want and all the decisions are mine.
"I met him for the first time when he invited me to talk about QPR, which was one day before I came here.
"I live for my work, for my players and for my club to try to satisfy everyone because it's the only way I can satisfy myself. I am happy for what has been done until now because we are building a strong base to prepare for the future with more power.
"I don't know where any pressure would come from."
But that pressure stems from lying 11th in the Championship, with the play-offs virtually out of reach as sixth-placed Cardiff have a seven-point lead and two games in hand.
As recently as 23 March, Briatore admitted Sousa's future will be decided in May, ominously adding: "The end of the season is the right moment to see which kind of results have arrived and if it's possible to continue with Paulo."
The club continue to transform at pace - today sees the launch of Rangers' new home kit that will be worn for the first time against Plymouth on 25 April - but the team have struggled so far to match their chairman's ambition.
Luigi De Canio was given just seven months to impose himself, while Dowie had only 15 games. For his part, the Portuguese remains unmoved, insisting the club are building for a promotion push next season.
"Time is results - in this profession, you need to have the results to progress and get time," he said. "I am not concerned because I am an optimist for what I would like to do. The goal is to manage in the Premier League because it is the best competition in the world. I don't have any doubt that I am close to achieving this.
"This season, I cannot use some important players because of injuries. They are the players who made the difference when the board bought them."
Rowan Vine's year-long absence with a broken leg is set to end with Saturday's visit of Crystal Palace and the approach to his rehabilitation explains a lot about Sousa's patient philosophy at Rangers.
"It is not an easy return for an important player like him after one year out," he said. "But we start to use him now looking for next season. It's important for him and for us that he is starting to play."
Sousa, 38, certainly has the playing pedigree to succeed in management, having won the Champions League twice with Juventus and Borussia Dortmund as a defensive midfielder.
He earned 51 caps for Portugal including a place in their Euro 96 squad. It was that experience - that ended in the quarter-finals - which sowed the seeds of Sousa's desire to take his first managerial step in England.
"That tournament gives me nice memories," he said. "Everyone was waiting to see Portugal in the final. We impressed because we played good football and people liked that.
"It was special to do that in the country where football was born. I appreciate that because for a player and manager it is the best thing to be recognised for your football.
"It is one of the reasons why I wanted to manage in England. Plus, the competition is very strong here and I wanted to test myself. I like important challenges."
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Post by Macmoish on Apr 1, 2011 7:15:22 GMT
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Post by Macmoish on Apr 1, 2011 7:18:07 GMT
QPR boss has four games from getting the chop
Apr 1 2009 By Paul Warburton, London Informer
QPR BOSS Paulo Sousa has four games to save his job.
Rangers chiefs have become increasingly unhappyover the way the Portuguese has allowed the team to slip from a potential Championship play-off spot to a middling 11th, with only the faintest chance of getting into the top six.
Matters came to a head last week when Sousa farmed out leading scorer Dexter Blackstock on loan to Nottingham Forest.
It appears the £2m-rated man didn't show the right 'attitude' in trying to hold down a spot, and reluctantly, in a public show of solidarity, Rangers allowed their striker to join Forest with a view to a permanent transfer at the end of the season.
Sousa also wanted Geovanni dos Santos on loan - but was told the Tottenham misfit would cost more than he was worth before he went to Ipswich instead.
But a player the manager does have is still waiting for his first start under Sousa.
The Portuguese has refused to give a chance to Gary Borrowdale, bought for a knockdown £125,000 when the Rs supremo was seeking an alternative left-back in December.
The 38-year-old, in his first management job, spoke recently of wanting to be a part of 'QPR history alongside the other heroes at this great club', but unless he can get decent results out of the games, leading up to Wolves away on April 18, he might have to content himself with becoming the eighth boss to be shown the Loftus Road door in just two years.
A Rangers source didn't offer a lot of hope unless Sousa can cash in on the last two back-to-back wins starting at home to Crystal Palace on Saturday.
The source said: "The club has improved the players, and kept on improving them under Paulo. It got most of the people he wanted, like Wayne Routledge and Jordi Lopez.
"Although the public face of the club talks about patience and a three-year plan, do you think patience made Bernie Ecclestone [major shareholder] and Flavio Briatore [chairman] wealthy and successful men?
"There is no other manager in mind, despite the stories and the names.
"But it won't take long for a list to be drawn up, if that's what's needed."
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Post by Macmoish on Apr 1, 2012 6:11:32 GMT
Bump: And three years, the "Campaign" was in full swing. But I doubt any of us imagined it would end the way it did.
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Post by Macmoish on Apr 1, 2012 8:55:53 GMT
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Post by Lonegunmen on Apr 1, 2012 9:31:14 GMT
And certain parties are still in denial that they were involved in publicly condeming him.
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Post by Macmoish on Apr 1, 2012 9:34:24 GMT
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Post by Lonegunmen on Apr 1, 2012 9:35:21 GMT
Is there 40 there??
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Post by Macmoish on Apr 1, 2012 9:40:33 GMT
As I, on more than one occasion, used to post: "For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" For whatever reason, a certain individual told me not to quote from the Bible!  |
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Post by Macmoish on Apr 1, 2014 6:44:18 GMT
Bump...Five Years ago...
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Post by Macmoish on Apr 1, 2015 7:06:17 GMT
Bump 6 Years ago
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