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Post by ozzh00p on Jun 17, 2012 7:20:37 GMT
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Post by ozzh00p on Jun 17, 2012 8:20:20 GMT
I totally agree with his assesment of Adel.Brilliant player and very important to our survival.Thank f*** for Mark Hughes.. 7 A Taarabt - B It’s been a season of incredible extremes for Adel Taarabt. This time last year he seemed all set for big spending Paris SG, and was consequently allowed to miss almost all of QPR’s pre-season while locked in that will-he-won’t-he struggle. When it fell through Taarabt returned to QPR with his tail between his legs, which by that stage were rubbing together at the top. Taarabt has never had a regular run of games in the top division in any country which made it something of a personal tragedy that when he finally did get one at the start of this season he was too fat, and the team around him too poor, for him to make any impact whatsoever. He briefly threatened a return to form in the home game against Newcastle where he linked up superbly with Shaun Wright-Phillips in a dynamic attacking display but the new players that initially threatened to bring the best out in him, soon started to make him a scapegoat for their own failings culminating in Joey Barton’s scandalous comments in interview about the Moroccan and Taarabt’s inglorious removal at half time at White Hart Lane during a dressing room tear up following the worst first half of his QPR career. I don’t believe Neil Warnock covered himself in glory during all of this. It almost seemed as though Warnock had decided long ago to indulge Taarabt in the Championship and then dump him following promotion, perhaps believing he didn’t have quite what it takes at the very top level. But Mark Hughes very quickly recognised that Taarabt remains a key game winner for QPR as we’ll discuss in a moment. Potential move to Paris SG or not, why was Taarabt allowed to bunk off almost the entire summer? Why was he allowed to get so out of shape? Why was Joey Barton allowed to say whatever he liked about him with no comeback? Why was Taarabt made a scapegoat during collective team disasters at Fulham and Tottenham? Why indulge him so completely in the Championship just to disregard him in the top flight? None of it really made any sense to me. Nor did the decision to keep him out of the team altogether through November and December when it was clearly struggling without him. When Hughes took over and Taarabt was back into some sort of game shape we were treated to a couple of revelations. Firstly, Taarabt will quite happily play on the wing and do his defensive duties as well as the attacking ones. Warnock had built a Championship team around him, with Derry and Faurlin sitting deeper to do his running for him and clean up some of the messes he made, which was never going to be able to continue after promotion but Hughes quickly found a way to accommodate him and Taarabt’s attitude since the change in manager has been first class. Secondly, QPR are still heavily reliant on him. Although Hughes later went away from his time honoured 4-4-2 system, he is a ‘straight lines’ manager who believes in rigid team shape and discipline – Taarabt is the only player we have who can provide a creative spark within that from deeper lying positions within that and, despite not being an obvious Mark Hughes-type player, the manager recognised that immediately. The Moroccan’s season came full circle with a goal and fine performance against Tottenham at home, and another Goal of the Season contender against Arsenal - two goals that won four points. Once again his failings, or perhaps the failings of the management, mean he’s probably going to stay at Loftus Road this summer rather than move on. His contract is up next summer and I’d be making an extension to that a priority because he showed in the run in he is still one of our best players even against quality opposition and I believe the next 12 months will see something of a coming of age at the highest level for the Moroccan. Exciting, but worrying given the contract situation. Stats: Key Facts – 25 starts, three sub appearances, two goals, four assists, six Man of the Match awards Fan Rating – 6.91 (highest of regular starters) LFW Rating – 6.39 Rating breakdown – 6 6 4 7 8 6 7 4 5 7 4 6 7 7 7 7 8 6 7 7 6 6 9 6 6 6 7 7 Discipline – Four yellows (kicking ball away, over celebrating, foul, kicking ball away), and one red (two yellows)
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Post by tom007 on Jun 17, 2012 10:52:04 GMT
well written ozz .
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Post by Markqpr on Jun 17, 2012 11:15:27 GMT
End of term report? Sounds about right for Clive. He does remind me of a school teacher after all. Great stuff and an excellent read. The forum over there is excellent for You Tube music videos as well! ;D
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Post by grenqpr on Jun 18, 2012 19:48:16 GMT
Xcellent report. Thanks. Can't find a lot here to disagree with.
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