Post by Macmoish on Aug 14, 2011 23:03:48 GMT
12 Years ago today...August 13, 2011
QPR: Kenny, Hill, Derry, Hall, Gabbidon, Taarabt, Dyer, Campbell, Bothroyd, Faurlin, Smith
QPR subs: Murphy, Orr, Buzsaky, Connolly, Agyemang, Helguson, Ephraim
BOLTON
Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Cahill, Knight, Robinson, Eagles, Muamba, Reo-Coker, Petrov, K Davies, Klasnic
Subs: Bogdan, Alonso, Gardner, M Davies, Blake, Pratley, Wheater
qprreport.proboards.com/thread/25214/qprs-team-qpr-bolton-thread?page=1#ixzz3AFm1vhhE
TELEGRAPH - Gerry Cox
Queens Park Rangers need immediate cash injection following Bolton Wanderers rout at Loftus Road
Events over the next two weeks should shape the fortunes of both QPR and Bolton, whose managers face diametrically-opposed problems as they face up to life at opposite ends of the Premier League table.
Neil Warnock’s problems are more obvious and immediate, after this comprehensive defeat showed his Championship-winning side just how much tougher a test lies ahead in the top flight.
QPR need more reinforcements of proven Premier League quality, but so far the money has not been forthcoming from the club’s wealthy owners Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone. Warnock has spent just £1.25 million this summer, on DJ Campbell, and has had to bring in free transfer signings to bolster his squad, but it is not enough.
That will change if Tony Fernandes can conclude a takeover deal valued at around £100 million. The Malaysian businessman flew to London last week for talks and spent most of this match sitting alongside Briatore, who was the subject of much derision by home supporters.
Talks will continue on Monday and Warnock is optimistic that a deal will be done in time to release the funds to sign those players he has in mind. “We need two or three players and I am confident we can get them in the next week or two,” he said.
“I have spoken to the [prospective] new owner am quite positive from what I have heard. I have two or three in mind and think I have the support to bring them in.”
For Owen Coyle, the problem is holding on to his best player rather than signing new ones. Gary Cahill is his prized asset and showed why Arsenal and others covet him, with a rock solid defensive performance and spectacular opening goal.
Cahill hit an unstoppable shot past Paddy Kenny from outside the penalty area in first-half stoppage time to set Bolton on their way, but Coyle fears the defender could also be on his way if firm offers prove irresistible.
“We need to wait and see what the next few weeks holds,” said Coyle. “It would not be ideal for me to lose Gary, but I need to be fair to him. Any player wants to play at the highest level. I have said to Gary he can improve here with Bolton, and he has improved.
“In the 18 months I have worked with him, Gary has become an integral part of the England squad. There is no doubt he has taken his game to another level. I am loath to say this because he is my player, but if I was at one of those elite clubs, then Gary Cahill will be the first name on my shopping list.”
Where QPR lack solidity and experience, Bolton have it in abundance, exemplified by Nigel Reo-Coker, a free transfer from Aston Villa. He helped nullify the threat of QPR’s enigmatic Adel Taraabt, who was more frustrating than inspiring. “We saw him on video and thought: ‘Wow,’ admitted Kevin Davies. “But he was disappointing out there.”
Davies, by contrast, was effectiveness personified, winning the free-kick which Danny Gabbidon put past his own keeper to make it 2-0 and then heading on for Ivan Klasnic to volley home a third goal. Rangers had given up by the time Fabrice Muamba strolled though to make it 4-0, though QPR’s Clint Hill was sent off in stoppage time for butting Martin Petrov.
“It was handbags,” added Warnock, who also saw new signing Kieron Dyer carried off on a stretcher in the fifth minute.
“We’ve got to get the players I want, get over this result and take the club forward.”
Meanwhile, former Brazil manager Dunga has instructed lawyers to recover a £750,000 loan he claims he made to QPR in 2006. Dunga, who also captained Brazil to World Cup glory in 1994, has previously been acknowledged by QPR as an investor in the club, when it was under previous owners.
Opening day disasters
Bad first games often mean big problems for top flight new boys.
Swindon Town (1993-94)
Lost 3-1 at Sheffield United on the opening day and were relegated, having conceded 100 goals.
Crystal Palace (1994-95)
The tone was set by a 6-1 home humbling by Liverpool. They went down on the final weekend.
Wolverhampton (2003-04)
Dave Jones’s side were crushed 5-1 at Blackburn on the first weekend. They finished bottom.
Sunderland (2005-06)
Beaten 3-1 at home by Charlton first time out and finished bottom with 18 points, a record low for the division.
www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/queens-park-rangers/8700981/Queens-Park-Rangers-need-immediate-cash-injection-following-Bolton-Wanderers-rout-at-Loftus-Road.html
MIRROR/Oliver Holt - Takeover boost for QPR
QPR boss Neil Warnock last night insisted the imminent takeover of the club would boost their chances of staying in the Premier League.
Malaysian entrepreneur Tony Fernandes is poised to buy out Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore this week to take control of the club.
Warnock refused to be downcast after his team were hammered by Bolton on their return to the top flight and part-owner Briatore was booed as he left the directors’ box (right).
Warnock hoped funds would be released for new players once the uncertainty over the ownership had ended.
“The only things I’ve heard about what’s going on behind the scenes have been very positive,” Warnock said. “I expect to bring two or three players in during the next fortnight and that’s what I’m working at, to do my job as best I can.”
QPR held their own in the first half but fell apart after the break and could have suffered an even heavier defeat.
And whether Warnock brings in the players he wants or not, the issue of whether his playmaker Adel Taarabt will be able to make the transition to the Premier League will linger.
Taarabt’s influence was limited against Bolton but Warnock remained optimistic.
“I didn’t think he did too badly,” Warnock added.
“He was wasteful on a couple of occasions where he could have laid it off and got caught in possession but there was nothing he could have done about the goals that killed us off.”
www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Queens-Park-Rangers-to-receive-Premier-League-survival-boost-with-Tony-Fernandes-takeover-from-Bernie-Ecclestone-and-Flavio-Briatore-article785614.html#ixzz1V2zY9Trt
QPR: Kenny, Hill, Derry, Hall, Gabbidon, Taarabt, Dyer, Campbell, Bothroyd, Faurlin, Smith
QPR subs: Murphy, Orr, Buzsaky, Connolly, Agyemang, Helguson, Ephraim
BOLTON
Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Cahill, Knight, Robinson, Eagles, Muamba, Reo-Coker, Petrov, K Davies, Klasnic
Subs: Bogdan, Alonso, Gardner, M Davies, Blake, Pratley, Wheater
qprreport.proboards.com/thread/25214/qprs-team-qpr-bolton-thread?page=1#ixzz3AFm1vhhE
TELEGRAPH - Gerry Cox
Queens Park Rangers need immediate cash injection following Bolton Wanderers rout at Loftus Road
Events over the next two weeks should shape the fortunes of both QPR and Bolton, whose managers face diametrically-opposed problems as they face up to life at opposite ends of the Premier League table.
Neil Warnock’s problems are more obvious and immediate, after this comprehensive defeat showed his Championship-winning side just how much tougher a test lies ahead in the top flight.
QPR need more reinforcements of proven Premier League quality, but so far the money has not been forthcoming from the club’s wealthy owners Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone. Warnock has spent just £1.25 million this summer, on DJ Campbell, and has had to bring in free transfer signings to bolster his squad, but it is not enough.
That will change if Tony Fernandes can conclude a takeover deal valued at around £100 million. The Malaysian businessman flew to London last week for talks and spent most of this match sitting alongside Briatore, who was the subject of much derision by home supporters.
Talks will continue on Monday and Warnock is optimistic that a deal will be done in time to release the funds to sign those players he has in mind. “We need two or three players and I am confident we can get them in the next week or two,” he said.
“I have spoken to the [prospective] new owner am quite positive from what I have heard. I have two or three in mind and think I have the support to bring them in.”
For Owen Coyle, the problem is holding on to his best player rather than signing new ones. Gary Cahill is his prized asset and showed why Arsenal and others covet him, with a rock solid defensive performance and spectacular opening goal.
Cahill hit an unstoppable shot past Paddy Kenny from outside the penalty area in first-half stoppage time to set Bolton on their way, but Coyle fears the defender could also be on his way if firm offers prove irresistible.
“We need to wait and see what the next few weeks holds,” said Coyle. “It would not be ideal for me to lose Gary, but I need to be fair to him. Any player wants to play at the highest level. I have said to Gary he can improve here with Bolton, and he has improved.
“In the 18 months I have worked with him, Gary has become an integral part of the England squad. There is no doubt he has taken his game to another level. I am loath to say this because he is my player, but if I was at one of those elite clubs, then Gary Cahill will be the first name on my shopping list.”
Where QPR lack solidity and experience, Bolton have it in abundance, exemplified by Nigel Reo-Coker, a free transfer from Aston Villa. He helped nullify the threat of QPR’s enigmatic Adel Taraabt, who was more frustrating than inspiring. “We saw him on video and thought: ‘Wow,’ admitted Kevin Davies. “But he was disappointing out there.”
Davies, by contrast, was effectiveness personified, winning the free-kick which Danny Gabbidon put past his own keeper to make it 2-0 and then heading on for Ivan Klasnic to volley home a third goal. Rangers had given up by the time Fabrice Muamba strolled though to make it 4-0, though QPR’s Clint Hill was sent off in stoppage time for butting Martin Petrov.
“It was handbags,” added Warnock, who also saw new signing Kieron Dyer carried off on a stretcher in the fifth minute.
“We’ve got to get the players I want, get over this result and take the club forward.”
Meanwhile, former Brazil manager Dunga has instructed lawyers to recover a £750,000 loan he claims he made to QPR in 2006. Dunga, who also captained Brazil to World Cup glory in 1994, has previously been acknowledged by QPR as an investor in the club, when it was under previous owners.
Opening day disasters
Bad first games often mean big problems for top flight new boys.
Swindon Town (1993-94)
Lost 3-1 at Sheffield United on the opening day and were relegated, having conceded 100 goals.
Crystal Palace (1994-95)
The tone was set by a 6-1 home humbling by Liverpool. They went down on the final weekend.
Wolverhampton (2003-04)
Dave Jones’s side were crushed 5-1 at Blackburn on the first weekend. They finished bottom.
Sunderland (2005-06)
Beaten 3-1 at home by Charlton first time out and finished bottom with 18 points, a record low for the division.
www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/queens-park-rangers/8700981/Queens-Park-Rangers-need-immediate-cash-injection-following-Bolton-Wanderers-rout-at-Loftus-Road.html
MIRROR/Oliver Holt - Takeover boost for QPR
QPR boss Neil Warnock last night insisted the imminent takeover of the club would boost their chances of staying in the Premier League.
Malaysian entrepreneur Tony Fernandes is poised to buy out Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore this week to take control of the club.
Warnock refused to be downcast after his team were hammered by Bolton on their return to the top flight and part-owner Briatore was booed as he left the directors’ box (right).
Warnock hoped funds would be released for new players once the uncertainty over the ownership had ended.
“The only things I’ve heard about what’s going on behind the scenes have been very positive,” Warnock said. “I expect to bring two or three players in during the next fortnight and that’s what I’m working at, to do my job as best I can.”
QPR held their own in the first half but fell apart after the break and could have suffered an even heavier defeat.
And whether Warnock brings in the players he wants or not, the issue of whether his playmaker Adel Taarabt will be able to make the transition to the Premier League will linger.
Taarabt’s influence was limited against Bolton but Warnock remained optimistic.
“I didn’t think he did too badly,” Warnock added.
“He was wasteful on a couple of occasions where he could have laid it off and got caught in possession but there was nothing he could have done about the goals that killed us off.”
www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Queens-Park-Rangers-to-receive-Premier-League-survival-boost-with-Tony-Fernandes-takeover-from-Bernie-Ecclestone-and-Flavio-Briatore-article785614.html#ixzz1V2zY9Trt
