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Post by QPR Report on Apr 5, 2009 23:30:07 GMT
Dead! Daily Mail -Rowan Vine questioned QPR’s decision to allow leading scorer Dexter Blackstock to leave Loftus Road following a goalless draw against CRYSTAL PALACE that effectively ended any lingering hopes the west London club had of making the play-offs. -Vine, returning after a year on the sidelines with a broken leg, said: ‘There doesn’t seem to be a lot of need to let your top goalscorer go for the last part of the season. ‘It doesn’t really make sense, but it’s happened" Clive/Loft for Words Palace Match Reportwww.clubfanzine.com/QPR/v2.showNews.php?id=19004 |
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Post by FloridaR on Apr 6, 2009 1:59:19 GMT
Exactly Vine - expect a summer transfer for objecting to the club's policy.
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Post by QPR Report on Apr 6, 2009 6:26:30 GMT
Also:
Daily Mirror - VINE IN BLAST AT DEXTER SWITCH - Qpr striker Rowan Vine criticised the Rangers board for sending Dexter Blackstock on loan without telling boss Paulo Sousa.
- The Portuguese manager admitted on Saturday he was not consulted before Blackstock moved to Nottingham Forest last month.
- Sousa's revelation comes five months after Iain Dowie was sacked after reportedly refusing to let chairman Flavio Briatore pick the team.
- And it is still clear who controls the signings at Loftus Road.
- Vine, who returned on Saturday after a year out with a broken leg, said: "There doesn't seem to be much need to let your top goalscorer go for the last month of the season.
- "I don't see the sense in it but it's not my decision. I was just surprised it's happened." And Palace boss Neil Warnock hinted he would quit if he was put in Sousa's position.
- "People who know me know what I would have done," said Warnock....
Daily Express/Mark Ritson - RANGERS NEED VINE TO FLOURISH
-ROWAN VINE insists he will fill the void left in QPR’s attack following the board’s controversial decision to allow top scorer Dexter Blackstock to leave on loan.
-Blackstock had netted 12 goals for Rangers this season but has been shipped out to Nottingham Forest – much to the bemusement of boss Paulo Sousa.
-It leaves the Hoops with just one fit striker – 19-year-old Samuel Di Carmine, who has hit the target just three times this season.
-Vine, 26, is now willing to shoulder those goal-scoring duties after making his first appearance of the season in the bore draw with Palace, exactly a year after breaking his leg.
-Vine, just like his manager, was surprised to see Blackstock’s departure – but now hopes to capitalise on his absence.
-He said: “I was surprised to see him leave. He’s our top goalscorer, whether he is fancied or not. There didn’t seem a lot of need to let him go. It doesn’t really make sense.
- “He’s a striker who’s fit and has done well this season, and he can nick you the odd goal. But I’m happy to be involved, even at someone’s expense.”- Both these sides have been goal-shy of late. Adel Taarabt and Liam Miller had the best chances in the first half for Rangers. Palace looked brighter in the second, and Victor Moses and Jose Fonte went close, while they were lucky to finish the match with 11 men.
-Defender Claude Davis twice clattered Di Carmine to send Sousa into a rage and he was restrained from running on to the pitch by the fourth official.
-Sousa’s outburst saw him sent to the stands by referee Scott Mathieson, while Davis received a booking for his part. Palace manager Neil Warnock vowed to lend his support to Sousa if he is hauled in front of the Football Association.
-He also hinted that he would not be happy should his club decide to loan out a player without his consent.
- Warnock added: “Every club has their own way of dealing with things. I would imagine it is a permanent deal for Blackstock. Most people know what I would have done in that situation, but you don’t know what the terms were when he came to the club.-I have sympathy for Paulo with him being sent off. The technical areas at QPR are very small. The ref was being fussy.”
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Post by QPR Report on Apr 6, 2009 13:41:37 GMT
But not on the Pravada Report. Not a whisper! QPR Official Site - VINE HAILS 'AMAZING OVATION'Rowan Vine reserved special praise for the QPR supporters following his long-awaited comeback against Crystal Palace on Saturday afternoon. Following a year long absence with a fractured leg, the former Birmingham City front-man entered the fray in the 73rd minute against the Eagles - and was met with a standing ovation from the Rangers faithful. "I'm delighted to be back," he told www.qpr.co.uk. "It's been a long hard struggle, so it was nice to be out there. "It's been a long time in coming, but the fans have always been great. The reception was amazing and I'd like to thank each and every one of the Rangers fans for that." Having returned unscathed from his 17 minute cameo, Vine - who showed glimpses of his undoubted ability in the 0-0 draw - already has one eye on next weekend's fixture against Burnley at Turf Moor. "In my mind, I just wanted to get back this season and I've done that, so now I'm looking forward to the run-in," he said. "It'll take time for me to get back to the level I was at before my injury, but I'm feeling good within myself and looking forward to Burnley next weekend and thereafter the remaining games of the season. "I'm fully confident that when I'm fully fit I can make a big difference here and I'm already looking forward to the start of next season." Vine also praised the support of his friends and family during his 12 months on the sidelines, commenting: "I'm a professional footballer who just wants to play football, so it was a frustrating period for me. "Setbacks are part and parcel of long term injuries, but I've had my friends and family around me and they've hoped me cope. "It's onwards and upwards now and I'm only looking towards the future." www.qpr.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10373~1614271,00.html |
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Post by londonranger on Apr 6, 2009 13:54:00 GMT
I dont think blabbing a lot to press (and of course the tabloids manufacture stories) helps a Briatore employee but this hasnt been demonstrated yet.
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Post by londonranger on Apr 6, 2009 15:07:05 GMT
curious what is Pravada?. Curious, what happenned to Fitz Hall, Stewart, icelander. Maybe it is Pravda or Izvestia, we get the news only when ??.................But we get lots of Propaganda.
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Post by Macmoish on Apr 6, 2011 6:21:58 GMT
Bump
Amazing how we thought so highly of Vine...
Not that he didn't recover from his injury which is of course sad. But more of an attitude issue that was so disappointing
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