Three Year Flashback: Paul Hart Exits QPR

[finney]

Falvio and Gianni when you are done with you're great four year plan.
Can we have our club back please oh and do not worry about the mess we fixed it all before and will do again.
Just close the door when you are done and what little fans are left just tell them to give us a shout will ya.

[londonranger]

Actually its sort of fun in a loony way. How long for Harford.
March 1.

[awrightmush]

the joke is scott you and your geeky little mates have been going for 5 minutes yet you ve wrecked the club, i hope you know a big stone where you can all hide

[klr]

Time to walk away for the time being Finney.

No one can justify attending the next home game IMO.

I think a blanket boycott amongst the whole fanbase for the next home game is the only way of getting a message across.

Absolute laughing stock of World Football, never mind Britain.

Absolutely Mental.

Bananas beyond belief!

[awrightmush]

agree klr....leave it to watrbs to go and then they may realise what paladini has left them with.....

[scottjones]

Jan 14, 2010 23:58:31 GMT @awrightmush said:

the joke is scott you and your geeky little mates have been going for 5 minutes yet you ve wrecked the club, i hope you know a big stone where you can all hide

ive been going since i was a toddler mate.

I dont think you can put the demise of QPR on my shoulders lol

[finney]

No but you done a grand job defending Gianni and come on will ya he looked after you the other night and even texted him.
So do not try and say not me gov when you are one of the leading lights of the Gianni misinformation crew.
You are in with Gianni up too your neck.

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Guardian

Paul Hart may be latest to exit Loftus Road• Paul Hart has been in charge for just five games
• Mick Harford lined up to take team to Blackpool
Buzz up!
Digg it
guardian.co.uk, Friday 15 January 2010 00.12 GMT Article history
Paul Hart. Photograph: Neal Simpson/Empics Sport

Queens Park Rangers last night parted ways with Paul Hart after just five games in charge, according to reports. Strained ­dressing-room relations led to Hart ­becoming the sixth manager to be ­dismissed from Loftus Road since Flavio Briatore became chairman in late 2007.

The former Portsmouth manager was brought in on 17 December when Jim ­Magilton was dismissed, also following a reported dressing-room bust-up. Mick Harford, Hart's assistant manager, is expected to step back into the breach for tomorrow's trip to Blackpool, according to the Daily Telegraph. The 50-year-old has previously been ­caretaker at ­Loftus Road after John ­Gregory was sacked in 2007.

Luigi De Canio holds the distinction of being the longest serving manager under Briatore's chairmanship. The Italian was in charge for 35 games, yielding just 12 wins, between late October 2007, when he took over from Harford's first stint as caretaker, and his exit in May 2008.

Hart's position at QPR is reported to have been undermined by a breakdown in relations with Adel Taarabt, a 20-year-old Moroccan midfielder on loan from ­Tottenham Hotspur, who has scored four goals this season.

Taarabt is said to have voiced his displeasure at having only started twice and made one further appearance as a substitute in Hart's five games as manager. Hart's reported demise at the hands of a dressing-room power struggle echoes that of his ­predecessor, Magilton, who left after a falling out with the midfielder Akos Buzsaky. The former Ipswich manager was in charge for 24 games between April and December last year.

QPR's record under Hart reads one win and two draws. His last game in charge saw QPR concede three goals in 70 minutes at home to Sheffield United in a 3-2 defeat to be eliminated in the FA Cup fourth round on Tuesday night. The club had let a lead slip for United to force the replay in their previous game. QPR sit in 10th in the Championship, four points on the play-offs, and have a goal difference of just two and a poor defensive record.

Hart is reported to have been appointed on a short-term basis until the end of the season and spent part of ­yesterday in discussions with his legal representatives to negotiate the terms of his departure. For Hart, the dismissal is his second departure from a managerial job following his exit from Portsmouth in November after 30 games in charge
www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jan/14/paul-hart-qpr-manager

[klr]

You really are a strange strange person Scott.

On the one hand you come on here trying to seek "solidarity" with your so called "fellow fans"

On the other hand, you were not 24 hours ago crowing to all & sundry about being part of the in crowd at the QPR "C-Club"

Without knowing you, you come across as a very sad transparent man.

Are you even aware of how transparent you come across as ??

[scottjones]

Jan 15, 2010 0:15:20 GMT @klr said:

You really are a strange strange person Scott.

On the one hand you come on here trying to seek "solidarity" with your so called "fellow fans"

On the other hand, you were not 24 hours ago crowing to all & sundry about being part of the in crowd at the QPR "C-Club"

Without knowing you, you come across as a very sad transparent man.

Are you even aware of how transparent you come across as ??

i'm an open book

[eusebio13]

oh my God, just logged on to find that we are the most ridiculous club in the world

[klr]

You have to say this is actually getting to the stage of beyond mental, its just beyond words now.
The plan is to take the club under, surely ?

[awrightmush]

i saw your photo yesterday and ive been going every week for 39 years, and ive never seen your face before. i know someone who reckons you went on and off for about 5 years before your mate turned up...you are a complete feckin liar, just like your councillor mate, pete the chelsea fan and myu the plastic manc, funky the dreamer and a few other silly little boys. people will never forget the part your little gang have played in the destruction of QPR.....so laugh all you want "Fella" just remember that everything you have written is there for all to see....

[klr]

Jan 15, 2010 0:27:25 GMT @awrightmush said:

i saw your photo yesterday and ive been going every week for 39 years, and ive never seen your face before. i know someone who reckons you went on and off for about 5 years before your mate turned up...you are a complete feckin liar, just like your councillor mate, pete the chelsea fan and myu the plastic manc, funky the dreamer and a few other silly little boys. people will never forget the part your little gang have played in the destruction of QPR.....so laugh all you want "Fella" just remember that everything you have written is there for all to see....

agree with that 100%

This shower of so called fans have done their job of facilitating a lot of the genuinely "Anti QPR" activity that has gone on under this regime.
And like the saying goes, they will have to go down playing their masters tune like the band on the Titanic that played on in to that that dark cold night.

[londonranger]

At present, QPR seem unmanageable. The demoralisation of the team and the handful of prima donnas who are supported by Pal and

Flav has put us in wreckage. These blows seem to be mortal. Unless they resign or are removed in short order we will slide down and

then he will walk away, so as I write this willl add a poem.

Funeral Blues.

Abbreviated and edited.

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone.

Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone.

Silence the pianos and with a muffled drum.

Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.


They were my North my South,my East and West.

My working week and my sunday rest.

My noon my midnight, my talk, my song.

I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.

W.H. Auden.

[eusebio13]

I suspect the Teflon Don will somehow survive this debacle

[FloridaR]

unbelieveable

What now ? More Turmoil............

[londonranger]

There is a Record that Flav is itching to break. The Record. Ten minutes. Rosenior, Torquay United. (Clive)

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The Times

January 15, 2010

Paul Hart parts company with QPR after five matchesNick Szczepanik


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Hart leaves with Portsmouth tenth in the table
Paul Hart has left Queens Park Rangers after five games in charge of the Coca-Cola Championship club.

He is reported to have left by mutual consent, with Mick Harford, his assistant, expected to take over for the remainder of the season.

Hart, 56, who was sacked as manager of Portsmouth on November 24, took over from Jim Magilton at Loftus Road on December 17, on a contract for the rest of the present campaign.

In that time he has presided over one victory, two draws and two defeats, hardly a record that demanded his departure, but then the manager’s seat at Loftus Road has recently been the hottest in football.

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Hart becomes the sixth full-time manager to leave Loftus Road since Flavio Briatore took over the club in September 2007, with three different caretaker managers also employed. One was Harford, 50, who stood in after John Gregory became Briatore’s first sacking, in October 2007.

Hart leaves QPR in tenth position in the table, but only four points behind the play-off places. However, his style of play has not impressed the Rangers support, who booed the team after victory over Bristol City and jeered him again in the 3-2 home defeat by Sheffield United in Tuesday’s FA Cup third-round replay before a crowd of just 5,780.

There have also been reports of player dissatisfaction, with Adel Taarabt, the Morrocan midfield player who is on loan from Tottenham Hotspur, unhappy at a shortage of first-team opportunities. Magilton was dismissed after a falling-out with Akos Buzsaky.

www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article6989043.ece

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The Sun

Hart given the boot by QPRBy PAUL JIGGINS

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QPR ditched boss Paul Hart last night - after just five games.

The former Pompey chief last month became the TENTH boss of controversial Rangers owner Flavio Briatore's 2½-year reign.


Hart was due to be in charge until the end of the season but did not even last that long.


The club claimed his departure was "by mutual consent".


But SunSport understands Hart's relationship with the board turned sour within DAYS of him taking over on December 17.


The writing was on the wall as soon as Hart told his new bosses that he was eager to bring in SIX new players - and ship out SIX more - this month.


A source revealed: "The club thought they were putting a steady hand on the tiller when they appointed Paul.


"But it didn't take long for those upstairs to realise they had made a huge mistake in giving him the job. They wanted some stability but Paul wanted to replace half a team."

It is thought that Hart's No 2 Mick Harford may be offered the job until the end of the season.


Read more: www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/2809249/Hart-given-the-boot-by-QPR.html#ixzz0cdcI9wc1

[londonranger]

This is beyond the realm of rationality, Doesnt one Board member have the guts to resign in protest?

[Lonegunmen]

They say that there is no such thing as bad publicity. Think our club have proved there is.

[QPR Report]

And they STOLE MY BLOG HEADLINE!! "Another One Bites the Dust"
"...A close friend of Hart's confirmed the departure and said: 'It's unreal what's happened here.'

Daily Mail

Manager Paul Hart axed by QPR after just five games By Sportsmail Reporter Last updated at 12:59 AM on 15th January 2010

Another one bites the dust: Paul Hart becomes the sixth full-time manager to leave QPR since Flavio Briatore took over

Queens Park Rangers were plunged into further turmoil when manager Paul Hart left the club by mutual consent after just five games in charge.
Hart, axed by Portsmouth in November, was appointed at Loftus Road as a replacement for Jim Magilton on December 17. The Irishman had departed in controversial style following a dressing-room bust-up with Akos Buzsaky following a defeat at Watford.
A close friend of Hart's confirmed the departure and said: 'It's unreal what's happened here.'

Hart was handed a contract until the end of the season and started well, with four points from his first two games.

However, the Boxing Day victory over Bristol City still led to boos from a section of fans and they lost 3-0 at Ipswich two days later.

A 3-2 defeat by Sheffield United in Tuesday's FA Cup third-round replay was his final game and there are also suggestions that, like his predecessor, Hart's position at the club may have been undermined by a fall-out with one of the players - this time Moroccan winger Adel Taarabt, currently on loan from Tottenham.

The former Nottingham Forest manager is now out of work for the second time in two months following his departure at Fratton Park.

After keeping the club in the Premier League last season, Hart was shown the door just 13 games into the new season with Pompey bottom of the table and in the middle of a financial crisis.

The 56-year-old becomes the sixth full-time manager to leave QPR - a figure that rises to nine if you include caretaker bosses - since Flavio Briatore took over the club in September 2007. The west London club are currently tenth in the Championship table, four points off the play-offs.

Assistant Manager Mick Harford is likely to step in as caretaker boss while the search for Hart's replacement gets underway. The former QPR and Luton striker assumed caretaker duties in 2007 after John Gregory was sacked, but was then replaced by Italian Luigi De Canio who, ironically


Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1243353/Manager-Paul-Hart-axed-QPR-just-games.html#ixzz0cfBBco8I

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Londonist

Football: Another Manager Bites The Dust At QPR Just five games after he took the job, Queens Park Rangers boss Paul Hart has left Queens Park Rangers, "by mutual consent", in the cliched nomenclature of football management, and will be temporarily replaced by assistant Mick Harford. Relations between the manager and certain of the playng staff are reported to have broken down over Hart's team selections; when influential players, such as Adel Taarabt, complained about being left on the bench, the club hierarchy decided to defenestrate the gaffer. Hart is the tenth manager to have tried and failed with the Hoops since Flavio Briatore and his wealthy chums took the club over in 2006. None of them have lasted more than eight months, and the club remain in the middle of the Championship table. Coincidence?
londonist.com/2010/01/football_another_manager_bites_the.php

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BBC

Manager Paul Hart leaves QPR after five games

Three of Hart's five games in charge were against Sheffield United
Manager Paul Hart has left Queen's Park Rangers after just five games in charge of the Loftus Road club.

Coaches Mark Bircham and Steve Gallen have been placed in temporary charge of the first team, BBC Sport understands.

Former Portsmouth boss Hart took over on 17 December and managed one win in his five games, up to Tuesday's FA Cup defeat by Sheffield United.

Hart was the ninth man to take charge there since Italian Flavio Briatore took over as chairman in August 2006.

Hart, who replaced Jim Magilton, was given a contract until the end of the season, with Mick Harford as his assistant.

Three of his games in charge came against Sheffield United, 1-1 draws in the league and FA Cup before the Blades eventually won the Cup replay 3-2 on Tuesday.

The other two games were a 2-1 home win over Bristol City and a 3-0 defeat at Ipswich, both in the league.

QPR lie 10th in the Championship, four points outside the play-off places.

They face seventh-placed Blackpool, managed by former boss Ian Holloway, away on Saturday.

news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/q/qpr/8460505.stm

[cpr]

Tony Gale turned us down, live on Sky Sports News a short while ago.

[QPR Report]

Tony Gale?? Why on earth would he be even offered it?

[QPR Report]

Just to "clean up" the threads

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Guardian

Paul Hart leaves QPR after just five games in charge, club confirms• Hart was the sixth manager of Flavio Briatore's tenure
• Reports of a falling out with board over transfers

Press Association

Queens Park Rangers have confirmed manager Paul Hart's departure after just five games in charge. Hart, who was sacked by Portsmouth earlier this season, was the sixth manager, not including caretakers, of owner Flavio Briatore's two-and-a-half year tenure at Loftus Road.

"The club can confirm that manager Paul Hart has decided to leave Queens Park Rangers Football Club with immediate effect," read a statement on the club's website. "Assistant manager Mick Harford will be taking charge of first team affairs, starting with this weekend's Championship fixture at Blackpool. The club will be making no further comment at this stage."

The 56-year-old had been installed until the end of the season but now leaves the club after less than a month. Some reports today suggest he had fallen out with the Rangers board over transfers, while others claim he had argued with the on-loan midfielder Adel Taarabt.

Hart's final game in charge was Tuesday night's 3-2 FA Cup defeat by Sheffield United, watched by Briatore and fellow co-owner Bernie Ecclestone. A crowd of only 5,780 watched Rangers fall 3-0 behind and booed Hart when he brought off midfielder Alejandro Faurlin, to replace him with Taarabt.

The Hoops are currently 10th in the Championship ahead of tomorrow's trip to Blackpool, who are managed by their former manager Ian Holloway. Under Briatore, John Gregory, Luigi De Canio, Iain Dowie, Paulo Sousa, Jim Magilton and Hart have departed the managerial seat while Harford, Gareth Ainsworth (twice) and youth coaches Steve Gallen and Marc Bircham have had spells in caretaker charge.

Former Charlton Athletic and West Ham United manager Alan Curbishley has already been linked with the role.

www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jan/15/paul-hart-leaves-qpr-five-games

[QPR Report]

Club Statement "Hart has decided to leave..."
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CLUB STATEMENT
Posted on: Fri 15 Jan 2010
The Club can confirm that Manager Paul Hart has decided to leave Queens Park Rangers Football Club with immediate effect.

Assistant Manager Mick Harford will be taking charge of First Team affairs, starting with this weekend's Championship fixture at Blackpool.

The Club will be making no further comment at this stage.


www.qpr.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10373~1932972,00.html

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Mail
Paul Hart pleaded for time on eve of his departure from Queens Park Rangers

By Sportsmail Reporter 15th January 2010

Paul Hart called on his Queens Park Rangers bosses to end their trigger-happy approach to managers just hours before he was shown the door at Loftus Road.

Hart said chairman Flavio Briatore should 'buck the trend' of disposing with managers cheaply as he prepared his side to face Sheffield United in the FA Cup on Tuesday, only to see the 3-2 defeat be his last in charge.

The former Portsmouth boss left Rangers by mutual consent late on Thursday night, after just 28 days in charge.

He was the sixth permanent manager to depart since colourful former Formula One chief Briatore joined the club in September 2007.

And earlier this week he spoke of the revolving door policy at QPR.

'I am well aware that this club has proved difficult for managers in the past and we all know that stability brings success,' he told the London Evening Standard.

'I have seen a number of managers around the Football League dismissed rather harshly this season and it's time that QPR started to buck that trend.

'I don't see the challenge as succeeding where those other managers have failed at the club, I see the challenge as being to get this team as high up the table as possible.

'Maybe I am seen as a firefighter in my managerial career, but after 40 years in the game I've realised that you can't take anything for granted.

'When millionaires and billionaires take over at a club, that raises expectations and I think that may have been quite harmful here.'

Hart was right.

www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1243431/Paul-Hart-pleaded-time-eve-departure-Queens-Park-Rangers.html#ixzz0cfvJnBew