LONEGUNMEN.......
LONEGUNMEN.......
Well to balance up the team I'm prepared to sign a short term deal as left back cover. I last played about 15 years ago for a Wellington Olympic social team but have looked after myself so the team will now be:
I've got a copy of the 1982 FA Cup Final programme (QPR v Spurs) in my hot little hand now (showed it to a Spurs fan mate at work although he wasn't born at the time of the game!), and I'm sure you'd love to see QPR with a line up of similar quality today (maybe not exactly the same guys as Glenn Roeder is getting on a bit)
QPR have appointed former Napoli and Siena boss Luigi De Canio as their new first-team coach.
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Mick Harford, who led Rangers to two wins and two draws as caretaker manager to guide them off the foot of the Coca-Cola Championship table, turned down a coaching role at the club and has left with immediate effect. De Canio has also managed Udinese, Reggina and Genoa and notably kept unfashionable Siena in Serie A for two seasons before leaving last summer. New Rangers owner Flavio Briatore had been linked with a number of Italian coaches before settling on De Canio, who takes over with Rangers lying second from bottom following Saturday's 1-0 win at Charlton. 'I am very excited at this fantastic opportunity to join Queens Park Rangers as their first-team coach,' De Canio said. 'For me it will be an honour to work for QPR, a club which is backed by Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore, two businessmen with an incredible track record of success in sport and other fields. 'I would like to thank them and I will not disappoint their expectations. I am fully committed to the project and I am looking forward to getting to work with the players in preparation for our forthcoming home fixture against Hull City on Saturday.' Rangers chairman Gianni Paladini said: 'The club is going through a phase of total restructuring and the appointment is the first important step in our long-term strategy. 'De Canio is a highly-motivated professional whose dynamic and aggressive approach fits perfectly with the image and philosophy of the new management.' Ex-England striker Harford left his role as assistant manager at Colchester in the summer to become Gregory's number two, and he had expressed his desire to take on the permanent job. 'We offered Mick a role within the new set-up and we're disappointed he has turned this down,' added Paladini. 'He has done a fantastic job since he arrived and his contribution will never be forgotten.'
It just gets better -
From the Hull Daily Mail website >>>
PHIL Brown insists QPR's Italian revolution will hold no fear for Hull City after gaining "insider info" from Mick Harford - the man Rangers axed four days ago.
QPR sit second bottom in the Championship and sacked Harford on Monday, favouring untried Italian Luigi De Canio to revive their fortunes.
The former Napoli and Udinese coach takes charge of his first game in English football tomorrow when the Tigers travel to Loftus Road.
But Brown has sought advice from De Canio's predecessor in a bid to plot the downfall of QPR and insists the Tigers have no reason to fear their opponents.
He told the Mail: "I've spoken to Mick Harford on two or three occasions this week to pick his brains on what's been going on at QPR.
Of course if your lot get up for the game LG and co, I may regret my foolish banter, but right now
I feeling good about this one. Okocha, Marney are back and Folan might be on the bench.
CMON CITY!!!
