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Post by Premier League News on May 11, 2015 5:51:50 GMT
Head coach believes QPR’s players have failed to deliver this season Chris Ramsey agreed with his captain, Joey Barton, that Queens Park Rangers have some “bad eggs”, although the head coach refused to identify them after the 6-0 defeat at Manchester City that confirmed the club’s relegation from the Premier League.QPR are bottom after 36 games with 27 points, having won just seven times. Before the match Barton claimed “one or two” bad eggs had disrupted the season and Ramsey said: “I think if you go to any club there are going to be bad eggs and those sort of people. What Joey probably alluded to is there are people who could have helped us who haven’t helped us. “For me it is about focusing on not doing what we needed to do. I don’t know if I’m the right person sat in this position to blame anybody. “I’ve been given a marvellous opportunity and unfortunately it was a situation that was already in decline. The players have shown a lot of fight and determination to stay in the league. But you don’t end up where you are in the league by fluke. “We have given up 10 points after 80 minutes which shows there is probably a problem with concentration or fitness. There is some sort of lack of X-factor that does not take us to the last minute. “This is probably the only top team, since I’ve been involved, that we haven’t given a proper match. The Arsenals, Liverpools and Chelseas, we have been in it to the last minute but given away goals.” When Shaun Wright-Phillips entered as a late replacement he was booed by his own supporters. In January Harry Redknapp, the former manager, criticised the winger for not moving on, saying: “It is very difficult when you earn that much money to play anywhere else.” Ramsey, though, denied Wright-Phillips was one of the malcontents. “I wouldn’t say Shaun particularly, he’s been on the bench most of the time,” said the head coach. “I’ve used him when the time has been . There are obviously other players who could have helped us.”
With regard to his own job, Ramsey said: “I don’t know about my position. The club will make an announcement at the end of a season. It is always difficult when you are sat here and you have lost 6-0 because I know generally people will look for heads when there is a heavy defeat.
“I don’t know what is going to happen. I am hoping they will make a positive decision towards me. I want to help them in their long-term plans. As we know a lot changes in football so you don’t know where you will be. It is well documented about our wage bill. From a financial point of view, the club is in a position to readjust its finances and have a more realistic wage bill for where we will be, which is the Championship.”
QPR’s financial future is uncertain in the extreme, with the prospect of a £58m fine from the Football League for financial fair play irregularities hanging over the club. Ramsey said: “The owners will save us from going over the edge. I don’t really understand the bits and bobs of what has gone on before I came. We have very good owners and board members that will make sure we put something in place to make sure QPR don’t end up like some of the other teams that have slid all the way down the divisions and ended up in the financial mire.”
Manuel Pellegrini denied any knowledge of the rumours again linking the Bayern Munich manager, Pep Guardiola, to his job. “I’ve not read the reports. I don’t hear and don’t read any reports,” the City coach said. “Nobody told me.”
By Jamie Jackson / Guardian
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