Interesting... this isn't just "we didn't like the results." According to the club: "It came to the Club's attention that Mr De Sousa had, without authority, divulged highly confidential and sensitive information. The Club, with legal advice, responded in this way to protect its position."
One of his backroom staff got the sack just three days ago. http://www.qpr.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10373~1614686,00.html Don't know if there's any relationship to today's action.
Starting? What a shambles. My only feint hope is that the Mittal family is as into the club as rumoured and can take it off the hands of Briatore/Ecclestone. No offense to any friends of Italian heritage - but I'm sick of this club being run like a squirrely, corrupt, flight of fancy. My God, even administration looks better by comparison. What a ********ing shit sports week this is. Pardon my Latin.
...and Paladini. Since Ian Holloway was "sacked" a little over three years ago there've been 9 managers (including caretakers), 7 in the last year and a half since Flavitore took over. It's emberassing.
Ownership is fighting PR battles on all fronts: http://www.qpr.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10373~1625787,00.html http://www.qpr.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10373~1623337,00.html
At the same time, they've extended the "early bird" season ticket renewal date by a month, reduced "early bird" renewal prices by 5% (double the VAT reduction), and reduced regular season ticket prices by 2.5% (the amount of the VAT reduction). http://www.qpr.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10373~1622358,00.html
Roy Keane is the name being thrown around the British and Irish media as a possibility for the vacant manager's seat... http://www.herald.ie/sport/soccer/keane-is-linked--to-qpr-hotseat-1714669.html Or is he? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...Roy-Keane-keen-replacing-Paulo-Sousa-QPR.html
I don't think you'll find that any of us were calling for him to get fired in the first place. It came out of the blue to us.