"Queens Park Rangers drew 1-1 with Huddersfield Town earlier in the season. Les Ferdinand has admitted to the London Evening Standard that he wasn’t happy with the way Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink approached Queens Park Rangers’ match against Huddersfield Town. QPR managed to pick up a 1-1 draw against Huddersfield, but they were fortunate to grab a point in a match where they were largely dominated. Rangers’ performance in the contest was worrying, but Ferdinand insists that display is the only blot on Hasselbaink’s copy book, as things stand - despite the Dutchman’s failure to win any of his first six matches. “Obviously you hope any manager hits the ground running but we still feel we have the right man to take the club forward,” he said. “Being 11 points off [the play-offs] doesn’t rule anything out because clubs have still gone runs to win promotion. "There are still 21 games to go and a lot of points to play for. Barring Huddersfield [when they drew 1-1], everyone has been pleased with the way the team have approached matches since Jimmy arrived.” Hasselbaink inherited QPR at a point where they appeared to be moving in an upwards direction, but their momentum has been halted by their poor sequence of recent results. QPR have slipped all the way down to 16th place and despite Ferdinand’s positivity, their chances of being promoted look very slim." Surely a bit early to start vocalising public criticism of the new manager. Is Les covering his backside?
So JFL isnt LF's puppet? I must say Ferdinaind has put himself in a position whereby he can manipulate rhe manager whilst hiding behind him and not having any risk. Personally i think the club would benifit from both Les and Sinton coaching and getting rid of the DOF and ambassador role.
Les Ferdinand needs to 'e-bomb' (engage brain before mouth) as he has previous experience of where his candour has caused him embarrassment:
Has SLF ever managed any team? A genuine query as I don't know but if not it must be difficult to have him commenting on you as a manager. Better he just makes decisions in basis of outcomes
Bet JFH loves having SLF hovering around and making unsupportive comments or maybe that's what a DOF does.
Absolutely stupid comment. He has a lot to learn. The most important being that just because a journo asks you a question you are not obliged to say anything. However look at yourselves. He has only said what all on here have already said. The Huddersfield performance was woeful. However for those who see this as some manipulation by Sir Les to safeguard his own position, think it through again. His man (that's what you've said) and he is now getting ready to give him the last rites - after seven games. How does that reflect on him? The future does not bode well for him if his choices of managers result in consecutive failures. There's a far simpler explanation. He is a moron. Not a Machiavelli.
One function of a DOF must surely be to support the manager, including in public. There may be debate and positive criticism behind the scenes - that's healthy. Les seems to be distancing himself from the manager and so creating a Teflon coat for himself. One thing JFH will have worked out by now. In tough times, Les Ferdinand will not be there for him
Sir Les should of course be careful what he says, but to be honest I don't particularly interpret that sentence as a criticism of JFH so much as being a criticism of the team and their performance in one match. It's easy to read too much into these things I reckon.
That's commendably charitable of you, OLFA, but I'd say this was pretty much unequivocal: "Les Ferdinand has admitted to the London Evening Standard that he wasn’t happy with the way Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink approached Queens Park Rangers’ match against Huddersfield Town"
But surely that's just the interpretation which the Evening Standard have made of the same quote, no?
It's true Les made some mild implicit criticism of JFH, and the Standard have made it sound explicit. Perhaps you're right, perhaps Les just has to wise up when dealing with the press...
Was just about to do the same, an absolute non-story. Still gives the SLF haters some phoney fuel for their phoney fire.
Whoever picked the team that played against Huddersfield and set them up to play that way requires a stern talking to. At the very least.