"Ramsey must step his game up"

[Hoop-du-Jour]

http://www.westlondonsport.com/qpr/ramsey-has-to-step-his-game-up-ferdinand

Les flexing his muscles...

[lymehoop]

important month, need to make amends for that foolham debacle

[HoopDoggyDogg]

11th in table, yet only 3 points less than the 4 teams in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th.
With the squad we have we should be walking this league!!

[acricketer]

Les distancing himself

[AlamoR]

Good to hear and the first time LF has applied pressure to Ramsey. Seems TF hasn't thrown in the towel yet.

[West Acton]

Think he is right to do so and publicly. There can be no arguments of what the expectations are

Also said the defensive record was unacceptable which it is. Wonder if Les will be accused of being negative, by some posters, like some of us fans are for expressing that view

[Ginger Ninja]

Think he is right to do so and publicly. There can be no arguments of what the expectations are

Also said the defensive record was unacceptable which it is. Wonder if Les will be accused of being negative, by some posters, like some of us fans are for expressing that view

No one has been accused of being negative by posters for criticising the defensive record.

[Jimmy Floyd Rabbit]

Friendship aside. Les has to look out for himself. At the end of the day, he is the man who employed him on a long term contract, and put his faith in him.

[nasser95]

Think he is right to do so and publicly. There can be no arguments of what the expectations are

Also said the defensive record was unacceptable which it is. Wonder if Les will be accused of being negative, by some posters, like some of us fans are for expressing that view

Never said that there was anything wrong with criticising the defensive record if there was due praise for the offensive record.

[dave58]

Glad to hear all this Bo**ocks about consolidation has gone , and its about trying to get promoted, (eapecially with the squad we have) As someone says earlier our DOF putting a bit of distance between him and Ramsey, maybe a bit of self preservation there? but he needs to remember he employed him on a 3 year contract, so has to take a fair bit of the blame, if as it might pan out as i expected that our youth team coach isn't good enough to manage a team of Pros and not kids

[Ramsey is god]

Friendship aside. Les has to look out for himself. At the end of the day, he is the man who employed him on a long term contract, and put his faith in him.

I cant understand where this theory comes from. Is Les paying him then? Did Les sort his contract out? No on both accounts so how is he the man who employed him?

Not too much in this story really. Just stating the obvious about conceding goals and our expectations. Would be really surprised if he said anything else.

[Jimmy Floyd Rabbit]

I cant understand where this theory comes from. Is Les paying him then? Did Les sort his contract out? No on both accounts so how is he the man who employed him?

Oh dear

[dave58]

It was part of the DOFs remit FACT that he was responsable for bringing in and finding the new manager, he decided to employ his mate Ramsey( if you want look at it technically TF employs him but he did this on our DOFs recommendation), rather than look any further, obviously beleiving that he was the best candidate (not that he looked much further) That's his job, so if thats not his job among other things like he's supposed to oversee tranfers along with the CEO and get them done and be TF right hand man whats the point of having him DOF, so he has to share the blame?

[Jimmy Floyd Rabbit]

Obviously fan boy above doesn't know the job of a DOF.

[stainrodisalegend]

I cant understand where this theory comes from. Is Les paying him then? Did Les sort his contract out? No on both accounts so how is he the man who employed him?

Not too much in this story really. Just stating the obvious about conceding goals and our expectations. Would be really surprised if he said anything else.

I think it is quite significant actually. Firstly Les is recognising publicly, a little late perhaps, that we should be doing much better with the squad we have, and its no point scoring three goals if we concede three goals (which is about the pattern so far). It was this apparent lack of ambition of the management after keeping hold of Charlie that has so infuriated many fans. Secondly, Les is being the clever politician here and leaving his options open so if it does become necessary to axe Ramsey in a month he has distanced himself and made his own position safe. He is right to have said it but I would be a bit more nervous now if I were Ramsey. Trevor Sinclair's suggestion that Ramsey should "relax" and "enjoy the season" is clearly not an option. And rightly so, every manager since Warnock seems to think that coasting and even defeat is acceptable, despite far greater spending than the likes of Palace. About time a few backsides were kicked.