Warnock in for long haul

11 March 2010 10:24
QPR boss Neil Warnock feels the club's players are benefiting from knowing he has signed a long-term contract at Loftus Road. Warnock is Rangers' fifth manager of the season but, following the departure of controversial chairman Flavio Briatore, his appointment on a three-and-a-half year deal looks set to usher in a rare period of stability in west London. While so-called 'player-power' is rumoured to have accounted for some Hoops managers in the past, Warnock has made it clear he will be around a lot longer than any squad members who do not want to play ball. "I've said to them if they want to stick around then do what I say and if they don't then they will be leaving," he said. "I suppose in the past they must have thought 'we'll be all right in a couple of weeks'."

Source: PA