Hoop Dreams - QPR FC

Even though the transfer window has slammed shut, QPR aren't necessarily finished with additions to their squad.

Since last week, it has been reported that right-back Moritz Volz, formerly of Arsenal and Fulham, was training with the club.

The German, a big David Hasselhoff fan (the photo above is taken from his own website) was in line to start today for QPR's reserves in a friendly with Reading which kicked off at 1pm, allowing the back-room staff a better indication of his suitability for first-team football.

He has been without a club since leaving Fulham last summer and spent most of the autumn trying to recover from a serious groin injury at a rehab centre in Germany. At the start of this year, he resumed training with another former club, Schalke 04, at their mid-season break in Andalusia and was also linked with Hertha Berlin during the January transfer window.

The right-back position is under-represented in the current QPR squad. Peter Ramage is the only tailor-made right-back at the club, but he doesn't appear to be a first-choice pick under new manager Mick Harford and hasn't started a game since QPR were knocked out of the FA Cup on 12th January.

In Roy We Trust


New loan striker Tamas Priskin, signed yesterday from Ipswich, must have played a real stinker in The Tractor Boys' 2-0 defeat to Preston on Saturday.

On Friday, Ipswich manager Roy Keane told local press that Priskin was going nowhere and that he had a definite future at the club.

"He's staying at the club and deserves a chance," said Keane.

"Our fans have been very, very patient with the team so far and maybe we all need to be a bit more patient with Tamas."

No more than 65 minutes of patience though. That's how long Priskin stayed on the pitch at Deepdale before being brought off for Pablo Counago.

By Monday, he was west London bound.

Better Than Being On Channel Five


Trawling through Media Guardian to look for jobs (surprise, surprise, there aren't any) can result in unexpected surprises.

Apparently, the new Channel 4 chairman, Lord Burns, is a QPR supporter and boned up on his new channel's output by tuning into Celebrity Big Brother, allowing him to watch former QPR player-manager Vinnie Jones (pictured above) 24 hours a day. The Guardian recommend that programme-makers now start to look for QPR links when making their programmes.

Can I suggest The (Jay) Simpsons, Come Vine With Me and a remake of Shameless starring Flavio Briatore?

I'll get my coat.