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I am sure if this is not true GP will sue IH, but its funny that nothing has changed over the years and could explain why we have to get untried wanabee's or first class failures to come and be first team coach.
"What I said to Ian back in our days at QPR together was that it was a mistake for the chairman to run off and get him because he was on our list and we were going to talk about him.
"I said to the owner (Gianni Paladini) I'm going on holiday for a week, a little break. Two days later he's on the phone shouting that he's got Ian Evatt.
"I just thought 'what is going on?' We had signed him without even giving the player a medical and you can't run a football club like that.
"So I said to Ian 'hang on a minute this is what happened'.
"It was my frustration with the board and I didn't need to be that upfront with him.
"I think it affected the kid. But at the time the defence wasn't my top priority.
"I had Clarke Carlisle and Danny Shittu and what I was looking to do was buy a striker to add to the ones I already had. I think that QPR team would have done something if we had done that.
"What I said to Ian back in our days at QPR together was that it was a mistake for the chairman to run off and get him because he was on our list and we were going to talk about him.
"I said to the owner (Gianni Paladini) I'm going on holiday for a week, a little break. Two days later he's on the phone shouting that he's got Ian Evatt.
"I just thought 'what is going on?' We had signed him without even giving the player a medical and you can't run a football club like that.
"So I said to Ian 'hang on a minute this is what happened'.
"It was my frustration with the board and I didn't need to be that upfront with him.
"I think it affected the kid. But at the time the defence wasn't my top priority.
"I had Clarke Carlisle and Danny Shittu and what I was looking to do was buy a striker to add to the ones I already had. I think that QPR team would have done something if we had done that.
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