Recently Gareth Ainsworth has not been making the starting 11 or even starting 16 as much as i would have preferred and he has been taking more of a behind-closed-doors coaching role, helping with the warm-up and giving team-talks etc.
Ainsworth has recently been made the club-captain however Martin Rowlands leads the team on the pitch and wears the armband even if both players are playing at the same time.
Gaz still has a year left on his current contract but it is due to be announced that he will take a new and re-defined role as a coach at the club.
In a recent interview he commented, "QPR is the only place I want to be and I hope my experience and knowledge of the game can help the club."
I have mixed feelings about this news. On one hand i am glad such an individual of such experience and quality is committed to the club yet on the other i sense it calls to a close Ainsworth's starting days - a great shame as he still has much to offer. I often feel he is worthy of a place in the 11, especially in Ephraim's abscence and i think it is riduclous not to have him on the bench in favour of a selection of defenders.
It is great he is taking an active role of the pitch but Ainsworth should still be involved on the pitch. Either way, it is great that we have an English QPR Pro on the coaching staff as a sign of the old QPR, pre Bernie and flavio. I only wish some of the other recent QP|R legends were treated with the same respect ... Bircham, Furlong etc
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