Barton hails Hughes

by Setanta Staff , 25 January 2012 football news

Joey Barton says the club are reaping the benefits of new manager Mark Hughes and claims they are more organised than before.


Hughes' arrival has lead to a clean sheet and fresh start for all the players in the squad and Akos Buzsaky and Tommy Smith both took their chances at the weekend with goals against Wigan in the 3-1 win.

"There's obviously a different way of doing things and the lads are really embracing the new methods," Barton told the club's official website.

"It's certainly a lot different to those things I've been used to in my short time at the club."

QPR play west London rivals Chelsea in the FA Cup fourth round on Saturday and Barton has called for his side to keep up their momentum.

"We've got a big FA Cup tie coming up this weekend and we'll be looking to crank it up another level. This is only the start - we can get a lot, lot better."

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Team P W D L +/- PTS
1.
Man City
38
28
5
5
64
89
2.
Man Utd
38
28
5
5
56
89
3.
Arsenal
38
21
7
10
25
70
4.
Tottenham
38
20
9
9
25
69
5.
Newcastle
38
19
8
11
5
65
6.
Chelsea
38
18
10
10
19
64
7.
Everton
38
15
11
12
10
56
8.
Liverpool
38
14
10
14
7
52
9.
Fulham
38
14
10
14
-3
52
10.
West Brom
38
13
8
17
-7
47
11.
Swansea
38
12
11
15
-7
47
12.
Norwich
38
12
11
15
-14
47
13.
Sunderland
38
11
12
15
-1
45
14.
Stoke
38
11
12
15
-17
45
15.
Wigan
38
11
10
17
-20
43
16.
Aston Villa
38
7
17
14
-16
38
17.
QPR
38
10
7
21
-23
37
18.
Bolton
38
10
6
22
-31
36
19.
Blackburn
38
8
7
23
-30
31
20.
Wolverhampton
38
5
10
23
-43
25
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