Lyndon Dykes makes dig at Michael Beale with Instagram post as QPR see some of their managerial shortlist revealed this week.
Dykes played under the new Rangers boss during the 42-year-old’s six month stint at the Championship club, and had been Beale’s first choice this season, scoring six goals so far this season.
However, Dykes now faces playing under a different boss for the remainder of the season after Beale made the decision to head back to Ibrox instead of enduring a potential promotion push with the Loftus Road outfit.
Dykes story 🤣🤣🤣 caught me off guard that song pic.twitter.com/5N1psq58B9
— CW7 👑 (@manlikewillock) November 29, 2022
Beale left in controversial fashion after pledging his commitment to Queens Park Rangers by turning down the opportunity to speak to Wolves when they were on the search for a new manager.
He said at the time that he couldn’t be the first person to jump ship and insisted he was at the club for the long-haul.
Yet just six weeks later, he went on to be appointed as Gio van Bronckhorst’s successor at Rangers, and the decision has clearly angered some of the QPR players with Dykes taking aim.
In a cryptic now-deleted post, he shows a photo of him playing for QPR, but he’s added a song to it and it’s got some rather interesting lyrics in the background.
Lyndon Dykes uploaded a story to Instagram with a song behind it…
The lyrics- ‘Gotta keep working. Watch for the Snakes watch for the Vermin’
Indirect Lyndon?😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/sGYkCHQZr7
— UpTheRs (@UpTheRs) November 29, 2022
He picked the tune ‘West Connect’ by Luciano – and it starts with the lyrics: “Watch for the snakes, watch for the vermin. This weren’t a mistake, did it on purpose.”
Beale responded to his QPR critics following his appointment as he insisted that leaving the club was a “very difficult decision”.
On his exit, Beale told Sky Sports: “It was a really difficult situation.
“I was extremely happy at QPR. I was really happy there in terms of my personal life.
“Les Ferdinand was outstanding with me and the four owners, I spoke to them on the phone in the last 24 hours and they’ve really been good owners.
“They understand the reasons. There’s family and football reasons that have (made me) come to this decision.
“There’s a difference in the size of the clubs, it’s fair to say. There was more in the background than with previous opportunities in the Premier League.
“There were two or three opportunities that came out of nowhere.
“It’s not a financial decision. There were other opportunities that were financially bigger.
“It’s a football decision and also a decision on my personal life as my family are very happy and comfortable here in Glasgow.
“What’s important now is to get on with this job. But what I would like to say to QPR fans is the club’s moving in the right way with good owners that are running the club very well.
“All I can say is thank you to everybody. I know I’ve disappointed a few but it’s never as simple as people think it is and the opportunities that have been presented to me recently have been very difficult to turn down,” Beale told Sky Sports.
“This one was impossible to turn down.
“It’s fair to say it’s been a whirlwind since I left Steven [Gerrard] and stepped out on my own,” added the new Gers boss.
SKY BET ODDS
Neil Critchley – 4/11
Chris Wilder – 6/1
Sean Dyche – 12/1
Scott Parker – 14/1
Anthony Barry – 16/1
Michael Appleton – 16/1
Gareth Ainsworth – 18/1
Mark Robins – 20/1
Steven Gerrard – 20/1
QPR‘s search for a new manager got underway before Michael Beale’s departure to Rangers was confirmed on Monday, with Coventry City boss Mark Robins seemingly catching their eye according to reports.
QPR are willing to pay the necessary compensation, despite him signing a new contract with the Sky Blues side in May.
A return of just one point from a possible 15 has seen QPR drop out of the playoffs, so it’s understandable they’re targeting one of the division’s most in-form managers in Mark Robins.
In 286 games in charge of Coventry, Robins has picked up 119 matches, drew 69 and lost 98, with a strong points-per-game average of 1.49 compared to Beale who averaged just 1.41 points per match after winning just nine of his 22 fixtures, so there seems little to suggest that Robins couldn’t do a similarly impressive job at Loftus Road should he become the former Aston Villa assistant’s replacement.
For now, it’s former Blackpool manager Neil Critchley who is the favourite for the job.
His most-recent position was as Steven Gerrard’s assistant manager at Aston Villa, after making the controversial switch from a successful manager at the Tangerines to an unsuccessful one at Villa and was sacked just a few months after his arrival, but might be back on the touchline in a job at QPR.
During his time with Blackpool, Critchley won 47 games of 109 in charge, averaging an impressive 1.52 points per game as he led them to promotion from League One before comfortably avoiding relegation in the second tier the following season.
Meanwhile, Chris Wilder has reportedly thrown his hat into the ring for the vacant Queens Park Rangers job with the 55-year-old wanting a swift return to management.
Wilder has a lot of experience of the Championship having had spells at Sheffield United and Middlesbrough, before he was sacked in October.
Wilder, who led the Blades to the top flight in 2019, could appeal because of his success at Bramall Lane and will not cost any compensation.
QPR currently sit level on points with sixth-placed Millwall in the final playoff spot.
But their goal difference is two worse off having played one match more than the fellow Londoners.
Twitter users reacted as Lyndon Dykes makes a dig at Michael Beale with his Instagram post and the QPR managerial shortlist gets revealed…
@manlikewillock: My striker 🥷🏼🤣
@latest_qpr: What a guy
@samprior1882: Good man
@Michael52560726: How can you not love the man
@whitelawkr: Well done Lyndon
@BexleyRanger: Naughty but fair 👏
@ScottyTrfc: Thankfully that puts to bed any Ranfers transfer links. Phew. Cheers big man. 🤣💃 big Donkey
@HRHJaffeJoffer: mean, if this was deliberate (?) then fair fucks to Dykes. Imagine if the snake leaving has a galvanising effect on the squad 🙏🙏🙏 #QPR
@itsHarryWills: Shithouse level: Dykes
@lee_nicoll: Fuck it, rangers you know what to do. Sign him up.
@adn_hoops: Lyndon Dykes is the best on Earth 😍
@TeddyboyQPR: Fuck me I hope this meant what we want it to 😂😂😂
@abzyic44: it would be so QPR for out of all of this Lyndon Dykes becomes a cult hero
@Judecairns_: what a bloke
@Niks8_: Lyndon Dykes has gone well up in my estimation with his post 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
@MrFahey_83: Lyndon Dykes is the best on earth. What a post on his insta. #lyndondykes
@sayersy1872: Lyndon Dykes basically calling Beale a snake on his instagram account 😂 I’d see the point if he was a good fucking goal scorer but he’s Pish!
@Josh37857718: Lyndon dykes is absolutely world class tbf with his 9 goals for Livingston up here
@StonesThrow_W12: I’m liking this Lyndon Dykes post, anger at the situation with a point to prove & the rest should feel the same 🔵⚪️ #QPR
@Lark_star: Lyndon dykes gone up in my estimation subtly calling Beale vermin and a snake love that #qpr
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