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QPR co-chairman Tony Fernandes has given his full backing to director of football Les Ferdinand and manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink despite the clubs disappointing attempt to bounce straight back into the Premier League. QPR are 12th in the Championship, 13 points behind sixth-placed Sheffield Wednesday - who they play on Tuesday night at Hillsborough - with Hasselbaink collecting just two wins from his 14 games in charge.But, although Fernandes accepts it has been a struggle on their return to English footballs second tier, he believes the right pieces are in place at Loftus Road. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (left) poses with director of football Les Ferdinand after being appointed QPR boss I think Les has been a fantastic guy, he told Sky Sports News HQ. Some of the fans give him stick but he knows what he wants, hes done some great deals for us, hes honest, hes hard-working.Jimmy is new but I love his enthusiasm. Again, he knows what he wants, hes very forthright. Hes very clear. I hope this is the foundation weve been dreaming of for a long, long time. We want to be back this season, who wouldnt? Weve probably missed the boat this time so I hope in the short term we start playing good football and we start giving players who are going to be here for the long-term game time. Hopefully well be competing in the not-too-distant future. Charlie Austin left Loftus Road in January in a £4m move to Southampton Fernandes believes Southampton got one of the bargains of the season when they signed striker Charlie Austin for £4m in January, but thinks the club could have hung on to the striker had they been closer to the play-off places.A club that he really wanted to go to came in and made an offer, so we said okay. We took what money we could, he added.It wasnt what we would have liked but we got some money. I tried very hard to extend his contract, we were close while in the Premier League and then we lost one game and he got nervous about it.We would have fought very hard to keep him [had we been higher in the table] and I think Charlie would have stayed and helped to take us up. Its hypothetical now, but the player would have made a big impact. It wasnt cashing in, the player wanted to go. Sky Sports Pub Ticket Giveaway Were giving away 5,000 Sky Bet Football League and 5,000 Race day tickets this February Also See: QPR video QPR fixtures QPR stats Bet ￡5 Get ￡20 Free Ecco Outlet España . It was just business as usual for the Thunder at home. Durant scored 32 points and the Thunder beat the Bulls 107-95 on Thursday night for their eighth straight win. Ecco Baratas . R.J. 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After circling the bases, Tebow was greeted at the plate by his New York Mets instructional league teammates, who had poured out of the dugout.Tebow, a former Heisman Trophy winner and NFL quarterback, had quietly taken those teenagers out to dinner Monday and to a movie Tuesday after intrasquad games.Its fun to be back out there playing a game, playing a game I love and havent played in a while, and getting to go compete at it too, Tebow said. Its really fun.The crowd, announced by the Mets at 269, also erupted as Tebow connected and circled the bases.Tebow finished 1-for-6. He logged five innings in left field and cut off the lone ball hit in his direction to hold the batter to a single.I liked a lot of my at-bats today, Tebow said. I felt like I hit the ball really hard four of the six times. Two of the times -- one to short, where we were doubled up, and then one I got jammed on -- those were the two Ive got to get the bat around a little faster.Four of the at-bats I felt really, really good about. I didnt swing at any breaking balls. I didnt feel like I really got fooled seeing it. I felt good seeing it out on the hand. I was just late on a couple of the fastballs.The long ball came off 6-foot-5 left-hander John Kilichowski, who was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 11th round out of Vanderbilt University in June.In the first inning a lot of guys will take the first pitch, and you just like to get ahead in the count, Kilichowski said. And I had some things I wanted to work on because its instructs and thats what you do. So I just went right in with a fastball and he just hit it out.Asked if he was at all excited about being on the wrong end of Tebows attention-grabbing first professional homer, Kilichowski said, Not really. Theres worse things. The guy works hard. He hit the ball hard. You cant be mad at him for that. ... The ability to hit the ball hard, he has to have that. Andd he did that.dddddddddddd Its a step in the right direction for him.There are five games remaining in the instructional league, although Tebow will be away for the one on Saturday because of his ESPN duties as a college football broadcaster.Mets officials have suggested that Tebows performance in the instructional league will determine whether he is ready to be sent to the Arizona Fall League or a winter league, or will just receive individual instruction this offseason. Tebow indicated its too early to know which path he will take.I have no idea, he said. For me, this is the third day getting to see live pitching. I feel better every day. Im just enjoying the coaching, enjoying being here. Well figure that out after next week.Tebow acknowledged differences between his former career as a quarterback and his baseball pursuit. He noted a pedal-to-the-metal approach doesnt precisely translate from football to baseball.Being on your feet for six hours, staying warm and stretched in between innings, thats different, Tebow said. When youre used to going four to six seconds of relentless effort, and now its something where youre getting longer breaks, thats a little different.Still, there are some similarities to his first training camp with the Denver Broncos.Having to adjust to a new locker room, new teammates, everything is brand-new for you -- even more so now than Denver for my first training camp there, Tebow said. But you learn from everything -- the good and the bad. There are so many different things from all of my experiences that I take and bring to this that I think help.As for why he swung at the first pitch Wednesday, Tebow said, I just wanted to have the approach that I was going to be aggressive. Thats something weve been talking about here every day and practicing it -- and really trying to go gap to gap, and trying to sit on off-speed stuff. But if you get a fastball, drive it, and be aggressive.Thats kind of my mentality anyway. I like it. It was probably a little high, but I tried to get good barrel on it, and luckily it went out. ' ' '