IT’S fair to say Jay Emmanuel-Thomas doesn’t struggle when it comes to confidence.





A QPR player for little more than a couple of weeks, JET – as he’s known – brought down the house on the first night of the R’s pre-season trip in Italy, showing great bravado to deliver his initiation song at the squad dinner on Thursday evening.





Dancing round the dinner table like he was singing in front of a packed O2 arena, Jet’s unique version of Drake’s ‘Started From The Bottom’ was one to behold … although the odd expletive will probably prevent us from showing it on our YouTube channel!





With so many new additions to the club already this summer, club captain Clint Hill was keen to make sure another newbie had their 60 seconds or so of fame (or should that be pain!) – so step forward, Mass Luongo.





A slightly quieter – albeit equally impressive – version of Queen’s ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’ followed, to rapturous applause from his new team-mates.





Onto the serious stuff and a double training session followed by a pool warm-down was the order of the day on the first full day of the training camp.





This morning’s session, at the nearby Campo Sportivo Comunale, was a typically-lively affair, with Chris Ramsey and co. putting the squad through their paces during an intense 90 minutes.





Charlie Austin – who only returned to training yesterday – took part in a separate session away from the group, with the striker put through the dreaded YoYo test by John Phillips from the club’s strength and conditioning department.





An afternoon session followed, with head tennis bringing out the competitive streak of the group, with the duo of Austin and Steven Caulker, in particular, enjoying a titanic tussle with Messrs Emmanuel-Thomas and Diakite.





A good day’s work was concluded with a short pool recovery session back at the club’s hotel.





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