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Accepting how limited our current strikers appear to be they do not have that many chances created for them. There is no one in the midfield that consistently plays the killer ball either direct for the striker or the diagonal ball wide enabling a quick cross which might create a chance. That said the strikers do not appear capable of making their own chances either. Somebody thought these players could produce the goods which means that they were wrong or these players are under performing or both. Whichever it doesn’t look good.
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Charlie coming home. on 19:09 - Jan 8 with 2354 views
Charlie coming home. on 16:58 - Jan 8 by Northernr
Whichever one of the three we end up with we're either blowing up our pay structure many hundreds of percent over, or more likely the parent club is swallowing a big chunk just to shift them.
As I understand it there’s a FFP holiday this season and as I posted the other week, given desperate measures it would seem a sensible choice for the shareholders to finance a big hitting *loan* to keep us in the division - avoid a permanent signing to avoid long term financial impact and long-term blocking our youth-development strategy.
...this season is certainly a good season for an expensive loan with bigger picture in mind to keep ‘the project’ on track.
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Charlie coming home. on 19:11 - Jan 8 with 2338 views
Hmm a fit and firing Charlie would be an asset but sadly I think that ship has long sailed. The other problem is he relies on quick and early service into the box not exactly a strength of this QPR team as BOS plays with his head down Chair generally is looking to create space for his own shot. Much of Charlie's success at Burnley was down to Kieran Trippier and none of our full backs have ever shown anything like his ability to cross a ball
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Charlie coming home. on 19:22 - Jan 8 with 2272 views
It's been a miserable few months and Rangers being shite hasn't helped
So the news that Charlie is potentially coming back has really given me a lift, yeah there is loads of things that could go wrong but frankly it's worth the risk and end of the day football is about enjoyment
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Charlie coming home. on 19:24 - Jan 8 with 2238 views
Charlie coming home. on 17:54 - Jan 8 by Northernr
Sorry if I'm misunderstanding the brackets but when you say the midfield is buggered by injury, do you mean Amos? Cos that's one injury, to a player that by and large had been underwelming last season and most of this, though admitedly had started to play a bit just before it and it is unfortunate we've lost him. We've played some teams recently - Blackburn, Reading, Stoke - missing 8, 9, 10 first team players. Good ones. Relatively speaking we've gotten off v v v lightly with injuries and Covid so far compared to a lot of sides in this league. A midfield that's buggered by losing Luke Amos is a poor midfield.
Amos, Willock, Adomah, Thomas... injury including semi-mysterious ongoing lack of match fitness I suppose I meant.
If the argument was that it was capricious to expect the latter three to hit the ground running I think that would be fair but that's not the serious recruitment malpractice needing major reconstruction some are saying. Me, I can't conclusively contend that the players signed won't come good given time/fitness/better management.
I don't love the midfield either to be clear - were it not for Covid we might have released Cameron entirely I suspect - but if the general expectation was midtable and continue building this window as one of many windows (I'd point out the Hector interest here - clearly we've been thinking about the position but didn't want just anybody) I don't think that's been blown out of the water by performances in spells if not results. Some dismiss it as just a poncey mirage but I still can't shake a baby/bathwater feeling.
Charlie coming home. on 19:11 - Jan 8 by johncharles
Has anyone got any vids of all these chances open goals and tap ins we've missed ? Ive got a spare half minute.
Dykes put a very decent headed chance wide against Norwich with the goalkeeper slipping over, Bonne also missed a good close range headed chance against Swansea.
We are regularly in games getting in behind teams and but forward(s) always seem to be in the wrong position, Austin was a master at finding space in the box and if he can do that he will score goals for us
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Charlie coming home. on 19:30 - Jan 8 with 2168 views
What we do know is a combo of Dykes and Bonne will see us into league one.
We need someone that will spark the rest of the side. Heard a frightening story about Willocks mindset which I won’t spell out but typifies why this is a losing team.
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Charlie coming home. on 19:33 - Jan 8 with 2153 views
Charlie coming home. on 18:13 - Jan 8 by Antti_Heinola
Don't think it's panic at all. They wanted Dkes/Bonne to work out. It hasn't (yet). We're struggling for goals, but we've invested in three strikers who we still hope might come good in the future. Therefore makes sense to look short term for a proven, affordable scorer on loan. Austin is almost exactly just a year older than Wells. Granted, his fitness isn't close to Nahki's, but potentially it's a signing that could work on a number of levels.
Also disagree about the centre half. would've agreed two months ago - now, I'd say loan striker, CM and a left back are all more important than a CB, currently.
does feel a bit panicked that we are running into a window needing at least 3 players in key positions and as you say a left back is probably needed as well before we even think about Bright going.
Preston have signed Moulwby on loan from Brighton today, would have been ideal for us.
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Charlie coming home. on 19:33 - Jan 8 with 2151 views
Amos, Willock, Adomah, Thomas... injury including semi-mysterious ongoing lack of match fitness I suppose I meant.
If the argument was that it was capricious to expect the latter three to hit the ground running I think that would be fair but that's not the serious recruitment malpractice needing major reconstruction some are saying. Me, I can't conclusively contend that the players signed won't come good given time/fitness/better management.
I don't love the midfield either to be clear - were it not for Covid we might have released Cameron entirely I suspect - but if the general expectation was midtable and continue building this window as one of many windows (I'd point out the Hector interest here - clearly we've been thinking about the position but didn't want just anybody) I don't think that's been blown out of the water by performances in spells if not results. Some dismiss it as just a poncey mirage but I still can't shake a baby/bathwater feeling.
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Fair, I don't necessarily agree but I'd forgotten about Thomas. As, it seems, has Warbs.
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Charlie coming home. on 19:36 - Jan 8 with 2127 views
Charlie coming home. on 16:58 - Jan 8 by Northernr
Whichever one of the three we end up with we're either blowing up our pay structure many hundreds of percent over, or more likely the parent club is swallowing a big chunk just to shift them.
As I understand it there’s a FFP holiday this season and as I posted the other week, given desperate measures it would seem a sensible choice for the shareholders to finance a big hitting *loan* to keep us in the division - avoid a permanent signing to avoid long term financial impact and long-term blocking our youth-development strategy.
...this season is certainly a good season for an expensive loan with bigger picture in mind to keep ‘the project’ on track.
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Charlie coming home. on 19:36 - Jan 8 with 2119 views
What I will say is that our current strikers don't miss many chances because I don't think they kill themselves to get in positions. Perhaps thats an experience thing or just natural instinct. We saw last season with Hugill and also with Austin at the start of his spell, they were always there to miss chances whilst Dykes and Bonne aren't just yet.
If he gets fit he will piss it at this level, but the most likely outcome is one akin to Bale at Spurs where everyone slowly realises he isn't the player he was before and save for a few cameos off the bench and the odd goal he isn't going to actually do much
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Charlie coming home. on 19:44 - Jan 8 with 2040 views
Some of you are absolutely pathetic giving it Charlie this and Charlie that...... We have have legend in our ranks already, who plays as a centre-forward...... Step forward the one and only.......
Disagree LB, as long as we're not picking up most of his wages then the risk is minimal. We're staring down the barrel at the moment and his experience (particularly on Chair Bonne and Dykes), influence in the dressing room and attitude could be just what we need, even if his form isn't what it was.
Dykes put a very decent headed chance wide against Norwich with the goalkeeper slipping over, Bonne also missed a good close range headed chance against Swansea.
We are regularly in games getting in behind teams and but forward(s) always seem to be in the wrong position, Austin was a master at finding space in the box and if he can do that he will score goals for us
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