"Have we learnt nothing?"

[AH08]

Bosingwa won the Champions League in his last game for Chelsea before joining us. How did that work out?

He didn't have the right attitude even at Chelsea, Ferdinand has given his all in all the games I've seen him play in

[Glevum_Hoop]

Ole wobbly head clearly likes an older player for the experience he will bring to the team, so I suspect we will sign may be one or two over 30's in this window. My hope is that he matches that with investing in young up and coming talent at the same time that provides a balance between youth and experience. Only time will tell.......

[twranger]

bringing in younger hungrier players and there would be the cry of no prem experience from some.....there has to be a middle ground, and that middle ground may cost more money....then the accountant fans would be whining about wages etc etc.

[Glevum_Hoop]

bringing in younger hungrier players and there would be the cry of no prem experience from some.....there has to be a middle ground, and that middle ground may cost more money....then the accountant fans would be whining about wages etc etc.

Spot on - makes me laugh some fans. We pay £4 million for Charlie Austen and pay him £35k per week and that's fine but if we get someone on a free and pay £65k per week their overpaid and useless but they cost the club the same financial outlay!!

[Nick]

Need a mix of young and experience.... just hope we sign a younger player first to prevent the uproar.

[Busheyboy]

either way there'll be an uproar and some people enjoy whingeing

by the way, Philip Lahm just signed a new contract at Bayern

Then again, he's 30, so we wouldn't want him anyway!

also, noticed that Cristiano Ronaldo is 29, so he'd no good soon!1

[Shepherds Mush]

We need a good mix of youth and experience but most importantly we need to keep the spirit that got us promoted. Ruin that again and it wont matter about anyones age.

[Glevum_Hoop]

We need a good mix of youth and experience but most importantly we need to keep the spirit that got us promoted. Ruin that again and it wont matter about anyones age.

[twranger]

Spot on - makes me laugh some fans. We pay £4 million for Charlie Austen and pay him £35k per week and that's fine but if we get someone on a free and pay £65k per week their overpaid and useless but they cost the club the same financial outlay!!

agreed....but to be fair some have a brain on time share.

[maidstone_hoop]

As busheyboy said earlier, the main thing is bringing in players with the right attitude. Ie lescott at 32 and with the desire to still play football at a high level I personally wouldn't stick my nose up to that.
We Just need to strike a balance. We do need to invest in a few under 30;s but bringing in players whop are 30 - 33 isnt also a big deal as long as they have the right attitudes.

[Glevum_Hoop]

agreed....but to be fair some have a brain on time share.

Lol - not heard that one before - will use down pub tonight!!

[QPR Richard]

Spot on - makes me laugh some fans. We pay £4 million for Charlie Austen and pay him £35k per week and that's fine but if we get someone on a free and pay £65k per week their overpaid and useless but they cost the club the same financial outlay!!

Charlie has a resale value, Ferdinand doesn't.

[AH08]

Charlie has a resale value, Ferdinand doesn't.

If we sold Charlie for £6 million tomorrow (£2 million profit) everyone would be in uproar, fans are going to be disjointed when he does leave regardless of that "resale value"

[Rangersw12]

Spot on - makes me laugh some fans. We pay £4 million for Charlie Austen and pay him £35k per week and that's fine but if we get someone on a free and pay £65k per week their overpaid and useless but they cost the club the same financial outlay!!

Difference is Austin has a resale value whereas the majority of players on high wages we have picked up on a free haven't

We also need pace in the side especially in the middle of midfield/defence so signing a 35 year old isn't really going to help that problem

[stanistheman]

Seems plenty of R's fans throw a wobbly every time a player that's in the latter stages of their career.

I'm more bothered about the attitude of players coming in. Nobody ever brings up Dunne or Hill or last year Ryan Nelsen because they're the right type with the right attitude, so the age wasn't an issue. I'd rather have these people than people in their early 20's who are cr ap and don't care.

obviously, we have to build for the future but a few proven, experience heads are very important to stabilise our position in the pl

I agree. For me it is not all about their age, but more about the type of player & character they are, as well as what their wage will be.

QPR will need a few with Premiership experience, which is where a Rio Ferdinand or Lampard will be useful. I also think a few younger players 21-27 will be needed as they are likely to develop and perhaps be sold on for a profit (in the traditional QPR manner).

A mixture of these two groups can keep QPR up for a few seasons until such time that the club establishes itself as a Premierhip club, with a new youth and scouting set up, new training ground and hopefully a new stadium.

The other thing RF and FL, is that they are not the likely types who will take the 'p' out of playing for Redknapp and QPR, unlike the likes of Cisse or Bosingwa.