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I had a look at our starting eleven last season against Reading to what it could be come 4th August against Preston and on face value I don't really see much difference or concerns.
Keep in mind that of the players 'released / sold' at the end of last season, Nedum, Robbo and Smithies are the ONLY players we are saddened or maybe worded better 'concerned' about losing?
- Robbo played in 34 games for QPR last season, some from sub, but in general showed great potential. All agreed he's a huge loss and a void.
- Nedum played near enough every game for QPR last season, but divided fans massively. Personally a loss for me, still to be replaced.
- Smithies played nearly every match for QPR last season, stand out performer and a loss for QPR.
To cover this off before my next point, in theory we've replaced Robbo with our new BFG (We cant determine how good he is yet, but its a new CB), Hall is returning (Sure, we dont know if he will remain fit, but Robbo did) and therefore if he's back then he's better than most CBs on his day. Ingram and Lumley are proven to be good enough for this level and I don't feel we need to replace Smithies. (It's just a huge shame / loss personally more than anything).
This means we are on short of Perch and Mackie, both of which made little impact for us for the majority of the season and if anything were either injured or back-ups. Furlong and Eze equal replacements for example.
With this in mind it's more about the depth in squad rather than the quality being different from last year. (As it stands). So if the season was to start tomorrow, we should be more reactive in our comments as we have NO idea how we will be set-up and how well we are going to do for 2018/19 season.
My take:
- We need another 2 defenders, 1 CB and one utility man who plays across the back.
- We need more depth in our creativity department, outside of Freeman and Eze. (Although Goss is an unknown quantity for us.
- We lack goals, massively, Smith for me is our best striker at the club (Smyth is more of a wide man coming inside) and therefore we need another striker.
We are not a million miles off, spending dosh isn't always a winning formula and we now have potentially the right man in charge.
Let's be less proactive suddenly with the 'Nedums experience has gone' because quite frankly not many wanted him in the starting eleven most weeks. Time will tell, its a working progress which I dont see making the top 6 this season but i've seen stories similar with other teams so who knows.
We will sign players, but i'd rather be doing the business we are than spunking dosh on hasbeens and players we cant afford like Villa.
Keep in mind that of the players 'released / sold' at the end of last season, Nedum, Robbo and Smithies are the ONLY players we are saddened or maybe worded better 'concerned' about losing?
- Robbo played in 34 games for QPR last season, some from sub, but in general showed great potential. All agreed he's a huge loss and a void.
- Nedum played near enough every game for QPR last season, but divided fans massively. Personally a loss for me, still to be replaced.
- Smithies played nearly every match for QPR last season, stand out performer and a loss for QPR.
To cover this off before my next point, in theory we've replaced Robbo with our new BFG (We cant determine how good he is yet, but its a new CB), Hall is returning (Sure, we dont know if he will remain fit, but Robbo did) and therefore if he's back then he's better than most CBs on his day. Ingram and Lumley are proven to be good enough for this level and I don't feel we need to replace Smithies. (It's just a huge shame / loss personally more than anything).
This means we are on short of Perch and Mackie, both of which made little impact for us for the majority of the season and if anything were either injured or back-ups. Furlong and Eze equal replacements for example.
With this in mind it's more about the depth in squad rather than the quality being different from last year. (As it stands). So if the season was to start tomorrow, we should be more reactive in our comments as we have NO idea how we will be set-up and how well we are going to do for 2018/19 season.
My take:
- We need another 2 defenders, 1 CB and one utility man who plays across the back.
- We need more depth in our creativity department, outside of Freeman and Eze. (Although Goss is an unknown quantity for us.
- We lack goals, massively, Smith for me is our best striker at the club (Smyth is more of a wide man coming inside) and therefore we need another striker.
We are not a million miles off, spending dosh isn't always a winning formula and we now have potentially the right man in charge.
Let's be less proactive suddenly with the 'Nedums experience has gone' because quite frankly not many wanted him in the starting eleven most weeks. Time will tell, its a working progress which I dont see making the top 6 this season but i've seen stories similar with other teams so who knows.
We will sign players, but i'd rather be doing the business we are than spunking dosh on hasbeens and players we cant afford like Villa.
We live in a cruel world, don`t we?
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