Credit where credit is due

[Shania]

I wondered about the subs MW made especially just after scoring, I know he had the subs ready to go before the goal and stuck with it, when they equalized I really thought he had ballsed it up, in the end I think the Gaffer knows what he is doing!

Tonight I feel we/he had a bit of luck to be honest!

[gator]

Tonight I feel we/he had a bit of luck to be honest!

We certainly needed the Norwegian intervention!

[Stainrod]

Its a big ask.

So Mr Austin, I understand you currently earn £70,000 each week. As a special concession to you, We could go at least to, well, say, uhm, £50, 000 each and every month.

The 70k a week is irrelevant at the end of the season should WBA choose not to extend his contract as he would be a free agent and open to offers .I’m not sure he will sign for us or not but what he earned in the passed doesn’t come into it , he will consider what offers are on the table and it will be nothing near those figures.

[Undecided]

The 70k a week is irrelevant at the end of the season should WBA choose not to extend his contract as he would be a free agent and open to offers .I’m not sure he will sign for us or not but what he earned in the passed doesn’t come into it , he will consider what offers are on the table and it will be nothing near those figures.

A proven striker at this level who has transformed a struggling QPR side? I hope you're right, but I could imagine some pretty tempting offers on the table, if WBA don't extend his contract. Perhaps not what he's on at WBA, but likely more than we would be prepared to offer.

He has a family, playing careers are short, he has to think about his future in retirement. Happen he'll be swayed by more lucrative final contracts?

But, again, I hope he proves me wrong.

[northampton rs]

Saw WBA highlights, their Strikers ain’t all that.
They are more than likely going down, so CA will probably go back there ?
I hope not.

[Stainrod]

A proven striker at this level who has transformed a struggling QPR side? I hope you're right, but I could imagine some pretty tempting offers on the table, if WBA don't extend his contract. Perhaps not what he's on at WBA, but likely more than we would be prepared to offer.

He has a family, playing careers are short, he has to think about his future in retirement. Happen he'll be swayed by more lucrative final contracts?

But, again, I hope he proves me wrong.

He will definitely have better financial offers than what we put on the table , maybe the offer of a longer contract on less money might tempt him but do we want to be offering long contracts to a 31/32 year old with a patchy injury history record.Let’s hope something can be sorted so that club and player are happy with it .

[Darkranger]

Norwich point was big turning point, Bos now gone a long thought we’d miss his pace but we just look so much more organised

Warbs never changed attitude which probably irked a few however he’s changed now he has a squad he could of folded on the run we had but he was getting us to play good stuff but mistakes hurt us we’ve cut errors out and have a toughness we’ve missed probably going back to play off side that was on serious amounts of more money

Is it a coincidence that we seem to be playing much better without Bos? We certainly don't miss him holding onto the ball far longer than necessary.

[Shania]

We certainly needed the Norwegian intervention!

Thank you. I agree

[QPROslo]

I think the recent experience has teached many fans a thing or two about patience.

Once again we had a total revamp of the team during the summer transfer window, and once again the player budget was cut in half.

Warburton & co assembled pretty much a complete new defence. In came Dieng and Dickie and two budget signings in Kakay and Hamalainen. Out went two previous captains in Hall and Leinstner, one of the divisions best right backs in Manning and a very experienced left back in Rangel. Only Barbet out of the defensive five that started the season had Championship experience. Nobody could expect this new set up to click immediately.

In attack we replaced Hugill and Wells, both 30k a week players, with Dykes and Bonne, both 6k a week players, due to our budget constraints. You have to be a super optimist to think that would work well.

Add to this the departure of Eze, one of the top three players in this division, the BOS saga (a player that had his mind all other places than Shepherds Bush) and the injury to Amos and it was quite clear that it would take time to build a new team that could deliver on a consistent basis. On the back of a squad that looked more like League One than Championship, survival would be an achievement.

I think Warburton did very well given the cards he was handed, despite the ten match run without a win. The team played well, but just couldn't find the back of the net. Dykes/Bonne was a big gamble, but was a result of the budget Warburton & co had at their disposal.

I don't think any other manager that we could reasonable sign with our budget would do better.

Ruben and Tony were very careful with the money made able to the management during the summer transfer window, when nobody knew how long the pandemic would last. The vaccine development was very uncertain all up to October/November. I think we have to understand that Ruben and Tony took a very prudent approach to the financial side of things. When things started to look better by end of 2020, with the vaccination starting and the situation of Air Asia under better control, I think it was clear to everyone that there would be funds to strengthen.

I tend to be an optimist, but even I didn't expect the amazing development after the turn of the year. The signings have been spot on and the contract extension of Chair the icing on the cake. The way the defence have come together is just fantastic. All of Wallace, Kane, Cameron and Barbet are better players than before - thats fantastic credit to Warburton and the coaching team. Dickie and Dieng are simply unbelievable - I cannot recall a better keeper and central defender for decades.

I have never doubted Warburton. We are lucky to have him, but the situation right now is almost surreal. To believe people are now starting to discuss our play-off chances just six week after many people had us as certain relegation candidates is amazing.

I don't think play-off is a realistic chance this season. We don't have quality in depth, and the hectic program ahead of us will take its toll. I think we might finish in the top half though, which is an improvement on last season, which is great. But I certainly think we can compete for play-off already next season, wherether we can sign Austin or Johansen permanently or not. We have lots of good young players that will become better under Warburton and I can only see us improving.

[gator]

QPROslo Very well summed up, I can't disagree with any of that except having the departed FB's positions mixed up! Cheers!

[eam1882]

Be great Shaggs, hope your gut is right

Let's hear it for shaggs guts

[shaggy24]

I think the recent experience has teached many fans a thing or two about patience.

Once again we had a total revamp of the team during the summer transfer window, and once again the player budget was cut in half.

Warburton & co assembled pretty much a complete new defence. In came Dieng and Dickie and two budget signings in Kakay and Hamalainen. Out went two previous captains in Hall and Leinstner, one of the divisions best right backs in Manning and a very experienced left back in Rangel. Only Barbet out of the defensive five that started the season had Championship experience. Nobody could expect this new set up to click immediately.

In attack we replaced Hugill and Wells, both 30k a week players, with Dykes and Bonne, both 6k a week players, due to our budget constraints. You have to be a super optimist to think that would work well.

Add to this the departure of Eze, one of the top three players in this division, the BOS saga (a player that had his mind all other places than Shepherds Bush) and the injury to Amos and it was quite clear that it would take time to build a new team that could deliver on a consistent basis. On the back of a squad that looked more like League One than Championship, survival would be an achievement.

I think Warburton did very well given the cards he was handed, despite the ten match run without a win. The team played well, but just couldn't find the back of the net. Dykes/Bonne was a big gamble, but was a result of the budget Warburton & co had at their disposal.

I don't think any other manager that we could reasonable sign with our budget would do better.

Ruben and Tony were very careful with the money made able to the management during the summer transfer window, when nobody knew how long the pandemic would last. The vaccine development was very uncertain all up to October/November. I think we have to understand that Ruben and Tony took a very prudent approach to the financial side of things. When things started to look better by end of 2020, with the vaccination starting and the situation of Air Asia under better control, I think it was clear to everyone that there would be funds to strengthen.

I tend to be an optimist, but even I didn't expect the amazing development after the turn of the year. The signings have been spot on and the contract extension of Chair the icing on the cake. The way the defence have come together is just fantastic. All of Wallace, Kane, Cameron and Barbet are better players than before - thats fantastic credit to Warburton and the coaching team. Dickie and Dieng are simply unbelievable - I cannot recall a better keeper and central defender for decades.

I have never doubted Warburton. We are lucky to have him, but the situation right now is almost surreal. To believe people are now starting to discuss our play-off chances just six week after many people had us as certain relegation candidates is amazing.

I don't think play-off is a realistic chance this season. We don't have quality in depth, and the hectic program ahead of us will take its toll. I think we might finish in the top half though, which is an improvement on last season, which is great. But I certainly think we can compete for play-off already next season, wherether we can sign Austin or Johansen permanently or not. We have lots of good young players that will become better under Warburton and I can only see us improving.

spot on Oslo we’ve hopefully gone through the bad spell of leadership learned from it and come out with a business plan and structure and put the club on a solid platform if and when we can look to promotions and seasons of optimism we can be competitive but also realistic towards our aim or targets

[SheepRanger]

I think the recent experience has teached many fans a thing or two about patience.

Once again we had a total revamp of the team during the summer transfer window, and once again the player budget was cut in half.

Warburton & co assembled pretty much a complete new defence. In came Dieng and Dickie and two budget signings in Kakay and Hamalainen. Out went two previous captains in Hall and Leinstner, one of the divisions best right backs in Manning and a very experienced left back in Rangel. Only Barbet out of the defensive five that started the season had Championship experience. Nobody could expect this new set up to click immediately.

In attack we replaced Hugill and Wells, both 30k a week players, with Dykes and Bonne, both 6k a week players, due to our budget constraints. You have to be a super optimist to think that would work well.

Add to this the departure of Eze, one of the top three players in this division, the BOS saga (a player that had his mind all other places than Shepherds Bush) and the injury to Amos and it was quite clear that it would take time to build a new team that could deliver on a consistent basis. On the back of a squad that looked more like League One than Championship, survival would be an achievement.

I think Warburton did very well given the cards he was handed, despite the ten match run without a win. The team played well, but just couldn't find the back of the net. Dykes/Bonne was a big gamble, but was a result of the budget Warburton & co had at their disposal.

I don't think any other manager that we could reasonable sign with our budget would do better.

Ruben and Tony were very careful with the money made able to the management during the summer transfer window, when nobody knew how long the pandemic would last. The vaccine development was very uncertain all up to October/November. I think we have to understand that Ruben and Tony took a very prudent approach to the financial side of things. When things started to look better by end of 2020, with the vaccination starting and the situation of Air Asia under better control, I think it was clear to everyone that there would be funds to strengthen.

I tend to be an optimist, but even I didn't expect the amazing development after the turn of the year. The signings have been spot on and the contract extension of Chair the icing on the cake. The way the defence have come together is just fantastic. All of Wallace, Kane, Cameron and Barbet are better players than before - thats fantastic credit to Warburton and the coaching team. Dickie and Dieng are simply unbelievable - I cannot recall a better keeper and central defender for decades.

I have never doubted Warburton. We are lucky to have him, but the situation right now is almost surreal. To believe people are now starting to discuss our play-off chances just six week after many people had us as certain relegation candidates is amazing.

I don't think play-off is a realistic chance this season. We don't have quality in depth, and the hectic program ahead of us will take its toll. I think we might finish in the top half though, which is an improvement on last season, which is great. But I certainly think we can compete for play-off already next season, wherether we can sign Austin or Johansen permanently or not. We have lots of good young players that will become better under Warburton and I can only see us improving.

I think the recent experience has taught us that we need quality up front and you get what you pay for. Dykes and Bonne would have been amazing if it had come off. Hopefully there can be some investment in those two positions next season. But it might take the sale of Dieng or Dickie to generate the cash to do it.

[LoftusRoadLad]

Credit is due to ALL at QPRFC. May it continue.

[qpr4life]

Bees no Toney V coventry got turned over take him out they are pony. a decent fit striker in this league and your top 6. Just hope charlie will take a cut and stay I've a gut feeling he will.

Agreed! Goals do win matches, unless your Huddersfield in the Play-offs haha

But one striker with an ability to score 20+ goals will take you places. And he certainly did for many weeks this season...

They are still very good, but he adds that extra killer instinct. They had bags of that last year with Watkins and Said