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MARK Warburton is eyeing further additions to his QPR squad before the transfer window closes later this month.
Rangers – who head to Sheffield Wednesday in the Sky Bet Championship on Saturday – have now made six summer signings, following the capture of Macauley Bonne on Friday morning.
And speaking prior to the signing of Bonne, he told www.qpr.co.uk: “I’d like to add two or three more at least.
“At the moment, we are in a relative honeymoon period, in terms of playing one game per week. That gives a false impression of the season ahead because very soon we will have the international break and when we come back we will have a game every three days.
“The implication of that – the demands on the squad – will go unheeded because that period isn’t here yet. In the middle of that it, it [game preparation] becomes a maintenance plan, it truly does; light training, play, recover, play, right the way through.
“You have the next international break and then you play nine games in 28 days, so the same again. You have to hope that the randomness of football – in terms of the injuries, suspensions and niggling knocks you will pick up – falls your way.”
The R’s head to Hillsborough on Saturday to face Wednesday, who sit bottom of the table at present. The Owls – managed by Garry Monk – started the season on -12 points after the club were found guilty of breaching EFL spending rules in July.
They have picked up four points so far this term and Warburton expects them to provide his team with a very difficult challenge.
He said: “I’m sure Garry and his team will be feeling very aggrieved at the situation and that they will be very focused on the task at hand.
“They got beaten 2-0 by Bristol City last weekend and they should’ve been 2-0 up in the first half and that sense of feeling hard done by means they’ll be ready for Saturday.
“They are a good team and they have added Callum Paterson this week. They have pace and power up top, experience in midfield, physicality at the back and pace on the wings, so they are a very good Championship team.
“As I always say, they know we are a good team as well, so we have to go there with a positive mindset, do our jobs and enjoy the challenge.”
After taking on Wednesday, Rangers will have a two-week gap until their next league fixture, which is against AFC Bournemouth on October 17th.
Warburton hopes his squad can take a victory into the international break to continue their solid start to the campaign.
He said: “There are positives to take from our start to the season. It was nice to begin with a clean sheet and then we let ourselves down at Coventry, which has been well documented.
“We were probably frustrated against a Middlesbrough team that has a lot of quality; we feel like we dropped two points. I have no doubts that Middlesbrough will trouble a lot of teams this season but now we are focused on Sheffield Wednesday.”
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Dieng;
Kakay, Dickie, Barbet, Wallace;
Cameron, Carroll,
Osayi, Bonne, Chair;
Dykes.
Cant see our captain being left out for Ball or AmosComment
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QPR TRANSFERS Mark Warburton has just told me: Ryan Manning is in contract talks. QPR must protect itself when players reach the end of their contract Bright Osayi nearly moved in the summer but is more settled now Very close with 2 or 3 new signings - especially attackers
So Manning might start instead of Wally ?Comment
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Good news if true , hearing Bos is close to signing as well . Reasons to be very optimistic for the season if all this comes off .Originally posted by LoftusRoadLad View PostComment
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in the old days home and away fans shared the concorse and tea bar , a big fat wendy fan was throwing his weight around i indulged in a spot ot fisticuffs with him and got thrown out it . they changed it after the tragedy , went back for the promotion great day outOriginally posted by wormholt View PostComment
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This is a game that we must win whilst they are feeling down, with our new additions we must be feeling pretty optimistic.Comment
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Would like to see :
Dieng
Kakay Dickie Barbet Manning
BOS Ball LTC Chair
Bonne Dykes
However, will Warbs ever move away from the 4-2-3-1?
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I'm with you on that but can't see him dropping the captain.Originally posted by lincoln ranger View PostComment
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He will have to pick ball instead of cameron soon anyway as we are playing 3 times a week soon and Cameron wont be able to manage that. Might be a case of rotation to keep both fresh..same for Carroll, Thomas and amos.Comment
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How amos keeps his place is a mystery. Looks like he will be up alongside dykes again and wandering around looking confused and doing nothing. Would have rather took a chance and started bonne. What's the worst that could happen?
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Really p***ed off with the line up.
what is wrong with MW - last week the team was so much more balance and for some reason this week Amos back as a CAM and Chair as a winger.
WTF is wrong with him!
don’t expect a result now!Comment
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Wallace = no clean sheetOriginally posted by LoftusRoadLad View Post
Cameron = no creativity
Amos = no goals
Can only mean 1 result I’m afraidComment
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I would have liked to see Bonne playing up with Dykes, to me Amos and Chair are both too lightweight to be played together in the 3 behind Dykes, it's still not too bad of a lineup with a few options off the bench, here's hoping this works out, glad to see TC starting!@gatorTFCComment
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