Doyle, Will Keane and a Brazilian. Poor old Harry, hands tied behind his back as always
Doyle, Will Keane and a Brazilian. Poor old Harry, hands tied behind his back as always
Although they have a ridiculous squad, they are actually very light upfront. They only have three strikers - Zamora who is hated by their fans and has just eight appearances and no goals to his name this season, Johnson who can't play more than a handful of games without getting injured and Austin, who has been the big success and their only goalscorer this season but picked up a nasty injury the other night against Bolton and is out for months.
I imagine Harry is now going for quantity in the hope that one of the three will pay off and replace Austin's goals.
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They've got plenty of cash from the parachute payments, so probably not doing as badly as we'd suspect.We will be once they get a call about what they owe for FFP.
We will be once they get a call about what they owe for FFP.
They've got plenty of cash from the parachute payments, so probably not doing as badly as we'd suspect.
Well, yes. BUT, once he took the job, you'd have thought he'd assess his squad, write off who he needed to write off (treat it as a "bonus" if he gets anything from BZ/AJ) and then carefully bolster the right parts of the squad with the approved budget.I agree with you on the squad planning side of things. Quite why they're paying Benayoun, Kranjcar, Barton, SWP, Phillips, Jenas, Carroll, Hoilett and O'Neil to compete for their midfield positions I don't know when they have only three strikers (and only one of those has been fit all season). I'm by no means defending Harry for that. It's piss poor management and reckless spending on players they simply don't need.
But what I would say is that he didn't bring Zamora or Johnson to QPR and he is lumbered with them because of their wages, so the fact they're picking up a huge sum each week isn't his fault. Although most people might think those two would be proven, high-class Championship players, the reality is Zamora is utterly useless these days and Johnson never fit for long enough to make any sort of impression. So the one striker he has signed is Austin, who has 14 goals in 25 games this season. Now Austin's done his shoulder muscle in, it stands to reason that a club vying for promotion can't sit back and fail to invest in the most important position on the pitch when the last 18 months have proved just how ineffective their only two remaining forwards are.
Seriously? How can they achieve that (and I say achieve, as that can't be easy)?They're heading to make a loss of around 40m, even with the Parachute Payments.
Seriously? How can they achieve that (and I say achieve, as that can't be easy)?
Seriously? How can they achieve that (and I say achieve, as that can't be easy)?
He's doing a triffic job for QPR in such adversity.