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QPR's Crippling Lack Of Transfer Imagination
« Thread Started on Aug 22, 2012, 5:19pm »
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QPR's Crippling Lack Of Transfer Imagination

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Queens Park Rangers and Mark Hughes got a fortunate second chance to establish themselves in the Premier League. Their transfer policy may put paid to that.

Queens Park Rangers' fans rightly considered themselves dissatisfied at the end of last season. Since the sacking of Neil Warnock on January 8th, the club won just seven of their 21 remaining Premier League games and, due to their final day defeat at Eastlands, QPR survived courtesy of a controversial late Stoke penalty against Bolton. Such is life, however, and this 'great' escape afforded QPR the opportunity to progress and make a definitive imprint on the Premier League that went beyond simply employing its enfant terrible in midfield.

The club's initial fear was a squad that could at best be defined as bloated. As the season ended QPR had forty first team players, a figure that desperately needed reducing, particularly with the enforcement of the Premier League's 25-man squad rule. A genuine clear-out was obviously necessary, and manager Mark Hughes made clear his intentions. "Every club will look at their current staff and what they need to build and get stronger. That means a number of players will go as a result," said Hughes just before the City game.

Even more concerning was the age of the squad, and exactly half of those forty players within the squad were aged thirty or more. Of the side that started the defeat to Manchester City six were the wrong side of thirty, and none of the starting eleven was aged under 25. QPR did not give a single league start to a player under 21 years of age last season, the only top flight side not to do so.

Initially, the club made some headway. Danny shitetu, Fitz Hall, Danny Gabbidon, Lee Cook, Patrick Agyemang and Akos Buzsaky were all allowed to leave on free transfers, and Paddy Kenny and Heidar Helguson dropped down to the Championship for minimal fees.

All looked rosy until Rangers began to bring in replacements. Aside from Junior Hoilett's arrival and making Samba Diakite's loan deal permanent, the club has recruited five players. Ryan Nelsen is 34, Andy Johnson 31, Rob Green 32, Park Ji-Sung 31 and Jose Bosingwa 30. On Wednesday they began talks to enlist Ricardo Carvalho from Real Madrid, another 34-year-old. Carvalho will become the 19th thirty-plus player at Loftus Road. It's almost pipe and slippers time, and QPR's policy has been scorned by many.

Forgetting the weak Dad's Army and QPR OAP gags for a moment, this appears to be a futile exercise in short-termism, and Mark Hughes has sculpted a squad that will need an overhaul within two seasons. Moreover, the swollen nature of the squad has not been addressed. For a team that often fields only one striker (with Jamie Mackie pushed out wide right on Saturday), having Johnson, Cisse, Mackie, Bobby Zamora, Jay Bothroyd, DJ Campbell, Rob Hulse and Tommy Smith on the books falls somewhere between greed and lunacy. Should Carvalho and Michael Dawson sign, in central defence they will have at least six options to choose from.

Mark Hughes' plan to recruit enough Premier League experience to attempt to ensure survival is evident but by no means fool proof, and in addition QPR have added considerably to their wage bill this summer. It is a particularly disappointing approach from Hughes, who remarked after leaving Fulham that "as a young, ambitious manager I wish to move on to further my experiences." Signing ageing players on high wages in a bid to simply survive, looks like anything but 'ambitious'. Given Hughes' underperformance since his appointment, the carte blanche provided by Tony Fernandes is equally confusing. Matt Stanger's Eggert Magnusson comparison in Winners and Losers rings true, and should ring alarmingly for fans.

On Saturday, QPR looked woefully inept against a Swansea side expected by many to find things tougher this season, suffering their worst home defeat in over sixty years. Manchester United recruits Fabio and Park looked lost, and Rob Green displayed his World Cup 2010 form at an inopportune time. Rangers had four players making their debuts, and yet the frailties of last season appeared have been ignored. Another long season potentially awaits.

The saddest aspect of QPR's transfer window is that, unlike many other clubs, it appears that Hughes had a meaningful budget to effect change at Loftus Road. Given a fortunate second chance to establish themselves as a Premier League club after a substandard first season, QPR and their manager have ignored ambition and fancy (not to mention an effective scouting network) in favour of an expensive tunnel vision. They may regret such a lack of imagination.

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« Reply #1 on Aug 22, 2012, 5:29pm »
well a fair assesment i feel
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« Reply #2 on Aug 22, 2012, 5:43pm »
worryingly so but reading about the investment they've put into the scouting network surely the plan is along the lines of ensuring survival at the very least over the next 2 seasons by using experienced players who know the prem league whilst bringing in young talent from around the globe, developing and then gradually integrating them into the team ?
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« Reply #3 on Aug 22, 2012, 5:48pm »
maybe jezz , maybe time will tell if it works
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« Reply #4 on Aug 22, 2012, 5:59pm »

Aug 22, 2012, 5:43pm, jezzzzzza wrote:
worryingly so but reading about the investment they've put into the scouting network surely the plan is along the lines of ensuring survival at the very least over the next 2 seasons by using experienced players who know the prem league whilst bringing in young talent from around the globe, developing and then gradually integrating them into the team ?


I obviously deeply want a Youth Development programme - but in terms of how many youth players actually make it into the Chelsea and other Prem First teams for example - as opposed to being bought - I don't think it's very many.
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« Reply #5 on Aug 22, 2012, 6:07pm »

Aug 22, 2012, 5:59pm, Macmoish wrote:

Aug 22, 2012, 5:43pm, jezzzzzza wrote:
worryingly so but reading about the investment they've put into the scouting network surely the plan is along the lines of ensuring survival at the very least over the next 2 seasons by using experienced players who know the prem league whilst bringing in young talent from around the globe, developing and then gradually integrating them into the team ?


I obviously deeply want a Youth Development programme - but in terms of how many youth players actually make it into the Chelsea and other Prem First teams for example - as opposed to being bought - I don't think it's very many.



I can't remember the last youth player to come through the ranks and become a regular at QPR so given time anything is better than nothing
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« Reply #6 on Aug 22, 2012, 6:34pm »
Diakite and Hoilett was hardly a 'lack of imagination' though
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« Reply #7 on Aug 22, 2012, 6:44pm »
In the short term, you can only do short term things, bloody stupid assessment.

You can only assess the long term when there has actually been a long term.

I don't care how old some of the players are, whyt is ageism so bloody acceptable in football?

Most important short tem issue is not the players, it's the training ground and academy thus reuniting our split football structure!!!!

Get on with ffs!!!!
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« Reply #8 on Aug 22, 2012, 7:30pm »
Maybe it's QPR's 'policy'. Or maybe it's the market and we acquire whatever's available. Or both?

It's not like we haven't dreamt about bringing in Oscar, Hazard and Marin. And we did bid for Giroud.
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« Reply #9 on Aug 22, 2012, 7:54pm »

Aug 22, 2012, 6:34pm, RoryTheRanger wrote:
Diakite and Hoilett was hardly a 'lack of imagination' though

He did mention that in the article to be fair.

I find hughes lack of confidence in signing those 30+ players very worrying.

Still....thank god we never let warnock loose with the transfer budget.
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« Reply #10 on Aug 22, 2012, 8:14pm »
It has been the most exciting and activity filled transfer period in the clubs history and we have attracted players we never thought we'd see at LR. Whatever you call it, it does not lack imagination. There is still plenty of time before the end of the transfer window for the squad to get smaller, we all know there will be further departures.

Sadly, getting thumped so comprehensively in the first game means we have to endure a swathe of articles employing this kind of ridiculous hyperbole.

If we are mid-table come Christmas, and this is still easily possible in my opinion, then the Hughes transfer policy will be proclaimed as genius in another series of blogs and articles. If we've got any sense we'll treat those articles in the same way as we should this one, with a big pinch of salt.


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« Reply #11 on Aug 22, 2012, 8:20pm »

Aug 22, 2012, 8:14pm, blatantfowl wrote:
It has been the most exciting and activity filled transfer period in the clubs history and we have attracted players we never thought we'd see at LR. Whatever you call it, it does not lack imagination. There is still plenty of time before the end of the transfer window for the squad to get smaller, we all know there will be further departures.

Sadly, getting thumped so comprehensively in the first game means we have to endure a swathe of articles employing this kind of ridiculous hyperbole.

If we are mid-table come Christmas, and this is still easily possible in my opinion, then the Hughes transfer policy will be proclaimed as genius in another series of blogs and articles. If we've got any sense we'll treat those articles in the same way as we should this one, with a big pinch of salt.




Wot chook sed.
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« Reply #12 on Aug 22, 2012, 9:17pm »
Yeah but no but.....

It be a vicious circle with oldies coming in and finishing careers
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« Reply #13 on Aug 22, 2012, 9:25pm »

Aug 22, 2012, 9:17pm, maudesfishnchips wrote:
Yeah but no but.....

It be a vicious circle with oldies coming in and finishing careers

we shouldn't give the 30+ players contracts for more than a year
If they are dropped from the team we will stuck with them earning good money for nothing
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« Reply #14 on Aug 22, 2012, 9:49pm »
Following Storey's logic it would have been a mistake to buy Giggs or Scholes 7 or 8 years ago when they hit 30 years old. And Sir Fergie has made a misjudgment paying £24m for a 29 year old and giving him a 4 year contract!



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« Reply #15 on Aug 22, 2012, 10:02pm »
We dont know where we are going. We do know where we have been. Tony is spending to grow
the club, best way he knows. We all want to improve our position and we had better. Or, we willbe in deep doo doo.
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« Reply #16 on Dec 31, 2012, 10:15am »
Bump this one from the Summer
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« Reply #17 on Dec 31, 2012, 11:01am »

Aug 22, 2012, 8:20pm, Zed wrote:

Aug 22, 2012, 8:14pm, blatantfowl wrote:
It has been the most exciting and activity filled transfer period in the clubs history and we have attracted players we never thought we'd see at LR. Whatever you call it, it does not lack imagination. There is still plenty of time before the end of the transfer window for the squad to get smaller, we all know there will be further departures.

Sadly, getting thumped so comprehensively in the first game means we have to endure a swathe of articles employing this kind of ridiculous hyperbole.

If we are mid-table come Christmas, and this is still easily possible in my opinion, then the Hughes transfer policy will be proclaimed as genius in another series of blogs and articles. If we've got any sense we'll treat those articles in the same way as we should this one, with a big pinch of salt.




Wot chook sed.


Mmmm! Mind I was one of the last to call for Hughes to get more time when most others wanted him sacked so I can't talk.

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« Reply #18 on Dec 31, 2012, 11:12am »
To be honest I still don't believe the answer is to sack managers...still think we should have kept Warnock!

On the other hand, when we were losing like we did I don't think there was much of an alternative to sack Hughes...even if I was almost as reluctant as Fernandez to give him the sack :-[

I wonder though, will Harry go down to the Championship with us and try to rebuild?
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