Post by rickyqpr on Jun 11, 2021 13:38:45 GMT
Given that for the last few seasons we have been 'happy' for QPR to follow the Brentford Championship business model, it will be interesting to observe how they approach life in the top flight.
If we have any aspirations of returning to the Prem, then there are likely to be important messages for us to learn from Brentford 21/22.
Brentford had been unlucky not to achieve promotion much earlier, and yet every year, they work their magic, sell high, buy low and then go again.
But that may be a very good model for getting them there, it is unlikely to keep them there.
If they buy best of the lower league players, the step up is likely to be too great. But if they try and do what we did by buying overseas journeymen....then we know how well that works!
They have not really played the loan market in the past... so to loan would be another departure from their roots.
I am not clear about how many of their existing squad can step up. Even Toney is unproven, and just last year he was playing in the third tier. You cannot survive with an eccentric keeper either.
Teams can do it though.... Burnley, Bournemouth, Palace & Sheffield United have all had extended stays.
Villa bought well and in Grealish and Watkins they have 2 classy players (although hard to like Grealish as a person).
But the norm is more like WBA, Norwich, Fulham, Derby, Middlesbrough, Swansea and Reading whose aspirations tend not to extend much further than being a yo-yo club.
Last season, Fulham spent big and now have to unload / rebuild. WBA changed strategy regularly and are now struggling to find a manager to match this week's game plan. Sheffield United allowed their squad to age and bought unwisely.
So in short, if QPR fans are firmly behind the current Championship business model, what should Brentford (and therefore QPR do if they ever get back there) do now to give themselves the best chance of surviving
If we have any aspirations of returning to the Prem, then there are likely to be important messages for us to learn from Brentford 21/22.
Brentford had been unlucky not to achieve promotion much earlier, and yet every year, they work their magic, sell high, buy low and then go again.
But that may be a very good model for getting them there, it is unlikely to keep them there.
If they buy best of the lower league players, the step up is likely to be too great. But if they try and do what we did by buying overseas journeymen....then we know how well that works!
They have not really played the loan market in the past... so to loan would be another departure from their roots.
I am not clear about how many of their existing squad can step up. Even Toney is unproven, and just last year he was playing in the third tier. You cannot survive with an eccentric keeper either.
Teams can do it though.... Burnley, Bournemouth, Palace & Sheffield United have all had extended stays.
Villa bought well and in Grealish and Watkins they have 2 classy players (although hard to like Grealish as a person).
But the norm is more like WBA, Norwich, Fulham, Derby, Middlesbrough, Swansea and Reading whose aspirations tend not to extend much further than being a yo-yo club.
Last season, Fulham spent big and now have to unload / rebuild. WBA changed strategy regularly and are now struggling to find a manager to match this week's game plan. Sheffield United allowed their squad to age and bought unwisely.
So in short, if QPR fans are firmly behind the current Championship business model, what should Brentford (and therefore QPR do if they ever get back there) do now to give themselves the best chance of surviving