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ianbaker
Lol wut? Norwich just bought Becchio from Leeds and send Morison part ex. This was about 2 hours ago. Dont think he's coming back that fast.
Slashman X
WTF
ianbaker
Poe
He was relatively injury free until about 2004-2005.
He was absolutely outstanding in the seasons we finished 4th and 3rd. Was a regular for England and linked with moves to Arsenal etc.
Ridiculously good dribbler.
Telegram Sam
I'd have loved him at Arsenal, but that's not the point. I just find it incredible that a club like QPR are acting so aggressively in the market, which in my eyes is pretty reckless when you look at how relegation can ruin clubs that overspend (i.e. Portsmouth). QPR seems to be taking it to a next level, and if they do go down, 'Arry can walk away claiming they were already relegated before he came in and that he can't be held accountable for the coming shitstorm.
Eric Portapotty
Poe
ianbaker
If QPR stay up you would have to assume that there would be a massive clearout in the summer. The problem is not paying people like Samba 110,000 p/w, who are going to play hard and earn their money; its paying the people like Anton Ferdinand and Bosingwa 40,50 or 60,000 per week to sit on the bench and generally be shite. QPR have far too many players in the latter category.
Telegram Sam
Call me old-fashioned, but I don't think potentially bankrupting a club in an attempt to stay in the division is a clever move to make. I'm not saying QPR shouldn't spend, I just find it staggering they're willing to hand out 4 1/2 year contracts to 28-year-olds worth 100k p/w - there needs to be some middle ground. I agree with you about guys like Bosingwa though.
ianbaker
The problem is, the players they want/need, you will have to pay them a slight premium to come and play for the bottom team in the league, and they are not going to accept 1 or 2 year deals.
Basically QPR are lucky they have a rich owner. If they were run like Stoke/Everton they'd be fucked.
I agree with you in principal, but what other choice do they have?
Jamieandhisego
Telegram Sam
That's a big if though - there's plenty of mercenaries at QPR who might be happy to stay with them in the Championship and collect their massive pay packets rather than leave for another side who aren't stupid enough to pay them the same as what they're earning now. QPR might well survive this season and good luck to them, but I'm not an advocate of risking the long-term future of the club in order to secure short-term success.
Telegram Sam
I don't think he was particularly keen to leave, but Laudrup clearly didn't fancy him and he wasn't starting many games.
ianbaker
Just had a quick look at their squad, and QPR could conceivable sell/release 8-10 players and not be any the worse for it. Most of those on 30-50 grand per week.
I dont blame Harry, he's just trying to rescue the club from a bad situation. I blame Mark Hughes, he was signing players like I was playing Championship Manager 10 years ago!
Eric Portapotty
They'll have a pretty good squad if they do stay up though.
ianbaker
Aye. Will be loaned back for the rest of the season.
Maybe Begovic is off in the summer?
Shola
Anyway Swansea don't seem to be linked with a striker, surely they're not going to just go with Itay Shechter and Luke Moore for the rest of the season. Although £5.5m for Danny Graham seems a touch overpriced.
I reckon Pulis wants Butland for the publicity of having an England squad regular.
Telegram Sam
What? Hughes wanted to get Samba in on a similar deal in the summer, but didn't do it because of the financial risk involved.
Also, this.
Telegram Sam
Did he say he'd walk away at the end of the season if QPR went down?
Shola
ianbaker
Michu.
Telegram Sam
And so it begins...
Eric Portapotty
And that Roland Lamah guy.
Eric Portapotty
MON WENGER FFS
Telegram Sam
Well, either way, there's no guarantee that he'll want to spend the next few years pumping millions of pounds into QPR and lining the pockets of overpaid millionaires. Portsmouth fans probably didn't think their owners would get up and leave them fucked, but they did. I don't want to keep going on about this, I just find it a bit unsettling given the nature of their spending. I can see why they're doing it, and it might work.
bluemoon.
Big difference between QPR and Portsmouth, though. Portsmouth spent borrowed money they couldn't afford to pay back, QPR are spending Tony Fernandes' money. It's stupid but, assuming he doesn't pull a fast one and leave them in the lurch, it isn't anywhere near as dangerous as Portsmouth's spree. Also, there is the cash-cow of the new TV rights deal on the horizon.
Telegram Sam
Sky Sports haven't even sent anyone to the Emirates.