Really? I think we have decent players and I’m hoping a decent coach. I’m expecting us to do better than last season, though I don’t know by how much. Given the Hall situation we need another CB for cover or go in ahead of Lynch. I don’t think we can afford a nailed on goalscorer.
That's true enough. I think the essence of, at least for normal clubs, operating within FFP is to keep within the club's and not owners' means. I would hope that a good amount of the Smithies money can be used to buy some gems but we shouldn't be spunking the 11M that the Derbys of this world are paying for supposedly high-end Championship players - that is just stupid and a recipe for future disaster.
I think any successful team has a good blend of youth & experience. We seem to have a lot of youth who could benefit with a sprinkling of experience. At the end of the day, l just hope the board doesn’t sit back an expect miracles without adding to the squad. We’ve invested in a manager, his team of backstaff, we have a DoF and alike, yet we have invested little in our roster, the most important part of the overall strategy. I would just like to see balance.
Whilst I definitely do not advocate overspending for us (or any club), it seems complete double standards in football. With an almost social mirror - football is very much the ‘haves’ and the ‘cannot haves’ (EPL and the EFL). I enjoy the competitiveness of the EFL Championship - but it is in danger of dropping its standards if the EFL doesn’t BOTH provide a league of interest to the world outside the EFL (to promote income) so allowing clubs the ability purchase good quality players that improve the standard (without facing bankruptcy). Equally clubs need to be able to develop young talent AND more importantly not lose them for the equivalent of ‘pennies’ to the EPL. It’s about time a structure was brought in to protect clubs investment and encourage development of home grown players as well as income for clubs who invest in people and talent. I watch our youth development focus with great interest, and to see how our board manage this situation. Eze could be a very interesting test case for us to see how our clubs custodians intend to manage interest from the EPL.
Very interesting article with Les Ferdinand. https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/fo...ector-of-football-les-ferdinand-a3903311.html QPR fans must get used to best players being sold, says director of football Les Ferdinand Les Ferdinand felt a number of emotions when QPR were handed a record fine by the Football League last week and, perhaps surprisingly, relief was among them. The punishment has been hanging over the club since Ferdinand was appointed director of football in 2015. To suggest it has made his life difficult as he has overseen one of the biggest-ever overhauls of the first-team squad while attempting to get QPR’s finances under control, is an understatement. “It has felt like I have been constantly climbing uphill, actually more like a mountain,” the former QPR striker said. “Since I returned, all that’s ever been talked about is FFP. What the situation is, where are we going and what’s going to happen? We had players on loads of money that meant we couldn’t bring anyone else in because you’d break FFP rules again. Guys were sitting on these contracts and didn’t want to play. "What supporters didn’t understand was that we couldn’t bring in more players on top of that, earning good money, because we’d breach FFP [again]. We now have the conclusion and we just get on with dealing with the consequences.” QPR were ordered to pay £42m last year but that has been reduced to £17m plus £22m of outstanding loans owed to shareholders must be converted into equity. QPR must also pay the EFL’s legal costs. Some in the industry think QPR got off lightly and that by renegotiating the construction of the fine, they are in a position to invest heavily again. Ferdinand insists that is not the case and QPR will have to sell their talent to make ends meet — keeper Alex Smithies was sold to Cardiff for around £3.5m this summer. Speaking ahead of Saturday’s opening game at Preston, Ferdinand added: “The fine doesn’t change things too much. We are pretty much in the same predicament. We are not a club that brings in 30,000-40,000 supporters. “Does that mean the fans have to get used to the best players being sold? Yes, exactly. It is not what they will want to hear, but it is important everyone knows the reality and understands it. That is not to say we are looking to sell our best players on the cheap or going out of our way to get rid of them. + there is more.
Good realistic piece, we will get it right but it shows that it has to be away from Loftus Road. Keep everything crossed that the council support the LCS proposal.
He can’t sit there complaining when he was bringing in sub standard managers and strikers who can’t score - he’s an integral part of our downward spiral.
