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Townsend and Routledge

Discussion in 'Queens Park Rangers' started by qprbeth, Aug 22, 2013.

  1. qprbeth

    qprbeth Wicked Witch of West12
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    Both outstanding tonight in Europe


    We did not have any choice with Townsend......but Routledge should have been/could have been ours
     
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    qprbeth, Aug 22, 2013
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    rrrrrs Well-Known Member

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    Yep, but Tango & Cash wouldn't pay up!
     
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    And you can add Scott Sinclair to that list. The poor lad must be atrophying.
     
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    QPR999, Aug 22, 2013
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    rrrrrs Well-Known Member

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    If you really want to dig up the past, how about Paulo Wanchop being released then went on to score silly amounts for Derby!?
     
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    rrrrrs, Aug 22, 2013
  5. fulham traveller

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    I saw routledge play for ffc about 6 years ago, he looked lively, but a bit of a headless chicken, he never scored a goal in the prem for us, and I thought he would never cut it, how wrong was I? wish we bought and developed him
     
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    fulham traveller, Aug 22, 2013
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    Ciarrai_Abu Well-Known Member

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    Bastards. Routledge not being made permanent was the first sign that something was afoot.
     
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    Ciarrai_Abu, Aug 22, 2013
  7. Ezwoldo

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    Think them letting him go to start with was the start of thing with tango and cash
     
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    Ezwoldo, Aug 22, 2013
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    He really wanted to sign for us too!
     
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    rrrrrs, Aug 22, 2013
  9. Eamon Holmes

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    The wouldn't put their hands in their pockets as they were already negotiating the sale of the club. Buying Routledge would have increased the debt (or reduced the cash) in the company and added a large commitment to the wage bill. That might have scuppered the sale and, despite what we have been through in the last 2 years, left us with T and C for a lot longer. They needed to sell just as the Rs were promoted to the Prem. Relegation a year later would have (and has done) devalue company and they would have lost out if they sold.
     
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  10. BushBaby

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    I didn't know we had wanchop was it on trial? he was class
     
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    BushBaby, Aug 23, 2013

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    We had him for a month on trial before Stuart Huston (I think) decided he wasn't good enough!
     
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