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Lets hope we have done our due diligence on the injury side and that he can keep up his goal every two games ratio he had with Burnley. We need to make sure we can feed that ball in to him now. Good luck Charlie & welcome to the Superhoops.
 
24 year old striker that has scored goals all his career including non league. Will be hungry to prove himself.......
good signing
 
I'm sure our medical team have weighed everything up and given approval for this to happen. I was already looking forward to Saturday - this has made my day
 
Great signing, more than capable - we need his goals, which he will score if he gets the necessary service - 28 for Burnley last season, next highest scorer only 8 goals, so if AJ & Zamora chip in we should have a good goals tally. We can win those 3-2 games, even if we have a few defensive lapses.

Austin, who previously worked as a bricklayer and was playing in non-league football until joining Swindon in 2009, could make his QPR debut in their Championship opener against Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23533841

We can use those skills as we have some re-building to do!

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A prolific start to the 2012-13 campaign saw Austin become the fastest Burnley player in the club's history to score 20 goals in a season, reaching the mark after just 17 appearances.

Let's hope he repeats that feat for us - really excited now about the Sheff Wed game - unfortunately I'm travelling away on vacation to a cottage by the ocean for 3 weeks (Eddie's "A Cockney's Journey" just arrived from Amazon.ca as did Warnock's book, so I have plenty of beach reading ahead of me).

Lee Hoos, Burnley's chief executive, said his club were desperate for the player to stay and were simply unable to compete financially with Rangers.

"We worked very hard to keep Charlie at Burnley and we are sorry to see him go," he commented.

"However, we were unable to compete with the package on offer from Queens Park Rangers, a club in receipt of the largest parachute payments in history and able to offer what are effectively Premier League wages in the Championship.
 
From a Burnley site:

Charlie Austin is signing for QPR, according to Harry Redknapp.

Burnley striker Charlie Austin is set to complete a move to QPR today.

Harry Redknapp told the London Evening Standard he expects the deal to go through this afternoon.

He said: “I have always liked him, he’s a goalscorer. He scored a fantastic array of goals last season and if you get the ball into the box for him, he will find the net.”

Reports have claimed the fee could be anywhere from a cut-price £2.25 million to a more satisfactory £4 million, but any deal is likely to be heavily weighted towards fees for appearances and goals.

Austin was set to move to Premier League Hull City last month, but the transfer fell apart when he failed a medical.

Tests uncovered a problem with Austin’s knee, but this is not expected to pose any issues for QPR.

Austin will be tasked with firing the Rs back to the top flight after their relegation last season and will replace the outgoing Loic Remy, who the Standard reports is wanted by Newcastle United. Remy’s situation is complicated by an ongoing rape charge. He is due in court next month.

Austin scored 41 goals in 82 games for the Clarets, despite injuries to his shoulder and hamstring. He also missed the end of last season after having his appendix out.

Burnley were left with little choice but to cash in on their prime asset as his contract runs out next summer, allowing him to walk away from the Club for nothing, as Lee Grant, Chris McCann and Martin Paterson all did today.

Despite Burnley fans urging Charlie to stay, it was inevitable he would be moving on and the former brickie is likely to double or even triple his wages at Loftus Road. Uncorroborated reports claimed Burnley offered Austin £15,000 a week to stay.

Clarets boss Sean Dyche recently praised Austin’s attitude after his Hull move fell through. Austin played in each of Burnley’s last four friendlies and scored a brace against Sparta Rotterdam on Saturday in what increasingly looks to have been his final appearance for the Club.

Dyche said: “Saturday showed he’s ready to go and play again hard for us. He’s not altered. I love working with him and the lads like him as a character.”
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The deal is likely to be heavily weighted towards fees for appearances and goals. Sounds plausible after his failed medical.
 
Absolutely delighted. Finally, a young prospect.

More of these Tony, thanks.
 
Harry Redknapp told the London Evening Standard he expects the deal to go through this afternoon.

So he was still mouthing off before it was sealed?
 
I reserve my opinion until we know exactly what sort of Austin we have purchased with two owners?

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Would be great if we could play the little sound bite that they used to play during the 6 million dollar man every time he used his bionic powers every time Austin takes a shot, then we can all do the theme tune when he scores. Alas I think most of our support now a days would ask who the **** is the 6 million dollar man?
 
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