QPR great value to be best of the Premier League new boys QPR great value to be best of the Premier League new boys The Rs are a generous 6/4 to finish above Leicester and Burnley this season QPR great value to be best of the Premier League new boys Barclays Premier League 2014/15 Top promoted club Leicester City 11/10 QPR 6/4 Burnley 7/2 View More Markets Life at QPR has been far from boring in recent seasons, with the Rs going through two promotions, one relegation and one narrow escape in four years. Despite being comfortable favourites to win the Championship, they squeaked back into the Premier League last season by virtue of a last-gasp play-off victory over Derby. That underwhelming campaign is no doubt a major part of the reason that the Rs are priced at 6/4 to be top promoted club this year, behind market leaders Leicester City, who are 11/10. However, QPR have both recent history and an impressive squad on their side in this battle, and punters should be grabbing those generous odds while they last. In the past three seasons, Championship winners have actually fared the worst in their first season in the top-flight, with Cardiff and Reading relegated and QPR themselves finishing 17th. Last season play-off victors Crystal Palace strolled to 11th under the tutelage of Tony Pulis, while in 2012-13 West Ham were also the best promoted club having gone up via the more treacherous play-off route. As with both the Irons and the Eagles, QPR boast a manager with impressive top-flight experience in the shape of Harry Redknapp, and their squad is laden with Premier League nous. They have also added to the likes of Joey Barton and Robert Green this summer by bringing in Rio Ferdinand, whose vast experience will help develop the talented Steven Caulker. In contrast, Leicesterâs summer dealings have been uninspiring, with £8m star signing Leonardo Ulloa scoring just 14 times for Brighton and Hove Albion last season. Burnley are 8/13 favourites to be relegated this season and have bolstered their squad in similarly unimpressive fashion to Leicester, with new strikers Lukas Jutkiewicz and Marvin Sordell managing just 15 Championship goals between them last term. QPRâs greater resources have already helped them assemble a fine squad, and they should stretch their advantage further in the final weeks of the transfer window.
QPR keep signing people but they failed to really gel last time... unless they've taken a big step forward since their last foray in the Premier League they're likely to yo-yo down again. Good players does not make by itself a good team. Last time up they were like City under Mark Hughes- a good team of players but not really all that well guided. Will be interesting to see Burnley and Leicester back in the Premier League again... looking forwards to see how they play. QPR also are the only promoted team I know of over the last several years almost universally disliked... usually it's the bigger teams that get all the ire... QPR managed it without winning anything! Good luck for the season!
