although being gazumped is always going to be a worry when information is released too early (and lets face it, there is no way norwich wanted this out in the open at this stage - we know what they are like!), i would just remind people that this howson is a well-grounded, sensible lad we are talking about. you could argue he is chasing the money by not signing on at leeds but in truth, i suspect its got far more to do with burning ambition than money. i genuinely believe he wanted to stay at leeds and get promoted with them and its got to the stage where, because his contract is coming to an end, the club have made the decision to cash in. he comes across, at least in what i've heard, as exactly the sort of character and player that lambert loves and so i'm pretty confident that, so long as the injury is ok, he'll sign for us. as for qpr, they are going about things in completely the wrong way in my opinion, and even if they stay up this year, it is bound to end in disaster. they simply aren't a big enough club to sustain what they are planning.