The QPR Squad 19/20

That's a good way of thinking about it kensalr and Warburton alluded in his interviews about not wanting a massive squad of senior pros and he gives youth a chance of we get short on bodies. We'd still need 6 or 7 'first team ready' players though.

Personally the squad right now contains too many players like Phillips, Rowan, Bettache etc who have barely played a game out on loan, never mind suddenly becoming a key man for the first team.

Adding Wallace to the defence certainly improves the back line.

Adding Kelly to the goalkeeping ranks shows how Dieng is surely certain to leave when his contract expires (why would he stay as 3rd choice when he proved himself out on loan?) and Ingram will follow him out the door as he is simply surplus to requirements now.


Goalkeepers:

Ingram
Lumley
Kelly
Dieng (not yet confirmed)
Brzozowski

Defenders:

Furlong
Leistner
Hall
Wallace
Rangel (not yet confirmed)
Kakay
Hamalainen
Phillips
Rowan

Midfielders:

Freeman
Scowen
Luongo
Osayi-Samuel
Manning
Chair
Goss
Wheeler
Owens
Shodipo
Bettache
Dalling
Bansal-McNulty

Forwards:

Smith
Eze
Smyth
Oteh
Walker

We have needed a good young goal scorer and a dominant central defender for several seasons. Whether we have the funds to buy such players is probably in the negative and as a result we might have to wait and see who we can get in the loan market.

With no parachute payment money available we will almost certainly be looking to sell Freeman so that his fee might cover the wages for any loan signings.

Our squad is so lightweight that if we get a couple of injuries we could be really totally reliant on inexperienced youngsters.

Whatever the new season brings the board and the fans will need to be realistic and to let Warburton build a squad on which we can move forward. We need stability and even if we are struggling its going to be important to support the manager.

Realistically the first team will be 11 of the following 19 players and if Rangel doesn't sign and Freeman leaves we will only have 15 reasonable outfield players and 2 reasonable goalkeepers. Of the 15 players available I reckon that it will be a struggle to find 11 that are Championship class and if we have injuries then relegation is a distinct possibility.


Goalkeepers:

Lumley
Kelly


Defenders:

Furlong
Leistner
Hall
Wallace
Rangel (not yet confirmed)


Midfielders:

Freeman
Scowen
Luongo
Osayi-Samuel
Manning
Chair
Shodipo

Forwards
Smith
Eze
Smyth
Oteh
Walker

I dont want to sound too depressing but Cameron, Wells Bidwell and Pav were some of our better players last season and if we also  lose Freeman and Rangel then that would be 6 of our best players gone. Its alright now having their wages but only if you get in better players who will accept the same or lower wages. 

At the moment we are banking on players like Eze becoming more consistent and the likes of Chair, Smyth and possibly Walker performing to a Championship level. The likely hood of these players performing to the level needed in the Championship on a regular basis is small but I hope Im wrong. We are also hoping that a 31yo left back who has played just 9 first team matches since 2017 is going to be good enough for Championship football.

TF has run the club into the ground and its the fans who now have to put up with players who are not good enough.

Stoatey  I agree with you that we are not in a good state but we have now got our finances reasonably sorted.

There is no point in signing a Goalkeeper that may not be any better than the ones we already have just to finance this by selling one of our better players.

We have been chucking away money for far to long and I think that Amit and Lee Hoos have now got a handle on this

Bidwell did not resign for us because he wanted more money than we were prepare to offer him it was the same with Onuoha last season. Most people on this site think that Millions have been wasted by caving into player demands.

We need to consolidate our potion and then move on from there. We payed Wells and Hamed in excess of £3M between them and now have nothing to show for this. Signing players on loan does not work. 

Signing Kelly may work out well if it does we can sell him on for a profit. If it does not then I doubt if we paid a fortune for him in the first place.

We will not see a big change overnight those days have gone but at least I think that we can build on what we have got. (which may not be very much)

Fall out from overspending and poor management
Is to struggle in your current league season after season
Warburton can get them more organised and play more attractive football that’s watchable but he can’t turn us into Brazil overnight