The QPR Squad 19/20

Taking aside the humorous typo, the fact that we now have only Hall & Scowen who have played 50+ games for the club makes me wonder:

• Will the fact that there are so many unknowns in the line-up affect the sale of 2019/2020 shirts? Unfortunately as yet the team is devoid of any stars and there is no fan favourite like Freeman so I believe that any new shirts sold will be unnamed.
• Will there be as much support in the stadium for a side that has so many new faces in it? It is almost like going to support a new club... I'm convinced that apart from the diehards the crowd numbers will be down this season. Fans build an affinity for the players but as you have said we are basically no more than a set of new faces. A poor start could also see the crowd turning on one or more of the players. Sometimes too much can be expected of players and a prime example is Eze who we all thought was going to be our next Bowles or Taraabt.. 
• If we get off to a bad start (again) what will Warburton do? He has already brought/bought in all his preferred players, so surely buying in more cannot be an option and he obviously does not trust the development players? I have a big fear that if we get off to a bad start that Warburton will start giving out the same excuses as McClaren. We are bound to hear, 'we need time' and ' we are suffering several injuries to key player's, 'the officials were against us' plus other excuses. At no stage will Warburton be honest and say 'the players I signed were duffers'

Good questions kingfisher

My view on them:

Shirt sales are probably influenced more by how much fans like the shirt than who they can get on the back. I imagine most shirts are sold without a name and number anyway?

I agree with stoatey that to begin with numbers will be down this season but that is because we are a losing team over the past few seasons and that has had a knock on effect. I don't think numbers at the ground will be lower now just because of the changes in the squad. And if we start winning numbers will certainly be up. I'm certain we'd have higher crowds if we were top of League 2 than we'd get finishing 18th in the Championship every year. Fans want to see their team win. That is what drives numbers up or down more than changes in the squad.

Warburton is almost certain to get off to a sticky start as it is going to take a while to 1) bed in the vast amount of new players 2) get used to his style of football. I just really hope that he doesn't panic like McClaren did and sticks to his plan and gives the players a chance to improve form and find their feet. That would be better for QPR in the long run. McClaren abandoned his style of football after 4 games and asked for all the loan signings and we end up in the same position 12 months later.