QPR in trouble?

Harry Palmr

To quote a certain deceased public official QPR are a thundering disgrace.

DVDM93

Agueroooooooooo.

_Kaiser_

This is getting embarrassing now for QPR. 5-0 down and still 20 mins to play with City still looking to add to that total.

That_Guy

And Newcastle will still probably lose to them next week....

YouTookMyName

You have to fancy QPR are on the verge of relegation now.

_Kaiser_

Toure trying to showboat now

LuckyLloyd

They've offered very little to the Premier League in their last couple of cracks at it. They've spent oodles of money very badly and wasted their chance.

That said, I'm sure there are many QPR fans who were supporters of the club being what it was before it became subsumed by a personal vanity project. I could empathise with them and Portsmouth fans before them but it's a bad world out there.

ricero

Good riddance

rob316

Got what they deserved. Awful transfer businees, a bluffer of a manager in redknapp. You might as well wave the white flag if you hire your youth team coach to get you out of a relegation battle.

They could very well find themselves in league one next summer.

retalivity

For such a savvy businessman Fernandes really was stupid chucking money down the black hole that is QPR. such a waste of money

CSF

retalivity wrote: »

For such a savvy businessman Fernandes really was stupid chucking money down the black hole that is QPR. such a waste of money

With the amount invested, coupled with the London factor, it could have been oh so different but for some seriously poor recruitment.

thebaz

retalivity wrote: »

For such a savvy businessman Fernandes really was stupid chucking money down the black hole that is QPR. such a waste of money

he really messed it up replacing Harry - supposedly with some top manager - instead an inexperienced unknown who was way out of his depth - if Tim Seherwood or Tony Pullis had been recruited , they may not have stayed up, but would at least have put up some bit of fight. For the amount spent at the club , it really is a disgrace they went down so easily.

*Hank Scorpio*

Could go like Wigan down to League 1.

Paully D

I think this Sandro incident sums up the shambles that is QPR. Spent £10m on him, no doubt giving him a huge wage in the process, and yet they failed to even realise his work permit was up for renewal. Just clueless people running the show from top to bottom.

QPR statement:

"In response to an article which was published by today's Sunday Mirror, the club can confirm it was informed by the Home Office on Thursday 7th May that there is an issue with Sandro's UK Residency Visa.

"The club are working with Sandro and the Home Office to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. While this is ongoing, the club have been advised not to select Sandro for match involvement. The club will be making no further comment at this time."

Quazzie

thebaz wrote: »

he really messed it up replacing Harry - supposedly with some top manager - instead an inexperienced unknown who was way out of his depth - if Tim Seherwood or Tony Pullis had been recruited , they may not have stayed up, but would at least have put up some bit of fight. For the amount spent at the club , it really is a disgrace they went down so easily.

'Arry was the start of the mess. He should've been booted out long before. He has never left a club in a better position than when he joined. Terrible manager who is always involved with poor transfer activity.

LuckyLloyd

Redknapp probably did a poor job there overall alright. Signed a lot of dross.

death1234567

thebaz wrote: »

he really messed it up hiring replacing Harry

FYP.

jem

retalivity wrote: »

For such a savvy businessman Fernandes really was stupid chucking money down the black hole that is QPR. such a waste of money

whats the easiest way to be come a millionaire out of owning a football club- start off as a Billionaire

Paully D

£8m fine. Absolute farce.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/aug/18/qpr-fine-financial-fair-play-8m

That_Guy

Paully D wrote: »

£8m fine. Absolute farce.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/aug/18/qpr-fine-financial-fair-play-8m

FFP indeed. :rolleyes:

ctrl-alt-delete

Paully D wrote: »

£8m fine. Absolute farce.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/aug/18/qpr-fine-financial-fair-play-8m

An absolute joke,

A massive kick in the face to the other clubs from the same year who failed it, e.g Blackburn who are currently crippled trying to comply with it.

Richard Hillman

Quazzie wrote: »

'Arry was the start of the mess. He should've been booted out long before. He has never left a club in a better position than when he joined. Terrible manager who is always involved with poor transfer activity.

Mark Hughes was the start of the mess.

LuckyLloyd

Paully D wrote: »

£8m fine. Absolute farce.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/aug/18/qpr-fine-financial-fair-play-8m

I think a man should be allowed to buy a business and pump oceans of his own money into it should he choose. That's what capitalism and freedom should be about in many respects. And if he eventually loses interest or sells his stake then the business should be dealt with by a liquidator in the normal fashion.

I totally disagree with FFP and 'fit and proper person' tests tbh. You have laws and regulations which cover businesses generally in the EU and they are all that should apply really.

I am therefore happy that UEFA are failing to push through and we see watered down sanctions like this.

keano_afc

Absolute joke. Makes a complete mockery of the entire process.

Dickerty

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

That's what capitalism and freedom should be about in many respects.

For some reason, the word capitalism reminds me of this -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX0dDyP5HOc

ArielAtom

Gents, It could be worse we could be Chelsea fans.

earlytobed

Back on Track!
So many positives, off the field set up is what it should be with Hoos, Ferdinand and Hasslebaink re building the squad sensibly in terms of finances and getting in the right players for Jimmy's way of playing.

This thread was started about Redknapp's team struggling in the Premier League. I hated that era with overpaid non performers etc but the current team has been built for a fraction of that

Should finish higher than last year's 12th

Pride restored, I hope

ollaetta

As a long suffering Irish QPR fan it's just fantastic that it's not over paid, over the hill mercenaries making the news at the moment but the emergence of a very promising 20 year old from Galway.

Crazy to think he went home for Christmas expecting to be let go. Signed a new contract during the week, today he scored his first goal and Sky gave him man of the match.

overshoot

Seen Manning plenty of times with Mervue / Galway. Didnt look out of place in senior football even as a 16 year old. Needed to bulk up which he clearly has done since he moved over. Good to see him making the break through now.

Paully D

QPR fined £40m after a 3 year battle against FFP regulations, per The Telegraph.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/10/24/qpr-ordered-pay-world-record-40million-ffp-fine-losing-three/

Leicester and Bournemouth are being persued too, for "effectively cheating their way to promotion".

Paully D

£42m fine plus a transfer embargo in January 2019 agreed for QPR, as a settlement, per The Times.

They have now withdrawn their appeal.

The fine can be paid back over a 10 year period and they have a 4-5 week transfer ban.

Absolutely pathetic “punishment” really. Complete farce.

CSF

Paully D wrote: »

£42m fine plus a transfer embargo in January 2019 agreed for QPR, as a settlement.

They have now withdrawn their appeal.

That makes for scary reading as a Villa fan.

Paully D

CSF wrote: »

That makes for scary reading as a Villa fan.

I just included an extra couple of lines re: the punishment which will make for much better reading for you mate!

CSF

Paully D wrote: »

I just included an extra couple of lines re: the punishment which will make for much better reading for you mate!

It sure does. I’m laughing at the ‘effectively cheating their way to promotion’ line. How is that the case?

thebaz

Paully D wrote: »

£42m fine plus a transfer embargo in January 2019 agreed for QPR, as a settlement, per The Times.

They have now withdrawn their appeal.

The fine can be paid back over a 10 year period and they have a 4-5 week transfer ban.

Absolutely pathetic “punishment” really. Complete farce.

you think its not eneogh ?? - 42 million is a massive fine , lets be honest most clubs will try to buy success , however squeeky clean peolpe think football should be.
The Neymar transfer last summer has ensured that more and more money will be slushing around the game .

GavRedKing

42m to QPR will hurt more than a similar fine to someone like City or PSG.

All those clubs too that have been in and out of the PL are trying to desperately get back to ensure the PL money is on the books, theres a few players at Villa on PL wages and thats going to hurt the balance sheet.

Clubs are spending on the basis that they might go up, thats a dangerous thing for clubs to do.

I do have an issue with the parachute payments too that relegated clubs get as it should see them have an advantage over their fellow Championship clubs but thats a different matter and its easy to talk about when your club is one of the PL elite.

El Weirdo

The article in the Times is incorrect.

https://www.qpr.co.uk/news/club-news/qpr-settle-ffp-dispute-with-efl/


£17m fine plus £3m EFL costs

Transfer embargo for January '19 window.